Preparing Brain‐Friendly Presentations

Presenting or lecturing is the most efficient and lowest‐cost method of transmitting information in a classroom setting and is useful for conveying information to a large group, especially when we need to get across general knowledge. It is a standard tool that remains in use in most training environments. A presentation can hold an important place in an active training program if we work to involve participants and maximize understanding and retention through participative techniques. To accomplish these ends, a presentation has to be as carefully designed as any other training activity. Although five ways to gain audience interest were originally developed for presentations in a physical classroom, trainers in virtual classrooms face the same issues. Virtual trainers need to use these types of techniques more often and on shorter intervals to maintain their participants' interest and keep them actively involved.