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ADULT-LEARNING5 MIN READ

Walk the First Ten Minutes of a Workshop

Sequence the opening of an adult-learning session using task, activation, demonstration, and application.

Workplace moment The facilitator has ten minutes to convince supervisors this is not another generic coaching class. Each branch changes whether adults see relevance, agency, and transfer. Merrill task-centered opening Walk the choice by preserving the learning mechanism, not just the activity format. Shortcut Add content and hope behavior changes. A lesson that travels back to work. Adults commit attention when the path from lesson to work is visible and credible. 01 Frame the task 02 Activate experience 03 Now you try The title slide is ready, but the learners need a work reason. What comes first? Learners have diagnosed…

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