June 2020: Table of Contents

Class Sourcing by Nuno Delicado. Participant teams create a giant table. Hangman. A popular paper-and-pencil game. Eighth Rule for Rapid Instructional Design. Align the four components of trainig. Linking In with Matt. Matt’s thoughts about leadership. Book Alert. Buy the LOLA e-book at a discount. 2-Day LOLA Workshops. In French and English

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May 2020: Table of Contents

Seventh Rule for Rapid Instructional Design. A checklist for improving training activities. Doodle Opener. A graphic approach to identifying expectations. Debriefing LOLAs. Debrief an online activity. LinkedI In with Matt. Matt’s thoughts about training and performance.

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Two Virtual Workshops with Thiagi and Matt

Thiagi and Matt are happy to offer two vitrual workshops on how to make virtual workshops better.

Use ZOOM to Increase the Interactivity of Your Virtual Workshops

The program is offered on either April 7 from 1-4 pm EDT or April 8 from 6-9 am EDT.

Coronavirus is here! But training must go on. The good news, along with the bad, is the technology has caught up. We can deliver training virtually using meeting tools like Zoom. Specifically, we can deliver activities-based training for a myriad of topics using Zoom. In fact, at The Thiagi Group, we have translated most of our games and simulations to the Live, Virtual Online Training (LVOT) setting. This three-hour program walks the talk. We will deliver it all on Zoom (although you can apply everything you learn to other platforms, as well). You will learn several activities you can steal and modify to your own trainings as we demonstrate the functionality of Zoom. Throughout, we will provide you with tips, tricks, and shortcuts to make your Zoom facilitation more effective, and more efficient. Your participants will thank you!


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LOLA: Live Online Learning Activities Virtual Workshop with Thiagi & Matt

It is offered on May 19th, from 9-5 EDT.

This one-day workshop, delivered on ZOOM, walks the talk and teaches you to use different types of training activities in virtual classrooms. We will provide you with a conceptual framework for LOLAs, as well as countless activities you can modify and adapt to your own virtual training sessions. You will learn activities for technical, management, sales, and interpersonal content. Thiagi and Matt will use these activities to also teach you how to adapt them to best fit your needs, handle the virtual participants, and decide which activity will best work with your training objectives.

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April 2020: Table of Contents

Sixth Rule for Rapid Instructional Design: Use activities as templates. Live Online Learning Activities: Use LOLAs to improve online interactivity. Whispers: An effective technique for debriefing. Lining In with Matt: Matt’s thoughts about training and culture.

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