The Importance of Anticipating Questions and Being Prepared: A Tale of Two Webinars
Why You Can’t Teach It All in One Course (and Why You Shouldn’t Try)
Chunking: A Powerful Strategy for Effective Course Design
Effective Workshop Structure: Lessons from Personal Training
Beat Boring Presentations by Creating Handouts in PowerPoint (it’s easy!)
There are many ways to create custom handouts in PowerPoint. Here are two methods with variations.
Beyond Repetition: The Power of Deliberate Practice
Feelings Matter: Exploring the Emotional Dimension of Professional Learning
Promote Lasting Learning with Spaced Repetition
Interleaving: A Hard Work Evidence-based Learning Strategy that Really Pays Off
Engaging Audiences is NOT About the Activities
Have you ever wondered how to truly engage your audience during a course or presentation?
Engaging audiences is a hot topic with countless experts offering an array of strategies to captivate audiences, both in virtual and in-person settings. It’s a good thing! As instructors, trainers, presenters, and speakers our primary focus needs to be on delivering what our audiences came for.
But what people are NOT talking about is the foundation for audience engagement. With a wide array of engagement strategies available, how do you decide which to use and when? Is it a matter of randomly sprinkling them in throughout a session? How do you tailor your approach to audience engagement during a 30-minute online talk vs a 6-hour on-site course?