10

TINY TIPS
FOR TRAINERS
AND TEACHERS

SESSION STRUCTURE

1. START WITH SOMETHING

Make people into active participants in the
PRACTICAL
session, from the very start. Even if you have a
lot of theory to get through, give people
something to DO first of all.

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2. ALLOW TIME TO RECHARGE

Even just a 1hr workshop can be quite overwhelming. Building in a 3 minute gap
for participants to switch-off, chat to each other, and relax, will help them focus for
the rest of the session and raise the energy level all round.

3. SUM UP VIA A RANDOM SLIDE

Dont summarise the session yourself, let people
CHALLENGE hear another voice! Put together a simple 5-slide
summary, and invite a volunteer to blind present it
to their peers. The results are not just fun but
surprisingly effective

4. CLOSE AFTER THE Q&A

Put the time for questions 10 or 15 minutes before the actual
end of the session, then close on a strong call to action, a clear
way forward for your workshop attendees.

TABLET AS TEACHING
ASSISTANT

5. USE PADLET ON YOUR TABLET

TO REMEMBER WHOS WHO
Ask people to say who they are and what they
want from the session, and rather than using a
Whiteboard make notes on Padlet, with the Padlet
Wall laid out according to where people are
sitting in the room.

6. SKIP AHEAD ON YOUR TABLET

Have a copy of your presentation on your tablet, and use any gaps
(a practical activity, or a co-presenter talking) to skip ahead and
prepare for what youre going to say next!

HAND-OUTS

7. HAND OUT THE HAND-OUTS

Its tempting to be super organised and put all the hand-outs on
desks / PCs in advance. But if you do that you miss a great
opportunity to make eye-contact and brief conversation with
each member of your audience, which will help communication
throughout the rest of the session.

8. USE SCREENGRABS TO MAKE

PRACTICAL EXCERCISES EASY
amazing how often people lose their
TO FIND It's
place in a hand-out. When you get to an
exercise in workshop, put a screengrab on
the hand-out of the same slide that's on the
big-screen at the time you're introducing
the exercise - it makes it quick and easy for
people to know exactly where they should
be.

MATERIALS

9. STORE MATERIALS IN THE CLOUD

Particularly if your session is link-heavy, store a digital copy of the materials on a
free wiki (PBworks for example) so delegates can access them that way. This also
means youll have a copy of your presentation and hand-outs even if your USB stick
falls out of your pocket and your printer breaks

10. EMAIL THE PRESENTATION

rely on people tracking it down for
ROUND AFTERWARDS Dont
themselves; follow up directly, ensuring
they have a copy of the presentation AND
your contact details.

THANKS FOR WATCHING!

Theres an article with more detail on

each of these 10 tips on my blog:

>> bit.ly/10TinyTips

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