T + D, September 1st, 2002
Community
Years of shushing from grade-school teachers apparently haven't curbed people's desire to chat during seminars. Mark Ellwood, of ASTD's Training Basics community, asks, "What is everyone's favorite technique for getting the attention of a room full of seminar attendees busily discussing a topic in their groups?"
If I have access to a light switch, flicking the lights off and on.
Maggie
Walk up to a small group of people at the front of the class and tell them that they're going to help you quiet the room. Then have them gently make a "shhhh" sound without turning to anyone else. ...
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