Author Archives: Amanda Medina

4 tips to brief an instructional design team for your content development 

You want to ensure that your vision for your new online learning module is realized. You don’t have sufficient internal capability to design and build it.  You need to brief an external organization that has the skills and expertise to create exactly what you have in mind for your cohort.  How do you brief the […]

3 practical ways to measure if your learning program is successful.

Data and feedback are definitely going to be your go-to way of determining whether your training has had an impact on competency levels. However, it’s not always possible to find an easy-to-use tool to determine whether you have had a return on investment.  Last month alone, over 600 participants selected one of our Play4Business online courses […]

Which learning modality would be most appropriate for your team?

The learning landscape continues to evolve at a rapid pace and there are so many different learning options available. Online, in-person, virtual live, webinar, blended – how do you choose what is right?  Here are some considerations for you to review before deciding what would work best in your own context:  What is your usual completion […]

3 tips to design training from your learners’ perspective

Your team leader and their team members are at the center of the learning experience.  That might well sound like, of course, why wouldn’t they be.  However, over the past 30 years we have often been called on to design learning programs in a wide range of learning modalities and environments.  It’s only on very […]

3 Ways to shake up virtual meetings

Need some inspiration to energize your virtual meetings?  Don’t hold yet another monotonous meeting for your remote team.    Play4Business believes in using the LEGO® Serious Pla®y method as our go-to way for immediately changing up the energy in the virtual room.   If you aren’t yet trained in using this powerful methodology, here are 3 other […]

3 Proven methods for facilitating a ‘tough’ crowd

We’ve all been there.  You walk into the room and the tension could be cut with a knife.  There is silence or perhaps a few groups are chatting and excluding others.  You take a deep breath and think fast about what you can do to change the mood.  Here are three suggestions for you:  If […]

3 reasons to spend an hour a week on learning new skills

Here’s some motivation to make time for your own professional development so that you continue to grow your facilitation toolkit by including the LEGO® Serious Play® method:  #1 Marketability  Whether you are an internal facilitator in a larger firm or work in your own business, your personal branding is important.  The LEGO® Serious Play® methodology […]

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