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• IS YOUR TRAINING IMPACT LIKE BLUE TACK OR SUPERGLUE TO THE BRAIN?
• A fantastic workshop for injecting life into sometimes boring or mundane training topics
• Absolutely most exciting & engaging training I have encountered.

The absolute, key focus of any training should be delivering content to all learning styles, in an engaging way, so it goes in and stays in, long term.

As a ‘trainer training trainers’ my delivery has to provide my participants with a personal experience of an attention-grabbing delivery style.  If you experience YOUR learning from the position of a student and find it has immediate impact and a successful outcome on your own learning, then you will naturally see the benefit and worth in revamping your training in a brain friendly style.… Read more

Recently I was in Townsville running a Trainers Intensive and had three participants who became emotionally attached to their squashy toys.  It was so funny at the end of the day we nearly had to do some grief and separation counselling.

I trust that those who have worked with me in the past now appreciate that there is large group of people in our training room who are Tactile Learners. They need to fiddle to have their minds engaged.

Trainers have said to me in the past they don’t like having toys on the table at ‘serious’ meetings and with ‘serious’ content, in case the participants walk in, see the toys and groan or think “we are supposed to be here to learn, not play games.”… Read more

When breaking your participants into Groups, use these \’quick-sticks\’ ideas:

1. Hair Colour – light & dark & inbetweeners

2. Birthdays – quarters of the year; or halves of the year; or if you have a large group, months

3. Numbering – have them number off, from 1 to 4 or 5 etc. depending on how many groups you want to work with.  Then all the \’3\’\’s pair up, and the \’4\’s etc.

4. Corners/Points of Reference – play some music and have your participants walk around the room (you will engage every learning style doing this).  When the music stops they go to the corner of the room that is closest.… Read more

WELL-BEING TIP

1.  What\’s Important?

Okay, we all lead busy lives and despite our character traits, our dominant brain hemisphere\’s and our varying ability to handle pressure, we ALL suffer stress in some form or other at different times.  If you feel as though you are becoming overwhelmed from a work perspective – STOP!  No, we don\’t expect you to down tools and walk out – just stop for a little while when you can, and take some time to prioritize your workload.  What is really important?  What needs doing first, second, third?  Get into a habit each afternoon before leaving your workplace to run through the jobs of the day and what needs to be done on the morrow. … Read more

BRAIN NUTRITION – FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

There are 100,000 miles of blood vessels in the brain!

Eat a healthy breakfast to feed your brain and jump start it into action first thing in the morning.  This will boost your productivity for the whole day and keep your focus keen. Below are some tips for eating for your brain .. and why … .

1. Eggs

Eggs contain Choline, a B vitamin that can help improve memory and brain & liver function.  They also contain Protein which can also help you concentrate as well as assist with stabilizing your blood sugar.  Traditional breakfast food for a reason!… Read more

Something to help outside of business hours, when the working day is done …

A busy brain needs to switch off so it can dial down into sleep.

A busy brain will churn if it has data to process and prevent you from winding down.

A busy brain needs you to EMPTY it first, before you attempt any night-time rest … so, get into the habit of doing a SLUMBER DUMP.

Keep a journal/notebook handy – either by your bed, or somewhere close that you visit every night before retiring where you will see it, and it will prompt you to use it.… Read more

WELL BEING TIP

Hands Up who knows what Meditation is?
Jazzy Fingers for all those who practice it on a regular basis…
Now, all of those with your hands still up, or down ask yourself this, “am I giving my brain a break from the stress of life, for a few minutes every day?”
And no, having a ciggie break or a chat over your expresso doesn’t count. We’re talking about a total shut down, defcon 6 – operation status ‘silent….’

Why do we do it? Why are we all discovering how beneficial it is, and something we should mindfully apply every day.… Read more

Training invariably involves you needing to build rapport with your audience. Going in and talking non-stop at them is only going to lead to disappointment all round, and no doubt the beginnings of a lynch mob by lunchtime. 

Building rapport with people can be an automatic inbuilt mechanism for some, but for others it is something that can be worked on and improved, if you have some tips on how to do that – so here are some verbal tools for Quick Rapport Building:

* Common ground – using your Green & Red cards, or some activity to gauge your audience, find some common ground or \’Universals\’ as we call them, and build on that.… Read more

Aim for Engagement & Clarity, not Boredom & Confusion!

If you have attended a Laurie Kelly workshop, you will know that we do not usually use media in our sessions – media is a resource or a tool to assist your Presentation, it should not be the core or the focal point of your address, but rather work FOR you as a visual backing to the Content you are delivering. Here are 6 Quick Points for your checklist, when preparing a PowerPoint Presentation.

1. GOAL

Ensure you have a clear, real Goal for the use of your Powerpoint. WHAT are you presenting, and WHY?… Read more