David Gibson

The Power Of Priming Often, pre-communication (the ‘Welcome’ and logistics sent prior to training) and priming (the introduction of content prior to live training) are seen to belong only to face-to-face training. But we should be maximising the benefit of both pre- communication and priming for all modes of learning, especially live virtual training (webinar). […]

My Name Is ‘Add Collaboration’ Try This Live Virtual Training Close When Using Zoom Ask learners to think about what their: -Next action will be following their training –Key take-away from their training –Biggest AhHa is etc Ask them to rename themselves with that thought (see image). Read out a few This gets learners to […]

Simple Virtual Training Handouts I’m sure that you wouldn’t consider facilitating face-to-face training without supplying learners with some sort of workbook to make their notes. SO – why would you not do this for Live Virtual Training (or eLearning or Digital Lesson)? Handouts don’t need to be big or expensive. In fact, when we get […]

Variety Is Key Updated for virtual training The Brain Craves Variety Ever wondered why it’s difficult to hold learners attention or why they seem to become disengaged? Well, it’s probably because the workshop structure is routine, the same, like every other workshop. The brain only notices things when they’re different. So, to grab your learners […]

Learners Get A Blank Workbook Learners Get A Blank Workbook As trainers, we know that it makes sense to provide workbooks for our learners to make their own notes. But, the investment needed is quite high – not only from a monetary perspective. Workbooks can be: Very time consuming to design and keep updated Often […]