Person Centered Practices



A Gathering for Person Centered Practices

One-liner Trainer Tips

May 7-9, 2013

Virginia Beach, VA

▪ Hope for the best; plan for the worst

▪ Steal from others

▪ Tape some sessions of self to improve

▪ If hard time with rules, add bartering for candy

▪ If you let one person knit on day 1, by day 2 you’ll have a knitting club

▪ Study, study, study (new material)

▪ Batman exercise (Hilarious!!)

▪ Set aside time to practice with your co-trainer in advance

▪ Do not take the pages out of the binder. Just exchange notebooks

▪ If possible, observe someone else first

▪ Use music!

▪ Label post its ahead of time for Terminal Irritation

▪ Practice timing

▪ Prepare stories/examples ahead of time and decide where to apply them

▪ Hand out answer slides at the end of the day

▪ Use own personal examples on communication chart

▪ Teach to all learning styles (x2)

▪ Add the document “Language to Avoid” to hand outs

▪ Use stories/examples from audience to make training more relevant

▪ Use index cards – big ones

▪ Make permanent visuals, laminate flip charts– save paper and time!

▪ Get a good night’s sleep! Keep H2O handy – smile!

▪ Train with a rescuer

▪ Have patience

▪ Show up early

▪ Bring snacks – donuts

▪ Tell embarrassing story about yourself at beginning of training to put people at ease

▪ Check out NC certificate format

▪ Make it competitive – which table is the best

▪ Be honest about your own weaknesses

▪ Be honest about how good I am

▪ Practice makes permanence

▪ Believe in what you’re saying

▪ Hit the down arrow

▪ Always promise to end second day early

▪ Create wall charts in advance

▪ Be flexible

▪ If not good with equipment, arrange ahead of time for someone to help

▪ Go to lunch with group if can

▪ Connect with each member of audience

▪ Have lunch with group on first day and use their stories later in the training

▪ Wear clothes (shoes) that you are comfortable on floor with

▪ Train with different trainers

▪ Play music as people enter room/lunch

▪ Use people’s names

▪ Play happy dance video

▪ If you run cheap vodka through a Brita filter, it tastes like top shelf liquor – post-training tip

▪ Go Hokies! VT – Wahoo! (advertisement—not a tip!)

▪ Practice makes perfect

▪ Be prepared

▪ Pack your lunch

▪ Use humor

▪ In working agreements tell people that texting under the table makes it look like they are playing with themselves

▪ Bring cake

▪ Be prepared for screw-ups

▪ Don’t drink too much coffee prior to training

▪ Know the punch line before tell joke

▪ Be conscious of the script

▪ Good communication/dynamics with co-trainer

▪ Don’t fake it, live it.

▪ Have a list of positive reputations

▪ Train with Barry

▪ Start on time

▪ Make it relevant

▪ Be creative

▪ Wear (3) sweater vests

▪ Set up the room the day before if you can

▪ Have fun

▪ Passion is infectious

▪ Let no participant go astray

▪ Have registrants tell you where they work to prepare stories

▪ Have an arsenal of examples

▪ Add to an initial story throughout; refer back to it

▪ Train with another great trainer

▪ Don’t eat more than 3 pieces of sugar free candy

▪ Wait to put out candy until you discuss Level 1 change—use that to demonstrate a level 1 change

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