TOOL OF THE MONTH
Build surprise and emotion into your learning events.
Scratch tickets are an easy way to build excitement and energy into your learning day. During last month's "Energize Learning" webinar, hundreds of participants shared their favorite ways to use scratch tickets. Favorites included:
- Determine length of break
- Identify team leaders
- Select presentation topics
- Pick prize winners (or prizes)
- Share content-related tips
 Create-your-own Scratch Tickets
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TIP OF THE MONTH
 Snowball Fight!
In anticipation of the upcoming snow season (which has so far held off in the Northeast), I send thanks to "Kemi L" for this terrific tip that gets people's minds and bodies involved in learning.
Kemi suggests, "Have people write questions about the training topic on pieces of paper. Ask them to wad the paper into balls and throw them at each other (gently) like a snowball. When they're done, each person picks up the nearest ball. Taking turns, each reads and answers the question, (or asks the facilitator for help).
Find more tips on the Trainers Warehouse website,
Energize Learning! blog, or
Effective & Fun Training Techniques Linked-IN Group.
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TOY OF THE MONTH
Stimulate creative thinking
December is a big month for coming up with new ideas:
- Ideas for what gifts to get our family, friends, and colleagues
- Ideas for year-end and next-year planning
- Ideas for 2012 goals and resolutions.
Use the Bright Idea Light Bulb to stimulate your creative thinking and keep track of your most important ideas and goals for the coming months.
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL . . .
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coming this January!
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FEATURE:
Take a Stand
Connecting Learners to Learners
and Learners to the Topic
by Sharon Bowman, M.A.
"In traditional training sessions, learners remain seated while participating in small group discussions about topic-related issues. With Take-a-Stand, learners move around the room and choose a designated place to stand before engaging in small group discussions. In effect, the activity includes kinesthetic (movement) and spatial (visual)
ways of learning as well as linguistic (verbal)."
In this five to fifteen minute exercise, Sharon explains how learners can use higher order thinking skills (i.e. analysis and evaluation) to engage more deeply in the concepts they're learning.
Read article here.
Sharon Bowman is a veteran trainer, teacher, and author of seven popular books, including her two newest books: Using Brain Science to Make Training Stick (2011) and Training from the BACK of the Room (2009). Over 90,000 of her books are in print. Log onto her website at www.Bowperson.com for free book excerpts and articles.
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