Velsoft at the Winter Olympics
The 2018 Winter Olympics start in South Korea today, and this got me thinking about what it takes to be an elite athlete. These individuals have to be resilient, selfless and patriotic, along with possessing a sense of…
Groundhog Day at Velsoft Head Office
Surprisingly, Groundhog Day has been around since 1887! It started from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerges from its burrow and sees its shadow that it will go back in its burrow and we will…
Thanks for the memories
As you all know by now, our Project Manager Rachael is leaving us for greener pastures (a government job). I started to think about what that would mean for Velsoft, and all the relationships she has with clients. That…
Healthy Workplace Culture – Making Your Business Better
An excerpt from Making Your Business Better, Velsoft’s January softskills course release. What is a healthy workplace culture? It is the environment in which employees interact with each other and carry to the outside world via networking, customer…
Our Muppet Selves- Velsoft Revisioned
It’s time to play the music It’s time to light the lights It’s time to meet the Muppets on the Velsoft Muppet Show tonight… I wasn’t sure what to write about this week until I was checking my…
7 Tips on Using Humor in the Classroom
Are you naturally funny or part comedian? If not, don’t despair! You don’t need these traits to inject classroom humor into your training. Using the following guidelines can help you to see humor in the everyday things that…
Workplace Harassment Quick Reference Guide
Politicians, CEOs, actors, TV hosts and others have been recently forced to resign over harassment allegations. This points out just how broken our workplaces have been — how we’ve allowed improper behavior to lurk in what should be…
Velsoft’s MicroLearning HipChat Experiment
My interest in Microlearning led me to consider ways that could be used to deliver these nuggets of training. At Velsoft, we use HipChat to communicate as a company (All Velsoft), groups (Marketing, Managers, Production) and promote events…
Working with Slack Teams
An excerpt from Velsoft’s new course Slack for Business, which focuses on Working with Slack Teams. Once you have set up your Slack account and created a team, you are ready to start working with your team. Inviting Members…
Donald Schon: How Professionals Think In Action
Donald Schon, in his influential books Educating the Reflective Practitioner and The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think In Action, argues that we need to look at how adults learn in practice. He introduces the notions of ‘knowing-in-action’, ‘reflecting-in-action’…
Icebreaker: Cup Challenge
The Cup Challenge Icebreaker is an excellent way to form a connection between your participants and see that working together is better than working alone when trying to generate ideas. This is an especially good icebreaker for a…
9 plus 1 Things I Learned About eLearning in 2017
I’m always amazed by the fact that I continue to learn something new every day. I remember being told that the best way to learn is to teach. I would add that a great way to learn about…
