Common Training Mistakes
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Posted by Joni Rose Mar 21, 2007 |
Terrible PowerPoint Slides
- font is too small
- too many words on the slides
- font and/or background colour makes slides illegible
- lack of graphics to show key concepts
- too much animation, hard to stay focused
Reading from Slides or Handouts
- Instead of presenting and adding content as they speak, all of the content is presented and then simple read to the audience
Unaware of the Audience
- Clueless as to their educational background, level of experience or other factors that could influence the level of the presentation, key messages and activities
- Addressing one side of the room
- Turning their back to the audience
- Blocking the view of the presentation to some participants
Lecturing not Active Training
- Not engaging the audience using active training techniques such as brainstorming, group work, Q&A or other ways to create an interactive learning environment
Information Overload
- Too much information for the time allotted
- Information that is not relevant to the key message
- Too much detail, too little message
Lack of Flow
- Jumping around from topic to topic and jumping back
- No logical progression from simple concepts to more complex concepts
- Lack of agenda
Lack of Substance
- Too little detail to make any substantive claims or conclusions
- Wild claims without statistics or facts to back them up
- Case studies that have been striped down too much (usually to protect confidentiality) and therefore lack key details to make them relevant to the discussion
Lack of Clear Topic or Message
- Too many or too few key messages
- Lack of content on the key message(s) and/or too much content on non-key messages
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