This is second post in our four-post series celebrating Cued Forward’s Back to School, Back to Learning Something New focus. This post is a 10-minute read. You know a good public speaker when you hear one. You may like the person’s presentation style, ability to tell stories, or the clarity of the information. You walk… Read more »
This post is one in a series of blogs for Cued Forward’s Back to School, Back to Learning Something New focus on learning something new for personal and professional development. This post is a 10-minute read. Get more sleep. Eat healthier. Grow your career. We all have positive goals we strive for in our personal… Read more »
I worked for a business that had fruit delivered for its employees several times a week. I often helped unbox the fruit deliveries in the breakroom. A couple of times a month, the fruit company included a type of fruit that was unique, one that most people had never tried. They enclosed a fact card… Read more »
Do you get excited when you hear the chimes of the ice cream truck? I have seen many adults, including myself, grab a few dollars and wait for the truck to come to a curb nearby to get a strawberry shortcake or a snow cone. For many, the ice cream truck not only offers cool… Read more »
A few years ago I interviewed for a job. The interviewer asked me what I would consider my weakness. I answered with the correct answer for me even though it may not have been politically correct. My weakness is that when researching an issue or a project, I sometimes do not know when to stop… Read more »
Unique Learning Options As we have seen with parts one and two of our learning options series, in-person options are the main menu item you might order at a restaurant while online learning is one of those large side dishes that could be eaten as a meal on its own or shared. If unique learning… Read more »
Going back to thinking of learning options available as ordering from a menu in a restaurant as we did in part one, if we think of in-person learning as the entrée, online learning options are like an extra-large side dish that could almost be eaten as a meal by itself. Not so long ago, online… Read more »
Choosing the type of learning option you need is like ordering from a menu at a restaurant. You usually find one or two items you want and maybe ones you want to try in the future. Often, there are so many items on the menu that you are not quite prepared when the server asks… Read more »
Are there certain learning opportunities that make you more excited than others? Does the term webinar cause you to shut down your computer because you cannot be involved in another one-sided topic discussion? Or does the term podcast immediately conjure up the need to view a PowerPoint presentation? All of us have our preferences in… Read more »
With graduation season almost here, the commencement speeches will begin to flow and words of wisdom about future selves will be shared. Here is my reflection to my younger self on how learning experiences starts to fit together. Dear Younger Self, You know you need to learn concepts, reasoning, and skills, but sometimes it seems… Read more »