professional – Fiona McBride Consulting

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9 November 2021

Blog

My take on holding space for others

The term ‘holding space’ is one which you may have heard used, or mentioned, especially if you work in the world of facilitation, coaching and teaching others. It is something...

16 May 2018

News

Social Media for Learning.. who knew?!

I love sharing tips and ideas for using social media for learning. The fab people at Training Zone asked me to write an article for their website. ...

27 April 2017

Blog

Through the L&D Looking Glass

I am delighted to be part of the Blog Squad for 2017’s CIPD L&D Show. The theme this year has really had me thinking.. Make every day a learning day....

20 February 2017

Blog

What is an UnConference?

Have you ever been to a conference and found the most valuable part of it was the bits where you were chatting over coffee with other cool people? That’s often...

27 October 2016

Blog

CIPD OD Conference reflections: What is OD?

Earlier this month I attended the CIPD Organisational Development (OD) Conference 2016. It was an insightful and interesting day. We heard from a variety of different speakers who were all...

27 July 2016

Blog

Fiona McBride’s PLN

Wikipedia states a Personal Learning Network to be: ‘… an informal learning network that consists of the people a learner interacts with and derives knowledge from in a personal learning...

6 July 2016

Blog

#LnDcowork: a year in

I arrange #LnDcowork with my colleague and friend, Michelle Parry-Slater. Michelle and I recently chatted about it as our one year anniversary came around. Here is Michelle kicking off our...

17 May 2016

Blog

CIPD L&D Show 2016 – Reflection Blog

The CIPD’s Learning and Development Show is an annual event. It is the place to hear from inspiring speakers, suppliers in the world of learning solutions / technology and the...

8 January 2016

Blog

Working Together #LnDcowork

Michelle and I have been working with other L&Ders on bringing like minded professionals together to co-work. Here’s a bit about how it’s gone so far…....