Quality Wood Badge Presentations 1

Quality Presentations Quality presentations depend on: –Presentation style –Learning method/training technique –Confidence with the material Quality presentations depend on: –Presentation style –Learning method/training technique –Confidence with the material 2

You Are Your Style Participants respond to YOU: –Your voice –Your body language –Your attitude –Your presentation style Participants respond to YOU: –Your voice –Your body language –Your attitude –Your presentation style 3

Voice Be sure you can be heard. Use clear diction. Use the full range of your voice. Concentrate on what you’re saying now. Pause to let your audience process the information. Vary the rate of your speech. Be sure you can be heard. Use clear diction. Use the full range of your voice. Concentrate on what you’re saying now. Pause to let your audience process the information. Vary the rate of your speech. 4

Attitude It comes through to the audience. Keeping a positive attitude about learning promotes learning. Eye contact engages the audience and strengthens the message. It comes through to the audience. Keeping a positive attitude about learning promotes learning. Eye contact engages the audience and strengthens the message. 5

Body Language Know the positive and negative gestures. Use them appropriately. Not using body language also sends a message. Spontaneous gestures convey your feelings. Know the positive and negative gestures. Use them appropriately. Not using body language also sends a message. Spontaneous gestures convey your feelings. 6

Presentation Style The delivery style should suit the occasion and the audience. Read your audience, not your materials. Be flexible. Adjust your style; stop and clarify. Remember the 20-second rule. Evaluate your presentation to improve. The delivery style should suit the occasion and the audience. Read your audience, not your materials. Be flexible. Adjust your style; stop and clarify. Remember the 20-second rule. Evaluate your presentation to improve. 7

Learning Methods Seeing Hearing Saying Doing Seeing Hearing Saying Doing 8 Adults gain knowledge by using one or a combination of learning methods:

What Adults Retain 10 percent of what they read 20 percent of what they hear 30 percent of what they see 50 percent of what they see and hear 70 percent of what they say 90 percent of what they say and do 10 percent of what they read 20 percent of what they hear 30 percent of what they see 50 percent of what they see and hear 70 percent of what they say 90 percent of what they say and do 9 Depending on which methods we use to learn, we retain different amounts of the information presented. Adults retain

Training Techniques 10 Lecture Demonstration Reflection Learning Centers Lecture Demonstration Reflection Learning Centers Talk Role-Play Simulation Brainstorming Talk Role-Play Simulation Brainstorming Discussion Case Study Buzz Group Game Discussion Case Study Buzz Group Game Trainers use a variety of techniques to encourage learning: At the Trainer’s Development Conference you learned the definitions of these techniques and how to choose the right technique for a particular situation.

Method/Technique/Retention Relationship Each training technique employs a particular learning method or combination of methods. 11

Exercise Consider the common training techniques. Analyze each to determine the learning method or methods. Determine the retention level. Discuss the Wood Badge curriculum and its probable success. Consider the common training techniques. Analyze each to determine the learning method or methods. Determine the retention level. Discuss the Wood Badge curriculum and its probable success. 12

Confidence With Material Know your material. Prepare and “fingerprint” your session. Review the Trainer’s Development Conference. Use visual aids to: –Spark interest –Enhance learning –Facilitate learning –Increase retention Practice your presentation. Know your material. Prepare and “fingerprint” your session. Review the Trainer’s Development Conference. Use visual aids to: –Spark interest –Enhance learning –Facilitate learning –Increase retention Practice your presentation. 13

For teaching to be effective, learning must take place. 14