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The Ten-Minute Trainer
150 Ways to Teach it Quick and Make it Stick!
"The Ten-Minute Trainer is an awesome guide for anyone who wants to spark engagement and learning. Its nuggets of wisdom, creative suggestions, and reader-friendly format make it a perfect resource for promoting effective training. Thank you Sharon!"
--Mel Silberman, author, 101 Ways to Make Training Active and Training the Active Training Way
Sharon L. Bowman (Author)
9780787974428, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 18 October 2005
304 pages
23.5 x 20.1 x 1.8 cm, 0.567 kg
Discover more than one hundred of Sharon Bowman's training-room-proven exercises and activities -- many derived from the high-impact strategies of NLP and Accelerated Learning -- and reduce delivery time, increase retention and improve knowledge and skill transfer. These back-pocket activities are easy, quick, topic-related, and fun, and you can draw on with a minimum of preparation. The Ten-Minute Trainer features a variety of exercises, ranging from one to ten minutes in length, and provides content-specific exercises as well as activities for transitioning between topics and gauging understanding. You'll find a useful answer section that explains the brain research behind the book and a special section on learning styles that ties in with the philosophy of "learn it fast and make it last." Order your copy of this effective resource today!
Foreword xi Opening and Connections What’s in It for You? Introducing You to The Ten-Minute Trainer 1 Part One 11 When They Do It,They Get It! 150 Activities to Make the Learning Stick 13 Got a Minute? Sixty-Second Activities to Help Learners Repeat, Review, and Remember 18 Connections 26 Time Sponges 30 Pair Shares 37 Shout Outs 41 Think and Write 45 Signals 49 Doodles 53 Pop-Ups 57 Mark-Ups 62 Tickets Out 66 Action Plans 71 Celebrations 75 Take Five! Five- and Ten-Minute Games That Help Learners RAP It Up: Reinforce,Apply, and Practice 80 Postcard Partners 89 The Gallery Walk 93 Take a Stand 98 Grab That Spoon! 102 Place Your Order 106 Metaphor Magic! 111 Let’s Trade 117 Each One Teach One 121 The Walkabout 124 Blackout Bingo! 128 Part Two 133 Heads Up! Brain-Based Learning and Training 135 Attention Maker, Attention Breaker: The Reticular Activating System and Learning 141 Three Brains in One: The Triune Brain and Learning 149 Let the Compass Be Your Guide: The Learning Compass and Learning the Natural Way 159 Mapping Your Message: Making It Stick with the Training Map 169 Power-Hour Training Templates: Time-Saving Design and Delivery Tools 180 Power-Hour Training Template #1 186 Power-Hour Training Template #2 190 Power-Hour Training Template #3 194 Power-Hour Training Template #4 198 Power-Hour Training Template #5 202 Power-Hour Training Sample: Using Template #1 206 Part Three 213 More Timely Training Tools 215 Get a CLUE! Four Elements to Increase Motivation and Memory in Learning 219 You Said It But Did They Get It? How to Check for Understanding 231 What’s a Picture Worth? The Importance of Imagery in Learning 235 Station Rotation: Learning a Lot in a Little Time 253 Closing and Celebration 261 So Now You Know! Celebrating Your Journey with The Ten-Minute Trainer 263 Remarkable Resources 269 Many Thanks! 277 About the Author 281
Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]
