What emotions are learners experiencing during your workshops and training events? Have you ever wished to have (even) better tools and ways of keeping the learners’ energy and motivation high while facilitating or delivering a workshop?
And have you wondered how their emotion impacts what they actually learn, how well they remember it and how much will they use it after the workshop?
Emotions have a huge impact on learning process – they are the key to attention, memory and learner’s motivation, and are a crucial ingredient of impactful learning process.
Yet their impact is terribly neglected in most of the learning experiences!
By joining us at this course, you will explore new ways to manage the emotion and energy in training room, and learn many new powerful tools and approaches to do that (even) better.
What is this course about?
“Managing energy and emotion in workshops and training events ” online course in 3 modules is designed for trainers and facilitators, as well as anyone organizing and delivering workshops and educational events, to learn to create more impactful emotional experiences within their training.
It brings together knowledge about emotions in learning from the science of learning and neuroscience with meaningful and insightful discussions among experienced trainers.
It will give you new perspectives and ideas on how to think about role of emotions in training, as well as practical tools to create an impact.
It will encourage you as a trainer to focus on emotion, not just as a mean to design “learning experience that feel good, and that learners enjoy” – but to truly leverage the learners emotions to make learning more impactful and memorable!
It will also provide you with the powerful questions for reflection to make your approach to emotions in learning personalized for your own style as a trainer!
Learning goals
- explore and actually reflect and discuss what emotions would you like to create for learners at your workshops
- learn what research says about emotions beneficial for learning
- understand your learners experience better and from gain new perspectives on their needs and process of learning
- discover practical tools and tips and tricks to impact learners’ emotion
- get motivated and inspired to create more memorable and impactful learning experiences
How will the course look like?
The course is split in 3 modules of different duration: the first module is 2h long, the second one is 3h long, and the last one 1h long. This enables us to experiment with managing energy and emotion in several different formats of a workshop and actively learn through these experiences.
We will work in a small group, in an interactive way with a lot of reflection, experimentation with tools, direct experiences from which you can learn, and exchange of ideas and perspectives between the trainers attending the course.
Date, time and pricing
Price: 90 EUR (includes 3 modules, in total 6h of training)
Dates and times:
Option 1- August 2021:
Monday, 23.8.2021., 19-21h CEST
Wednesday, 25.8.2021., 18-21h CEST
Thursday, 26.8.2021., 20-21h CEST
Option 2- October 2021:
Tuesday, 12.10.2021., 19-21h CEST
Thursday, 14.10.2021., 18-21h CEST
Friday, 15.10.2021., 20-21h CEST
Course outline
Module 1: Flow of energy and emotion in training (2h)
In intro module, we will explore what is the common flow of energy and emotion in your workshops, and design a vision how should it be. We will look into different phases of training, and explore what emotions are positive and beneficial for each of the phases.
We will talk about desired intensity of emotions in training and how does it impact memory, attention and engagement. We will exchange practical tips and tricks for creating diverse emotional experiences that are beneficial for learning.
Module 2: What science of learning says about emotions (3h)
We talk about what the science of learning says about emotions in learning process, including insights from research focused on emotions in training, but also tools and ides from learning science, brain-based learning and neuroscience.
We will explore how emotion impacts diverse stages of learning, and how it relates to motivation, attention, memory and active role in learning and look into how to build more curiosity, confidence, motivation, agency in learners.
You will gain many practical ideas and tips that you can immediately implement in your workshop design.
Module 3: Bringing the insights back into your trainings (1h)
In this final module, we will explore which of the learnings were most impactful for you.
You will develop new ideas and approaches about how can you implement all the learnings in your future workshops.
About the trainer
Mirna Šmidt, the founder of Trainers Toolbox and Happiness Academy, brings together 11 years of experience in training and 8 years of experience in coaching with the practical experience of successful career in a global team in a fast-paced corporate environment. She also adds deep theoretical knowledge to the mix – among other things, including MsC of Applied Positive Psychology from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.
Her style of training is positive, energetic, engaging, fast paced and focused on goals and impact that we can create as trainers – and sometimes a tiny bit overwhelming in abundance of information as a consequence of her deep love of learning.
Mirna’s mission is to support trainers in making training more impactful – among other ways, by leveraging science-based practices.
Cannot join us for the course, but interested in the topic? Start by checking these bonus materials:
📖 Emotions in learning and how to create them: Trainer’s guide on how to create and leverage emotions for a more impactful learning process – free ebook
🎧 “Optimal emotions for learning, and how to create them” webinar recording, free with mandatory signup here
📖 Managing your own energy as a trainer in virtual space, free ebook by Trainers Toolbox
Feel free to contact us if any question comes up!
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