Seminar and Training Tips

Guaranteed to Fail

By Corey Nielsen on Tue, 2007-01-02 08:09.
This is a great exercise for the start of a training session. Having your participants think about ways in which they can benefit—or not benefit—from the training helps increase awareness throughout the session.



Paper Airplane Takeaway Strategy

By Corey Nielsen on Mon, 2006-12-18 05:04.

This is a great solution to ensuring that participants get some effective follow-up after a day of training, and have a blast doing it...

Purpose:

This closing exercise allows for an original way to get everyone to follow-up with fellow participants about what was most effective about training. It helps reinforce the takeaway strategies that are critical for training retention.

The Three "Beakers" of Conflict

By Corey Nielsen on Tue, 2006-12-05 18:46.
Everyone knows that conflict is an ever-present dynamic in any group, business, and organization - the real question is how to deal with these dynamics. Here is a very poignant way of showing what kinds of conflict are present in the workplace and how to approach them.


Learning to Know What You Don't Know

By Ron Nielsen on Wed, 2006-11-29 08:27.
missing pieceBeing an effective leader—one with a high EQ (Emotional Intelligence)—means knowing yourself, having a good understanding of how your behavior influences that of others...

Establish Yourself as the Expert

By Corey Nielsen on Sun, 2006-11-26 10:24.

meetingWhether you're writing articles for a website or facilitating high-end leadership development programs, it's key to establish yourself as the expert in your topic...

Close With Humor

By Ron Nielsen on Sun, 2006-11-26 10:18.

At the very end of a training day, try this for a closing argument as a recap of the day's events...

Syndicate content