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Tips for Effective Training & Learning
800-299-3770
vol. XXXIX
February 2009
in this issue
TOOL: Jazz up your presentations
TIP: Encourage follow up questions
TOY: Help learners focus better
FEATURE: Does one size fit all in training?
TOOL OF THE MONTH

Power Designs 

 jazz up your presentations with great graphics that reflect your style

With all of today's great graphics tools, it can be overwhelming to create a presentation that matches your needs and style. It doesn't have to be that way. Power Designs DVD can help you do it quickly and easily.

This great design package lets you choose from over 9,000 templates and animated templates, plus more than 1,200 cool graphics and icons into your PowerPoint presentation to give it a state-of-the-art look.
All of the graphic elements are organized by industry, making it easy to find exactly what you need. For PC only.

$149.00
TIP OF THE MONTH 
Q&A Set 
 
 
get learners involved by having them ask the questions
 

 

 
A great way to ensure involvement and participation in the learning process is to have your group working in small teams, formulating questions for each other.

The exercise gets them involved with the material and moves them to dig deep into the content so they can stump competing teams when you incorporate those questions into a learning game at the end of the session. 

As your groups prepare questions, remind them they can incorporate the standard "Who, What, Where, When, Why, How" questions, as well as True/False, Matching, Draw it, Role Play, Multiple Choice challenges.

The Q&A Debrief set shown above can also be a fun tool to get the juices flowing.

$22.50
 
TOY OF THE MONTH
Tangle

help learners
focus better and absorb your material more quickly!


Tangles™ are probably the most popular Fiddle. Their smooth texture and multi-colored movable joints make them a pleasing finger fidget for learners of all ages.

Tangle is also known to stimulate brain chemicals to improve concentration and attention. Try the basic Tangle or one of our other varieties.

FEATURE
Does one size fit all in training?
Jean Barbazette
 by Jean Barbazette

In her article, "Does One Size Fit All?," Jean Barbazette identifies the key challenge of matching lessons to the needs of the learners--that is, everyone learns differently and at a different pace.

Despite the fact that learners come to training events with a wide range of experiences and and abilities, Barbazette walks us through 5 experiential learning steps that enable us to make our training accessible to and effective for all.

Read Complete Article

Jean Barbazette is the President and founder of The Training Clinic, a training consulting firm specializing in needs assessments, training program design, lesson plan development, and self-paced learning packages. Barbazette presents seminars on over 30 different topics.
 
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