Training the Active Training Way: 8 Strategies to Spark Learning and Change (Active Training Series)

Training the Active Training Way: 8 Strategies to Spark Learning and Change......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 9
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 13
INTRODUCTION......Page 15
STRATEGY 1: ENGAGE YOUR PARTICIPANTS FROM THE START......Page 21
Tip 1: Give Participants Something to Do Before the Session Formally Begins......Page 23
Tip 2: Structure the Initial Social Interactions Among Participants......Page 26
Tip 3: Create Icebreakers That Focus Solely on Immediate Learning Involvement......Page 31
Tip 4: Enlarge the Pool of Participation at the Very Beginning......Page 36
STRATEGY 2: BE A BRAIN-FRIENDLY PRESENTER......Page 39
Tip 5: Build Brain Interest in What Is Being Presented......Page 41
Tip 6: Help Your Participants’ Brains to “Get It”......Page 46
Tip 7: Involve Participants Throughout Your Presentation......Page 53
Tip 8: Help Participants “Save” the Presentation in Their Brains......Page 60
STRATEGY 3: ENCOURAGE LIVELY AND FOCUSED DISCUSSION......Page 63
Tip 9: Engage Participants Before Plunging into the Discussion......Page 65
Tip 10: State Effective Questions for Discussion......Page 69
Tip 11: Improve the Quality of Discussion Through Participant Preparation......Page 74
Tip 12: Alter the Discussion Format......Page 78
Tip 13: Facilitate the Flow of Conversation......Page 84
STRATEGY 4: URGE PARTICIPANTS TO ASK QUESTIONS......Page 89
Tip 14: Help Participants Get Started......Page 91
Tip 15: Create the Need for Questions......Page 96
Tip 16: Let Participants Know You Expect Questions......Page 101
STRATEGY 5: LET YOUR PARTICIPANTS LEARN FROM EACH OTHER......Page 105
Tip 17: Choose How You Compose Learning Teams......Page 107
Tip 18: Build Learning Teams Before Giving Them Work......Page 112
Tip 19: Gradually Immerse Participants in Team Learning......Page 117
Tip 20: Use a Variety of Team Learning Activities......Page 122
Tip 21: Invite Participants to Teach Each Other......Page 127
STRATEGY 6: ENHANCE LEARNING BY EXPERIENCING AND DOING......Page 133
Tip 22: Create Experiences That Simulate or Match Reality......Page 135
Tip 23: Ask Participants to Reflect on the Experience......Page 142
Tip 24: Avoid "Monkey See, Monkey Do”......Page 146
Tip 25: Use Role Play to Develop Verbal Skills......Page 150
STRATEGY 7: BLEND IN TECHNOLOGY WISELY......Page 155
Tip 26: Transform Active Classroom Strategies into e-Learning......Page 157
Tip 27: Use e-Learning to Supplement Classroom Learning......Page 161
Tip 28: Use Classroom Sessions to Supplement e-Learning Activities......Page 164
STRATEGY 8: MAKE THE END UNFORGETTABLE......Page 167
Tip 29: Get Participants to Review What’s Been Learned......Page 169
Tip 30: Ask Participants to Evaluate Their Accomplishments......Page 175
Tip 31: Have Participants Plan for the Future......Page 179
Tip 32: Let Participants Celebrate the End......Page 184
FINAL ADVICE......Page 189
THE AUTHOR......Page 195