Creativity Quote – Mary Lou Cook

Creativity in training, the workplace, and life is about opening the mind to new opportunities and potential. By placing yourself in an environment where you will experience new or innovative ideas, information, challenges, and risks.

“Creativity is inventing experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.” Quote by Mary Lou Cook

Creativity Quote – Mary Lou Cook by The Creative Trainer

You can create a sense of apprehension, excitement, and anticipation that can be filled by experimenting and trying new things. Therefore, this leads to new sensory exposure and expanded activity in the brain as you assimilate the new and match it to the current memories, knowledge, skills, and experiences.

About This Blogger – Robert W. Lucas

Robert W. Lucas is an internationally-known author and learning and performance expert. He specializes in workplace performance-based training and consulting services. Furthermore, he has four decades of experience in human resources development, management, and customer service in a variety of organizational environments. Further, Robert Lucas was the 1995 and 2011 President of the Central Florida Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).

Robert W. Lucas has lived, traveled, and worked in 28 different countries and geographic areas. During the past 40 years, Bob has shared his knowledge with workplace professionals from hundreds of organizations, such as Webster University, AAA, Orange County Clerk of Courts, Walt Disney World, SeaWorld, Martin Marietta, all U.S. military branches, and Wachovia Bank. In addition, Bob has provided consulting and training services to numerous major organizations on a variety of workplace learning topics. To contact Bob visit his website at www.robertwlucas.com or his blog www.thecreativetrainer.com.

Creativity Quote – Maya Angelou

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Creativity Quote – Maya Angelou

Adding brain-based learning strategies into training sessions by engaging your creativity in the design, development, and delivery of program content is a perfect way to engage adult learners.

Many trainers and adult educators shy away from building in activities, games, novelty, and other fun factors for fear that they might be seen as frivolous or a waste of time. The key is to ensure that everything that you use, do, or say in your session has a purpose and is focused on accomplishing stated learning objectives.

Creativity Quote – Maya Angelou by The Creative Trainer – Robert W. Lucas, Awarding Winning Author, and Training Industry Blogger

I have been using accelerated or active learning strategies and sharing ideas with other trainers and adult educators in professional development programs for over four decades will success. Using such elements not only engages learners and makes the program content more fulfilling for them, but it also keeps me mentally alert and engaged as I design new processes and monitor their outcome in the classroom.

As Maya Angelou said:

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Learn This Adult Learning Blogger – Robert W. Lucas

Robert W. Lucas is an internationally-known author and learning and performance expert. He specializes in workplace performance-based training and consulting services. Furthermore, he has four decades of experience in human resources development, management, and customer service in a variety of organizational environments. Robert Lucas was the 1995 and 2011 President of the Central Florida Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).

Creativity Quote – Robert W. Lucas

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Creativity Quote – Robert W. Lucas

Trainers who truly believe that they are creative and tap into brain-based learning research. To engage with their learners through a variety of active learning strategies. Robert W. Lucas has been quoted as saying “Creativity is a state of mind!”

Creativity Quote – Robert W. Lucas by The Creative Trainer – Robert W. Lucas

These trainers are ALWAYS going to be a step ahead of their peers who do not apply such knowledge. This is because learning professionals who have taken time to study how the human brain best processes. They simply try to apply information to understand the importance of creating an environment in which learners become active participants. Such environments use elements such as movement, motion, sound/music, light, color, novelty, engagement, and fun. Therefore this can stimulate brain neurons. These elements play a key role in helping gain and hold learner interest. And, once attention is focused, learners are better able to gain, retain, recall, and use what they have learned.

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Learn This Blogger – Robert W. Lucas

Robert W. Lucas is an internationally-known author and learning and performance expert. He specializes in workplace performance-based training and consulting services. Furthermore, he has four decades of experience in human resources development, management, and customer service in a variety of organizational environments. Robert Lucas was the 1995 and 2011 President of the Central Florida Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).

Motivational Adult Learning Quote – Robert W. Lucas

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Motivational Adult Learning Quote – Robert W. Lucas

Helping learners gain, retain, recall, and use what they experience should be the goal of anyone engaged in the learning and performance profession. Failure to apply Malcolm Knowles’ principles of andragogy (adult learning) and what brain-based learning researchers have discovered about how the brain processes will likely lead to less that acceptable results.

As an internationally known author and L&D consultant, Robert (Bob) W. Lucas, is quoted as saying:

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Motivational Adult Learning Quote – Robert W. Lucas by The Creative Trainer – Robert W. Lucas, Awarding Winning Author, and Blogger

About This Blogger – Robert W. Lucas

Robert W. Lucas is an internationally-known author and learning and performance expert. He specializes in workplace performance-based training and consulting services. Furthermore, he has four decades of experience in human resources development, management, and customer service in a variety of organizational environments. Robert Lucas was the 1995 and 2011 President of the Central Florida Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).

Quote About How The Brain Learns – David Sousa

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Quote About How The Brain Learns – David Sousa

Every day, brain-based learning researchers continue to discover more about how the brain best gains, retains, recalls, and uses what it encounters. Adult learning facilitators and educators then apply what has been learned.

By tapping into knowledge about andragogy (adult learning) and learning styles or modalities then creating effective brain-based learning environments, learning, and performance professionals can potentially enhance learning outcomes for adults.

