Leadership Development & TeamBuilding Interview of Michael Cardus by Thiagi

I was interview by a team development and instructional designer hero of mine Thiagi.
If you are a professional trainer and want your trainings to be effective you must check out his work, and continue to read my blog.

Here is a small piece from the interview...there is also a great FREE TeamBuilding activity that follows the interview article...

Thiagi: What is your prediction about the future of games?

Mike: They will stop being called games and be recognized as just training. As a new generation enters the workforce, a new style of training will be needed and lusted after. Team members want to learn, want to lead, and want to be a part of the solution. What experiential games do is to show teams immediate and measurable results. When we recognize that teams and team members wish to feel relevant, experiential initiatives will be part of every trainer's tool kit.

Click Here.... to read entire interview


Links to Thiagi on TeamBuilidng NY Blog

-Michael Cardus is the founder of Create-Learning-Team Building, an experiential based training and development consulting organization, as well as a blogger for TeamBuilding NY. Mike specializes in team development and leadership development consulting and training, creating team-building programs that retain talented staff members, increase production and effectiveness of your team. He lives in Buffalo, NY, and travels to you to serve your team-building and leadership training needs, wherever and whenever fits your schedule.

Team Play for Innovation

A video that highlights the
- Power of Friendship
- Symbolic transfer of learning
- The importance of play for innovative and creative breakthroughs
- Sequencing of experiential activities

From a Thiagi Team Building News Letter

clipped from thiagi.com Creativity and Play Watch this video because it will make you happy that you are a playful person. Tim incorporates interesting jolts throughout his presentation. By the way, if you are not a regular visitor to ted.com, you are missing one of the most valuable learning resources

Instructional Design - Content is a Team Building Facilitators Weakness

I have been a devoted follower and reader of Thiagi for some time now. He is a master in instructional design. The opportunity to watch him present for over an hour is a excellent example of facilitation.

The idea of content strength being a facilitators weakness - is well illustrated. In this day of non-stop content information what is needed is active paced facilitation of knowledge. Thiagi illustrates with a card activity how to be in charge of the content delivery while still making the learning learner centered.

- Michael Cardus serves as an Adventure Consultant for Create-Learning Team Building. Mike facilitates, trains, and speaks to groups in a variety of settings including Fortune 500 Companies, small business, universities and classrooms. Currently he lives in Buffalo NY, he travels to serve your groups needs - where and when your group desires.

what are you connections

I made a list today of my online and social networking info;

Website - http://create-learning.com
Blog - http://teambuildingwny.blogspot.com
Blog - http://teambuilding-leadership.com
Blog - http://odofwny.wordpress.com
Linked In - http://www.linkedin.com/in/teambuildingny
Twitter - http://twitter.com/TeamBuildingNY
Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/create-learning/
Facebook - Team Building NY fan page

Also - here are articles I was interviewed for that may have some good content.
Entrepreneur.com - Team Building with a purpose
Thiagi - Team Building Program Design
Buffalo Business First - Rising Star
Gaebler.com - Starting a Training and Development Business
All Business - Small Business Success Story
Training Time - Do you like me...Or Like-Like me?

What am I missing? is there somewhere else I should be that you are reading?



-Michael Cardus is the founder of Create-Learning-Team Building, an experiential based training and development consulting organization, as well as a blogger for TeamBuilding NY. Mike specializes in team development and leadership development consulting and training, creating team-building programs that retain talented staff members, increase production and effectiveness of your team. He lives in Buffalo, NY, and travels to you to serve your team-building and leadership training needs, wherever and whenever fits your schedule.