This 50 page pdf is an instruction manual for educators wanting to teach non-technical skills using experiential learning techniques from Theater, Business and Sports. It was originally created for a train-the-trainer course at The International Meeting of Simulation in Healthcare.
It provides experiential activities and associated debriefing techniques for:
- Awareness and Presence
- Coping with Stress/Failing with Grace
- Communication/Listening and Expressing
- Leadership and Followership
- Respect and Empathy
- Accepting Criticism
- Moving from Current Situation to Desired Outcome
It also provides techniques for effective group facilitation
- Opening Your Training
- Debriefs and Reinforcement
- Getting the Group’s Attention
- Establishing Context
- Closing Trainings
It’s authors are:
Richard Snyder MD: physician, educator, author, film maker, actor
Rich Cox : Stanford Business School Lecturer, owner of People Rocket – a global management design firm specializing in enhancing leadership, and innovation via individualized coaching and group learning experiences, improv theater teacher
William Hall: Stanford Business School Instructor, co-founder of BATS Improv in San Francisco, actor, director, trainer, author of IMPROV GAMES
