David Yau & Associates

I love the 'Sound of Music' movie. Most do. I have watched it a few times. I learnt something new when I watched it, in particular...

I conducted a presentation class for 9 newly-joined management trainees in our firm. They are mostly fresh undergraduates i.e. they are...

We, as the trainers often ask the learners to write down their action items on their workbooks at the class end or at the end of a...

I came across another interesting quote. It is useful in making your learners more receptive to new ideas introduced in classes. You...

I am writing this on the plane from Shenzhen back to Shanghai. I have to travel quite a lot in Jul – 1 time to Shenzhen and 2 times to...

The 5-day Shanghai workshop did turn out to be a great learning experience for me. I learnt a lot by observing my fellow facilitators...

I am now working on a 5-days workshop in Shanghai with a few other facilitators from different countries.  I am a bit anxious since they...

I recently came across a wonderful free-of-charge software called ‘Cool Timer’.  You can keep your activity instruction on PPT on the...

Let me continue to write about my learning from the recent offsite meeting experience. See this first post for background. My 2nd piece...

Work has been hectic these days, and thus I wrote less frequently. There is so much I want to write about…… Anyway, glad that I have...

When I prepared for the Botswana class, I had a chance to talk to a master trainer who has had lot of experience in Africa. The...

People stay in house, but not apartment in Gaborone. And I was given a chalet with 3 bedrooms to stay in as well! Well, for someone...

The training room in Gaborone is just next to the 18th hole of a golf course! Taking advantage of this (and the nice sunshine), we had...

I just attended a 2-hour discussion session in Shenzhen earlier this month. It was organized by an external vendor with the British...

I am writing this on my way from Taipei to Hong Kong, after I just completed the SPIN class in Taipei today. Well, I have not done the...

I cannot wait to experience April!! I will have opportunity to deliver a selling class in Gaborone in Botswana. This is the first...

This is my new toys - A JBL Onstage Micro iPod loudspeaker. I bought it at the Apple Store in Beijing at around RMB800. (In fact, I...

What can we learn from the movie - The Pursuit of Happiness? In a class I attended last week, the movie (just a part of it) helped bring...