9 Steps to Successful Experiential Learning
There is one basic rule and 9 simple practical steps that can help even the least experienced facilitator develop the learning.The Rule: Successful...
By Jamie Thompson3 min read
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How to encourage learning and development, lessons from parenthood!
As a parent I wanted my children to make ‘best use’ of their potential. I had over 30 more years of experience in this world than them: 30 years of learning to...
By Jamie Thompson2 min read
St Johns Deaf School Deaf Awareness Day
Originally published 20th April 2015 St John’s Deaf School is one of only two oral deaf schools in the UK. Pupils are taught by specialist teachers of hearing...
By Jamie Thompson5 min read
Pinpoint Facilitation's Technique Development Course
We have developed some fantastic friendships with other businesses including Oxfordshire based Pinpoint Facilitation, experts in methodical and systematic...
By Jamie Thompson1 min read
How to become a better facilitator
Read on to find out, as Martin shares his thoughts on the best way of developing facilitation skills…If you’d like to improve your facilitation skills, it’s a...
By Jamie Thompson3 min read
Shearing sheep and facilitating experiential learning are similar. Why?
I spent a couple of days working in a shearing shed recently, as a helper not a shearer I hasten to add. At first sight, the contrast between shearing sheep...
By Jamie Thompson2 min read
Planning: the key to effective facilitation or a recipe for disaster?
The lesson of the 5 P’s, ‘Poor Planning Provides Poor Performance’ often resounds around training rooms. It’s not surprising that the importance of effective...
By Jamie Thompson2 min read
Experiential Learning Case Study – Team and Leadership Activities
5P’s are one of Portugal’s leading providers of team building activities and events for group sizes of 10 to 300+. They requested a bespoke facilitator...
By Jamie Thompson2 min read
Developing others' soft skills can be hard: why?
By Martin Thompson, MTa Founder For over 30 years I’ve been working in Organisational Development working with 1000s of trainers worldwide. During 1:1...
By Jamie Thompson5 min read
How to engage people in learning
Performance improvement involves people thinking critically about the topic in hand, and through this thought and discussion, drawing and implementing...
By Jamie Thompson2 min read
Global Roll out of a Bespoke Experiential Activity
an experiential activity, delivered within just 3 weeks that would help Emirates Airline Customer Service Agents;+ Understand and identify the core values of...
By Jamie Thompson1 min read