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LearningToGo Brain & Learning Newsletter - Vol. 3, No. 15 - July 28, 2017
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Knock-Knock! Is Anybody in There? - Why Your Brain is Still Essentially a Black Box
Perhaps one of the most unique characteristics of our species is our insatiable obsession with ourselves. Going back to the earliest examples of human cave art, we see evidence of our collective narcissism.
Many of the figures in cave art depict food sources, like bison, or predators, like bears. But there is something else on those walls - imprints of human hands - lots of them. We may never know exactly what these early humans were thinking, but they certainly seem to have been at least as fascinated with their own existence as they were with bison and bears.
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Podcast: The Power of Cultural Competency with Lisa Fain
Lisa Fain is the Leadership Development Services' Vice President and lead in diversity strategy, cross-cultural competency and conflict resolution at the
Center for Mentoring Excellence. Her passion for diversity and inclusion work fuels her strong conviction that leveraging differences creates a better workplace and drives better business results. Lisa has trained thousands of employees at a variety of companies, large and small, on how to create a better workplace. Lisa is a life coach and a certified mediator. She graduated with a B.S. in Social Policy from Northwestern University and holds a JD from Northwestern University School of Law. A recent move to Seattle is providing Lisa a welcome opportunity to hike and explore the Pacific Northwest with her husband and two daughters. She also is the daughter of the President of the company, Dr. Lois Zachary. You'll find Lois' podcast
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What's on Margie's Bookshelf?
Video in eLearning
by Steve Haskin
This simple, easy-to-follow book takes the mystery out of video planning and production for eLearning. Brain Matters 2015 speaker Steve Haskin shares his tips and his creative ideas in an accessible format that made it easy for me to follow and implement. I've paid much more and learned much less. Every page has something valuable on it for the learning professional. If you want to start using video in your training and education programs but aren't quite sure how to begin, this is the one book you need to buy. Read more...
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Featured Upcoming Events
Essentials of Brain-Based Learning (Live online: Sep 7-21, 2017 and more)
Right now, you can save 20% on my 2017
Essentials of Brain Based Learning course and all other educational programs from ATD. Just use code
SUMED17 and sign up for one of my
remaining 2017
sessions. But hurry! This offer ends on
July 29.
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:
- Sep 7-21, 2017
- Oct 26-Nov 9, 2017
- NEW! May 24, 31 & Jun 7, 2018
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Jan 29 & 30, 2018
Creating a Culture of Learning at TLDC 2018 (Phoenix, AZ )
Last year I was privileged to share Reflection Center duties with meditation and mindfulness expert Jennifer LeBrett at the inaugural TLDC event (The Learning and Development Conference). Conference Co-founders Brent Schlenker and Luis Malbas have put together a creative, intimate "un-conference" setting for 2018 in beautiful Phoenix, AZ, where I'm joining an impressive slate of speakers, including the folks you see here. I'll be conducting a hands-on workshop on how to build an artificial intelligence
chat bot for learning.
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Watch for My "HR Genius" Online Course Soon!
I've just accepted an invitation to deliver a new series on the neuroscience of leadership and learning for
HR Genius series
onHR.com. As the largest global social networking and resource site for over 299,000 members, HR.com helps HR professionals reach their goals, be innovative, and embrace and drive change by providing the best possible content and tools and resources including: a global Leadership annual event, featured research programs, Leadership Excellence Awards, HR certification/recertification credits and programs, certification exam preparation courses with guaranteed pass, 12 monthly interactive HR themed epublications, HR Genius learning modules, hundreds of monthly webcasts and virtual events each year, community networks, blogs, and industry news. Watch for news of my sessions and check out existing sessions at
www.HR.com
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Want me to speak at your next virtual or onsite event?
Contact us and let me know. Be sure to tell me if you are an ATD or SHRM member, or a school of any type. Special discounts may apply.
We can design a custom topic, or choose from some of my post popular talks:
- Practical Applications of Neuroscience to Enhance Learning and Performance
- The Brain Science of Leadership Development
- Healthy Brains for a Healthy Organization
- If You're Not Getting Smarter, You're Going the Other Direction
- The Trainer's Guide to Gaining and Keeping Attention in 8 Seconds or Less
- The Neuroscience of Infographics
- Brain-Aware Instructional Design
- The Future of Learning
- The Neuroscience of Webinars and VILTs
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