Adventures of Ted and Tina Trainer –

October 7, 2009

                                                    Does class size matter?  Read my blog about it at http://lmfarley.com/2009/08/class-size-matters/

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What’s a Speaker/Trainer without PowerPoint?

September 21, 2009

My answer:  a real one. Can you imagine that training and learning actually occurred in previous decades without PowerPoint?  It’s true!  If you want to use PowerPoint effectively in speaking or training, here are a few essential tips: Never, never, never have slides that your audience can’t read.  Have a back up plan in case [...]

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Full Participation

September 9, 2009

 When I saw this cute video it dawned on me that this concept is exactly what we want to encourage training classes.  First- Facilitators need everyone to work together-and no one to be left out.  Second – Facilitators must squelch the training bullies in the class.  So how do we accomplish this?  Getting everyone to [...]

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Multiple Intelligence – Interpersonal

September 3, 2009

 People who have the Interpersonal intelligence learn well when interacting with others.  These people work well in group situations and are interested in what other people have to say.  Characteristics of a person with the Interpersonal intelligence are: Strong communication skills Confident with other people Able to pick up non-verbal “cues” from others Perceptive in [...]

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Class Size Matters

August 31, 2009

 We are always charged to do more with less.   At what cost?  In multiple situations I have designed and delivered classes, targeted at a specific size audience.  Hours of development time were invested to identify the most effective learning activities, calibrate the number of teams and estimate time to debrief.  Then, the class was “crammed” [...]

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Evil Mutant Lizard

August 26, 2009

              The Evil Mutant Lizard lives in training classes. He mutates the delivery of training material from what the instructional designer wrote. He mutates the training away from the objectives. He mutates away from the needs of the organization. He replaces the original intent with fluffy games, koosh balls [...]

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Adventures of Ted and Tina Trainer-Overload

August 20, 2009

  So how do you prevent particpant’s brains from suffocating?  How do you control the urge to have too many PowerPoint slides? Do you even use PowerPoint?  Give us your thoughts.

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What Do Words Have To Do With It?

August 13, 2009

  Multiple Intelligence – Linguistic/Verbal  Multiple Intelligence.  We’ve heard of it, studied it, checked off a box that we have incorporated it into our training.  But what does it really mean?  What impact does it make on learning?  How do we use it in training?  The primer In 1983 Dr. Howard Gardner, professor of education at [...]

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Don’t Be an OEBF

August 6, 2009

So maybe you didn’t like One Eyed Booger Face (OEBF) blog that much. Maybe you were offended by it. Did it make you think? How often have we been bored to tears in training classes by facilitators who didn’t know, and, moreover, did not care about their audiences. One of the most effective techniques to [...]

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One Eyed Booger Face

August 3, 2009

One Eyed Booger Face You keep one eye closed so you can’t see the clock And one eye open to the inside of your mind You drone on and on Words fill up the place and run out of your nose I wonder what you are saying, One Eyed Booger Face You lost me a [...]

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