Classroom and Training Tip
If you’ve ever been to a class or training seminar, you’re probably familar with the task of putting your name on a piece of cardboard. Usually the cardboard is white and you’re handed a marker so you can write your name on it. Then, you face your name forward so that the teacher can read it.
Simple, right? But could it be better?
I was recently in a classroom where a smart fellow made a big improvement. He took the marker and wrote his name on the front but also on the back of the name card. This is ingenious because it solves a problem that people in classes often enounter: If you sit behind people that you don’t know, you can’t read their name cards.
By putting your name on the front and back of the name card, the teacher can see your name and the folks behind you can see it too. Maybe other people already do this and maybe this isn’t fantastic, but I love it; worth sharing.
Do you have any simple classroom tricks and tips?
August 21st, 2006 at 1:50 pm
Been doing that for years!
August 22nd, 2006 at 8:35 am
I hate it when people mumble in the classroom. Even if I am sitting right in front of the instructor, I try to talk to the person in the furthest corner of the room so everyone can hear. This goes for conference calls on speakerphone as well - don’t talk to your neighbor, talk to the phone. And at NYSDOT, we have been using the two-sided name cards forever! :-)
August 22nd, 2006 at 9:10 am
Have a break frequency that is often enough!