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Engaging after lunch presentation from Grant…power was back on, so that helped things!Grant is a performance psychologist (PhD University WA) – has worked with all sorts of organisations and sports teams! Grant presented on the diagnosis of culture through a mapping tool that uses chaos logic – which produces DNA Raw Data Patterns – great…

"The revolution of the new professional – can technology based training help?" Well, Deen just managed to get his presentation up – warned us that he was a Powerpoint junkie…and whammo!! We loose all power in the hotel – no lights, no power sources – the lot – a darkened room confronts us…. Deen handled…

"Teaching and learning in an online environment" Some really valuable points re-iterated by David’s experience with online uni courses across the Australia/Asian region: online learning is NOT a transmission model quality interaction is essential the learner experience is enhanced in comparison to the large lecture based model of teaching most problems experienced were administrative! the…

What do CEOs really think about training? Some key message from Mike about exploring your role through the eyes of a CEO: does your learning strategy support the business objectives is your requested investment going to be measureale? results – what will be the outcomes Oh – and baby boomers are adaptable – you bet…

Paul just knocked their socks off again! If you attended the LT2005 conference or joined via the LT2005 wiki, then you will already know Paul’s amazing story about schools collaborating to engineer model F1 cars (via Webex synchronous technologies) – here’s a link to Paul’s paper. (And the girls won!!!) One of the most important…

From e-Learning to c-Learning Grant from the CyberInstitute addressed a number of what he sees as emerging issues and trends: new practices (I’d like to add new pedagogies) focusing on the learner experience (yeah – we’re starting to get it!) use of Skype and other VOIP technologies use of IM (he probably means all the…

What a terrific way to start your day – invite a clown doctor along…at 7am it’s just what you need! Dr Peter Spitzer – popularly known as Dr Fruit Loop – from the Humour Foundation – exposed us all to some laughter and some serious side of working with children (and adults) to assist their…

The National Training Day has just kicked off – here at the newly renovated Hilton Hotel in Sydney! And there’s wireless….except I had to pay for access….bummer! When will the 5 star hotels get that this sort of access should be free….!!!? So – as the Chair for the day – I’ll be trying to…

85 years – 1920 – 2005! That’s amazing – and after having spent about 15 years of my corporate life at the flying kangaroo I think it’s an achievement worth noting! If you visit the QF website, there’s a rather nice history piece – starting back with Hudson Fysh at Longreach! You have to click…