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Tips for Effective Training & Learning
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vol. LII
April 2010
IN THIS ISSUE
TOOL: Please step away from the podium
TIP: e-learning tools - affordable and easy
TOY: fiddles with personality
FEATURE: 7 Ways to Keep Audience Attention
TOOL OF THE MONTH
Wireless Remote
 
un-glue yourself from the podium
 
Whether or not a helpful meeting planner has set up a podium at the front of the room, make sure the room setup meets your standards for an effective, interactive workshop.
 
First, free yourself from being stuck behind a desk, computer or microphone. Equip yourself with wireless mics and wireless remotes that let you move freely and reduce barriers between yourself and your group.  Second, make sure that desks and tables are arranged in such a way as to foster interaction between participants.

Wireless Presenter
$49.99

 

TIP OF THE MONTH
Interactivity Creator
 
follow it up with e-learning that's 
 affordable & easy!
 
Repetition. Repetition. Repetition. It is key to improving long-term memory. 
 
Because classroom time is always precious and after-the-event practice so critical in promoting behavior change, many trainers are embracing online learning as a way to complement their live workshops.  Interactivity Creator is one great way to do this.  It lets you create 15 interactive, Flash-based activities (without needing to know or to own Adobe's Flash editor), that students can complete on their own time.
  • Matching
  • Rollover
  • Sequencing
  • Fill-in-the-blank
  • Hangman
  • Dictionary/Glossary
  • Question Spin
  • Image Reveal
  • Maze
  • Trivia Game
  • Blok3TM
  • Answer, Pass, Score!™
  • Connect3!™
  • Fun Feud!™
  • PaddlePass
 
 TOY OF THE MONTH
Wacky Tracks 
fiddles . . .
with some personality
 
Many feel that fiddle toys should be seen and not heard.  Others look for fiddles that might add a touch of lively energy to their classroom.

Wacky Tracks aren't "loud," but their gentle clicking has been known to rouse a quiet audience and invite participation.
 
Wacky Tracks 
$3.50 each
 
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FEATURE: 
7 Ways to Keep Audience Attention
Olivia Mitchell
Olivia Mitchell
 
Trainers and teachers often don't consider themselves to be "presenters," so much as "facilitators of learning." But every so often they have a body of new material they need to present to their group.
 
Olivia Mitchell's blog entry "7 Ways to Keep Audience Attention in a Presentation," will help you maximize the effectiveness of those presentation moments.
 
Just to give you a flavor of her advice, here are the headlines for the first three ways: 
 
  1. Talk about something your audience is interested in
  2. Tell them why they should listen
  3. Don't make it too easy or too hard
 
 
Olivia Mitchell is a presentation trainer based in Wellington, New Zealand and writes the terrific blog Speaking about Presenting. Throughout her career, she has
presented in many different situations: as a lawyer, a manager, a management development trainer, a political candidate, a small business owner and as a professional presenter. Her blog is rich in tips for trainers and presenters of all kinds. 
 
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