What New Team Leaders Should Do First - Carolyn O'Hara Getting people to work together isn’t easy, and unfortunately many leaders skip over the basics of team building in a rush to start achieving goals. But your actions in the first few weeks and months can have a major impact on whether your team ultimately delivers results. What steps should you take to set your team up for success? How do you form group norms, establish clear goals, and create an environment where everyone feels comfortable and motivated to contribute? What the Experts SayWhether you’re taking over an existing team or starting a new one, it’s critical to devote time and energy to establishing how you want your team to work, not just what you want them to achieve. Get to know each other“One of your first priorities should be to get to know your team members and to encourage them to get to better know one another,” says Shapiro. Show what you stand forUse your initial interactions with team members as an opportunity to showcase your values. Principles to Remember Do: Don’t:
Corporate Gamification of Learning & Training The definition of gamification is the craft of applying the mechanics and experience of game design that trigger intrinsic motivation factors and emotional connection, to engage and motivate people to achieve certain behaviors or learning goals and to improve their ability to quickly comprehend complex and abstract issues. Contrary to popular belief, gamification is not… Simply creating a game.A catchall for interactivity.Simply adding points and badges to an activity and expecting it to magically become more engaging.A design style.An easy thing to do or to learn (an understanding of psychology, human behavior and much more goes into it).The solution for everything. Gamification in Corporate Training – Where it all began The word “gamification” has received a lot of hype over the last few years, and as designers and developers we continue seeing the term misused and misunderstood in the media and in conversation. To really understand gamification you have to go back to the origin.
e-Learning Feeds Money Talking: How to Tame Your Email and To-Do List Work is messy, but that doesn't mean that you have to be a hot mess at work. This week, as a part of Money Talking's first management conversation, WNYC's business editor Charlie Herman speaks with two experts from the Harvard Business Review on getting organized and maximizing your productivity at the office. Sarah Green is a senior associate editor at HBR and author of the article "8 Ways Not to Manage Your Email (and Five and a Half Tactics That Work)." Here are a few of Green's tips for how to handle that glut of email. Treat your email as an essential part of your job.Devote a specific amount of time each day to managing your email.Find a different method (not email) to manage your to-do list. Herman also talks to Ron Friedman, a social psychologist who specializes in human motivation and author of "How to Spend the First 10 Minutes of Your Day."
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eFront Blog | eLearning Resources from eFront Blog The Morning Routines Of The Most Successful People Whether you’re a morning person or a night owl, we all start our day at some point. And we all seem to start it differently. Some of us hop online to check social media, others dive in to email, still others eat breakfast, exercise, or pack lunches for the kids. There’re a million different ways a morning could go. Which morning routine might be best? While there’s probably not an ideal morning routine that fits everyone, we can learn a lot from the morning routines of successful people as well as from the research and inspiration behind starting a morning on the right foot. I collected a wide range of opinions on how best to start a day, from the scientific to the successful. Science says: Willpower is highest in the morning, so start strong You’ve maybe heard the advice that your first work of the day should be something meaningful and significant, a task that might take a lot of focus, will, and determination to accomplish. That’s the idea purported by the strength model. P.G.
Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling Digital storytelling allows computer users to become creative storytellers by first beginning with the traditional processes of selecting a topic, conducting research, writing a script, and developing an interesting story. This material is then combined with various types of multimedia, including still images, recorded audio, computer-generated text, video clips, and music so that it can be played on a computer, added to a web site, posted on a blog, or burned on a DVD. The script for an educational digital story is one of the most important components that students will create. Scriptwriting can be difficult for many students and is certainly more work and less fun than some of the other tasks associated with creating a digital story, like searching for images or adding music. The First Version of the Script Students in our courses and workshops are asked to write and submit a first draft version of the script for a digital story based on their selected topic. Story Circles
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