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...
by ida | Audience Psychology, Designing a Learning Experience
The most common term or catchall word for what people do when they stand up in front of a group is “giving a presentation”. Oh how I hate the word presentation… Why? Because using it sabotages what, in most circumstances, should be an engaging interactive...
by ida | Designing a Learning Experience, Engagement, Presentation Strategies
If you’ve been reading this blog, it will come as no surprise to you when I say that interaction is essential to the learning process – whether you’re doing a 10-minute talk at a networking meeting, a 1-hour breakout session at a conference, a full-day...
by ida | Designing a Learning Experience, Difficult Situations, Presentation Strategies
As presenters and seminar leaders we have expertise in a particular topic, and as experts we face a challenge when trying to teach or communicate with those who don’t know what we know. We suffer from the Curse of Knowledge. We know things that others...
by ida | Designing a Learning Experience, Presentation Strategies
Imagine this scenario for a moment. You’ve just cooked a big pot of spaghetti noodles. Then you do something really crazy with it… You pick up the pot and toss all the spaghetti against the wall — splat! How much do you think will stick? Probably...
by ida | Designing a Learning Experience, Difficult Situations, Engagement, Leadership, Presentation Strategies
At the end of one of my workshops, Derek, a trainer and coach at a telecom company exclaimed, “I’ve been reborn. I’m a whole new presenter now!” What had triggered this “aha” moment? Derek had gained some new perspectives that had...
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