Author Archives: Robin Pierman, Social Media Coach
Body Language for Trainers and other Professionals
Body Language is our FIRST language, our primary and biological language…before we learned to say our very first word(s) as a young child. Babies communicate their needs to, and interact with, caregivers using nonverbal communication and body language. When we … Continue reading
Enhance Training and Other Formal Learning with Social Media
Originally posted on danSTEER:
During my own ASTD Techknowledge session this year, I discussed various ways in which trainers and formal-learning facilitators can enhance their initiatives with social media. The possibilities are endless and this post outlines tools that I…
Let’s Talk about Older Learners
January’s chapter meeting is focused on improving the performance of our aging workforce. As a L&D professional, you know how important it is to understand your audience in order to develop programs to suit their needs. Dr. Eileen Banchoff … Continue reading
Prezi: Use Social Media to Boost Your Training Effectiveness
Prezi isn’t all that new. It’s been around since 2008. If you’re a TED aficionado, you may have seen several speakers use it to convey their ideas visually. Chris Anderson, the founder of TED, gave a fascinating TED talk … Continue reading
ASTD Chapter Leaders
Last month I had the honor of presenting a session on Social Media at the ASTD Leaders Conference. At the start of the session, I asked all in attendance to write the name of their chapter on a flipchart for … Continue reading
Global Learning Event on Nov. 21st
The International Society for Performance Improvement, ISPI, is holding an event that should be of interest to professionals in the field of Learning and Development. If you develop learning solutions for a global audience, you don’t want to miss this.
Social Learning Event Coming Later This Month
No one can argue that social media is a hot topic. From historic Initial Public Offerings, to tweets about twerks social media is everywhere… literally. But what does it have to do with learning? As Workplace Learning Professionals continue to … Continue reading
The ASTD Leaders Conference
On October 26, I had the pleasure of presenting a session to other ASTD chapter leaders outlining the social media strategy for the Greater Detroit chapter. I used a Prezi to display my slides instead of the typical PowerPoint slideshow. … Continue reading
Using Impact Maps
Many thanks to Tim Aulph, who wrote the following post One of the many pros to attending a Great Detroit Chapter ASTD event is learning about something new; especially if it is something that will help me and/or my teammates … Continue reading
ATD Detroit 