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Improv Activities to Use in 4MAT Instructional Design (and Delivery)

Think on your FeetThe 4MAT® instructional design model guides the learner through an experiential learning process which begins with concrete experience. In our 4MAT train the trainer and instructional design courses, we find it is easy for trainers to get stuck in a rut of over-using reflective training openings that sound like, “Reflect on a time when…”

At ASTD ICE 2011 in Orlando, I experienced a session being led by the Second City improv troupe focused on how to use improvisational techniques in training design and delivery. Improv is a great way to create shared concrete experience through simulations. Here are some examples shared...

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(formerly Mastering Training Design)

October 11–13, 2011
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2.5-day live course
Early bird registration | $100 off

Are you an instructional designer or a design thinker? 4MAT Advanced Instructional Design is for design thinkers who want a formula that unleashes creativity and consistently delivers results. The process of the design thinker involves articulating the unknown needs the customer may not even know they have, moving the client from what they want to what they need, working within constraints, observing and identifying the underlying issues and delivering a product that makes a quantum versus incremental leap in performance.

In this 2.5-day live workshop, you’ll explore how to create dynamic learning that delivers results consistently. In a series of fun, hands-on exercises you’ll discover what makes each learning style tick. You’ll build an inventory of training activities and instructional design strategies you can use with technical and non-technical content.

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4MAT® Instructional Design Online Certification

Class begins August 17, 2011

Five, 90-minute web sessions
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A full year’s access to the 4MATion® Online Training Design Center is included with each registration ($299 value).

This is not a theory-based, all-talk webinar. In this interactive online course you will experience 4MAT as you learn about 4MAT. This instructional design course provides you with everything you need to transform your training from good to great.

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  • Apply the 4MAT 8-step training design model to create your own design
  • Use powerful time-saving steps to cut through the content clutter
  • Focus on 4 key outcomes to produce better learning results
  • Use the Needs Analysis Question Inventory to guide the training request conversation
  • Use the Training Design Kit to create a dynamic opening
  • Use the Self-Assessment tool to assess your own instructional design on 6 key points
  • Design strategies to “push” learning out of the formal environment into the real world
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