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An increasing number of trainers are trading in their lectures, overheads, flipcards and other traditional training tools for games, magic, dramatics, music, comedy and other techniques for making training programs entertaining. Training professionals are realizing that today's workers are likely to be more receptive to 'entertrainment' than to traditional training becausethey are busy, under stress and in need of relaxation. A fun training program takes their minds off pressure at work and diminishes their anxiety about learning new things. Humor also facilitates learning because it helps illustrate, emphasize or summarize a point. However, experts warn that humor should be used not just to elicit laughter, but to achieve clear learning objectives. Entertrainmentmust be used as a tool for instruction and should not be left in the hands of just any entertainer.
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Coast Community College District of Costa Mesa, CA, has been providing training programs for businesses and organizations through its BusinessLink program. The chief characteristic of the BusinessLink program is its customized approach to training, wherein professors and instructors from three participating colleges conduct on-site training that addresses the specific needs of interested companies. BusinessLink helps organizations undertake self-assessments, develop long-range training strategies, upgrade employee selection procedures, and educate employees on Total Quality Management. Business Link also provides classes for enhancing the supervisory skills of management and the technical skills of workers, as well as English language literacy classes for workers with a non-English native language.
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Potential pitfalls of seminars are examined from both a sponsor and a participant viewpoint. Sponsors can worry that seminars: try to cover too much, are unclear as to content, use inappropriate materials, mix materials and methods poorly, have weak lecturers, and (or) rely too much on fancy facilities, rather than content. Participants face their own problems: attending simply to attend, attending seminars because they are fun (not because they are useful), analyzing brochures incorrectly so the wrong seminar is attended, and (or) facing pressure between seminar needs and work requirements. Solutions to these problems are proposed.
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