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‘Difficult Participants’ Posts

Clowning Around

February 1st, 2010 Jim Leligdon

Part of keeping participants engaged involves using a creative delivery style. I like to use humor when appropriate. ... | more

Go Ahead, Make My Day!

January 21st, 2010 Paul Sitter

The students in the world of Langevonia have been, in general, great. This example comes from a decade ... | more

How to deal with a Dominator

January 18th, 2010 Melissa Grey Satterfield

We’ve all had them – participants who interrupt to share a war story and/or ask meaningless questions just to hear ... | more

My Most Difficult Learner

January 14th, 2010 José Rego

There are those who come to training with perfect manners and interest and are anxious to share and learn. Then there are those who ... | more

No Spitting, Please!

January 11th, 2010 Langevin Team

In all my years of training (and we’re talking many years), I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve had to ... | more

Listen to Difficult Learners, they are sending you a message!

January 7th, 2010 Lynne Koltookian

We’ve all had them. They come in all shapes and sizes and present a variety of group facilitation challenges ... | more

Difficult Participants: What’s an Instructor to do?

January 4th, 2010 Marsha Weisleder

I noticed that my very first blog, “BlackBerry Blues: How can we Stop Learners from Using Them?” generated much ... | more

Mama Told Me There’d Be Days Like This

December 23rd, 2009 Ralph Langevin

Indeed, Mama told me there’d be days like this but she didn’t tell me how to prevent these days from happening ... | more

The Best Laid Plans

October 8th, 2009 Ron Chambers

No matter how well you plan, “stuff” happens. So, even though you have every intention of following your lesson plan ... | more