| I participated in an interesting webinar with Lynda.com yesterday titled Online Learning: How video changes and enhances the way we learn. It was an excellent presentation of course, but I wouldn’t expect anything less from Lynda.com. I often create training videos for the college and have used many of Lynda.com’s presentation tips in my work.In yesterday’s webinar there were several references to a book called Brain Rules, by John Medina. The book talks about how the brain works, and how to get the most out of it in everyday life. I think this may be the next book I read. Or hear… I’m considering the audio book. |
Here’s one of the slides from the Lynda.com presentation, taken from the Brain Rules book:
When I went to the author’s website, I found this little gem related to PowerPoint presentations.
I thought the part about boring environments was interesting (study hall, class room, cubicle) and I hope the author speaks more to that point in his book. This is something I’ve been keenly aware of for years. I’m also intrigued by the correlation between exercise and brain power – specifically when it comes to creativity. At my last job I implemented a weekly team meeting with my fellow business analysts which was held while walking around downtown Sanford. All 4 analysts agreed to give it a try, and I think we came up with some of our best ideas while on those walks. I know it’s not physically possible for everyone to have walking meetings, but it was something I wanted to try and it worked for the four of us at that time. To this day, when I need to really devote massive brain power or creativity to something I often step onto the treadmill or walk around the block.
Please pardon the slowness of my brain until I read this book and learn the tricks to crank it up a notch. I’ll post my comments here soon.