Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-275).
OPENING AND CONNECTIONS -- What's in it for you? Introducing you to the ten-minute trainer -- PART ONE -- When they do it, they get it! 150 activities to make the learning stick -- Got a minute? Sixty-second activities to help learners repeat, review, and remember -- Connections -- Time sponges -- Pair shares -- Shout outs -- Think and write -- Signals -- Doodles -- Pop-ups -- mark-ups -- Tickets out -- Action plans -- Celebrations -- Take five! Five and ten-minute games that help learners RAP it up: reinforce, apply, and practice -- Postcard partners -- The gallery walk -- Take a stand -- Grab that spoon! -- Place your order -- Metaphor magic! -- Let's trade -- Each one teach one -- The walkabout -- Blackout bingo! -- PART TWO -- Heads up! Brain-based learning and training -- Attention maker, attention breaker: the reticular activating system and learning -- Three brains in one: the triune brain and learning -- Let the compass be your guide: the learning compass and learning the natural way -- Mapping your message: making it stick with the training map -- Power-hour training templates: time-saving design and delivery tools -- Power-hour training template #1 -- Power-hour training template #2 -- Power-hour training template #3 -- Power-hour training template #4 -- Power-hour training template #5 -- Power-hour training sample: using template #1 -- PART THREE -- More timely training tools -- Get a clue! Four elements to increase motivation and memory in learning -- You said it but did they get it? How to check for understanding -- What's a picture worth? The importance of imagery in learning -- Station rotation: learning a lot in a little time -- CLOSING AND CELEBRATION -- So now you know! Celebrating your journey with the ten-minute trainer -- Remarkable resources -- Many thanks! -- About the author.
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Discover more than one hundred of Sharon Bowman's training-room-proven exercises and activities -- many derived from the high-impact strategies of NLP and Accelerated Learning -- and reduce delivery time, increase retention and improve knowledge and skill transfer. These back-pocket activities are easy, quick, topic-related, and fun, and you can draw on with a minimum of preparation. The Ten-Minute Trainer features a variety of exercises, ranging from one to ten minutes in length, and provides content-specific exercises as well as activities for transitioning between topics and gauging understanding. You'll find a useful answer section that explains the brain research behind the book and a special section on learning styles that ties in with the philosophy of "learn it fast and make it last."--Publisher description.