Preparation

To create an open, relaxed, positive mindset:

□ Create a colorful, thematic setting.

□ Use appropriate music to set the tone or theme.

□ Personally greet participants and learn their names.

□ Give positive, motivational learning suggestions.

□ Provide learner-benefit statements.

□ Use a warm-up activity to relax and bond the group.

□ Project a relaxed, fun, caring attitude.

Presentation

To stimulate fast, effective learning and accommodate learning styles:

□ Overview learning sessions, creating a global context.

□ Create and strengthen connections through variety and multisensory techniques.

□ Use analogies, metaphors, and mnemonics.

□ Use colorful, pictorial visual aids.

□ Use music, drama, and props.

□ Use visualization techniques.

□ Use active, collaborative, group-based learning.

Practice

To integrate the learning:

□ Allow opportunities to perform skills.

□ Provide learner choices and control for practicing and reviewing.

□ Use peer teaching and group summarizing to articulate knowledge.

Review and Apply

To consolidate learning and transfer to the job:

□ Use concert reviews.

□ Use action planning for on-the-job application.

□ Encourage ongoing reviews, mutual support, and collaboration.