Archive for category Thought Jolts
More Self-Centered Idiocy From the Social Network Fringe.
Posted by Robert Bacal in Stupid Trainer Tricks, Thought Jolts, Training Wisdom or Training Foolishness, Writing & Publishing on March 5, 2010
In a virtually rambling and incoherent blog post, BFChirpy seems to write about metrics, knowledge and such stuff. Take a quick look. A great example of self-indulgent writing and thinking, AND the common extreme self-centeredness of almost all the most active social media pundits and fringe members.
I posted a response on the blog, but you [...]
Venters Vs. Hoarders (Handling Negative Emotions)
Posted by Robert Bacal in For Learners, Thought Jolts, customer service on March 4, 2010
Thought I’d pass this along. It’s based on something in our Defusing Hostile Customers Workbook, but it pertains to how people handle negative emotions.
Why “Networking” either in person or online, turns me off.
Posted by Robert Bacal in Mouthing Off, Thought Jolts on January 7, 2010
Everyone talks about the importance of networking. I get the point. The more people who you know, and who know a little about you, the more likely you will “make a connection” that will pay off, whether it be in person, or online. I hate the underlying assumption, or presupposition about networking, not to mention [...]
Preventing Conflict – Such A Simple Idea That’s Ignored
Posted by Robert Bacal in Content Tools For Trainers and Learners, Featured, For Learners, Thought Jolts, adult education, human resources on October 8, 2009
It’s been a decade since I wrote Conflict Prevention In The Workplace – Using Cooperative Communication. Who would believe that still, when it comes to conflict, the old standards of conflict management and conflict resolution still dominate the conflict field, while the idea of preventing unnecessary conflict in the first place is almost never mentioned.
It’s [...]
Definitional Problems Damage the E-Learning/Social Learning Field
Posted by Robert Bacal in Mouthing Off, Robert's Editorials, Thought Jolts, Training & Technology, Training Tools & Techniques, adult education on September 9, 2009
If you are at all involved in the delivery of training via the use of technologies, you have probably seen, heard, or used the terms e-learning or social learning*. They have become common currency in the discussion of training and learning undertaken in non face-to-face training and education contexts.
Unlike the term “distance learning” which is [...]
The real enemies of Social Networking And Social Learning Are…
Posted by Robert Bacal in Mouthing Off, Robert's Editorials, Thought Jolts, Training & Technology, Training Tools & Techniques, Training Wisdom or Training Foolishness on September 4, 2009
…the people who oversell the value of social networking and social learning through exaggerations, deliberate or ignorant interpretation of research (which is usually poorly done anyway), and general religious zeal.
In short, many of the “gurus” in these fields, who are a) converts and true believers while b) making lucrative incomes, or hoping to make lucrative [...]
What’s Wrong With Training?
Posted by Robert Bacal in Mouthing Off, Robert's Editorials, Thought Jolts, Training Wisdom or Training Foolishness on August 27, 2009
Today, a TRDEV-L group member posted an interesting message asking what’s wrong with training? I sent a reply to him via the list, but thought I’d share it here as a think piece and stimulus for comment.
Why is it so? Do people have so many bad experience in training that they don’t believe training is [...]
Communication Generalizations and Prescriptions – Load of Hot Hooie #trdev
Posted by Robert Bacal in Advice For Trainers, Robert's Editorials, Thought Jolts, Training Wisdom or Training Foolishness on August 23, 2009
I’ve had something like 10+ books published and had a long career as a trainer and management consultant, and I’d say that, at the core of all my books lies the issue of communication. I’d also say that almost all the training and consulting I’ve done has had to do, at least in part with [...]
A Well Deserved Poke At Adult Learning Principles and Styles
Posted by Robert Bacal in Advice For Trainers, Learning Theory To Practice, MBTI - Learning Styles, Stupid Trainer Tricks, Thought Jolts, Training Wisdom or Training Foolishness on July 20, 2009
It is no secret that I believe adult learning principles and styles are essentially vague and useless in terms of instructing “adults” versus “non-adults” and that the work of many popular adult learning “experts” is terrible, and that includes Knowles. I’m not alone in that respect.
So I was browsing around and came across a well [...]
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