Actors and Learning Design

Actors can produce powerful learning experiences, live and virtually, and offer something very different to other training methods. But how do we design sessions that make the best possible use of actors and drama? As always, we focus on the practical questions as we have our first ever guest on the show, actor and trainer Clare Samuels of 'No I In Clare'.

00:33  Our special guest

01:27  Acting and the emotional connection

01:59  Case study: moving to a coaching culture using actors

02:49  The power of seeing your own bad behaviours in others

03:29  Bringing in the fun

04:24  Roleplay versus Real Play versus Skills Practice

07:48  Designing a structure for actors

12:21  Clear areas of freedom and responsibility

14:29  Acting is a story in 3-D

15:06  Horror story: no debrief

16:52  Success story: drama by stealth

19:22  Starting with an experience and making it memorable

21:14  Blurring the lines between drama and reality, sessions and pre/post session

22:51  Acting in a virtual environment

27:49  Briefing an actor to play a real person

31:28  Taking inspiration from murder mysteries

32:37  What designers need to give actors

35:04  Selling the value of actors to clients

38:43  Trust between the designer, facilitator and actor

40:49  Learning through the medium of making a cup of tea

45:23  Summary

49:41  The mini-topic: Asynchronous learning and motivation

Contact the Hosts (& Guest!)

Our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/TrainingDesignPodcast

Clare Samuels LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/claresamuels 

Terry Pearce LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/terrypaulpearce

Sheridan Webb LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/trainingdesigner

No 'I' In Clare: www.noiinclare.co.uk

The Training Designers’ Club: www.trainingdesignersclub.co.uk

Untold Play: www.untoldplay.com - For game-based learning and gamified learning consultancy and design

360 Learning Design: 360learningdesign.com - For bespoke, creative and personalised learning design

Keystone Development: www.keystonedevelopment.co.uk - For bespoke learning and development programme design

Power Hour: www.power-hour.co.uk - For ready written bite-size training materials