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	<title>The Happy Curmudgeon &#187; Training Tools &amp; Techniques</title>
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		<title>One Minute Debrief</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the quickest and easiest debriefing techniques ever devised! At A Glance A group is asked to respond rapidly to one or more questions in no more than sixty seconds. What You Need Form one large or several small groups. Everyone standing or sitting in a circle. What To Do This is perfect for  <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-tools-techniques/one-minute-debrief/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coloured Ball Debrief</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wonderfully creative and random way to debrief your group&#8217;s experience. At A Glance Participants are asked to randomly pull a ball out of a bag, the colour of which will direct the focus of their response. What You Need Selection of balls (different colours) or other multi-coloured items. Form one large or several small groups.  <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-tools-techniques/coloured-ball-debrief/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Exercise As Brain Food</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zea1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past 12 months there has been a growing mountain of research that has generated a lot of excitement in PE and adventure-based learning circles which speaks to the CRITICAL VALUE of integrating play and exercise in our lives, every day! Especially for kids. Click the image at right to read this short article.  <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-tools-techniques/exercise-as-brain-food/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Spot The Difference</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zea1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An activity about noticing what’s different about another. At A Glance In pairs, partners take turns to alter a set number of things about their appearance, and then invite the other to identify those changes. What You Need 5 – 10 minutes. What To Do Noticing the little things about people can develop trust and  <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-tools-techniques/spot-the-difference/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Simon Says … Revisited</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zea1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No doubt you&#8217;ve played &#8216;Simon Says&#8230;&#8217; at some point. Maybe it features heavily in your repertoire already? If not, I&#8217;d suggest it&#8217;s time to add it back in. Here&#8217;s a couple of ideas that came up for me during Michelle Cumming&#8217;s recent workshop: Rather than eliminate folks who move or flinch when they shouldn&#8217;t, ask  <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-tools-techniques/simon-says-%e2%80%a6-revisited/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>End Of Year Gifts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>trdev</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the spirit of Xmas, here are three gifts I&#8217;d like to pass onto you. I have received so much value from each of these three resources during the year, I feel compelled to share them with you too (the first two are free): Seth Godin&#8217;s Blog &#8211; Seth is a brilliant thinker. I receive  <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-tools-techniques/end-of-year-gifts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Knee Tag</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick, simple tag exercise for groups of four or more. At A Glance In pairs, individual attempt to tag the uncovered knees of thier partner as often as possible. What You Need An open, flat space. What To Do Divide your group into pairs, and ask each partnership to stand facing one another about a  <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-tools-techniques/knee-tag/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Do Schools Kill Creativity?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Folks, please find time today &#8211; not tomorrow &#8211; to view this video of an address Sir Ken Robinson made some years ago for TED &#8211; I&#8217;ve been an avid viewer of TED presentations for some years now (it&#8217;s free), and it is nothing if not revolutionary. Click here to view Sir Ken&#8217;s address entitled:  <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-tools-techniques/do-schools-kill-creativity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who! by Karl Rohnke</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A name game you can play with a large group. At A Glance Standing in the centre of a circle of people, a person points to someone and yells &#8220;Who&#8221; inviting them to trade places, before the new person repeats the sequence. What You Need 5-10 mins What To Do Earlier this month, I visited  <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-tools-techniques/who-by-karl-rohnke/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Copy Claps</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wonderfully engaging non-verbal opener for large groups. At A Glance Without saying a word, a leader initiates a series of claps &#8211; each one slightly more complex than the one before &#8211; inviting the group to copy their moves. What You Need 1 minute A large group, the bigger the better What To Do Start  <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-tools-techniques/copy-claps/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Playing with Michelle Cummings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi folks, I spent a training day &#8211; as a participant (something I rarely get to do) &#8211; with Michelle Cummings this week. Michelle was visiting from the USA (as a guest of the ACA), where she offers a variety of team-building programs and training resources. It was a fun day and I learned some  <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-tools-techniques/playing-with-michelle-cummings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ice-Breaker Exchange</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simple, non-threatening game to get people interacting and sharing. At A Glance Starting with a question card each, partners ask each other the question on their card, before swapping cards and then seeking a new partner to ask their new question. What You Need Set of Ice-Breaker Question cards What To Do In advance, prepare  <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-tools-techniques/ice-breaker-exchange/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Play Seriously</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi folks, I was sitting in a plane on Monday heading to Boston (to celebrate Project Adventure&#8217;s 40th anniversary this weekend), and read with interest the following newspaper articles from The Age (10/10/11): Exercise Linked To Higher Test Scores - in short, the more your students move and play, the more they learn in ALL  <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-tools-techniques/taking-play-seriously/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Train Station Greetings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An hilarious, silly exercise to energise your group. At A Glance Two people spy each other on opposite sides of the group and approach one another in &#8216;slow-motion&#8217; until they are within a metre of each other, and then suddenly they each turn away and look for a new person to start the process over  <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-tools-techniques/train-station-greetings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Comparision of Instructional Design Models Slideshow</title>
		<link>http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/adult-education/comparision-of-instructional-design-models-slideshow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking for a fairly good overview of the major approaches to Instructional Design, check out this slideshow on the topic. It includes a nice chart referencing, classroom, product and systems approaches to the design of instruction. Ideal &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/adult-education/comparision-of-instructional-design-models-slideshow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Instructional Methods Comparison Table #lrnchat</title>
		<link>http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-wisdom-or-training-foolishness/training-for-trainers/instructional-methods-comparison-table-lrnchat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a nice little chart/table I came across that allows reproduction. It presents some presumed strengths and weaknesses of various instructional methods available to trainers and teachers, along with a short comment. Might be helpful to print out. INSTRUCTIONAL &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-wisdom-or-training-foolishness/training-for-trainers/instructional-methods-comparison-table-lrnchat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Featured Training Tool: Training Needs Assessment Step-By-Step Helpcard</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Training Needs Assessment Step-By-Step Helpcard guides you through conducting a training needs assessment, and it&#8217;s all on two sides of an 8.5 x11 inch &#8220;card&#8221;. Meant for busy people who haven&#8217;t time to read books on the subject and need &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-wisdom-or-training-foolishness/learning-theory-to-practice/featured-training-tool-training-needs-assessment-step-by-step-helpcard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Instructional Strategies (Summaries Great For Stimulating Your Thinking)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most trainers and educators are somewhat limited in terms of the training and instructional approaches or methods they use. That&#8217;s understandable given the huge realm of possibilities for helping others learn. Here&#8217;s a list of instructional strategies that can be &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-wisdom-or-training-foolishness/training-for-trainers/instructional-strategies-summaries-great-for-stimulating-your-thinking/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Learning &#8220;In The Gaps&#8221; and On The Go &#8211; Using Dead Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We live in a waiting society. Wait at the doctor. Wait in line at the supermarket. Always waiting in a fast paced demanding world. Technology is giving us a leg up on using that dead time to learn something, and &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-wisdom-or-training-foolishness/training-technology/learning-in-the-gaps-and-on-the-go-using-dead-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Special Tweet Series #3: Learning Theories As Applied To Instruction</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As our first in the Special Tweet Series (on leadership styles) ended, we&#8217;re about to begin the next one. This time the topic is Learning theories as applied to instruction. Many trainers and learners have had some contact with the &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-wisdom-or-training-foolishness/learning-theory-to-practice/special-tweet-series-3-learning-theories-as-applied-to-instruction/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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