Pop-Quiz Homework for HRDQ Webinar Participants, March 20th 2019
Here is the “Pop Quiz Homework” for my March 20th 2019 webinar, “Brain-Based Presenting: Getting the Brain to Pay Attention,” sponsored by HRDQ, a globally-recognized developer of research-based instructional materials.
On the HRDQ website, you’ll find dozens of free webinars, as well as for-purchase training games, assessments, workshops, and simulations for instructor-led classroom learning, and e-learning and e-assessments for distance learning.
“Pop Quiz Homework” is one of my webinar’s “Follow-Up” activities. Brain scientists call them “spaced practice” – activities that help move learning into long-term memory.
Below is the most important of the follow-up activities for “Brain-Based Presenting,” and the one that comes with a special free “thank you” from me to you:
Pop Quiz Homework 
“How were the elements of NOVELTY, CONTRAST, MEANING, and EMOTION used during the “Brain-Based Presenting” webinar to get YOUR brain to pay attention?”
Answer the question above in a paragraph or two and send your answer to me via email at [email protected] or type your answer into the “comments” section below (it will appear in my website’s “inbox” so that I can respond).
As my way of saying “thank you” for taking the time to do the Pop Quiz Homework, I will email you my complimentary ebook “Presenting With Pizzazz!”
If you haven’t already downloaded the webinar handout, click on the following link:
Brain-Based Presenting Handout 2019
On one side of the handout are “Warm-Ups” and “Follow-Ups” – resources to explore before and after the webinar. On the other side are note-taking boxes that participants used during the webinar.
“Warm-Ups” are resources that help get the brain ready to learn before a training event. Brain-scientists call these “priming” activities.
“Follow-Ups” are resources that help move new learning into long-term memory. Brain scientists call these “spaced practice” activities.
Both “Warm-Ups” and “Follow-Ups” are important parts of successful, brain-based instruction, whether online or face-to-face.
Also, be sure to click HERE for the free, downloadable infographic that accompanies the webinar.
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The concepts covered in the webinar were taken from my book titled Using Brain Science to Make Training Stick, available on Amazon. The book covers six learning principles that trump traditional training and contains the instructions for 30 activities (plus e-learning variations) that are tied to the six learning principles.
For live, public workshops that cover the concepts/activities in both my brain science book and Training from the BACK of the Room, click on my website’s What’s New? or Training Events pages.
While on my website, be sure to explore all the free resources and give-aways. And of course, you can email me at [email protected] with your questions and comments. Pay it forward: teach someone something! 🙂
Hi Sharon,
I too enjoyed your webinar! I appreciate the simple, yet effective tactics you shared for keeping our brains engaged. I believe you demonstrated many of the elements you have asked us to describe through your presentation style and hands-on activities. For me, you demonstrated the element of novelty via the use of a graphic organizer with the post-it notes and one-page blank grid we filled in. Contrast was demonstrated by the ‘change anything’ technique which you used throughout the presentation, such as by switching from the post-its to the wall-walk, to the slides, etc. The presentation was never boring. I liked the use of writing over reading as a way to help reinforce meaning in which the participant refines their thinking by handwriting notes as they receive and interpret content. Finally, I’m a big believer in the use of storytelling and powerful images to convey both meaning and emotion. I learned a lot from you in a brief period. I look forward to checking out your ebook! Thanks again.
Good Day Sharon,
Yesterday’s Webinar was one of the BEST Webinar’s I have attended in quite sometime. I am trainer for the HR Team here in my agency and the tips and tools that I received from your webinar is invaluable. To answer the homework question stated, The elements of novelty, contrast, meaning, and emotion were strategically placed in your webinar, SIMPLY you used them all to keep us engaged on the very topic!! The element of Novelty- for me this was a totally “NEW” way to share how to keep people engaged, by using the term “Brain-Based Presenting, I didn’t know exactly what to expect, so that was NEW. The element of Contrast, the different approach on a webinar, having people actively participate and not just listen, to have people get up, stretch, move around, this was in contrast with the norm, and it landing perfectly with me, the different approaches with the presentation tools. The elements of Meaning and Emotion, I am passionate about the work I do here, and to take the time to participate in a webinar is for my professional and personal development is key. Your webinar, your energy in the delivery of the content was major, this is why when it came to both the meaning and the emotion your tools were effective. This information was relevant to my day to day operation, it was important to how I will strategize moving forward, and you were able to use these elements to speak to you and engage your audience all while sharing with us exactly how to do this. Having all that you spoke about incorporated in your tools was key!! Moreover, this webinar was very entertaining, engaging and fun… keep up the great work… 🙂
Thank You Sharon.
Greetings Sharon,
I absolutely enjoyed your presentation of the content and creating the experience of using the content all in one quick webinar. Love the Pop Quiz Homework!
The elements of novelty, contrast, meaning and emotion in the webinar immediately grabbed my brain/attention due to several factors:
1) You were novel in your approach to us the audience with your ice breaker, use of picture slides, and the building in of the activities of deep breathing and stretching from the outset.
2) Your use of contrasting slides and presentation style different from traditional “Death by Power Point” and “Sage on Stage” was refreshing and engaging.
3) Your focus on meaning and what we as educators are aiming to do to teach, inspire and influence our students/audience participants, by engaging their brains to learn was awesome.
4) Your attention to emotion was powerful and I love the analogy of emotions being “sticky notes” in our brains of what is important. My biggest emotional moment was with your picture of the alligator taking a bite into dental care. I am recovering from childhood trauma of an old dentist that breathed heavy and reeked of coffee and cigarettes as he was in my personal space and worked in my mouth as a child. So, as soon as I could make my own choices I choose to go to “no pain” kind female dentists for my dental care. As you mentioned, I will always remember your alligator picture, every time I go to the dentist.
I will use all your pearls of wisdom as I do my work to promote self care and battle Burnout and Moral Distress in Healthcare.
Thanks and keep up your strong work for making learning fun and engaging!