Requirements: St John’s Deaf School is one of only two oral deaf schools in the UK. Pupils are taught by specialist teachers of hearing impaired children. There is great emphasis on supporting the development of pupils’ spoken language as...
There is one basic rule and 9 simple practical steps that can help even the least experienced facilitator develop the learning. The Rule: Successful experiential learning demands that participants are engaged in the learning process and think for themselves:...
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 planning comes to the fore, but as facilitators of learning should we also construct and...
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 and my day-job of facilitating learning could hardly be...
Requirements: 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 workshop to help them understand how to get the most out of MTa...
People who are engaged learn more, but how can we engage people in learning? Performance improvement involves people thinking critically about the topic in hand, and through this thought and discussion, drawing and implementing appropriate conclusions: it is an...
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 discussions it’s become clear, that many of them struggle to develop others’ ‘soft skills’ effectively. This...
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 discussions it’s become clear, that many of them struggle to develop others’ ‘soft skills’ effectively. This...
How did MTa Learning’s Founder Martin Thompson learn to facilitate effectively? 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...
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