PFP: December 2005
By listening to participants relate tales from their own experiences and by facilitating discussion around these tales, a trainer can get a strong sense of what the participants need, what they know, and what they have retained.
How to run it
- Storytelling is an effective assessment strategy. By listening to participants relate tales from their own experiences and by facilitating discussion around these tales, a trainer can get a strong sense of what the participants need, what they know, and what they have retained.
- Stories are fun. And, as a colleague of mine once said, “People don't feel incompetent when they're having fun. So fun enhances interest and intrinsic motivation in learning.”
- PFP: What happens during one of your storytelling exercises?
- PFP: How do participants react to your storytelling exercises? Don't they sometimes feel scared?
- PFP: Do you have a favorite storytelling session experience?
- PFP: Have you trained other trainers to use storytelling?
- PFP: Any advice to people who want to improve their storytelling skills?
- PFP: December 2005 PLAY FOR PERFORMANCE: December 2005 SERIOUSLY FUN ACTIVITIES FOR TRAINERS, FACILITATORS, PERFORMANCE CONSULTANTS, AND MANAGERS.
- Guest Gamer Interview with Kat Koppett She trains people to imagine.
- Masthead PLAY FOR PERFORMANCE: SERIOUSLY FUN ACTIVITIES FOR TRAINERS, FACILITATORS, PERFORMANCE CONSULTANTS, AND MANAGERS.
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Storytelling is an effective assessment strategy. By listening to participants relate tales from their own experiences and by facilitating discussion around these tales, a trainer can get a strong sense of what the participants need, what they know, and what they have retained.
PFP: Do you have a favorite storytelling session experience?
PFP: Have you trained other trainers to use storytelling?
PFP: December 2005 PLAY FOR PERFORMANCE: December 2005 SERIOUSLY FUN ACTIVITIES FOR TRAINERS, FACILITATORS, PERFORMANCE CONSULTANTS, AND MANAGERS.
Guest Gamer Interview with Kat Koppett She trains people to imagine.
Masthead PLAY FOR PERFORMANCE: SERIOUSLY FUN ACTIVITIES FOR TRAINERS, FACILITATORS, PERFORMANCE CONSULTANTS, AND MANAGERS.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: PFP: December 2005. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Storytelling is an effective assessment strategy. By listening to participants relate tales from their own experiences and by facilitating discussion around these tales, a trainer can get a strong sense of what the participants need, what they know, and what they have retained.; PFP: Do you have a favorite storytelling session experience?; PFP: Have you trained other trainers to use storytelling?; PFP: December 2005 PLAY FOR PERFORMANCE: December 2005 SERIOUSLY FUN ACTIVITIES FOR TRAINERS, FACILITATORS, PERFORMANCE CONSULTANTS, AND MANAGERS.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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