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WEEK 51 “Group discussion through Brain Storming Exercise” It is ideal to use this exercise in refresher course or in advanced course.  How to do this exercise? Choose a topic for brain storming . Form a group of  five or ten  each. Make  one of the participants  in each group to lead the respective  group.Continue reading “TOT 51”

Group learning is a wonderful technique which helps trainers move towards perfection. Group learning helps: In building confidence Receiving peer support In building capacity to handle risks In developing the trait of personal accountability In deeper understanding of the content Small – group learning helps trainer to reach greater levels. In group learning every individual’sContinue reading “Week 50: Group Learning”

Successful trainer keeps track of probable expectations and tries to meet those. Following are some amongst other expectations from trainers: 1. Good presentable voice. Voice attracts the audience at the very beginning of the presentation.   No one likes to listen to monotone. Voice modulation is a skill to be developed and mastered by trainers. NoContinue reading “Week 49: Expectation from the Trainers”

It is quite common to hear many trainers taking a strong decision after every training. “By next time I will not commit the mistakes I have committed in this training program.”  This stand needs to be appreciated. But unfortunately it stops at that. What needs to be done in order to see to it thatContinue reading “Week 48: Why do Trainers Fail?”

Palm notes can be used: To note down the points To note down the points in sequence To streamline the flow of thoughts To set an agenda To overcome mistakes due to forgetfulness. To streamline negotiation. Trainers can give a palm note to all the trainees with all the elements to be covered in anContinue reading “Week 47: Working with Palm Notes”

In the context of mediation training curriculum refers to course work and the contents of training program. Time table refers to schedule of events with time slots. A trainer cannot ignore the importance of both. Designing a training program involves lots of inputs. It needs focus, attention, devotion of quality time, experience, expertise, and co-ordination amongst trainers. Designing is an art. ItContinue reading “Week 46: Curriculum and Time Table”

One of the pitfalls in which a trainer can easily get trapped is the temptation to focus more on ‘trainer’s performance’. At times, Trainer’s preparation revolves more around how best his/her performance level should be, how can he/she become more popular, how can he/she be acknowledged and appreciated by every one as more informative and knowledgeable etc.Continue reading “Week 45: Shifting the Focus from Trainer to Trainee”

This technique is used more in advanced trainings. It can also be used in refresher courses if the trainees have experience of mediating more than 100 cases. Example 1. Petition for annulment of marriage filed by husband. Husband’s allegations: Wife claimed herself to be B.Tech graduate. But fifteen days after marriage he found out from her certificatesContinue reading “Week 44: Case Study”

This technique of “Partnering the Role Play” is used in refresher courses and in advanced trainings. This technique needs a lot of preparation beforehand. Each of the trainees is asked to prepare a short role play with facts of a mediated but unsettled case. Each trainee is asked to bring three sets of this role play. They are askedContinue reading “Week 43: Partnering the Roleplay”

Mega roleplay is one which starts on the first day of training and ends on the last day of the training. It is supposed to be continued with the same participants. Ideally speaking all the participants have to be trainers. Where so many trainers are not available to play different roles, only then some amongstContinue reading “Week 42: Mega Roleplay”