WASFAA 2009 Anchorage, AlaskaExtraordinary Presentations

Jacquie Carroll & Kay W. Soltis

■ Potential Topics/audience■ Personal SWOT■ Before

♦ PAL♦ Gayne’s 9 steps

■ During♦ Content and Delivery♦ Learning styles/retention♦ Adult learning♦ Difficult participants

■ After

agenda

Potential topics/audience■ What are some topics?

♦ Entrance & exit counseling

♦ Budgeting♦ Money management♦ Financial planning♦ Credit cards & debts♦ Time management♦ Academic dos and

don’ts

■ Possible audience♦ High School Counselors♦ HS Financial Aid Night♦ current students /parents♦ New FAAs♦ Financial Aid Support Staff♦ Faculty and/or other

colleagues♦ Board of Regents/Trustees♦ Scholarship Organizations

■Strengths

■Weaknesses

■Opportunities

■Threats

Personal SWOT analysis

■P = Purpose■A = Audience■L = Logistics

Before- know your PAL

■ What are you trying to accomplish and how will you do it? ♦ Workshops- activities

♦ Presentations- informational

♦ Scavenger Hunt- actions

♦ Other- online?

Before- know your purpose

Before- know your audience■ Who is your audience?

♦ High School Counselors♦ High School Financial Aid Night♦ Current students and/or Parents♦ New Financial Aid Administrators♦ Financial Aid Support Staff♦ Faculty and/or Other Colleagues♦ Board of Regents/Trustees♦ Scholarship Organizations

Special Needs

■ Hearing impaired■ English as a second language■ Visually impaired

Before- know your logistics■ Room layout■ Resources/technology■ Beginning of the day■ Prior to Lunch■ After lunch■ Last session of the day

Gayne’s 9 steps to instruction■ 1.Gain attention■ 2.inform learners of objectives■ 3.stimulate recall of prior learning■ 4. present content■ 5. Provide Learning Guidance■ 6. Elicit performance■ 7. Provide feedback ■ 8. Assess participation■ 9. retention and transfer to job application

Before- set ground rules■ Inform audience of the following

♦ Start and Stop on time

♦ Provide logistics

♦ Respect each other

♦ Questions – Parking lot, Ask it Basket, etc.

■ Ask the audience what they expect♦ Write it down♦ Go over the list ♦ Explain what you will cover – tell the audience if you will not cover one of its expectations

■ Divide content into 3 categories♦ Need to know♦ Nice to know♦ Where to go

During- Content

■ Creating a safe environment♦ Put them at ease♦ Make it fun♦ Tension = Retention♦ Brain cleansing♦ Ownership

learning environment

■ Story■ Quotation■ Challenging questions■ Significant statement■ Pay a compliment

During- openers

■ Case study■ Role play■ Crossword puzzles■ Effectiveness grids■ Use left pages as notes page■ Use icons to anchor key information

During- variety in handouts

■ Use visuals & color■ Make a promise■ Ask a question■ Share a story■ Use an activity■ Add some humor

generate interest

■ Call for action■ Anecdote■ Recap■ Rhetorical question■ Statement

During- closers

■ Break preoccupation■ CContent, PParticipation, RReview■ 90/20/8■ Primacy & recency■ Raise or enhance self-esteem

♦ WII-FM♦ MMFI-AM

learning styles/retention

During- learning styles

■ Audio learner

■ Visual learner

■ Tactile learner

Left Brain■ Thoughts■ Logic■ Words■ Numbers■ Rules■ Task oriented■ Future / past

Right Brain■ Feelings■ Intuition / gut■ Visuals■ Pictures / icons■ No boundaries■ Relationship■ In the moment

During- learning styles

■ 10% of what we read■ 20% of what we hear■ 30% of what we see■ 50% of what we see & hear■ 80% of what we say■ 90% of what we say as we act

During- learning styles

we remember. . .

■ Adults♦ Want to be considered as learning partners♦ want information that they can apply or use

immediately♦ Also have multiple learning styles that should be

considered♦ Learn better in a group♦ It may be more fun

adult learning

■ Explorer■ Latecomer■ Know it all■ Elder■ Introvert■ Prisoner

difficult participants

■ The Prisoner♦ Directly face their reservations

♦ Present group generated benefits

♦ Keep all course materials benefit-based

♦ Use proximity

♦ Enlist their help

♦ Initiate a private discussion

♦ Allow them to leave

difficult participants

Conclusion■ Last but not least – leave them with

something–Tell them what you’re going to tell them–Tell them what you told them–Leave them with something

■ Help people learn how to learn■ 9 steps of instructions■ Make learning fun ■ Use dynamics of the group■ Allow adults to bring experience to

training and use it■ Memorable

Summary

After-■ Evaluate what went well and what didn’t■ Make changes as needed■ Seek input from audience■ Send follow up survey, later

Thank you for joining us

today!