Summarization Strategy to Increase Engagement and Learning

Here's a sneak preview at one of the simple and effective strategies I will be presenting at the ATD ICE 2020 in my session on Summarization Strategies. I hope you will join me to learn a dozen different ways to engage your participants in active summarization. 

Try this first: Create as many words as you can related to the topic of training and talent development, using only the letters that are present. Don't use a letter twice in one word if it is only present on the screen once. 

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How to:

1. Create a slide similar to the one seen here (or download this free version.)
2. Ask participants to reflect on the session topic and silently list as many words as they can related to it. Explain that they can only use a letter twice in one word if it appears twice on the slide (for example "greet" is ok, but "good" is not.)
3. After about one minute, ask them to share words aloud that they found. Point out that in the process, they were reviewing key terms, even if the letters weren't there to spell all the terms. 

Virtual Variation: Follow all the same steps but have them share their words in the chat room.