How Business Simulations Can Help Ensure that Participants Pay Attention
A decade ago when other professional trainers would share their horror stories about participants zoning out, falling asleep, doodling for 8 hours, or doing work on their computers during their live training sessions, I’d quietly smile and pat myself on the back for never having any issues with participants paying attention during my sessions. At the time, I thought the primary reason why our participants were so engaged was the use of our computer-based business simulations that provided the chance for participants to learn-by-doing and to learn by competing in an interactive and dynamic learning environment. I also used to think that a small part of the reason for them paying attention was my awesome facilitation skills and informative, interactive training style in presenting business acumen related topics.