Trainer Strainer
What is granulation?
(Also OK: What is granulating?)
This debriefing theme elicits learners' "raw" thoughts and feelings brought out by a training activity they just completed.
What is "What's so?"
A five-part model we use for structuring anecdotes.
What is "S.T.A.R.K."?
(Also OK: What is Situation, Task, Action, Result, Kicker?)
In a PowerPoint slide, this is the maximum number of words you should have on a horizontal line of type.
What is 6?
(I will accept any number between 5 and 8, though.)
It's the simple, usually very brief (a couple of words) description of what a training is about.
What is a training topic?
(E.g., "Team Communication," "Career Development Tips")
A very brief (maybe just a couple of minutes long) activity aimed at engaging learners in what will happen during a one-hour "lunch-'n'-learn" training.
What is a jolt?
(Also OK: What is an energizer?)
This ties a trainer's anecdote back into the learning objective the trainer is attempting to accomplish.
What is the "Kicker"?
You were encouraged to not use these when presenting your lecturette.
What are notes?
Although these are sometimes "terminal," they can't kill ya!
What are learning objectives?
[Your team gets a "free" 80 points...you don't have to do anything, although this does end this round, and we're back to the playing cards.]
[Your team gets a "free" 80 points...you don't have to do anything, although this does end this round, and we're back to the playing cards.]
These are the two broad, fundamental categories of activity that represent what a trainer does regarding a training.
What are design(ing) and deliver(ing)?
You were enouraged--indeed, directed & required--to do this many times during the days and weeks before your trainings.
What is rehearsing?
[Also OK: What is (to) rehearse? or What is (to) practice? or What is practicing?]
An effective lecturette embodies this "back-and-forth" characteristic.
What is interactive?
(Also OK: What is interactivity?)
Usually about 8 or so minutes long, this activity enables trainees to complete simple tasking together, and launches a three-hour training.
What is an icebreaker?
It could be called "charm," "stank," "sass," or "spice," and a trainer must incorporate it into their presentations.
What is schmaltz?
During each of your trainings, you were required to make sure that your and your partner(s) had amounts of this that were about equal.
What is "air time"?
If you don't follow your lecturette with one of these, the learners may not really learn.
What is a prac app?
(Also OK: What is a practical application?)
What we call a two-minute anecdote that is used as a teaching tool in a training.
What is a parable?
It's positioned closer to the "private self" than the "public self."
What is the "sweet spot"?
(I will also accept, "What is the trainer's persona?")
It is another name for "lunch-'n'-learn" training.
What is a "brown-bag" training?
(Also OK: What is a "brown bag"? or What is a "brown-bag" workshop?)