Back in 1955, when television was just hitting its straps, Science Fiction writer Isaac Asimov wrote a short story called “Dreaming is a private thing.” The essence of the story was that people didn’t want a shared entertainment experience. He argued that people don’t want to have to get their entertainment according to someone else’s…
Every trainer or educator starts out with an idea of what they would like to impart, a rough outline of how they want to impart it, and a basic concept of what they want their trainees to do with the knowledge once it has been imparted. Of course, many trainers never get much beyond that…
I guess we have to start with “Baby it’s cold outside” … You no doubt heard over Christmas that a small survey of listeners at a single radio station in North America called for a ban on the song – and that fed into the whole #metoo discussion, and discussion of political correctness, and of…
What’s the difference between Mentoring and Coaching? Between Teaching and Training? How can we, as coaches, trainers, educators and mentors best serve those that we are helping? That’s one of the issues with John Maxwell’s Servant Leadership, of course (which I’ll address in a future Tuesday Training post) But its also something I’ve been…
Background: I’m currently a member of four Toastmasters clubs, having rejoined Toastmasters in Brisbane, Australia, about two years ago. I was also a member of multiple other clubs in my previous Toastmasters membership, in the 1980s. But all those clubs, and three of my existing clubs, are ‘traditional’ clubs – in the sense that they…
This week, our travel-pic theme is X for Xerox – black-and-white reproductions of some pics we’ve taken around the world. Today’s a dark and foreboding Stonehenge. The stone structure is one of the most famous sights in England, has prompted entire belief-structures based on its supposed ancient wisdom and astronomical expertise. But unfortunately, its…
This week, our travel-pic theme is X for Xerox – black-and-white reproductions of some pics we’ve taken around the world. Today, a serendipitous structure captured through a car window. We should never have seen this bridge … it wasn’t on our proposed route from Granby Colorado to Taos, New Mexico. But just after we had gone…
This week, our travel-pic theme is X for Xerox – black-and-white reproductions of some pics we’ve taken around the world. For today, it’s London, looking like a throwback to the early days of Doctor Who. One of my most enduring memories as a kid was seeing the Daleks rolling across Westminster Bridge .. and I…
This week, our travel-pic theme is X for Xerox – black-and-white reproductions of some pics we’ve taken around the world. Today, its Mazatlan-Moggie! Why a picture of a cat? Because there aren’t enough cat pictures on the Internet! Seriously, though, this gorgeous grey mackerel tabby was sunning herself on a driveway in Mazatlan as we walked past…
This week, our travel-pic theme is X for Xerox – black-and-white reproductions of some pics we’ve taken around the world. For Tuesday, it’s sunken ships in the harbour of Port Vila, Vanuatu. Now, this is one of a number of wrecks that dot Iririki Island, the resort island in the middle of Port Vila – some…
