Tales for TrainersAn introduction to using stories, anecdotes, metaphors and poetry to give training programmes more impact. Tales for Trainers Using Stories and Metaphors to Facilitate Learning includes 50 tales that trainers can read aloud and a matrix showing which tales can be used in a variety of training sessions, such as communication, leadership, and problem-solving. |
Contents
Stories for Learning | 14 |
The Right Time and Place | 34 |
Its the Way you Tell them | 51 |
1 | 67 |
The Tube of Toothpaste | 74 |
The Meaning of my Communication | 78 |
Percy the Pot | 80 |
Sophie Learns a Lesson | 82 |
The Prince and the Magician | 118 |
Giant Steps | 120 |
The Prophet | 122 |
The Professionals | 124 |
The Miller his Son and their Donkey | 126 |
Leave Well Alone | 128 |
The Horse on the Road | 130 |
The Wedgwood China Shop | 132 |
The Cookery Book Game | 84 |
If in Doubt Delegate | 86 |
Our Deepest Fear | 88 |
The Enormous Turnip | 90 |
Memorandum | 92 |
Mother and the Knife Grinder | 94 |
The Moth and the Star | 96 |
Waste Paper | 98 |
Keeping Body and Soul Together | 100 |
There is no Such Thing as a Difficult Delegate | 102 |
Alice Meets the Cheshire Cat | 104 |
Setting the World on Fire | 106 |
The Sun and the Wind | 108 |
Autobiography in Fve Short Chapters | 110 |
Did I Tell you the One About ? | 112 |
The Ball of Wool | 114 |
The Project | 116 |
The Pirate Ship | 134 |
Lessons from the Geese | 136 |
The Correct Procedure | 138 |
Johns Tale | 140 |
Role Play | 142 |
How the Waters Changed | 144 |
Rodneys Tale | 146 |
A Leaders Prayer | 148 |
Just a Bod | 150 |
Fitness for the Purpose | 152 |
All Those Buns | 155 |
Six Honest ServingMen | 156 |
Houdini and the Locked Door | 158 |
Revolution in your Mind | 160 |
The Tortoise and the Hare Revisited | 162 |
References | 172 |
Other editions - View all
Tales for Trainers: Using Stories and Metaphors to Facilitate Learning Margaret Parkin Limited preview - 2010 |
Tales for Trainers: Using Stories and Metaphors to Facilitate Learning Margaret Parkin No preview available - 2010 |
Common terms and phrases
adult anecdotes answer Appreciating different people's asked Atlas audience become behaviour brain Chapter Cheshire Cat colleagues communication Course in Miracles Creativity Dealing with change Delegate different people's maps donkey door effect Elton Mayo Empowerment encourage example experience feel flip chart giant Goal setting going hear heard Houdini Humour illustrate imagination Inspiration John Fowles Kahlil Gibran Larry Grayson Leadership and teambuilding learners limbic system listening look Marianne Williamson memory metaphor mind Mind Map MORAL Motivation myths neuro-linguistic programming organization particularly positive powerful Problem solving question rapport Re-framing REFLECTION INTRODUCTION relaxed remember response Self-esteem seminar situation skills smile someone storytelling Success not failure sure tale talk telling a story things thought told Tommy Cooper topic traditional trainers or managers turnip unconscious mind voice walk words young prince Zeus