Training from the BACK of the Room!

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Opening Activities

  1. Learners fill out what’s in it for me? sticky notes stating what they want to learn. They stick the notes to a wall chart to review at the end of the training.
  2. Learners do a standing survey, in which they walk around and ask other participants what they already know about the topic. They report the survey results when they return to their table groups.
  3. On index cards, learners do a quick think and write, jotting down at least three facts they already know about the topic. They read their lists to the people seated next to them.
  4. Learners read a wall chart list of the learning outcomes. They pair up, discuss, and agree on which outcome is the most important to them. Each pair then uses a brightly colored marker to circle the outcome they chose.
  5. Learners form standing groups and discuss what it is they want to learn and which of the learning outcomes listed in the handout comes closest to their own learning goals.
  6. Learners fill out a survey before the training, stating what they already know about the topic, what they want to learn from the training, and questions they have that they want answers for.

4 Easy Steps to Really Learn

Connect

Warm-Up Activities spark learners’ curiosity, interest, and involvement in training concepts a week or so before the training begins.

  1. interview an expert
  2. web hunt
  3. scavenger hunt
  4. people and personal
  5. surveys
  6. pop quiz

Fast Pass Activities—short and quick, only lasting a minute or two—to engage learners from the moment they walk into the room.

  1. dot voting
  2. think it, then ink it
  3. post it
  4. turn and talk
  5. take a guess

Start-Up Activities at the beginning of a training involve learners for a longer time—usually last from about five to ten minutes.

  1. standing survey
  2. wall writing
  3. table talk
  4. where do you stand?
  5. card carousel

Concept

Custom

‘Custom’ as in customize, turn into habit replaces ‘Concrete Practice’ as it is a single word meaning that you actually turn what you have learned and think into concrete practice.

Celebrate

Have trainees:

  1. summarize, evaluate and celebrate what they have learned; and
  2. create concrete action plans for how they want to use the new knowledge the next day.

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