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Interactive
What is a blog?
Blog is short for weblog; an internet site that contains a series of journal-like entries and articles that can be of varying lengths, often allowing for reader interaction through a comment section.
Key Properties
These are some characteristics of a blog:
- Informal, web-based writing medium that doesn’t require an editor or approval to be published
- Articles may be as long or short as the writer wishes
- Primary interaction comes through reader comments in a comment section

Resources From The Train Like a Champion “Blog”
Insights that May or May Not Have First Appeared on Brian's Blog
- "Specific blog posts that are relevant to your topic can expose learners to concepts or outside experts that can serve to prime your learners for what they’ll be exploring in your training program. You can make this even more interactive by challenging learners to read and comment on a blog post or respond to another’s comments in the comment section."
- "Similar to the purpose of pre-work in exposing learners to outside experts and new concepts, you may wish to hold off on assigning outside blog posts until after a learning event so your learners will have a stronger foundation on which to build additional knowledge. In addition, encourage participants to capture their own reflections and learnings and contribute to the field with a guest blog post (this can also be a great marketing tool for future courses)."
- "No matter how self-motivated your participants are, ultimately it is their supervisor who can hold them accountable, encourage them to follow through on their goals, or (in the absence of goals) can encourage them to focus their attention elsewhere. For a training program to be effective, you’ll want to find ways to avoid that last scenario. Identifying potential strategies by which you can help supervisors set goals with their direct reports as well as make them aware of the goals participants craft for themselves can make the difference between an interesting training program and an effective training program."