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A Bonsai-Guide on How to Train

0. Be prepared.
Know your topic (or know how to fake it well). Make sure you have a logical flow, and evaluate the time needed for each session. Adapt to your audience and what they know. Know what role you have to play. (Is it a presentation? A training? A discussion?)

1. Be yourself.
If you are funny, e it. If you are not, don!t try (smiling is enough). "he easiest is to make fun of yourself ( ut not too much...).

2. You can only leave one first impression.

"he first few minutes of a training are crucial # they set the atmosphere.

3. Bang!!! - Get the audience s attention

$ave an Ice#%reaker (we call it a %ang&&&, e.g. song, e'ercise or whatever to get people!s attention). $owever, at ()rep *o#It+ you should try not to scare your ,ewies away. *uring the first trainings you should rather give people a chance to get to know each other. -or e'ample you might start with having every ody say something a out themselves (most em arrassing situation. if they could e a drink, what would it e, etc.).

!. "on t start in the middle#

$ave an introduction with e'change of names, e'pectations of participants, etc. ,ame topic / content of training. ,ote0 -or the ()rep *o#It+ some of that (names, e'pectations) should e done only in the first training, so this goes for %ig )icture only.

$. Be enthusiastic.
If you don!t care a out your topic, who should? (And don!t forget to smile.)

%. &isten to your audience

1atch out for people who don!t seem to understand or who fall asleep. %e flexible0 adapt to participants2 e'perience and interest. *on2t stick to what you prepared.

'. (nvolve your audience

3onfucius said 4I hear and I forget, I do and I remem er.4

). *ave a Bang!!! every 30 minutes

5ou need to catch the attention of people regularly. Make sure people are still with you. $owever, don2t a use of ice# reakers (people might find it too childish).

+. ,ummari-e ,ession
6epetition doesn!t hurt, it 7ust drives home the main points

10. .lose /ell!!!

8ive the audience something to go away with that will stick in their minds.