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This article series is counting down the top 20 things learning professionals should be thankful for. The last article counted down list items 20-16. This article counts down items 15-11. The next two articles will list items 10-6 and 5-1. See if you agree. If not, please comment so that the person or item you, as a learning professional, are thankful for receives proper recognition.

15. Walt Disney – More than almost any other individual, Disney showed us how to align entertainment and learning into a package that is pleasurable to our learners.

14. Georgi Lozanov – The creator of Suggestopedia and the father of Accelerated Learning, Lozanov was one of the first to recognize that humans have untapped learning power within their subconscious that can be harnessed to help people grow.

13. Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow, Carl Jung, Ned Herrmann, Bernice McCarthy, David Kolb, Howard Gardner and all the other thinkers who helped us comprehend human brain functioning before the advent of more sophisticated brain scanning techniques.

12. Brain science – Virtually every week, a new brain study comes out that helps us further understand how our brains function. Their tireless devotion to discovery has helped millions of trainers, teachers, and speakers deliver more effective learning.

11. The Internet – The tool that places more learning at the fingertips of more learners than any other tool in the history of the world.

The next two articles will list items 10-6 and 5-1. That’s this Examiner’s list. I have likely left out something you consider important. What would you add?

Happy Thanksgiving.

Lenn Millbower, the Learnertainment® Trainer helps trainers, teachers, and speakers keep their learners awake so the learning can take through one-on-one coaching, keynotes and seminars, open enrollment workshops, instructional design consulting, and his published works.