This post is the second in a series of three, co-created by Val Uccellani (Global Learning Partners) and Anouk Janssens-Bevernage (DynaMind eLearning). Read the other two posts in this series: 6 Core Principles, Virtually! and 5 Ways to Create Tough...
11 Tips for SURE-Fire Telephone Meetings
If you haven’t yet seen this hysterical video that’s been making the rounds lately, do check it out: A Conference Call in Real Life, by Tripp & Tyler. At GLP, we’d like to help you avoid these nightmares, so here are 11 tips to better telephone meetings. 1. “All...
How to Evaluate a Training
Do you ever get emails asking you to spend a few minutes sharing your thoughts about evaluating a training? I do. And I'm always a little torn because I know whoever asks is eager for a few crisp tips. Instead, I grill them with questions! The rest of this short...
An Interview with Valerie Uccellani, GLP Senior Partner
Global Learning Partners (GLP): What’s your favorite axiom, and why? Valerie Uccellani (Val): Pray for Doubt. Funny. I didn’t used to like this one. In fact, when we taught axioms in the introductory course, I sometimes deleted it from the binder; I didn’t...
Staying Connected When Designing
What I love about designing is how it makes us connect with our universal humanity. Those that don’t design may not understand what I mean so I’ll say a bit more. This week I’ve been asked to co-design a program to help build stability among low...
Five Tips for Strategic Communication
Strategic communication can encompass so much. In this brief tip sheet we focus specifically on e-newsletters. However, they can be helpful for any strategic communication. 1. Start with a creative brief A creative brief clarifies what...
Intentionality in Communications
Sometimes writing flows like a river findings its natural path. We are clear about who we’re communicating with and the effect we hope it will have on the reader. This feels good to us as communicators, and feels right to the reader. Unfortunately, the river...
Turning Lemons into Lemonade
I could have titled this blog post “The Travelling Consultant’s Nightmare” but I’ve opted for “Turning Lemons into Lemonade.” This is a story of turning a bad story into a good one! When you were a child, did you ever hear the riddle: What’s the most important thing...
Active Learning Held in High Esteem at One of Nation’s Top Medical Colleges
The University of Vermont College of Medicine set a goal to fully embrace “active learning” by the year 2019 – and they are succeeding! When the College received a generous alumni gift, they wanted to make sure to invest it in the most impactful ways. Their research...
A Tribute to Michael Culliton – Living Beyond this World
Life begins with love, is maintained with love, and ends with love. - Tsoknyi Rinpoche Friends, this tribute aims to convey the spirit, courage, humor and brilliance of a remarkable man, Michael Culliton. Michael is a Senior Partner of GLP, a seasoned teacher,...
What Jane is Reading: Parker Palmer’s Newest Book
by Jane Vella with Valerie Uccellani On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity & Getting Old by Parker Palmer, 2019 From Jane: I found this a delightful, informative, funny, inspiring and honest book. Parker is a contemporary of mine (I’m his older sister!) so...
Designing for People
At GLP we use the word “design” to describe what we do when we create learning events. I’ve always loved that term (Thank you, Jane). It has to do not only with how a learning process “looks” on the outside – but how it FEELS on the inside. I think of it like this…...