Training from the Back of the Room!: 65 Ways to Step Aside and Let Them Learn

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Hi, I’m Hafedh Messaoudi, and I’m a “learnaholic” and a passionate coach. I help people, teams, and enterprises to improve their performance. I also facilitate trainings and workshops in French, Arabic and English. I have had a long career coaching worldwide teams and companies in their journeys towards business agility. Training is a big part of my work and I thrive in improving the workshops and trainings that I design to make them as much fun, interactive and exciting for learners as possible. If you wish to connect, please reach out to me on Linkedin.

I once had an attendee who openly expressed gratitude that they now understood why going to training always filled them with dread… it was because they’d had a terrible time at school. They’d never connected those 2 things until attending a TBR Practitioner Class and learned the power of a C1-Connection. The first morning, we opened the course with a Low-Tech Social Network that was our “Connection” activity (C1 in TBR parlance). The C1-Connection activity is supposed to make everyone feel psychologically safe with each other. All the brain-based, interactive strategies you’ll experience during the class are content-independent, meaning you can use them with any subject or topic, even the driest or most technical ones. prioritization techniques that work for them. If they don’t have any prioritization mechanisms this may be the perfect opportunity to change that I have a whole new perspective on training now – I’m excited, not nervous!!! I’ve been mapping out my trainings and putting in activites and “chunking” my info… it’s wonderful. I can’t thank Sharon enough for making this available to us. I thought I loved my job before, but this is a whole new level!” Jillian M. Miller, Western Region Director, Indiana Nonprofit Resource NetworkIt’s sad that our education system has done a lot of damage to some who have passed through it. We all remember the best teachers that we had at school, but we also remember those who should never have been allowed within a 100 metres of a school too. I occasionally do highly technical training (in advanced computer programming), and while I'm on firm footing when it comes to my knowledge of the technical material, I have no illusions about my abilities as a trainer. Sometimes I manage to keep my students engaged, but it also happens that I fail to catch their attention. Certainly, I could do better, so I'd hoped this book would help me. Attendan official 2-day in-person TBR Practitioner Class and receive a “TBR Practitioner Certificate of Completion.” C1 – Connections: You’ll encourage learners to create meaningful connections of their own by discussing what they already know about the topic, what they want to learn, and by connecting with the other learners in meaningful ways. I don’t know about you, but when the introductions go around the room, I usually spend the entire time thinking about what I am going to say. Afterwards, I’m then so relieved after I’ve had my turn that I don’t listen to anything that the remaining participants say. Not what I’d call an effective opening activity! It’s one of the Anti-Patterns of Training I previously highlighted called “Too far out of my comfort zone”. The purpose of the C1

Visual stimulation: use colors, shapes, charts, slides, images, metaphors and anything that helps to create strong mental pictures of important concepts. To start with, the ten-minute rule: this is a reminder to divide concepts step into small 10-minute time period of lecture maximum. For you, this means that you’ll want time to practice using the information you’ve learned. You’ll learn as much from your mistakes as you will from your successes. Gradually, you’ll master what you’ve learned – and, of course, one of the best ways to master anything is to teach it to someone else. The hotel is perfectly located in central London, ideal for London sightseeing, only a few minutes’ walk from Westminster. Ibis Styles London Southwark has easy access to London Bridge station as well as Waterloo station Choose ibis Styles London Southwark if you are looking for hotels in central London, close to London Bridge and Tower Bridge, as well as being perfectly located for exploring the financial district and historical landmarks like St Pauls CathedralThat's the whole book really, though it does have lots of “ways to step aside an let them learn.” Out of the 65 activities, I connected with (and will try to use) about a dozen.

Secondly, propose a frame for self-learning activity with clear guidelines: the purpose, the time allocated, the expected output from participation. Apply 6 learning principles based on current brain research every time you train, regardless of the complexity of the topic, size of group, or level of learners.Once you understand how your own brain is hardwired to learn, it is easy to use this information to instruct others. You’ll begin to engage learners in your class or training in various ways throughout the entire learning experience:

Create training classes and programs that combine your own topic and materials with the brain-based concepts and strategies from the program.Awesome! New ideas on how to teach and how to learn so that people remember and are focused on learning all the way – all of this is great!” Anita Kasari, Senior Software Engineer, Nixu Company