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Are You Using Audience Psychology?

by ida | Audience Psychology, Designing a Learning Experience, Engagement, Presentation Strategies, Training Materials

Audience psychology….AKA …also known as … the secret to a successful session. Imagine you’re sitting down at your computer preparing for your talk or workshop (not too far fetched, is it?) Most presenters spend a large percentage of their prep...

How to Engage Your Audience During a Talk or Workshop

by ida | Engagement, Leadership, Presentation Strategies, Training Materials

Here’s a scenario you’ve probably experienced many times as an audience member… The presenter at the front of the room is carrying out the entire “show” – lecturing, spraying you with information, and delivering what he or she thinks is great value....

8 Reasons You Must Add Interaction to Your Talks and Workshops

by ida | Designing a Learning Experience, Engagement, Presentation Strategies

If you’ve been reading some of the other articles in 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...

Do You Suffer From This Curse?

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...

How is Your Workshop or Talk Like a Pot of Spaghetti?

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...

Stop Working So Hard

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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