January 26, 2012 Liz Wheeler
Need to add a little foshizzle to your training session? Use this little object lesson from Bob Pike Group Senior Training Consultant Doug McCallum. You'll need a glass of water, one Advil and an Alka-Seltzer tablet.
January 24, 2012 Becky Pluth
Asked: Are there any best practice guidelines on how to write an introduction? What should a good introduction contain, how long should it be, etc.? Becky Pluth responds...
January 6, 2012 Creative Training Techniques newsletter
Using the classic Hollywood celebrity version of tic-tac-toe gets many learners participating while revisiting key content from the prior workshop.
November 28, 2011 Scott Enebo
Scott Enebo, Bob Pike Group training consultant, tackles the question: "Do you have any suggestions for a team-building activity for 15 people at the end of a two-day meeting?" The people are members of a virtual team meeting face-to-face.
November 28, 2011 Liz Wheeler
Do you do training that relies heavily on participants paying attention to the little things? Nancy Azar uses this activity to increase awareness to details.
September 29, 2011 Liz Wheeler
Here's a quick exercise that gets people moving while visually demonstrating how important it is to get everyone moving in the same, and right, direction.
August 31, 2011 Mike Toncray
Add value and increase engagement in your workshops by using some of the new digital and internet-based tools that are available for free. Here is one great suggestion.
August 31, 2011 Mike Toncray
Add value and increase engagement in your workshops by using some of the new digital and internet-based tools that are available for free. Here is one great suggestion.
August 31, 2011 Scott Enebo
A reader asks our training expert Scott Enebo for some opening and closing activities appropriate for a specific workshop. Scott replies with a whole slew of great, and immediately implementable, information.
June 22, 2011 Rich Meiss and Doug McCallum
The closing ceremony of each Olympics is an example of a great closing-music, dancing, fireworks, inspiring words, celebration. However, the closing part of business presentations seems to be the most difficult to executive in an effective way, in our opinion based on many collective decades of training.
Have you ever tried using a closing exercise to tie your presentation together, to inspire your participants to use what they've learned? Below is one exercise, from our book SCORE, that can help you close with impact while creating momentum for your learners to implement what they've learned.
