Turning traditional learning into dynamic, engaging sessions
Brain-based instruction, learner-centered curriculum, and trainer certification for anyone who teaches, trains, coaches, or facilitates.
Elevate your facilitation skills
Globally-acclaimed, interactive, skills-building classes — in person and online.
Teaching, Training & Facilitation
Design and deliver learning experiences that people remember and use.
Explore workshopsLearning & Study Skills
Explore ways to focus, study, and remember what you learn.
Explore workshopsTeams & Collaboration
Build connections and find better ways to work together.
Explore workshops
What we do
Four ways to work together — pick the one that fits your team.
In-Person Workshops
The official 2-day in-person “Training from the BACK of the Room” (TBR) Practitioner Class is a globally-acclaimed, interactive, skills-building train-the-trainer class for anyone who is a trainer, teacher, instructor, coach, or facilitator of learning. Interested in scheduling a private class for your own employees? We do that to!
Virtual Workshops
In this practical and interactive 5-module virtual class, you’ll explore current “brain science” as it relates to human learning in virtual environments. You’ll discover 6 specific brain-science principles and a 4-step instructional design model that you can use in your own virtual teaching and training. And you’ll leave with dozens of new ideas, activities, resources, and a new “Gold Standard” for virtual instruction and learning. Interested in scheduling a private class for your own employees? We do that too!
Curriculum Design Services
Too busy with content delivery to work on your content? Let us create your engaging, learner-centered curriculum for you.
Speaking
We deliver interactive sessions at conferences, meet-ups or webinars!
Ideas you can use
Embracing the "Right To Pass"
Implementing the "Right to Pass" is one crucial ingredient for creating a safe learning environment. It is a mindset that acknowledges and respects individual differences, recognizing that learners come with varied backgrounds, experiences, and comfort levels.
Empowering Learners: The "3 Before Me" Technique
In the realm of effective training techniques, one powerful method stands out for showcasing the expertise of learners themselves: "3 Before Me." This approach is rooted in the philosophy that the collective knowledge within a room often equal to or surpasses what any single facilitator can offer.
Leave the Blow Dryer Behind: Teach Only the Need-to-Knows
For my college graduation present to myself, I went on an unforgettable trip—climbing, mountain biking, and white-water rafting in West Virginia—with a group of strangers who would become friends. Out of the four of us driving down together, two had experience with such trips and two did not.