David Yau & Associates

Course: A presentation skills workshop Date: 18-19 Aug 08 Location: Shanghai, China # of Learners: 10 I am feeling: Good It is the first...

I was one of the participants in a short group discussion session last week. Like other facilitated sessions, there was a debrief...

I spot an interesting analogy about question type raised in the book - Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono (though this book is not about...

I always want to dig deeper the reasons why questioning is powerful. I find one of the reasons in the book - Six Thinking Hats by Edward...

I was having a drink with an external facilitator the other day.  He raised an interesting difference between facilitators and...

I have a few overseas colleagues coming first time to China to deliver a management skills class last month. They sent us an email...

At the end of my last post, I raised a question to myself - whether one should be a trainer or human performance technologist. This...

Unlike the others in this blog, this post is not about skills. It is about rationale. It is about WHY rather than HOW. In addition,...

Course: SPIN Date: 11-13 June 08 Location: Beijing, China # of Learners: 23 I am feeling: Puzzled I am writing this on my flight from...

This post is a bit off the blog topic i.e. Training / Facilitation / Presentation. It is more about communication in general, or...

Course: A series of class Date: 11, 24 May 08 Location: Shanghai, China # of Learners: over 40 I am feeling: Enjoying Our Bank recently...

Course: A 2-day presentation class Date: 12-13 May 08 Location: Shanghai, China # of Learners: 7 I am feeling: 'Shaken' This presentation...

Course: A one-day workshop Date: 6 May 08 Location: Shanghai, China # of Learners: 20 I am feeling: Bad I was co-facilitating a one-day...

I should switch my 'training' bag to a trolley bag since I am having more and more stuff!! Course: A SPIN course Date: 22-24 April 2008...

Step 2 Factor the strongly-related personal interests (SRPI) in the presentation topic Avoid the boring topic like ‘Briefing on the...

In my last presentation class, when we discussed the idea of WIIFM, a learner asked: ‘I am responsible for updating the Relationship...

An unforgettable experience I just had in Beijing. I arrived in Beijing the day before the 2 days training. I went straight to the...

This is a follow-up post to my last 2 which are also about business simulation. I talked about my recent experience in a board game...

Course: A facilitation skills course for line trainers Date: 29 Mar 08 Location: Shanghai, China # of Learners: 5 I am feeling: OK 9 were...

I want to step back a bit to discuss the benefits of using business simulation before talking about what trainer quality is required. I...