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11. Can Greek Mythology Help My Time Management Skills?
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By BA Laris, MPH | July 18, 2017
Research Associate, ETRI am always trying to make connections. I want to think about problems in new ways. Like most trainers, I like to find strategies that help me translate ideas into bite-sized morsels. I believe play is good for learning, too. Recently, I had a serendipitous opportunity to put all of these interests to work.
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12. Facilitation Quick Tips: Walk/Stop
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By Jodi Bernstein, MEd | July 5, 2017
Capacity Building Specialist, Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian IslandsHere’s a warm-up or “wake up” activity that is fun, challenging and energizing. It gets participants moving around the training space, stimulates their brains and invites alertness and laughter. It also offers an opportunity for the facilitator to normalize the making of mistakes.
Based on an activity developed by Humor That Works.
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13. Facilitation Quick Tips: Shoulder Tap
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By Cody Sigel, MPH, CHES | May 10, 2017
Health Education Training Coordinator, ETRLooking for an activity to close a training? Here’s one that provides a lovely way for participants to reflect on the impact they've made on others in the training group, and the impacts others have made on them. Everyone leaves feeling warm and fuzzy!
- By Cody Sigel, MPH, CHES
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14. Facilitation Quick Tips: Tech Evolution
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By Tracy Wright, MAED | April 4, 2017
Project Director, ETRReady for a quick activity to build community while discovering differences and commonalities? Tech Evolution will get you there!
- By Tracy Wright, MAED
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15. Facilitation Quick Tips: To Tell the Truth
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By Chris Wilson-Smith | February 2, 2017
Project Coordinator, ETRAre you working with a group that’s ready to laugh, move around a bit and get to know their colleagues at the start of a training? Are you the kind of trainer who likes to start out with something lively and engaging? This may be just the FQT you’re looking for!
- By Chris Wilson-Smith
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16. Facilitation Quick Tips: I Resolve
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By Debra Christopher, MSM | January 3, 2017
Director, Professional Learning Systems, ETRHow will participants change their approach to their work, given what they’ve learned in their training? This group activity combines thoughtful reflection with an opportunity to state intentions. A handshake, virtual or real-life, seals the deal!
- By Debra Christopher, MSM
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17. 7 Tips to Make You a Stronger Facilitator
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By Cody Sigel, MPH, CHES and Tracy Wright, MAED | October 20, 2016
Professional Development Consultant and Project Director, ETROriginally published here on Beth Kanter's blog.
The first time you facilitate a training, you start developing your own personal list of tips for great facilitation. You try out some things that work, and they go on your list (“I can’t wait to try that again!”). Chances are you also try out some things that don’t work, and they go somewhere else.
Some go into the trash (“I am never again going to ask people to take off their shoes as a way to break into small groups!”). And some go onto a wait-and-see list (“How come that worked so well when I watched Deb do it, and it was such a flop when I tried it?”).
- By Cody Sigel, MPH, CHES
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18. SuperCamp! Shaping and Sharpening Trainer Skills
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By Cody Sigel, MPH, CHES | September 9, 2016
Professional Development Consultant, ETRHave you ever been to a truly extraordinary training event? The kind where you actually look forward to completing the feedback form at the end because you’ve learned so much and had such a great experience?
Those are the kinds of trainings I love to attend, and also the kind I love to deliver. Here at ETR, we strive to make every training event we deliver the kind that makes our participants feel equipped, confident and inspired to do their best work and have the most impact. As a training team we never stop working on continuous improvement efforts that make this a reality.
- By Cody Sigel, MPH, CHES
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19. Sharing Learning Objectives: Think Like a Marketer, Not an Instructional Designer--Part 2
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By Tracy Wright, MAED | July 12, 2016
Project Director, ETRAre you a trainer or facilitator? You can improve the delivery of your learning opportunities by spending a little more time thinking like a marketer, and a little less thinking like an instructional designer.
In Part 1 of this post, we reviewed the use of learning objectives to support effective instructional design. I suggested that while carefully constructed learning objectives are a vital step in the design of a learning opportunity, they may not be the best choice when promoting or delivering a training.
Remember, the three most important purposes of sharing learning objectives with participants are:
- To describe what the event is about.
- To focus learners’ attention on the critical content.
- To motivate people to act (e.g., register for the event, attend the event, change their behavior as a result of the event).
Let’s look at some different but effective approaches to achieving each of these ends.
- By Tracy Wright, MAED
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20. Sharing Learning Objectives: Think Like a Marketer, Not an Instructional Designer--Part 1
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By Tracy Wright, MAED | July 6, 2016
Project Director, ETRDo you design or deliver trainings? Then try something with me. Think about your answers to these two True/False questions.
- When designing a learning opportunity, the first thing you should do is construct your learning objectives. This best-practice step guides effective training design. (T/F)
- When promoting the learning opportunity or delivering the training, best practice calls for sharing these same learning objectives with participants. (T/F)
- By Tracy Wright, MAED
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