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Take control of your learning content: cut the fluff once and for all

13 September 2016 by Rebecca

Multi-headed BeastWho’s in control? You or your content?

Does this sound familiar?

‘It’s clear in my head until I try to explain it’.

Are you wrestling a mutating beast in a battle to tame your expertise? For every head you chop off do two more spring to life?

We’ve all been there. So you’re not alone.

Want to be the hero of your own content creation story?

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Filed Under: Sharing & teaching know-how Tagged With: Good intentions that trip you up Help people achieve their goals Cut the fluff Falling in love with your content Too much information confuses

Is this #1 reason learners give up? One sure-fire way to keep them on board

11 September 2016 by Rebecca

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What makes people give up?

It’s disheartening, because you want people to get it.  You want to help.

So what goes wrong?

Well, this story might help. I used to teach literacy skills to young people who had missed years of schooling. For some, writing more than two sentences was an achievement.

One day, Jess (not her real name) proudly gave me ten lines of writing – with no punctuation.  To encourage her progress, I suggested she make it even better with some full stops.

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Filed Under: Sharing & teaching know-how Tagged With: Explanations without examples suck Share your experience Good intentions that trip you up Bring abstract ideas to life The Curse of Knowledge How our brains work Speaking Expertese

5 ways to exploit your best asset – the one you ignore

7 September 2016 by Rebecca

crowd-vector-pixabayLet’s be honest.

It’s a free-for-all out there.

More and more people are sharing what they know.  It’s like a rush of prospectors searching for gold.  So it’s hard to be heard.

Do you struggle to get people’s attention? Let’s dispel some doubts.

Your problem isn’t that you’re mining the wrong subject. Your problem isn’t that others got there first. And your problem definitely isn’t a lack of things to say.

Your problem is you’re sitting on the gold mine. But don’t know it.

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Filed Under: Sharing & teaching know-how Tagged With: Explanations without examples suck Share your experience Good intentions that trip you up Expertise is more than knowing stuff Make it doable Bring abstract ideas to life

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