If the training environment is not conducive to learning, you're going to work twice as hard to make an impact. New employee orientation is its own special kind of training; you're not just there to fill their heads with information, but -- ideally -- to welcome them and make them feel like they belong. You want your new employee to feel successful and part of the culture as soon as possible, and you want to reinforce that they made the right choice in coming to work for your company. (I learned this the hard way in my first day on the job as training coordinator, when my supervisor

Check out " Exercise -- Brain Rule #1 ," (no direct link to the video, but they're all listed on the page) for some thoughts on why the typical classroom and work environments are not conducive to learning or productivity and some fun ideas to turn that around. ...Tags: Tags: Brain Rules Training Public Speaking Techniques and Strategies Adult Learning Principles Resource Following up on last week's post on six ways to improve training , PowerPoint and AutoCAD expert Ellen Finkelstein sent me a link to the videos on the Brain Rules website.

Ask the audience a lot of questions so they can share their knowledge and expertise and contribute to the learning of the group. Break the audience into pairs or groups for activities and exercises, like solving a problem or demonstrating one of your points. As adults, we are responsible for our own learning, and we're going to learn better as audience members if we participate in the process rather than being spoon-fed a lecture. For people who don't like being the center of attention, I've got an easy trick for you: Make the audience do the work. Here

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Adults delineate their thoughts visually. 2. Adults learn better when they are lightening up! Group exercises, simple questions and answers, role-plays. 4. Visit her on the web at: schrift.com to learn more about her Speakers University teleclasses. Top 10 Es to Motivate and Influence an Audience Speak with Es. Be a speaker of influence not control or guilt.