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LearningToGo Newsletter - Vol. 2, No. 28 - October 29, 2016
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Why are Scary Movies so Much Fun?
Fear is generally thought of as a negative emotion. Google it and you will find thousands of articles, books and blog posts about how to face your fear and overcome it so you can be more successful, happy or brilliant. Yet fear serves a very useful purpose in our growth as a species. Fear is one of the key behaviors that keeps us alive and has done so since the time of our genetic ancestors.
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LearningToGo Podcast
Podcast: Bruce Tulgan, Rainmaker Thinking
When we started our little podcast last year, many folks were very generous with their time and joined me in great conversations about learning, even though at the time our audience was very, very small. Now that it is starting to grow, I'm excited to bring back our very first guest,
Bruce Tulgan, founder of Rainmaker Thinking, a research and management consulting firm, and author of the new book,
Bridging the Soft Skills Gap.
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Reflecting on Learning
In previous issues, I wrote about my role as cohost of the
Reflection Center at The Learning and Development Conference,
TLDC. The role of reflection in learning is well-established and dates back at least to educator/philosopher
John Dewey, who said "We do not learn from experience ... we learn from reflecting on experience." In keeping with our commitment to apply reflection to the learning that took place during the conference, we're keeping the conversation going with everyone who attended the conference or is interested in learning more about our "un-conference" approach.
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Make a Module - Make a Difference
At the Learning and Development Conference (TLDC) I learned about
Learn Appeal, an organization of learning professionals to spread learning wherever its needed. This global non-profit is dedicated to a simple proposition:
Everybody has the right to learn.
They're looking for instructional designers, trainers and learning technologists to help put useful, life-changing content on the web where it can be accessible to people who aren't getting the training and education they need to lead happy and productive lives.
You can volunteer for the
Make a Module campaign and join them. You'll get this cool mug as a thank you gift. Please
let me know if you volunteer, so I can spread the word about your work in this newsletter.
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Upcoming Events
Nov 3-17, 2016
Essentials of Brain-Based Learning
(Live online: Nov 3-17 & Dec 1-15, 2016 and more)
Spaces are filling quickly! Register today to be sure you don't miss this live event.
If you could understand what was happening in the brains of your target audience, would you be a more effective trainer, designer, consultant, or leader? Thanks to recent advances in neuroscience, learning and talent development professionals now have an opportunity to alter their approaches to change management, leadership development, training, and instructional design. Learn how the brain receives, encodes, and retrieves information to construct knowledge, and use these insights to improve your learning programs.
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If you're a member of ATD, remember that you get a nice discount on this and other ATD courses. (And if you're not a member, this might be a good reason to
join.)
All scheduled dates for Essentials of Brain-Based Learning course:
- Nov 3-17, 2016
- Dec 1-15, 2016
- Feb 9-23, 2017
- May 4-18, 2017
- Sep 7-21, 2017
- Oct 26-Nov 9, 2017
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common knowledge
that there are not enough people to fill the gaps left by the Baby Boomers as they exit the workforce. While most research and articles which address this looming crisis look to overcoming the
skills gap
, this paper looks beyond entry level to the leadership level.
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