Adult TrainingImproving Rotary’s

Communication

Workshop Objectives

Adult learning processes Motivation concepts and

applications Importance and relevance

of different learning styles How to use MS PowerPoint

to assist in communicating one’s message

Small Group ExerciseBest & Worst Training Presentations Experiences

Understanding the Adult Learner

“Those having torches will pass them on to others.”

~ Plato

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Lecture

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Teaching Others

Writing

Participating and Practice by doing

Involve Participantsduring presentation

“It’s a very tricky business, teaching.”

~Gilford HighetAuthor of The Art of Teaching

Preparing the Course

Goals, Objectives, & End Results

Amount of Material

Handouts Should Not be an Afterthought

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Adult Learners• Adult learner (aka mature student) is a term used to describe any person socially

accepted as an adult who is in a learning process, whether it is formal education, informal learning, or corporate-sponsored learning.

• Adult learners are considered distinct from child learners due primarily to the work of Malcolm Knowles, who developed the principle of Andragogy. Adult learners fall into the category of nontraditional students, whom the National Center for Education Statistics defines as meeting at least one of the following seven criteria:

• Delays enrollment (does not enter postsecondary education in the same calendar year that he or she finished high school).

• Attends part time for at least part of the academic year.• Works full time (35 hours or more per week) while enrolled.• Is considered financially independent for purposes of determining eligibility for financial

aid.• Has dependents other than a spouse (usually children, but sometimes others).• Is a single parent (either not married or married but separated and has dependents).• Does not have a high school diploma (completed high school with a GED or other high

school completion certificate or did not finish high school).

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

- Leonardo da Vinci

An Approach, Not a Method

Restraint

Simplicity

In Design

Naturalness

In DeliveryIn Preparation

Beginner’s Mind

Beware of the Expert’s Mind

You Are Creative!

Go Analog

Is your computer like a bicycle for your mind?

Slowing Down to See

What’s Your Point? Why Does It Matter?

Handouts Can Set You Free!

Is your computer like a bicycle for your mind?

During the planning state of a presentation, does your computer function as a “bicycle for your mind,” amplifying your own capabilities and ideas, or is it more like a “car for your mind” with prepackaged formulas that make your ideas soft?

Your mind benefits when you use your computer like a bike but loses out when you rely only on your computer’s power the way you rely on your car’s power. It’s important to understand principles of presentation creation, and design, not merely software applications rules to be obediently followed or the tips and tricks of the day.

One way to ensure that your computer and your software applications remain great tools of amplification for your ideas and your presentation is to first turn off your computer and walk away from it.

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Notes

Handout

Is your computer like a bicycle for your mind?

Is your computer like a bicycle for your mind?

Simplicity in Design

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The 1 – 7 – 7 rule: What is it? Have only one main idea per slide Insert only seven lines of text maximum. Use only seven words per line maximum. The question is though: Does this work? Is this method really good advice? Is this really an appropriate, effective “visual”? This slide has just seven bullet points.

Leadership Development Training Cycle

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The Object of Rotary

• The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

• FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;• SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the

worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;

• THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;

• FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

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About RYLA

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RYLA emphasizes leadership, citizenship, and personal growth, and aims to

Demonstrate Rotary's respect and concern for youth Provide an effective training experience for selected youth

and potential leaders Encourage leadership of youth by youth Recognize publicly young people who are rendering service

to their communities

Keep It Simple

Empty Space• Also called negative or white Space• Supremely simple design concept• One of the most overlooked concepts

in presentation slide design• Implies elegance and clarity• Conveys a feeling of high quality and

sophistication• Gives a design air and lets positive

elements breathe

Empty Space

Limit Bullet Points and Text

Use High Quality Graphics

Keep Your Presentation Clean

Direct the Eye With Images

Direct the Eye With Images

Natural Delivery

Preparation, Preparation, Preparation!

Make Your Ideas Stick

Connect With Your Audience