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Hello. Hello. I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your session last week at the ASTD Conference. It is truly wonderful to see that there are others who are trying to keep the workplace light-hearted and fun. It is all too easy to get bogged down with the corporate rat race. We as trainers are always looking for ways to keep things excitable and fun for our participants, and it seems that you have hit the nail on the head.

Tom Heffron , Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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Barbara Glanz is one of the most dynamic speakers that I have ever heard. In my profession, you get to see many speakers and Barbara definitely stands out.

Rich DiGeorgio, Manager, Training and Development , Mobil Research and Development Corporation

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Adult Learning

“What Adult Learners Want —
Planning Educational Programs that Produce Results”

“Adding ‘High Touch’ to your ‘High Tech’ Training”

Anyone who does any kind of presenting or meeting planning needs to understand the principles of Adult Learning in order to design presentations and meetings that will truly impact attendees. It is critical to be able to identify the five things all adult learners want in a program and then to be knowledgeable about the specific tools and techniques to meet those needs:

• To enjoy the learning
• To apply the knowledge to himself/herself
• To communicate the knowledge to someone else
• To feel confidence in the presenter
• To be respected by the presenter.

Presenters and meeting planners also need to understand the four different adult learning styles and how to appeal to each in specific programming. By creating an experience that appeals to all four learning styles through brightly-colored laminated flipcharts on the walls, unforgettable stories, humor, cartoons, music, creative visuals, and interactive exercises, Barbara will demonstrate programs that cause behavior change and truly make a difference.

Utilizing her Masters' degree in Adult Education and her experience as a Certified Speaking Professional, Barbara will share the theory behind adult learning as well as many specific tools and techniques to apply that theory as she creatively and enthusiastically models the five things all adult learners want.

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Outcomes

After attending this session, supervisors and managers will learn skills and ideas to:

• Identify the five things all adult learners want in a program and experience specific tools and techniques to meet those needs.
• Understand the four different adult learning styles and how to appeal to each in specific programming.
• Recognize the two levels of any interaction-- the Human level and the Business level-- and apply this model to their own educational programming.
• Experience the use of anecdotal stories, color, humor, and music to enhance the presentation of material.
• Observe a model of applying the principles of adult learning theory to a presentation.

Barbara's Guarantees

Products from Barbara that go hand in hand with this program are her books;

Handle with CARE -- Motivating and Retaining Employees Creative, Low-Cost Ways To Raise Morale, Increase Commitment, And Reduce Turnover

CARE Packages for the Workplace -- Dozens of Little Things You Can Do to Regenerate Spirit at Work

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