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Hi TZ peeps,

Do you have any favourite L&D sites that you use?
I'm always looking for free resources, training ideas and that extra bit of inspiration. I've Recently came across Trainer Bubble (Great for Icebreakers, Energisers etc), Bookboon (lots of free E-books) and Get Abstract (Summaries for lots of training books).
Be great to know your thoughts!
Adam

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  1. Some of my favourites

    Hi Adam

    Here are some of my favourites to get you started.

    http://www.Ted.com for inspirational talks

    http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/ for the latest free training software demonstrations

    http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/02/100-video-sites-every-educator-should.html 1 stop shop

    http://www.presentermedia.com/index.php?target=category&id=143&maincat=video Great PPT animation

    http://changingminds.org/ All things psychology

    http://www.mindtools.com/ Leadership, Management and Soft Skills

    and finally…for lunchtimes when you want to play on the internet for an hour

    http://www.wisestart.co.uk/

     

  2. For me it’s about the PLN

     I use twitter vociferously and have RSS feeds to a couple of dozen sites that challenge my thinking.

    These include:

    http://theelearningcoach.com/ – elearning design tips

    http://c4lpt.co.uk/ – Jane Hart’s excellent resource

    http://www.jarche.com/ – Harold Jarche’s approach to learning and work

    http://www.aconventional.com/ – Nick Shackleton-Jones blog is always a good read

    http://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.co.uk/ – as is Donald Clark’s

    http://blogs.hbr.org/ – Harvard Business Review

    http://www.teachthought.com/ – For education thought

    http://hr.toolbox.com/ – HR and OD opinion

  3. Sparking ideas

     Hi Adam,

    I have to admit that http://www.mindtools.com is a great place for getting basic information which you can then build on, and very easy to navigate. There is also a lot of fantastic material on independent trainers websites – though it is often more through luck that you find them.

    In the last year, I’ve found Twitter (closely followed by LinkedIn) is by best source of inspiration and information. You just tweet out what you are looking for and 90% of the time, someone will send a link. OK, sometimes its not exactly what I’m after, but it’s usually interesting, and following links in THAT article can often reveal hidden gems.

    Great question by the way!

    Louise Gelsthorpe

    Power HourBite-size licence free training materials

     

  4. Inspiring sites

    Hi Adam

    I like to use appreciative inquiry in training and development. A very good source is the Ai Commons site http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/

    Re-evaluation counselling is an extraordinarily effective theory and practice with endless applications for design and personal development. The site is http://www.rc.org   

    You could even try my site http://www.nickheap.co.uk/ It has 250 + free articles, tools and resources about organisation, management and personal development. Please help yourself. You might find this article http://www.nickheap.co.uk/articles.asp?ART_ID=19 about designing learning events useful. It has a couple of worked examples.

    Thanks for a useful thread. I’ll certainly look at the links you and others have posted.

    Best wishes,

    Nick Heap ([email protected]

  5. I use you tube

    Adam,

    If you can find the time to sort through the dross to find the gems, You Tube has a mass of excellent material I use for coaching and personal development.

    My library of the best of the rest now extends to 350, but it took nearly that number of hours to find, collate and organise, and no exaggeration.

    If this helps contact me offline and I will be happy to pass on my learning to short cut your way to the better stuff.

    Andrew Gibbons

    [email protected]

     

     

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    I am looking for an example of a training contract I can use with an organisation.

    Does anyone have an example they would be willing to share?

    Thanks

    Mark

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