How to be a
Wizard
at Tech Training
Jeanne Allen
Cindy Leonard
Beth Kanter
John Kenyon
2016 NTC | San Jose, CA | 3/23/16
#16NTCtechtrain
How to be a
Wizard
at Tech Training
Session Hashtag:
#16NTCtechtrain
Collaborative Notes:
http://po.st/techtrain-16NTC
Evaluation Link:
http://po.st/Zr9j3q
CFRE Credits: 1.5
Your Hogwarts Professors
For This Session
Jeanne
Allen
Cindy
Leonard
Beth
Kanter
John
Kenyon
Opening Exercise:
Who’s in the room?
Designing Content:
4 Great Practices
Adult
Learning
Theory
Concrete
Examples
Audio-Visual-
Somatic
Design
JOLT
1: Research
Adult Learning Theories
Search terms: Andragogy, Adult Instructional Design
1: Research
Adult Learning Theories
http://tinyurl.com/theorymap
1: Research
Adult Learning Theories
Malcolm
Knowles
David
Kolb
Dr. Sivasailam
“Thiagi”
Thiagarajan
Beth
Kanter
2: Experiential Education
Concrete
Experience
Reflective
Observation
Abstract
Concept-
ualization
Active
Experiment-
ation
3: Audio / Visual / Somatic Design
Visual
Somatic
Audio
8 7
5
3
0
9
6
3: Audio / Visual / Somatic Design
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3: Audio / Visual / Somatic Design
4: Jolt
(Self) Sorting
Ceremony
Research
Adult Learning
Theory
Experiential
Education
Audio/Visual/
Somatic Design
JOLT
1. Divide into share pairs (or trios)
2. Discuss:
How might you use this concept
in your own practice?
Sample Exercise:
4 Corners
Trainer’s Reflection
on Interactive Activity
What was the
learning goal
of the exercise?
Start with Goals for Activity
Ready
Discuss
Practice
Reflect
Commit
Get to feel comfortable with other people in the room
Connect with what they already know about the topic
Consolidate what they’ve learned
Reflection
Brainstorm ways to apply
Get feedback on idea(s)
Flesh out ideas
Commit to practicing skills or knowledge after training
Practice skills they have learned
Experience It:
Solo Think & Write
Write down one goal for a training you are
doing, designing or have delivered
and want to include an interactive activity
Worksheet
Content Interaction
Exercise Grid
Solo Pairs and
Triads
Small Groups
(4-10)
Everyone
Activities
Thinking/Reflecting
/Assessing
X
Writing X
Discussion
Listening + Talking
X
Moving X
Making X
Other
Think and Write (continued)
Using the grid and activities we have described:
1. Reflect on the goals of your training
2. How do you want participants to interact with
content?
3. On grid, write down at least
two ideas of what activities
would best suite your goals
and why
Pair/Triad
Experience It: Share Pair
• Find one other person
• Both share your activities & why you chose them
• Both:
–Listen
–Inquire
–Support
Popcorn Report Out
• What did you hear about?
• Good reasoning? Smart ways to connect goals
and activities?
<sigh>R.I.P. Alan Rickman </sigh>
Example: Share Pair
Variations
How to Be a Wizard at Tech Training
How to Be a Wizard at Tech Training
Example: Small Group
How to Be a Wizard at Tech Training
How to Be a Wizard at Tech Training
Example: Everyone
Spectragram
When training is interactive,
participants pay better Attention
to what is being taught?
Strongly
Disagree
Strongly
Agree
Think back to Jeanne and Cindy’s
content and interactive exercise…
Four Corners of the Room
What do you want learner to do?
• Reflect on how to apply the
content to themselves/their orgs
• Brainstorm ways to apply learning
to themselves/their orgs
Size: Divide large group into smaller groups based
content topics
Activity: Discussion/Listening and Talking
Example:
Four Corners of the Room
Guidelines & Activities
Generally, no more than 10-15 minutes of
content without an exercise.
• Understand introvert’s
and extrovert’s
preferences
• Design for shared
versus individual
understanding
Guidelines & Activities
Understand when small group or share pair is
needed/useful versus full group
Guidelines & Activities
Think about how much time (realistically)
you need to regroup into small groups,
physical movement, processing time
for the actual learning
Guidelines & Activities
Design activities that fit the room or fit the
room to the activities
Guidelines & Activities
Meta:
What did we Learn From
Designing This Session
Open
Q&A
Reflection
Write a message to FutureMe.Org:
One thing I will apply in the next 30 days
How to be a
Wizard
at Tech Training
Session Hashtag:
#16NTCtechtrain
Collaborative Notes:
http://po.st/techtrain-16NTC
Evaluation Link:
http://po.st/Zr9j3q
CFRE Credits: 1.5

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