Training Top-Ups

Networking in the facebook era

This podcast includes advice on skills needed at networking events and functions, tips on joining and leaving small groups to maximise your circulation at a networking meeting, discussion of current research into social networking sites such as facebook and LinkedIn, and some of the controversy that surrounds them, a book review of 'How to Work a Room' by Susan RoAnne, Top Tips for Busy Folk, and a competition.

Death of PowerPoint

This 'Training Top-Up' tackles the thorny subject of using PowerPoint in presentations. Sections are: 1 Why managers have become so reliant on PowerPoint 2 Wrong assumptions about learning that lead to mis-use 3 Comparison of Gates vs Jobs 4 Recent cognitive research 5 Causes of death 6 Top Tips for Busy Folk 7 Book review 8 Further reading