Next week the GLP partners and staff convene in Raleigh, North Carolina for our semi-annual retreat. One of the things that’s very common at our gatherings are “walk and talk” meetings during our extended lunch hours. Something about talking while walking jogs (ha ha)...
The Art of Facilitation: Time Management, Learning Events, and Culture
What follows is an excerpt from a longer article: “Time Management, Learning Events, and Culture,” by Jenny Giezendanner, Certified Dialogue Education Practitioner. The article is free and you can download it...
The Art of Facilitation: 10 Types of Learners
Diversity in any learning environment is a given, and paying attention to the different types of learners you'll encounter is important. There are so many varieties of people and these are just 10 of the common types you'll encounter when you facilitate (we'll have...
10 Tips for Using Visuals
Visuals are critical for any learning event because visual learners need information offered to them in this way. However, “more visuals” do not necessarily mean “more learning.” Here are 10 things to remember: Visual learners need to...
5 Tips for Working in Large Groups
Dialogue Education can work with any group size, but may look different depending on how big or small your group is. Here are a few things to keep in mind when working with large groups. Match the WHERE with the WHO. When you know you have a large group coming to an...
5 Tips for Working With Small Groups
Dialogue Education™ can work with any group size, but may look different depending on how big or small your group is. Here are a few things to keep in mind when working with small groups. Continue to use smaller groups or pairs. Avoid the temptation to have all...
10 Tips for Effective Email Communication
Email is a powerful tool in the workplace, but it has become a headache for some. Using email effectively is not as straightforward as it seems but following a few key guidelines can make all the difference.
10 Dialogue Education Tips for Camping
I am so passionate about Dialogue Education and camping that I just couldn’t stop myself from bringing these two together while on a camping trip in northern Canada last week… Arrange your chairs, or whatever you sitting around the fire pit on, in a circle to ensure...
10 Ways to Get Some Quick Feedback
As a facilitator, it is important to get feedback from the group you’re working with to hear what they think of both the content they are learning and how they are learning it. Here are some ideas for gathering feedback that don’t take much time. For each of these,...
4 Simple Suggestions for Better Meetings
I’m the president of a non-profit board of trustees and before I took the helm our meetings were primarily show-and-tell sessions: the director showed and told and we sat passively and listened, contributing ideas when we were asked. That was then. ...
Goodbye TMI, Hello LIM (Less is More)
Too much information (TMI), or information overload, is a spot many curriculum designers find themselves in when preparing for a new workshop or course; even the most experienced person can hit TMI when he or she is taking on a new teaching topic. Sometimes...
8 Questions for Understanding Your Learners
When designing any learning event, the Dialogue Education method demands that you develop in advance a deep understanding of who will participate, taking into account their individual experience and needs so that you can tailor the design specifically for them; any...