TOT 56: Revisiting

Revisiting is a unique technique, which, if mastered makes the presentation more effective.

Revisiting has to be preceded by:

IDENTIFICATION

1. Identify the concepts to be dealt with.
2. Identify the methodology of explaining the concepts.
3. Identify the examples/ stories/case histories to be shared or exercise/s to be done.
4. Work out the above within the allocated time.

When is revisiting done?

If any time is left over, then trainer can re visit any of these again.
Trainer may elaborate more on the concepts by giving further input
Or
May share some other/more examples/stories/case histories to make the concept more clear.

The area/s to be revisited is left to the discretion of the trainer.

CHECKS

Trainer should know whether there is need for revisiting- Only if the answer is YES, then he/she has to proceed.
Simple concepts, which have already been understood by the trainees should not be revisited.
Revisiting is a strengthening process.

Advantages

1. If a trainer knows that he/she can revisit any area at a later point of time, he/she will not be struck with one point., or one particular component of the presentation. Often many trainers lose their time in explaining more and more about a simple concept, or the first component and lose their time for the other components to be dealt with.
2. The identified topic – with all the sub topics can be presented by the trainer in a short and effective manner at the first level, and later trainer may meet the areas which need more focus by way of revisiting.

Example: Greeting and seating

While telling the procedural aspects of greeting and seating- all that the trainer may choose to explain is how greeting and seating is to be done. If time permits, he/she can explain why it is being done so. Trainer can also demonstrate as to how greeting and seating is done. After all the stages of mediation are explained, if any time is left over, trainer can revisit the component of ‘Greeting and seating’ again and say, “let me share with you what happened when I did not wish the advocate of one party …”.

How to remember what is to be revisited?

Many trainers use the technique of drawing a box on the top of the white board to its full length.

As they go on giving the presentation, they chalk down what are the points to be revisited.

After all the points are covered, they look at the box and choose one sub topic after the other, and deal with it, till the session time gets over.

This helps in remembering what needs to be said later.

This helps the trainer to park the points for revisiting in the box, so that it does not pop up within them, telling them repeatedly “you should have said that …you should have given that example etc.”

 Board with noting on points to be revisited

Somu’s story, Ex. for inter personal conflict, third party, 9 dots exercise.

The area of revisiting includes ‘something which can also be said, which can also be shared in addition to what has already been said earlier on a given topic/sub topic.’

“No one knows what you wanted to say and yet did not say. Let this not bother you. Life gives opportunities in abundance to revisit.”

Slamw

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