The document discusses the benefits of using humor in training. It notes that humor has positive effects like creating a positive outlook, reducing stress, and increasing trust. It provides ways to incorporate humor, such as using icebreakers and responding to learner moods. While humor should flow naturally and support objectives, too much can detract from learning. When used appropriately, humor can help trainees work together, reduce fear of mistakes, prevent boredom, and create an energetic learning environment. Entertainment and engagement are both important, with engagement being the key goal and humor one way to achieve it.
Welcome to the presentation on, “Role of Humor in Training.”
Humor is a quality which enables us to experience joy even when we are stressed out.
Humor is an extremely powerful force, perhaps life-saving too.
Let’s see some of the Positive Effects of Humor
Humor offers a positive outlook in life.
Positive humor is equal to a positive state of mind.
It is never hurtful, nor does it degrade a person’s spirit.
It is always uplifting, and gives people a temporary release of negativity that they may harbor.
Positive humor helps in refreshing the ambience.
It stimulates mutual trust within the team.
Humor creates a domino effect of joy and amusement which helps reducestress.
So, How to apply humor in training?
Let’s see some easy and effective ways of adding humor to your training to make it more impactful.
Through icebreaker questions the trainer can energize the learners.
By adding interesting question during training just for the sake of humor.
By providing humorous responses with possible answers.
Through paying attention to the clues about the learner’s mood.
But, how much of humor can be used in training?
Use only that much of humor which should flow naturally from the content.
Humor should support learning objectives.
Humor is like creativity, very difficult to structure and must be tamed with a process.
Learning should be serious, but with a sprinkle of humor.
Humor, Entertainment, Engagement – Which is best and how much is advisable in training?
Humor consists of both entertainment and engagement, so all these are collectively called “Humor.”
Training can be both entertaining and engaging but engagement is the key and humor is the tool.
Think of entertainment in training is like special effects in a movie. It should support the plot, not be used instead of it.
Benefits of humor in training
Humor helps individual work together and develops relationships.
Makes learner feel more included.
Reduces the fear of being wrong.
With a dash of humor, we canexplain things better.
Humor generates variation to prevent boredom from regular training.
Humor makes our mind fresh and sharp in order that we understand things quickly.
Humor infuses energy into the learning environment.
Used as one of the approaches to energize the participants in training.
Conclusion
Humor is just one form of sustaining attentionEntertainment is not necessarily humor. Think of it as anything that captivates the audienceEntertaining and engaging are partners
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