Tip #80: Handling a potentially scary topic
This Tip looks at different approaches for handling a potentially scary topic that generates fear among some of the participants. The Challenge: The topic to
August 2, 2005
This Tip looks at different approaches for handling a potentially scary topic that generates fear among some of the participants. The Challenge: The topic to
The Challenge: Someone asks an untimely question that you do not want to cover until you have provided some preliminary basic information. Possible Approaches: Defer
The Challenge: You have to define more than ten concepts right after lunch and you do not want to lecture. Possible Approaches: There are three
The Challenge: There is an authority figure in one of the discussion groups who is chatting and distracting others, hiding the fact that they don’t
This Tip looks at how to address the challenge when an instructor needs to teach something no one wants to learn. The Challenge: You have
The Challenge: You have to train a diverse group of seasoned and new employees. Possible Approaches When There is a Diverse Group: Move the Diverse
The Challenge: You have to teach a complicated procedure with a lot of steps. You also know that brain research has proven that we can
The Challenge: Work examples of an unfamiliar concept are unknown to you, so you don’t know how it applies to the participants’ work lives. Possible