Comments for James Bird Guess - Motivational Speaker - Trainer on Performance, Leadership, Small Business http://jamesbirdguess.com Grind for Greatness! Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on How to Motivate Your Employees without Money by Natasha http://jamesbirdguess.com/how-to-motivate-your-employees-without-money/#comment-103 Natasha Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:04:52 +0000 http://jamesbirdguess.com/?p=1618#comment-103 Great post. I agree that the key to increasing engagement is to make sure that your team mates are doing work that they love and then feel appreciated for the unique work that they do. Great post. I agree that the key to increasing engagement is to make sure that your team mates are doing work that they love and then feel appreciated for the unique work that they do.

]]> Comment on 5 Rules for Student Engagement by Tam http://jamesbirdguess.com/5-rules-for-student-engagement/#comment-97 Tam Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:14:02 +0000 http://jamesbirdguess.com/?p=1694#comment-97 Yes... And ... it's also an opportunity for HE students to develop active listening and more adult learning skills. Giving younger students information only in the form they've known since cutting their teeth on Dora the Explorer does not provide opportunities to develop self-discipline for functioning effectively in the non-academic world. Bosses do not tap dance to get their employee's attention. Yes, strictly lecturing has really never worked - but making "fun" the prerequisite, supports a learned helplessness for attention and learning, placing the locus of control for learning outside themselves. Combining theory and practice has always been the most effective way for human beings to learn. School is not recess and if it wasn't hard w-o-r-k, it would be spelled f-u-n. Yes… And … it’s also an opportunity for HE students to develop active listening and more adult learning skills. Giving younger students information only in the form they’ve known since cutting their teeth on Dora the Explorer does not provide opportunities to develop self-discipline for functioning effectively in the non-academic world. Bosses do not tap dance to get their employee’s attention. Yes, strictly lecturing has really never worked – but making “fun” the prerequisite, supports a learned helplessness for attention and learning, placing the locus of control for learning outside themselves. Combining theory and practice has always been the most effective way for human beings to learn. School is not recess and if it wasn’t hard w-o-r-k, it would be spelled f-u-n.

]]> Comment on 5 Rules for Student Engagement by Jo Pickering http://jamesbirdguess.com/5-rules-for-student-engagement/#comment-92 Jo Pickering Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:23:43 +0000 http://jamesbirdguess.com/?p=1694#comment-92 Simple, but true. Too often in HE the learner is forgotten and the status of the lecturer too important. Very few speakers are so fabulous that they can get by on personality or ability alone, most good teachers learn that it is a performing art and we also need to interest, entertain and surprise our audience. Never underestimate the power of novelty, it orientates attentional processes, and that is the key to a good start, then you can wow them with what you know, briefly, before the next surprise to revitalise attention. If it isn't grounded in the here and now and have credibility in the real world, then it might be science fiction and not everyone likes that genre? Simple, but true. Too often in HE the learner is forgotten and the status of the lecturer too important. Very few speakers are so fabulous that they can get by on personality or ability alone, most good teachers learn that it is a performing art and we also need to interest, entertain and surprise our audience.

Never underestimate the power of novelty, it orientates attentional processes, and that is the key to a good start, then you can wow them with what you know, briefly, before the next surprise to revitalise attention.

If it isn’t grounded in the here and now and have credibility in the real world, then it might be science fiction and not everyone likes that genre?

]]> Comment on 4 Stages of How Students Become Leaders by Helen Fletcher http://jamesbirdguess.com/4-stages-of-how-students-become-leaders/#comment-91 Helen Fletcher Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:42:23 +0000 http://jamesbirdguess.com/?p=1548#comment-91 A very interesting article. Thank you. I shall be incorporating these ideas into my future leadership training programmes. A very interesting article. Thank you. I shall be incorporating these ideas into my future leadership training programmes.

]]> Comment on 5 Rules for Student Engagement by Curt http://jamesbirdguess.com/5-rules-for-student-engagement/#comment-89 Curt Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:47:40 +0000 http://jamesbirdguess.com/?p=1694#comment-89 Great thoughts and/or reminders. Too often educators forget that we have to deliver communication with the "WIIFM" from the student perspective! Students, like most all of us, don't care what we know until they know that we care! Great thoughts and/or reminders. Too often educators forget that we have to deliver communication with the “WIIFM” from the student perspective! Students, like most all of us, don’t care what we know until they know that we care!

]]> Comment on 4 Stages of How Students Become Leaders by James Bird Guess http://jamesbirdguess.com/4-stages-of-how-students-become-leaders/#comment-85 James Bird Guess Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:08:57 +0000 http://jamesbirdguess.com/?p=1548#comment-85 Thank you Evan!! Please feel free to share with others. Keep Grinding for Greatness! Thank you Evan!! Please feel free to share with others.

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]]> Comment on 4 Stages of How Students Become Leaders by Evan http://jamesbirdguess.com/4-stages-of-how-students-become-leaders/#comment-84 Evan Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:21:16 +0000 http://jamesbirdguess.com/?p=1548#comment-84 This is wonderful. Thank you for sharing! This is wonderful. Thank you for sharing!

]]> Comment on Why Student Leaders Are Failing to Lead After College by James Bird Guess http://jamesbirdguess.com/why-student-leaders-are-failing-to-lead-after-college/#comment-79 James Bird Guess Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:54:27 +0000 http://jamesbirdguess.com/?p=1540#comment-79 @Shelley, you are right on point with your comments. I teach this concept when trying to get people to achieve goals. Let them help develop so they will feel like the goals are theirs. Grind for Greatness! @Shelley, you are right on point with your comments. I teach this concept when trying to get people to achieve goals. Let them help develop so they will feel like the goals are theirs. Grind for Greatness!

]]> Comment on The Fabulous Four Qualities of Top Performing Teams (Part 1) by James Bird Guess http://jamesbirdguess.com/the-fabulous-four-qualities-of-top-performing-teams-part-1/#comment-78 James Bird Guess Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:52:50 +0000 http://jamesbirdguess.com/?p=1258#comment-78 @Denise, well said. Grind for Greatness! @Denise, well said.

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]]> Comment on Why Student Leaders Are Failing to Lead After College by James Bird Guess http://jamesbirdguess.com/why-student-leaders-are-failing-to-lead-after-college/#comment-77 James Bird Guess Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:52:25 +0000 http://jamesbirdguess.com/?p=1540#comment-77 Great point Debbie! Keep Grinding for Greatness! Great point Debbie! Keep Grinding for Greatness!

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