WHAT'S NEW?
(Website updated May 17th 2013)
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Coming to Stockholm, Sweden in November 2013,
and open to the public,
Sharon's 2-day train-the-trainer program:
"Training from the BACK of the Room!"
When and Where: November 18th – 19th 2013; Stockholm, Sweden (specific place and time to be announced)
Sponsored by: Crisp Agile Consulting Company www.crisp.se
For: Trainers, instructors, teachers, Scrum and Agile coaches, and anyone interested in state-of-the-art, brain-based training.
Cost and Registration: Click HERE for detailed program description, learning outcomes, early-bird discount, cost, and registration information.
Take your training skills to a more advanced level as you discover how the human brain really learns which is very different from traditional assumptions about learning.
Explore the most current “cognitive neuroscience” about effective instruction – how the brain takes in, stores, retrieves and uses knowledge. Discover six powerful learning principles based on the best of brain science, then apply these principles every time you train, teach, or coach others.
These Accelerated Learning principles go hand-in-hand with team-based Agile and Scrum processes and principles. If you are an Agile coach or Scrum trainer, you will be especially pleased to discover how to combine Agile/Scrum concepts with collaborative learner-engagement.
If you want to be put on a mailing list for updated information about this event, please send Sharon an email at sbowperson@gmail.com.
FIRST TIME OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC:
Trainer Certification Course:
How to Present “Training from the BACK of the Room!”
November 20th 2013; Stockholm, Sweden
FIRST TIME OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC: 1-day trainer certification course to enable you to present Sharon Bowman’s 2-day train-the-trainer program “Training from the BACK of the Room” in your own countries and for your own companies and customers.
This course is an intense, challenging program that is designed to give you the professional training skills you need to present “Training from the BACK of the Room” to your own audiences.
Along with individualized instruction, guided practice, instructor and peer coaching and feedback, you will receive a complete facilitator's guide and slide set for the 2-day train-the-trainer workshop. Plus, you'll receive a year of free coaching from Sharon to help polish your "Training from the BACK of the Room" presentation skills.
When and Where: November 20th 2013; Stockholm, Sweden (specific place and time to be announced)
Sponsored by: Crisp Agile Consulting Company www.crisp.se
For: Anyone who has attended Sharon's 2-day train-the-trainer program "Training from the BACK of the Room" and who wants to be able to present this program within their own countries or to their companies or customers.
Cost and Registration: Click HERE for detailed description, learning outcomes, prerequisites, early-bird discount, cost and regirstions information.
If you want to be put on a mailing list for updated information about this event, please send Sharon an email at sbowperson@gmail.com.
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Wondering about the best ways
to use PowerPoint?
Here is the newest short, image-rich slide presentation on PowerPoint from www.slideshare.net.
Here are some other excellent slide presentations about using PowerPoint – highly visual, unusual, and totally thought-provoking.
Source: www.slideshare.net.
Brain Rules for Presenters
Burn Your PowerPoints
Stop Killing Your Students with PowerPoint
Don't Be a PowerPoint Felon
3 Emergency Ideas to Help Your Presentations
5 Ways to Make Linear Navigation More Interesting
Presentation Skills for Teachers
You Suck at Powerpoint
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Treat yourself to all of Sharon's
free, ten-minute micro-courses:
All of these short, quick, image-rich slide presentations can also be found on the Articles page of this website.
5 Tips for Interactive Webinars
How To Teach It So They Learn It
How to Map Your Instruction in 4 Simple Steps
Engage the Brain: 5 Ways to Create Interactive Slides
How to Design Great Training: Begin with the End in Mind
Different Trumps Same: Getting the Brain to Pay Attention
Teaching Adults ANYTHING
in 4 Easy Steps
Movement Trumps Sitting
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Using Brain Science to Make Training Stick!
Six Learning Principles that Trump Traditional Teaching.
Sharon's newest book is now available on www.amazon.com
Click here for the table of contents and a free excerpt.
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The Six Trumps Workshop
In Sharon's newest book there is a facilitator's guide for a 45-minute workshop introducing audiences to the six learning principles. The following links are for the materials that accompany the workshop:
The Six Trumps Workshop Slide Set
The Six Trumps Workshop Postcards
The Six Trumps Workshop Table Cards
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Training from the
BACK of the Room!
65 Ways to Step Aside
and Let Them Learn.
Purchase your own copy of this valuable, "grab-and-go" resource available now on www.amazon.com.
Click here for more detailed information about this sequel toThe Ten-Minute Trainer.
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What Participants Are Saying
About Sharon's Programs
"Energetic, insightful, and game changing. Sharon has condensed years of brain science into an easy-to-understand bag of tools that are accessible to any trainer, regardless of background.
Brian Rebon, President
The Brain Trust Consulting Group
"Awesome! New ideas on how to teach and how to learn so that people remember and are focused on learning all the way – all of this is great!
Anita Kasari, Senior Software Engineer
Nixu Company
"Enlightening, memorable, and thought-provoking. Worth its weight in gold!"
Brad Streets, Retail Sales Trainer,
LG Electronics
"This
was the most useful course I have attended in my career - lifelong
learning at its finest!"
Michelle
Hutchings-Medina, Instructor
Washington University
"Multi-faceted
in its scope and complexity made simple! This course presented essential
training information in a totally fun and involved way!"
Patrick
Casanova, Trainer
Southwest Gas Corporation
"There
is something in this course for everyone, from novice to experienced
trainer - stimulating and action-packed!"
Donna
Gravesen, Training Corrdinator
General Mills
"Go! Even if you've been
training for a long time, you will learn or revisit MANY ways to liven
up any training. Outstanding, useful, and fun!"
Karen
Carlson, Senior Training Specialist
Best Buy
"Dynamite!
We were immersed in all of the tools and, from one activity to the next,
they all become clear and useable. It excited me about all the new
training possibilities at my disposal."
Karen
Harris, Division HR Manager
Orkin Pest Control, GA
