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How to avoid death By PowerPoint
Editor’s note: In light of the recent Learning Technologies conference, I thought it would be useful to share some tips on how to create great PowerPoint decks.
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5 minutes
How to Learn Critical Thinking
Editor’s note: We are faced with torrents of information and misinformation. So how do we ensure we get to good information and scrutinise it properly? Critical thinking can help and this article provides many examples of how to develop and use this skill.
10 minutes
10 To-Do List Tools to Simplify Your Task Management
Editor’s note: Becoming more productive is easier said than done. One way to do it is to get on top of managing tasks. There are loads of task management tools available and this article shares some of the best.
This Goal-Setting Activity That Made All the Difference
Editor’s note: Doug Shaw shared this article in our recent Action for Digital Literacy experiment. There is some great advice here on how to set goals and achieve what you want to achieve.
1 minute
20 things you could try in 2018
Editor’s note: PA Consulting’s Nick Shackleton-Jones provides a set of simple suggestions to help you do things differently this year.
3 minutes
Facing 2018 with confidence
Editor’s note: Management professor and journalist Stefan stern provides some good tips for managers on how to survive the coming year.
4 minutes
Science of Learning 101: When to Build Performance Support, Part 1
Very interesting read on performance support. You may find the difference between blackbox and glassbox performance support useful when designing these types of interventions.
3 minutes
How to spot bull***t: A guide for managers
Editor’s note: Having recently delivered a talk on fake news, this article is well with a read. For various reasons, outlined in this article, humans are good at believing poor quality information. We all need to learn to be healthy skeptics!
Web Accessibility 101: Design for All People, Not Most
Editor’s note: Often overlooked, designing digital experiences that are accessible to all should be at the heart of learning design. Some great advice here.
Interactive Content Fuels Customer Experiences
Editor’s note: Research from the Content Marketing Institute shows that marketers are increasingly using interactive content as a part of their marketing effort. Should L&D be creating this type of content to engage employees in ideas and resources?
10 Content Curation Tools Every Marketer Needs
Editor’s note: There are some good free and paid-for tools in this list that will help you get started with content curation.
Free podcasts to challenge your thinking
Editor’s note: L&D practitioner Andrew Jacobs shares his favourite podcasts – some good business-related ones here – and how to access them on your phone.
How to Curate: Putting Curation into Practice for L&D Resources Shared at #ATD2017
Editor’s note: A great set of resources on curation curated by David Kelly. The list includes tools and tips for getting started.
A tough crowd at work is no joke – stand-up comedians share their tips
Editor’s note: At some point in your working life you will have to stand up and give a talk. And the audience might be quite challenging. Here are some tips from comedians to help get through it.
How to find the knowns and unknowns in any research
Editor’s note: In our ‘post-truth’ era we need the skills to sort information and establish its provenance. Some goods here on how to do this with published research.