Our Keith Webb workshop was so good! I am very grateful for my teammates who facilitated our training with excellence. I want to share two of my highlights with you.
1 – First, the workshop used adult-learning (andragogy) many times everyday.
I enjoy attending trainings when the facilitator uses adult-learning principles. I also appreciate the opportunity to add some new creative ideas to my toolbox.
Some key adult-learning principles:
- Honor the knowledge and experience of the audience
- Allow the adult learners to self-direct their learning by planning – as much as possible – what content to cover
- Make the workshop task or problem-oriented using realistic and relevant situations rather than content-oriented.
- Use varied activities for multiple learning styles and information retention.
These are some of the creative adult-learning activities we experienced during the workshop:
- Personal reflection time to record what we hoped to learn as well as our desired coaching topics before beginning the workshop
- Practiced coaching in pairs, triads, and speed-rotating around the table
- Coached on real life issues
- Reviewed material by teaching it back to our peers
- Acted out concepts, watched videos, worked in small groups, created metaphors, and asked for feedback to better learn the concepts
- Summarized the highlights and action steps at the end of each day
2 – Second, the workshop demonstrated that even while stumbling through a new method and making many mistakes, people discovered break-through ideas that were encouraging and hope-filled.
Personally, I considered some of the deeper heart issues behind one of my struggles, cried, laughed, and left the workshop with practical and do-able action steps.
This is the power of coaching. When a coach asks powerful questions, listens with full engagement, helps move the coachee toward action, and trusts God to do the transformational work… great things happen!
How can you integrate some of these adult-learning ideas in your next training / teaching / workshop opportunity?
Again, to learn more about Keith Webb’s coaching model, you can buy the book HERE, read Keith’s blog, or look up one of his workshops via his website HERE. Highly recommended. 🙂
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I SO WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN THERE! I know I would have learned a ton. I’d never heard of adult learning aspects before–but it makes a ton of sense. Especially honoring what the adult already knows. And using relevant situations rather than content-driven aspects makes it stick in your heart and head better. Thanks for sharing these insights, my friend. Maybe we could sit down over coffee and you could summarize what you learned?
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I’d love that! When you get home, maybe you can shoot me a few possible time slots?! … and could it include coffee? 🙂
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Well, yeah! Wish you could have been there also. It was pretty fun but would have been even more fun with you there. We will probably do this again in the fall and hopefully you can join us then! Have fun with Terry. She coached me to a breakthrough during the training!
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