This slide deck is a sample used in a blog post called “Trick Out My PowerPoint!” to illustrate how some small changes to a series of PowerPoint slides can make a big difference in the visual experience of learners. It’s a variation of a PowerPoint slide deck that was originally used in a presentation to the Association of Experiential Education International Conference in November 2008. If you’d like to see how other training professionals have attempted to improve the design of this presentation, visit: http://trainlikeachampion.wordpress.com/ http://phasetwolearning.wordpress.com/

1. The Crucial Role
briefing and debriefing
play in
experiential learning
Speaker McFacilitator
Awesome Presentations, Inc.
January 2014

3. What is the
role
of a
facilitator?

4. Facil =

5. Facil =
to make easy

7. Think about it…

8. Think about it…
…no one ever washes a rented car!

9. Experiential Learning Triangle
“brief”
Education
Apply
“debrief”
Reflection
Experience

10. Briefings :
The 4 E’s:
Engage

11. Briefings :
The 4 E’s:
Engage
Evaluate

12. Briefings :
The 4 E’s:
Engage
Evaluate
Establish

13. Briefings :
The 4 E’s:
Engage
Evaluate
Establish
Educate

14. Briefings :
The 4 E’s:
Engage
Evaluate
Establish
Educate

15. engage :
• Capture the
audience
• Create the
learning effective
learning
environment

16. evaluate :
• Assesses
participant’s
knowledge base
• Creates group
equity

17. establish :
• Give scholars a
personal interest

18. educate :
• Opens the door for
continuing education
and the next stage,
experience

19. 8 Tips for Briefing:
• Talk Time Analysis

20. 8 Tips for Briefing:
• Talk Time Analysis
• Eye contact should be on group not you

21. 8 Tips for Briefing:
• Talk Time Analysis
• Eye contact should be on group not you
• If co-facilitating rotate facilitators

22. 8 Tips for Briefing:
• Talk Time Analysis
• Eye contact should be on group not you
• If co-facilitating rotate facilitators
• Remember the learning modalities

23. 8 Tips for Briefing:
• Talk Time Analysis
• Eye contact should be on group not you
• If co-facilitating rotate facilitators
• Remember the learning modalities
• Paraphrase (Answers and Questions)

24. 8 Tips for Briefing:
• Talk Time Analysis
• Eye contact should be on group not you
• If co-facilitating rotate facilitators
• Remember the learning modalities
• Paraphrase (Answers and Questions)
• Positive reinforcements – specific praise

25. 8 Tips for Briefing:
• Talk Time Analysis
• Eye contact should be on group not you
• If co-facilitating rotate facilitators
• Remember the learning modalities
• Paraphrase (Answers and Questions)
• Positive reinforcements – specific praise
• Change environment

26. 8 Tips for Briefing:
• Talk Time Analysis
• Eye contact should be on group not you
• If co-facilitating rotate facilitators
• Remember the learning modalities
• Paraphrase (Answers and Questions)
• Positive reinforcements – specific praise
• Change environment
• Use different sensory adjectives

27. Debriefing: Higher-level thinking
Blooms
Taxonomy
Evaluation
Synthesis
Analysis
Application
Understanding
Knowledge

28. Debriefing: Higher-level thinking
Kolbe
What?
So What?
Now
What?

29. Five T ips for Debriefing:
• To move up Bloom’s ask more
than one question on each topic

30. Five T ips for Debriefing:
• To move up Bloom’s ask more
than one question on each topic
• As the questions get higher, the
learner will need more time to
think

31. Five T ips for Debriefing:
• To move up Bloom’s ask more
than one question on each topic
• As the questions get higher, the
learner will need more time to
think
• Redirect questions to group

32. Five T ips for Debriefing:
• To move up Bloom’s ask more
than one question on each topic
• As the questions get higher, the
learner will need more time to
think
• Redirect questions to group
• Don’t be afraid of silence -10
second rule

33. Five T ips for Debriefing:
• To move up Bloom’s ask more
than one question on each topic
• As the questions get higher, the
learner will need more time to
think
• Redirect questions to group
• Don’t be afraid of silence -10
second rule
• It is ok to plant seeds. You do not
need to expect an answer to every
question

34. Key Messages
1.
Your role as a facilitator is to
make things easy for your
learners.

35. Key Messages
1.
Your role as a facilitator is to
make things easy for your
learners.
2.
When briefing, remember the 4
E’s – Engage, Evaluate,
Establish, Educate

36. Key Messages
1.
Your role as a facilitator is to
make things easy for your
learners.
2.
When briefing, remember the 4
E’s – Engage, Evaluate,
Establish, Educate
3.
Balance briefing with debriefing
to provide a well-rounded
learning experience.

37. Any questions?

38. ABOUT THIS SLIDE DECK
This slide deck is a sample used in a blog post called “Trick Out My PowerPoint!”
to illustrate how some small changes to a series of PowerPoint slides can make a
big difference in the visual experience of learners.
It’s a variation of a PowerPoint slide deck that was originally used in a presentation
to the Association of Experiential Education International Conference in November
2008.
If you’d like to see how other training professionals have attempted to improve the
design of this presentation, visit:
http://trainlikeachampion.wordpress.com/
http://phasetwolearning.wordpress.com/