T + D, September 1st, 2001
COMMUNITY
To sit or to stand while training? Is it simply a matter of preference, or are there sound reasons to prefer one to the other? That was the question an ASTD Website visitor posited in ASTD's Training Basics Community. To complicate the example given, the training is technical: using proprietary software. Each trainee is seated at a PC, while the instructor demonstrates on a projected screen in front [of the room ].
Here's what our Web visitors suggested.
Sitting can have a slight advantage of putting you on the same level with the learners, which in turn provides better rapport. A...
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