Tip #401: Why Training Days Need to be Shorter
This Tip looks at 28 different consequences of a long day to show why training days need to be shorter if we want learning to
November 21, 2011
This Tip looks at 28 different consequences of a long day to show why training days need to be shorter if we want learning to
This Tip discusses one surefire way to fill a training gap by giving participants an opportunity to discuss their challenges. “Your problem is to bridge
This Tip discusses four areas that show why foreshadowing is important in training programs: format,content, activities, and timing. While there is nothing wrong with occasional
This Tip focuses on seven informal in-class needs assessments a trainer can use to avoid teaching what the trainees already know. Seven Informal In-Class Needs
This Tip talkes about five ways a trainer can save training time with informal needs assessments prior to the training program. “I could undertake to
This Tip looks at what makes a trainer credible, which includes explaining the basis for statements and beliefs. “To be persuasive, we must be believable.
This Tip shows how the negotiation technique of reframing and “Yes, and” create constructive dialogue from negativity. It is so easy to be negative. A
This Tip discusses the resulting benefits to all when there are participants who continually think and question. “Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain
This Tip looks at three reasons why trainers don’t want to use participatory learning activities and debunks them. “Knowledge is the antidote to fear.” Ralph
This Tip provides sixteen reasons why participants should be encouraged to be willing to admit “I don’t understand.” “You don’t understand anything until you learn
This Tip discusses the number three in designing more lasting learning, where design models come in sets of three. The Number Three in Designing More
This Tip looks at the number three in curriculum design, inclukding needs assessment, trainer decisions, desired level of learning, etc. “No one can remember more