Nearly half of 17-year-olds say they read for pleasure no more than one or two times a year — if that. That’s way down from a decade ago. https://t.co/5ASar6xsfj
Just watched Invictus about Nelson Mandela. Great leaders make everyone they work with feel seen, bad leaders render people invisible. Having the emotional discipline to see people is the essence of caring personally.
How does your organisation get its knowledge? Buy it? Rent it? Create it? Build on or adapt it from existing knowledge? Or develop it from lessons learnt & shared? https://t.co/nyrEBr0VnJ
@sjtanton @SonjaJefferson@chrismarr101 And recent learners are often more aware of the pitfalls than experts - they've nailed that skill, internalised it & moved on.
@chrismarr101@SonjaJefferson @sjtanton Absolutely. There's nothing like teaching your own subject to make you uncover things you take for granted. So you see it with fresh eyes.
@SonjaJefferson@chrismarr101 @sjtanton Thanks for this Sonja. Great points Chris. We often learn from people with just a bit more know-how. Because their own experience is still fresh. And with feedback your 'observing, trying, testing, failing & trying again' is so much easier.
American educators love to emphasize correct procedure, but cognitive science says that students learn better when you focus on their mistakes. https://t.co/GTkO8C5byz
How do you tackle alien theories which bamboozle viewers & the creative team? Here’s how to work with experts. So you make sense of lofty ideas. And can get on with turning them into cracking Help videos. https://t.co/j9DsxkoKpQ #VideoMarketing
Work with experts to make the most of everyone’s time and talent. Here’s how to cut mind-numbing details that strangle creativity. So the creative team can get on with doing what they do best. https://t.co/krVSptDyjL #VideoMarketing
Here’s how to streamline Help video script-writing. Stop experts sending an information tsunami which weighs the creative team down. Instead, zoom in on what your audience needs to know/do. And drop the rest. https://t.co/iSrCHFFUna #VideoMarketing