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Articles, Books & Publications | Contact InformationThis session will identify, describe, and model key ingredients for successful presentations that result in high quality learning experiences for participants. Tips, tools, and “tricks of the trade” will be shared that are applicable to training in a variety of large and small group settings: staff development sessions, department or faculty meetings, and job embedded learning structures. Particular attention will be devoted to translating the National Staff Development Council’s Staff Development standards into action.
Participants will have the opportunity to:
Each participant will leave the session with a comprehensive handout designed to support and promote implementation success.
- Reflect upon and analyze superb presentations
- Examine adult learning principles and their application to training
- Consider 10 Design Qualities based on the work of Phil Schlechty and their role in compelling presentations
- Revisit a “Backwards Planning Model” based on the work of Tom Guskey and examine its implications for training design, delivery and follow-up
- Discuss how the brain learns and its implications for presenting and facilitating
- Explore the role of emotions in learning, as well as the concept of emotional intelligence and its role in helping the facilitator stay “attuned” to the audience
- Review a variety of active processing techniques with an emphasis on multiple intelligences and modality preferences
- Analyze guidelines for pacing
- Experience the power of storytelling and the role of stories in vibrant presentations
- Problem solve training dilemmas including working with difficult people
- Network with colleagues
- Generate personal next steps