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Here’s a dirty little secret that could bring the FAA knocking at my door: sometimes, when the flight attendant says that electronic devices must be powered down completely at takeoff, I don’t do it. No, I don’t openly defy the order and continue texting as the plane heads down the runway, but nonetheless, my phone …
I recently read with pleasure “An Education Revolution,” an article in ASAE’s August edition of Associations Now. It’s a good piece, and I certainly recommend it. I also applaud the three education initiatives it describes (indeed, I even participated in one of them.) These, in my mind, are clearly representative of the types of experiences …
A few weeks ago I learned about Blake Boles and Zero Tuition College (which you can learn more about in a five-minute video by Boles). Boles challenges college education specifically—why pay $20,000 a year for the “opportunity” to accumulate a sizable debt and graduate with unsure job prospects? why not invest that money and time …
A poet and a lifelong learner, I attended a two-day workshop in May where poet-teachers Dorianne Laux and Joseph Millar introduced me to Tony Hoagland’s five powers of poetry. Hoagland classifies implication as poetry’s fifth power: A good writer does not say everything. When Jane Hirschfield says, “It is foolish / to let a young …
In my speaking and here on the blog, I frequently note that: The vast majority of adult learning happens in an informal and largely self-directed way – i.e., not in classes, seminars, conference sessions, etc.; Most of us aren’t all that well-prepared to be effective self-directed learners – meaning, the quality of all that informal …
Last week I heard an NPR segment about Taxis on Patrol. Taxi drivers are out and about at all hours, and Denver police decided to capitalize by enlisting cabbies’ help in their fight against crime. The day after Denver launched the Taxis on Patrol program, “a cab driver helped police make an arrest for a …
This is the second part of a post I started recently on 7 Essential Skills and Tactics for Learning Leaders. You can read about the first four skills/tactics in the earlier post. Here are the remaining three:
One of the areas we are focusing on more as we progress into the new year is helping our clients with sourcing talent for their learning initiatives. We’ll be offering a variety of resources in the coming months, but as I am currently in the midst of preparing to speak to a group of professional …
No, I don’t mean your education should suck. Rather, I have in mind that obvious and yet amazing claim for a vacuum cleaner manufacturer to make: Our vacuums have strong suction and they don’t lose it. How could you claim the same for the educational experiences you offer? It might be something along the lines …
Here’s something I hear far too often from association board members: “Well, I haven’t really participated in any of the ______ myself.” You can fill in the blank with “online courses,” “Webinars,” or even, in far too many cases, “conferences,” “seminars,” or “continuing education” in general. Unfortunately, the same is often true of executives and …
As we round the corner to the end of the year, many organizations are thinking about what they can do to reinvigorate their continuing education and professional development offerings in the new year and beyond. Here are five approaches to consider:
I’ve known for as long as I can remember that the Panama Canal ranks among the great feats of human engineering. Upon visiting the Canal for the first time recently, I discovered that it is also a shining example of a rock solid value proposition. As I watched a skyscraper-sized freighter full of Japanese automobiles …