How to design & facilitate an interactive workshop


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The following post is meant to share the process of designing a workshop simulation and share the thinking processes behind it. Hopefully if you are tasked with producing a workshop or a learning activity this might offer some help.

The Brief

For an annual corporate conference different divisions were tasked with preparing presentations and workshops. The sessions were of a duration of one hour and for 40+ participants per session. My task was to prepare a workshop focusing on Safety & Risk Management for the entire Operational Division.

The Challenge

How do you design a workshop for participants, who have over 15+ years experience and as well provide a fresh take on the topic of safety?

 

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A new approach to Online Technical Training


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You can view the entire module following the link below:

>>SMS: Treasure Hunt

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The SMS treasure was completed as a proof of concept, to explore how to tackle regulatory training where there are certain core knowledge that needs to be learned before tackling more advanced topics. The challenge with these type of information is that these are basic concepts that one needs to know. The common approach, that one could take is send out an e-mail with an attached document – and say read this. The assumption is people would read it and understand it. Another approach I have seen, is convert it into a powerpoint presentation, slap on some voice-overs and call it e-learning. So this is my attempt at tackling this challenge. Following are some design considerations to explain the thought processes behind it.

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Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011


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The reason I ever got interested in presentations and design was because of Steve Jobs. Observing him present inspired me to discover my own style; and following his ideas of blending simplicity and complexity greatly influenced my thought processes.

The following is my tribute to the man who had one of the biggest influences on my life.

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How to run an event successfully: Safety Week


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The following post is meant to highlight the 3 key stages in planning and running an event successfully.

The 3 stages I will talk about are:

  1. Pre-Event
  2. Event
  3. Post Event

In each stage I will share with you what you need to keep in mind as well as what we did in each case.

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Information Design: UAE Population


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There is nothing new about info-graphics but it is quite in its infancy in gaining momentum in its use across business to communicate information.

This is an info-graphic I developed based on the recently released U.A.E. population statistics by the National Bureau of Statistics.

The use of visual data has a couple of benefits over textual/numerical data:

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The upcoming Tablet wars and future of e-learning


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Disclaimer – Owner of a 64GB iPad

27th of September, Blackberry CEO Mike Lazaridis announced the company’s new tablet — the PlayBook.

Since the announcement of the iPad, one of the most controversial features left out is Adobe Flash. While this may not have a huge impact on the majority of consumers, it is a crucial feature thats needed for any e-learning (Majority of e-learning courses are in Flash format)  to be possible using a tablet platform. Since september last year we have seen a flurry of announcements of tablets with flash support.

The biggest benefits of deploying tablets for a workforce are:

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Why care about aims and objectives?


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In every train the trainer session that I have conducted one of the most challenging topics to explain to potential trainers is aims and objectives. This post is an attempt at simplifying these key elements of training.

Imagine planning a vacation to France.

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Logo design and thought process


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In the post what makes a good logo? David Airey talks about five elements that one should consider in designing a logo.

  1. Describable
  2. Memorable
  3. Effective without colour
  4. Scalable i.e. work when just an inch in size
  5. Relevant to the industry in question

The following post describes the logic and process behind the design of my logo and how I feel it meets the above points.

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