I just finished ML117. I found this training very interesting. I have been an instructor for the last four years. At first I was not prepared well to present, but as time went on I started to become more comfortable. My presentation became more enjoyable not only for me, but also my students. I am amazed after reading thru this, that I actually do a lot of the ideas already discussed. I only wish I would have read this when I first began teaching, I believe it would have made my life a lot easier with fewer mistakes.

How would you react if a colleague challenged you on very basic technical knowledge of your bachelor's degree course plus the fact that you are licensed professional with so many years of actual work experiences? The challenger is white and the one being challenged is an Asian.

Meetings are productive

Describe a time when you were really listened to. How did this make you feel?

How might observing body language help you understand how a student is feeling?

What are your best practices for empathic listening?

How will you use the funnel frame in your work with students?

How might the funnel frame help you and a student to fully understand any situation? How might these techniques help you with other audiences or your co-workers?

When asking questions, what are your best practices for taking notes?

Describe a situation in which you used a leading or biased question that resulted in a negative interaction. What could you have done differently to improve the outcome?

Which of the questioning techniques presented in this module do you think will be of most benefit to you?

Please share a favorite questioning technique that you use in your work with students.

What questions do you currently use when talking with students? How do you know they are effective?

Have you found yourself “going below the line” when asking questions of others? Describe what happened.

Which of the attributes of a powerful question will you add to your questions? How will this help you in your work with students and peers?

Coaching to me is the guidance process to helping your staff be successful at their jobs or in their career goals. Mentoring and helping them become stable and maintain motivation.

This was a very helpful review to remind us of the importance of concise, uncomplicated grammer and writing. We often are underthe impression that to state our point intelligently, we must bog it down with big words, additional phrases and emotion; When in fact this can be a distraction and keep persons from understanding the whole point of the sentence anyway. So while I agree with this, does this then tell our students that they should not expand their vocabulary and use it? Does the utilization of compound words always distract? Should it not be on a case by case situation dependent upon who you are writing to or speaking with?

We have this new employee who has been with us for almost three months. She is having a hard time remembering how to do things. I ask her how things are going and if she understands everything we have taught her and she says yes. The problem is, she doesn't. She is making little mistakes that are causing more work for others. If I ask her if she understands a certain thing she still says yes even if she doesn't. She is very hard to coach and not sure what else I should do.

How do you put humor in a presentation when that is not a part of your personality?

Hello, I was wondering if anyone in a higher education institution has decided to integrate pre-writing into their study guides. If so, please let me know how it went, if it went, and the mistakes. I'd like to see previous attempts and finally figure a pre-writing system that works in graduate classes. Steve