TEACH TRAIN WIN

teach with a purpose so your audience wins

Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
Search

Don’t Settle for Feedback: Capture a Reaction!

March 8, 2018March 8, 2018 / vance boulanger / Leave a comment
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

December 14, 2017January 20, 2018 / vance boulanger / Leave a comment
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

December 7, 2017December 12, 2017 / vance boulanger / Leave a comment
What did we talk about yesterday?

Why should you fool around with games in the middle of classes?  Continue reading →

Define your goals

November 30, 2017December 1, 2017 / vance boulanger / Leave a comment

 

Breathe…

Have you ever had that panicky feeling that makes your heart race and your head swim?  Continue reading →

Teach from the Front!

July 10, 2017November 27, 2017 / vance boulanger / Leave a comment
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

July 5, 2017November 30, 2017 / vance boulanger / 1 Comment
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

June 24, 2017November 27, 2017 / vance boulanger / Leave a comment
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?

June 14, 2017November 30, 2017 / vance boulanger / Leave a comment
 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!

June 8, 2017November 30, 2017 / vance boulanger / Leave a comment
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 →

Vance Boulanger

about the author…

Vance has 20 years’ experience shaping effective learning environments in the role of:

  • classroom instructor
  • graduate program advisory board member
  • training consultant
  • trainer
  • training plan developer
  • curriculum designer
  • curriculum project manager

A Washington state native and a retired Marine Officer, Vance earned his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the University of Washington, and his Master of Science in Educational and Instructional Technology from National University.

Archive

Social

Create a website or blog at WordPress.com