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AUGUST 20, 2014

There are a lot different styles, philosophies, and techniques for facilitating groups of people. Check out the International Association of Facilitator’s Method database which contains more than 500 entries. Facilitated listening is made up of a number of techniques described in more detail in the book. This includes: 1.

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APRIL 7, 2014

I’m preparing for a webinar and with any training I begin the instructional design with surveying participants to understand their level, learning goals, and attitudes about the subject matter. Even asking direct questions doesn’t result in replies. How can we get people to talk to us?

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AUGUST 14, 2015

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers back then, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. In order to do that, you have to think like an instructional designer !

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

The specific practice skills include these three: Ask empowering questions. Ask Good Questions. As you can see from the above list, leaders that have solid listening skills know how to ask good questions that inspire people to think in new ways, expand their vision, and enable them to contribute more to a team or project.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

That’s hard if deadlines are looming, but essential to have a session to explore questions such as: What is your facilitation style and philosophy? Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you enjoy and are great at doing? Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you want to improve or work on?

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MARCH 25, 2014

I’m very interested in the train the trainer concept, so for my own learning I have been taking many trainings to learn new instructional techniques – hopefully gaining some empathy for being a student in a train the trainer session. The room setup fought with our design, but we managed to make it work.

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JUNE 28, 2016

Analytical Style people control their emotions but tend to ask questions rather than give orders. Amiable Style people show their emotions openly and prefer to ask questions rather than give orders. My inspiration for the instructional design was learning that there was a game show in the 1980s called “ The Body Language Game.”

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