Isn't Experiential Learning just fun and games?

It is true that many activities in the training sessions are fun and activity-based. What is not true is that the training is for recreational purposes like a roller coaster ride or picnic. Every activity chosen by the facilitator will have a specific purpose.

There are two extreme approaches at either end of the experiential training spectrum. At one end, a facilitator presents several activities that people can learn from. There is little discussion of what they are learning as individuals. Overall, people learn from whatever comes up during the training. This is a, "Let the mountain speak for itself," approach.

At the other extreme, the facilitator presents a set of activities and demonstrations that will get people to the point where they learn a set of predetermined concepts and phrases.

At DoingWorks we tend to operate to the right side of the middle of the graph below. We do ask for a set of outcomes you would like to have from the training; however, we are also willing to tackle important issues that arise even though they are not "on the schedule." We also speak your language and don't make you learn ours.

After all, we work with people not machines.