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TOOL OF THE MONTH |
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Animate your presentations!
Keep your PowerPoint slides as lively
and animated as you are.
Vox Proxy is great for ...
- Training tutorials, product
demos or public education programs
- Self-narrated or
take-back-to-office presentations
- Classroom or project
presentations teaching languages
- Interactive quizzes for
self-assessment
Create animated characters that can
...
- Move, gesture, and do scores
of animations
- Speak whatever words you had
typed earlier
- Talk with other animated
characters, the audience, or to
you, the presenter
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TIP OF THE MONTH |
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Practice makes perfect!
Practice this popular and inexpensive
trick a few times . . . and your
learners will practice what you've
taught them!
This magic trick is one of the easiest
to learn, but makes a HUGE impact in 3
easy steps.
STEP #1: Flip through the
Magic Coloring Book the first time
and show viewers blank pages--explain
that this represents the "open minds"
that they brought to your class.
STEP #2: Flip through again and
show them outlines of pictures--explain
that this is the framework that you'll
be sharing with them over the course of
the session.
STEP #3: Flip a third time to
show them the outlines have been filled
in, creating bright colorful pictures.
This, you can explain, only happens when
they go back home and try to practice
and apply what they've learned.
The Coloring Book is now available in
the full classroom presentation size
(8.5x11) and a mini version (4x6) for
distribution to students as a reminder
to PRACTICE!
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TOY OF THE MONTH |
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Make a great First Impression!
Consider the table settings at your next
training session. What message does it
send? A pad and pencil may tell learners
to listen up and take note!
If you want your group to relax and
brace themselves for "learning made fun"
(which improves retention), try setting
out more playful items to set the tone
for learning.
Our
Orientation Kit sends these
important messages to newcomers:
- Illuminate us with your ideas--Light-up
pin
- Remain flexible and open to
change--Rainbow Spring
- Your positive energy is
contagious--Party Horn
- Learn from your mistakes--Rainbow
eraser
- Ask questions!--Question Mark
- Reflect - Take care of
yourself--Pocket Mirror
- Seek broad perspectives--Prism
- Be persistent--Puzzle
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SPECIAL OF THE MONTH |
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Get one FREE Fiddle with your set!
Many people learn better if they have a
"fiddle" in their fingers--something to
occupy their hands while their brains do
all the work.
Our collection of 12 usually contains
Klixx, Tangle toy, Squeeze star, Bendeez,
Slinky Jr. (plastic), Lite Loop (4" diam),
Urchin ball, Poof ball, Smile star, Geo
Twister, Glitter wand, and Morph ball
(substitutions occasionally necessary).
A $37.00 value!
For a limited time, we're offering you a
Baker's Dozen at the same low
price--that is one extra fiddle FREE!
Offer good through April 14th!
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FEATURE: Making Meetings Fun
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by Bernie De Koven
"Sometimes a meeting is actually fun.
You may not realize it until after the
meeting's over," says Bernie DeKoven in
his article for 3M, "When Meetings Are
Fun."
When that happens, he says, you're
likely to reflect back on the meeting
and find that you were speaking
intelligently and actually accomplished
something!
DeKoven, citing the research of Dr.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, explains that
"fun" tends to happen when you're in
the flow--when you have clear goals
and feedback, when you're engaged in a
challenging activity that requires
skill, when you need to concentrate on
the task at hand, and when you lose
self-consciousness of being involved.
"Flow" seems to happen when you're
riding a wave between anxiety and
boredom, between risk and safety. Bring
this understanding of what makes
acitivities fun and successful to your
next training game!
Also, click here for Bernie DeKoven's
exclusive collection of new words for
fun, his "Lexifunni
con of Funonyms," if you will.
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