Disrupting leadership training: Must-have #1 for horticulture Leaders - Content
Content has to be accessible, on every level:
content should be available on any device at any time
content should be presented in user-paced chunks
language has to make the ideas easy to understand and apply
the ‘voice’ needs to be conversational
the material has to be personalised.
Content has to be focused. That means it relates to real-life situations, and it also means that there is nothing extraneous in the content — no distracting animations, sounds and effects. Keep it short, keep it simple.
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How Less Is More in Management Training Content
Content has to challenge. To learn, we need a small change in our mind. We have to have a moment of uncertainty while we work out what this new information means. As Godin says, don’t hit the nail on the head. Letting them figure out the punchline means creating space for them to learn and work it themselves — they effectively become the author. The most valuable content is user-generated. Our job as educators is to create the space for learners to write their story.
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