Quote About How The Brain Learns

“We do not teach the brain to think. We can, however, help learners to organize content to facilitate more complex processing.” – David Sousa

Noted brain-based learning author and researcher David Sousa offers the following quote as guidance for anyone in the business of sharing information with others in a learning environment.

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Quote About How The Brain Learns – David Sousa by The Creative Trainer – Robert W. Lucas, Awarding Winning Author, and Blogger

Robert W. Lucas is an internationally-known author and learning and performance expert. He specializes in workplace performance-based training and consulting services. Furthermore, he has four decades of experience in human resources development, management, and customer service in a variety of organizational environments. Robert Lucas was the 1995 and 2011 President of the Central Florida Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).

Quotation About Flip Charts – Robert W. Lucas

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Quotation About Flip Charts – Robert W. Lucas

For creative ideas and tips of designing, developing, using, transporting, and storing flip charts, get a copy of The Big Book of Flip Charts: A Comprehensive Guide for Presenters, Trainers and Team Facilitators.

Quotation About Flip Charts by The Creative Trainer – Robert W. Lucas, Awarding Winning Author, and Creative Training Blogger – “Flip charts are still an effective, economical and practical way to make your message visual when you are training adults.”

About This Blogger – Robert W. Lucas

Robert W. Lucas is an internationally-known author and learning and performance expert. He specializes in workplace performance-based training and consulting services. Furthermore, he has four decades of experience in human resources development, management, and customer service in a variety of organizational environments. Robert Lucas was the 1995 and 2011 President of the Central Florida Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).

Brain-Based Learning Quote – David Sousa

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Brain-Based Learning Quote – David Sousa

Many trainers and adult educators struggle to find ways that they can engage learners in a way that aids long-term retention. The sad truth is that many people engaged in adult learning (andragogy) have never researched how the brain learns and retains information. Nor have they investigated and tried to us creative brain-based learning techniques and strategies.

Brain-Based Learning Quote – David Sousa by The Creative Trainer

If facilitators and trainers would simply apply some of the findings of brain researchers, they could help create an environment where learning is more active and fun. For example, by using games and activities that focus on terms and concepts taught in the session, trainers and educators could actively engage their participants.

As noted brain researcher and author, David Sousa once said: “Learning and retention are different. We can learn something for just a few minutes and then lose it forever.”

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Quote About Flip Charts – Robert W. Lucas

by Robert W. Lucas

Quote About Flip Charts – Robert W. Lucas

“What separates good flip charts from the bad is the ability of the facilitator to use creative techniques to share information, and the willingness to go beyond simply writing words on flip chart paper.”

Quote About Flip Charts – Robert W. Lucas from The Creative Trainer – Robert W. Lucas, Awarding Winning Author, and Blogger

Robert W. Lucas is an internationally-known author and learning and performance expert. He specializes in workplace performance-based training and consulting services. Furthermore, he has four decades of experience in human resources development, management, and customer service in a variety of organizational environments. Robert Lucas was the 1995 and 2011 President of the Central Florida Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).

In addition, Mr. Lucas has provided consulting and training services to numerous major organizations on a variety of workplace learning topics. To contact Bob visit his website at www.robertwlucas.com or his blog www.thecreativetrainer.com.

Experiential Learning Quote – David Sousa

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Experiential Learning Quote – David Sousa

Creatively engaging adult learners in a training or educational environment is essential. To improve the opportunities that they will more effectively be able to gain, retain, recall, and use what they experience.

Through a variety of experiential learning strategies and techniques, facilitators, trainers, and educators can help ensure that learners actually “get it” when it comes to session content. This will increase the potential that when they are faced with it. Using similar situations and issues as those addressed during training, that they have the knowledge, skills, and attitude to properly address them.

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Experiential Learning Quote – David Sousa by The Creative Trainer – Robert W. Lucas, Awarding Winning Author

Robert W. Lucas has lived, traveled, and worked in 28 different countries and geographic areas. During the past 40 years, Bob has shared his knowledge with workplace professionals from hundreds of organizations. Some of these companies include Webster University, AAA, Orange County Clerk of Courts, Walt Disney World, SeaWorld, Martin Marietta, all U.S. military branches, and Wachovia Bank. In addition, Bob has provided consulting and training services to numerous major organizations on a variety of workplace learning topics. To contact Bob visit his website at www.robertwlucas.com or his blog www.thecreativetrainer.com.

Inspirational Learning Quote – Nelson Mandela

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Inspirational Learning Quote – Nelson Mandela

Education and professional development training can mean the difference in millions of dollars earned throughout one’s life. It can also change the way a person thinks and their ability to deal with many of life’s complex issues that surface around them.

Inspirational Learning Quote – Nelson Mandela from The Creative Trainer – Robert W. Lucas, Awarding Winning Brain-Based Adult Training Author

The popular former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, once said the following:

About This Blogger – Robert W. Lucas

Robert W. Lucas is an internationally-known author and learning and performance expert. He specializes in workplace performance-based training and consulting services. Furthermore, he has four decades of experience in human resources development, management, and customer service in a variety of organizational environments. Robert Lucas was the 1995 and 2011 President of the Central Florida Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).