The Virtual Classroom Defined
Many people wonder, “What exactly is a virtual classroom?” If you want a precise definition, Wikipedia.com says, “A virtual classroom is a learning environment created in the virtual space. “The...
View ArticleThe Learning Explosion In Action
Right now, a teenager in Kobe, Japan, is learning a new skill on his mobile phone. A small-business owner in Sydney, Australia, is asking his professional network of online associates which Learning...
View ArticleIf you learned it the hard way…
How many times have you heard someone say, “That was a really tough experience! I guess I learned it the hard way.” We can guarantee you’ve said it at least once in your life. Maybe it was said after a...
View ArticleAge Defying Webinars
While speaking to a group of online learning professionals we recalled a story of an older female facilitator who told us that webinars have extended her career. Because people can’t see how old she...
View ArticleChange just ONE thing to free yourself from your phone
Like Pavlov’s dog, many of us have been conditioned to reach for our pocket or purse whenever we hear a chime. Some people like myself also suffer from a condition that is commonly called, “phantom...
View ArticlePlease, let’s recycle (knowledge).
Google has essentially become a recycling bin for our memories. If you need to learn something, you search for things that someone else has discovered, processed and shared. Knowledge not recycled into...
View ArticleTo learn: Just add water.
We live in a compressed world. Everything around us seems so tightly wound or packed so tightly that it’s hard to see how it can make a difference. Is there anything in that tightly packed wrapper?...
View Article3 Principles Learning Professionals Should Steal From Advertisers
One of the simplest concepts in any marketing or advertising strategy are the 3 M’s: Market, Message, Media. When you are trying to communicate to another person, or group of people — whether it’s in a...
View ArticleBe Patient With Technology
We recently heard Elliott Masie speak at his conference. Over and over he hammered the concept of affordances. Masie states, “The word ‘affordance’ does not refer to the cost of technology; rather...
View ArticleWhat GoldiLocks Can Teach Us About Learning
In the fable of Goldilocks and the Three Bears we learn about a young girl who wants everything “just right.” Throughout the story she is faced with several choices, which she tests and tries, and...
View ArticleHow To Increase Your Professional Online Presence (POP)
Just recently we were asked for interviewing tips by two separate individuals. On further review neither had much of a Professional Online Presence (POP). In today’s competitive and technologically...
View ArticleIt’s time to start thinking differently about learning
We recently saw a tweet come across our learning lab that read, “Reading one good books makes you a lot smarter than skimming over 3,000 RSS feeds. (via @gapingvoid).” While on the surface this comment...
View ArticleGuest Post: Dependence, Independence, Interdependence and the Stages in Between
FranklinCovey has recently partnered with OpenSesame to offer some of our online learning courses to their catalog. In addition the company is reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Below is...
View ArticleGuest Post: Being Proactive Changes More Than Just Yourself
FranklinCovey has recently partnered with OpenSesame to offer some of our online learning courses to their catalog. In addition the company is reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Below is...
View ArticleGuest Post: Visualization: Where Success Begins
FranklinCovey has recently partnered with OpenSesame to offer some of our online learning courses to their catalog. In addition the company is reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Below is...
View ArticleGuest Post: Putting First Things First – Distinguishing Between Importance...
FranklinCovey has recently partnered with OpenSesame to offer some of our online learning courses to their catalog. In addition, the company is reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Below is...
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The 3rd Alternative Training Now Available
From the multimillion-copy best-selling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People—hailed as the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century—The 3rd Alternative introduces a...
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New Book: The 4 Disciplines of Execution
4DX Book Focus is a natural principle. The sun’s scattered rays are too weak to start a fire, but once you focus them with a magnifying glass they will bring paper to flame in seconds. The same is...
View ArticleHow to Get a Job By Thinking Win Win
FranklinCovey has recently partnered with OpenSesame to offer some of our online learning courses to their catalog. In addition, the company is reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Below is...
View ArticleSeek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
FranklinCovey has recently partnered with OpenSesame to offer some of our online learning courses to their catalog. In addition, the company is reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Below is...
View ArticleTwo Heads Are Better Than One
FranklinCovey has recently partnered with OpenSesame to offer some of our online learning courses to their catalog. In addition, the company is reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Below is...
View ArticleOn the Balance Beam: Finding Time to Sharpen the Saw
FranklinCovey has recently partnered with OpenSesame to offer some of our online learning courses to their catalog. In addition, the company is reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Below...
View ArticleA day in the life of a FranklinCovey Delivery Consultant…Part 1
I have just completed a most complicated business trip. Complicated because I was to be in three different cities (Calgary, Edmonton and Superior, WI) in 3 days, giving a one hour key note in each of...
View ArticleA day in the life of a Delivery Consultant…Part 2
This is part 2 of the story, to read part 1 click here. Thursday morning, June 14th. I arrive at Denver Airport at 4:30AM. Catch my flight to MSP. All is well. Connect to Duluth. While waiting at...
View ArticleFranklinCovey Consultant Post: A38
What is the universe trying to tell me? A few weeks ago, I was scheduled to travel from the Los Angeles area to San Francisco. I chose to travel on Southwest; it’s fairly easy and there’s no luggage...
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