MOTIVATION AND ATTENTION WHAT IS MOTIVATION Motivation is

MOTIVATION AND ATTENTION

WHAT IS MOTIVATION? Motivation is the urge in the individual to have a need filled. The more motivated the participants are, the easier it is for the presenter to present his or her information effectively. Two types of motivation: � Where participants know that they must perform in the course or they may suffer severe consequences (negative motivator). � When the participants simply want to learn (positive motivation).

HOW TO MOTIVATE YOUR AUDIENCE? Identify the needs of audience Encourage the participants to listen � � � Be enthusiastic Speak to them in their language Start presentation by getting the audience to think right away. Help the audience understand your information Persuade the audience Get the audience involved Give a call to action Educate Eloquence (high energy, sincerity, inspiration and sense of humor) Present yourself as an example

THE FIVE ‘P’S OF MOTIVATING AN AUDIENCE Pay Attention Perceive Persuade Proceed Preserved

HOW TO GRAB AND ATTENTION Asking a question State an impressive act Tell a story Cite a quotation Narrate a joke Go among the audience You must have confidence Make eye contact Keep similing KEEP AUDIENCE

GARY’S PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING TO MOTIVATE AND GRAB ATTENTION Recency (Things that are learned last are best remembered by the participants) Keep each session of your presentation to a relatively short period of time, no longer than twenty minutes if possible � If presentations are longer than 20 minutes, recapitulate often � Recap the whole presentation, highlighting the key points. � Keep the participants fully aware of direction and progress of their learning � Appropriateness Identify need of the participants � Ensure that everything connected with the presentation is appropriate to that need � Use examples, illustrations that the participants are familiar with �

GARY’S PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING TO MOTIVATE AND GRAB ATTENTION Motivation Material must be meaningful and worthwhile to the participant and not only to presenter � If the presenter is not motivated, learning probably would not take place � Presenter can create motivation by telling the participants that this session can fill that need. � Move from known to the unknown. � Primacy (Things people learn first are usually learnt best) Make beginning interesting and put a lot of information into it � Keep participants fully aware of the direction and progress of their learning � Ensure that participants get things right the first time you require them to do something. �

GARY’S PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING TO MOTIVATE AND GRAB ATTENTION Two way communication Your body language is also included � Session plan should have interactions with the participants designed into it � Feedback � � � � Trainees should be tested frequently for presenter feedback Participants must get feedback on their performance as soon as possible. Testing can also include the presenter asking frequent questions from the group All feedback doesn’t have to be positive When a participant does or says something right, acknowledge it There should be positive reinforcement built into it at the very beginning Look for someone doing it right as well as look for someone doing it wrong.

GARY’S PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING TO MOTIVATE AND GRAB ATTENTION Active learning � Use practical exercises during the instruction � Use plenty of question during the instruction � A quick quiz may be used to keep the participants active � If at all possible get the participants to do what they are being instructed in � If participants are kept sitting for long periods without any participation, they may lose interest in the session Multiple sense learning � If you tell participants about something, try to show them as well � Use as many of the participant’s sense as necessary for them to learn, but don’t get carried away

GARY’S PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING TO MOTIVATE AND GRAB ATTENTION Exercise � Repeating something leads to more retention � By asking questions we are encouraging exercise or overlearning � Taking notes � Summarizing is another form of exercise � Get participants to recall frequently � The law of exercise also includes giving the participants