A little curiosity. A new direction.
Learning with Tara Dubois
Make room for new skills and thoughtful questions. Explore communication, customer service and leadership, then connect what you read with the situations that matter to you.
Explore training01 / Before you begin
Give your learning a useful starting point. A little preparation makes it easier to notice the ideas that connect with your work, your team or your next conversation.
Choose one moment you would like to handle differently. It might be explaining an idea, responding to a request or helping a group reach a shared understanding. Keep the example concrete.
Write down what you already know and what still feels uncertain. Useful questions often begin with a gap between an intention and what happened. You do not need a perfect answer before you start.
Keep a few notes as you read or take part. Return to your starting question afterwards and describe what has changed in your understanding. Pick a manageable next step rather than a long list of ambitions.
02 / Two perspectives
For an individual learner
Think about the skills you use now and the ones you want to explore. Notice where you feel confident and where you need a clearer explanation. Your own examples can make an unfamiliar concept easier to understand.
Choose a topic, read at your own pace and keep the questions that deserve a second look.
For an organization
Look at the conversations, responsibilities and decisions that connect people. Gather different perspectives on a learning need before narrowing it down. A team’s useful starting point may be a shared question with several different answers.
Identify priorities and practical context before discussing any particular training arrangement.
03 / Pick a thread
These subjects appear in the site’s training introduction. Follow the topic that matches your question, or explore how one skill supports another.
Consider how ideas are expressed, how questions are asked and how understanding is checked.
Explore the relationship between a person’s request, the information available and a helpful response.
Reflect on how listening and clear explanations shape a conversation about needs and options.
Think about shared purpose, responsibility and the conversations that help people work together.
04 / Keep your curiosity moving
Move between training and education perspectives. Use these articles as starting points, keeping their particular context in mind as you make notes for your own learning.
Read the site’s discussion of liberation pedagogy and its connection to learning.
Read the article ↗Education & technologyExplore the article about the Technology Access Foundation and its education context.
Open the reading ↗Continue exploring: Resources · School Programs · Blog
05 / Questions to take with you
Butterflies R Us Mobile Training is a training-focused site associated with Tara Dubois. Its subject areas include business and consumer services, with learning topics such as communication, customer service, sales and leadership. Use the Training section to explore the material and decide which subjects relate to your own learning needs.
Start with a situation you want to handle more confidently, rather than a broad course label. Write down what happens, who is involved and what you would like to do differently. Then compare that question with the training topics and reading available here, keeping your immediate learning goal in view.
Bring a clear question, a relevant example and a way to take notes. If you are learning with colleagues, agree on the shared issue beforehand while leaving room for individual perspectives. Check the information for the particular activity before making arrangements, since practical requirements depend on the session.
A team can begin by describing the work it needs to do, where misunderstandings occur and which skills support that work. Invite more than one perspective so the discussion reflects everyday experience. A short list of specific learning priorities is more useful than expecting one workshop to solve every issue.
Communication helps people understand a request, explain an option and check whether the explanation was clear. Customer service brings those skills into conversations with people who may have different needs or expectations. Studying them together can help learners think through a complete interaction, from listening to an appropriate next step.
Yes. Use an article as a prompt for reflection, noting the idea you found useful and the question it leaves open. Distinguish the article’s context from your own setting. After reading, write one example in your own words so you can return to the idea without rereading everything.
The School Programs section provides a separate starting point for education-related reading, while Resources and Blog offer other routes through the site. Choose the section that fits your question and read individual pages for their context. A category label alone does not establish the details of a particular programme.
Use the Training section for training-related material and the Contact section for the site’s contact information. Read the relevant page before making plans or assumptions about a programme. Details such as timing, format and suitability need to be established for the specific activity you are interested in.
Take the next step
Explore the training material with one question in mind. Keep the ideas that connect with your experience, and give yourself room to ask the next question.
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