When you need to fast-track the conversation & cooperation in your classroom, do you have an effective way to do it? Continue reading
Don’t Settle for Feedback: Capture a Reaction!
More than a feeling…
Presenters often collect audience feedback in a scripted, written format only. Is there a better way to get a relevant, useable response from your audience? Continue reading
Do More With Less: Time
Can it be Done?
When you need to teach on a shorter time schedule, can you still set the conditions for the students to achieve the stated learning objectives? Continue reading
Design your Reviews
What did we talk about yesterday?
Why should you fool around with games in the middle of classes? Continue reading
Define your goals
Breathe…
Have you ever had that panicky feeling that makes your heart race and your head swim? Continue reading
Teach from the Front!
How not to give a class
The first time I videotaped myself as an instructor was at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Okinawa. Watching the recording later I cringed. A lot. Continue reading
Student Feedback: Make it work for you
How the Marines do it
The Marine Corps known distance rifle qualification course has worked well for the better part of a century. How does it produce such consistently good results? Continue reading
Ask the Right Questions
What are the “right” questions?
Ask yourself this: do the potential answers to this question provide any value? Continue reading
What’s so Great About Working Together?
Improve the paradigm
I get funny looks when I tell students I’m going to have them work together. I wonder what expectations that creates for them? Continue reading
Teach with a Purpose So Your Audience Wins!
Wake-up call
“You’re boring!”
That was the unsolicited review I received immediately after finishing a class as an instructor during the early stages of a training program I worked on. Big confidence builder, right? Continue reading
