by ida | Creativity, Designing a Learning Experience, Engagement, Training Materials
I love using fun engaging activities that raise the energy in the room and are great both as icebreakers and energizers… I love getting my participants up and moving around… I love drawing on the knowledge, experience, and creativity of my audience...
by ida | Audience Psychology
Imagine this scenario… You’re sitting in a workshop… The presenter is energetic, entertaining, and makes you laugh… His session is well-organized and interactive… He has you participating in several exercises and he takes the time to...
by ida | Audience Psychology, Engagement
To memorize or not to memorize — that is the question…. The usual argument presentation coaches make against memorizing your presentation is that you won’t sound natural — that your presentation will sound memorized… They also...
by ida | Difficult Situations
There will be times when you are asked to be the lunchtime speaker at an event or are invited into an organization to do what is referred to as a “lunch and learn”… Organizations and event planners book lunchtime speakers either because they feel the need to...
by ida | Designing a Learning Experience
I’m not much of a TV watcher and … I’m not usually up on popular dramas, the latest sit-coms, or even news broadcasters (and the trouble they get themselves into)… But I was walking past the TV the other day while my husband was watching CNN and I stopped… Fascinated...
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