Training the Active Training Way

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Introduction.STRATEGY 1: ENGAGE YOUR PARTICIPANTS FROM THE START.Tip 1: Give Participants Something to Do Before the Session Formally Begins.Tip 2: Structure the Initial Social Interactions Among Participants.Tip 3: Create Icebreakers That Focus Solely on Immediate Learning Involvement.Tip 4: Enlarge the Pool of Participation at the Very Beginning.STRATEGY 2: BE A BRAIN-FRIENDLY PRESENTER.Tip 5: Build Brain Interest in What Is Being Presented.Tip 6: Help Your Participants' Brains to "Get It".Tip 7: Involve Participants Throughout Your Presentation.Tip 8: Help Participants "Save" the Presentation in Their Brains.STRATEGY 3: ENCOURAGE LIVELY AND FOCUSED DISCUSSION.Tip 9: Engage Participants Before Plunging into the Discussion.Tip 10: State Effective Questions for Discussion.Tip 11: Improve the Quality of Discussion Through Participant Preparation.Tip 12: Alter the Discussion Format.Tip 13: Facilitate the Flow of Conversation.STRATEGY 4: URGE PARTICIPANTS TO ASK QUESTIONS.Tip 14: Help Participants Get Started.Tip 15: Create the Need for Questions.Tip 16: Let Participants Know You Expect Questions.STRATEGY 5: LET YOUR PARTICIPANTS LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.Tip 17: Choose How You Compose Learning Teams.Tip 18: Build Learning Teams Before Giving Them Work.Tip 19: Gradually Immerse Participants in Team Learning.Tip 20: Use a Variety of Team Learning Activities.Tip 21: Invite Participants to Teach Each Other.STRATEGY 6: ENHANCE LEARNING BY EXPERIENCING AND DOING.Tip 22: Create Experiences That Simulate or Match Reality.Tip 23: Ask Participants to Reflect on the Experience.Tip 24: Avoid "Monkey See, Monkey Do".Tip 25: Use Role Play to Develop Verbal Skills.STRATEGY 7: BLEND IN TECHNOLOGY WISELY.Tip 26: Transform Active Classroom Strategies into e-Learning.Tip 27: Use e-Learning to Supplement Classroom Learning.Tip 28: Use Classroom Sessions to Supplement e-Learning Activities.STRATEGY 8: MAKE THE END UNFORGETTABLE.Tip 29: Get Participants to Review What's Been