We are proud to present a truly extraordinary new workshop, delivered by the president of the cutting-edge, US-based training firm, HumorRules®! Since 1993, HumorRules® has delivered skills training with 2 essential differences. First, trainees learn largely through “Laughing Lessons”—dynamic learning games that let them grasp concepts, one after another, in a fast-paced environment of challenge and fun. Second, the system actually teaches the trainees to use humor appropriately in their own business interactions, resulting in more effective communication and greater rapport with their staff, colleagues, and customers. Does all of this sound too good to be true? The HumorRules® system of training has gained the enthusiastic support of multinational corporations around the world. They are now convinced that humor can achieve serious business results. This is your chance to find it out for yourself!
NOTE: This workshop is both a Presentation Skills and a TTT program. The first two days teach presentation skills, and are designed for a general audience. The third day is reserved for trainers who attended the first two days, and wish to become certified to deliver this exciting, interactive workshop for their own organizations.

Date and Venue
April26-27,2005, Ruitai Hotel,shanghai (Suitable for all managers and internal trainers)
April26-28, 2005, Ruitai Hotel,shanghai (Suitable for internal trainers for certification)

Trainer Profile
Doni Tamblyn is president and founder of HumorRules LLC, a U.S.-based firm that has designed and delivered innovative business skills training since 1993. The HumorRules system of training is based on common-sense plus research, which shows that when people enjoy any task—including learning—they will work harder, “smarter,” and more creatively. HumoRules’ cutting-edge system has gained international recognition among clients including the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, Novartis Pharma, the US Department of Agriculture, IDS Sabah (Malaysia), Wells Fargo Bank, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, The American Society for Training and Development, Chevron USA Inc., Wyeth Europe, and numerous other organizations in a wide range of industries.

Formerly a professional comedian and commercial actor with clients like Apple, Nestle and Hewlett Packard, Doni Tamblyn got her singular start in the training business in 1990, when she was engaged to revamp dull, California state-sponsored public education classes.

Drawing on her entertainment background and her degree in Communication, she redesigned the courses using humorous learning activities and funny A/Vs, and then recruited and trained a staff of 48 instructors to lead the classes. Within the first year, the public classes saw a rise of some 25% in attendee evaluation scores, and were ultimately chosen to be included in a quality control study by the California Department of Motor Vehicles. Convinced of the power of humor as a teaching tool, Doni Tamblyn began studying research on the brain and the biological effects of humor. She discovered that replicated studies show laughter significantly improves brain function and reverses some of the physiological effects of stress, improving both our health and our interpersonal relations. Indeed, the research strongly suggests that a little appropriate fun may be the cheapest QC strategy an organization can employ! The best news, Ms. Tamblyn says, is that most people are astonishingly adept at learning to use humor well themselves. “People want to use humor and creativity appropriately in their work,” she explains. “At first this is because they know it will make their work more fun, but soon they see it also makes them more productive. When serious professionals see humor as an effective business strategy, they accept it immediately. At that point, they learn the techniques for using it in the workplace amazingly quickly!”

Doni Tamblyn has traveled the world, both as a trainer and much-sought keynote speaker. She is a regular invited presenter at international conferences for the American Society for Training and Development, the Society for Pharmaceutical and Biotech Trainers, and the International Society for Humor Studies. She has taught the HumorRules system of training through the University of California Extension Business and Management program, has been interviewed for numerous radio and journalistic reports, and has authored two widely-selling books, The Big Book of Humorous Training Games (McGraw-Hill, 2000) and Laugh and Learn: 95 Ways to Use Humor for More Effective Teaching and Training (AMACOM Books, 2002), both of which are being translated into other languages. She is a member of the American Society for Training and Development, the Association for Applied Therapeutic Humor, and the International Society for Humor Studies.

Program Overview
A surprising number of professionals who give regular business presentations ignore the most important fact of communication: For better or worse, no idea is judged solely on the basis of its merit. Every human decision—even those on technical matters—has an emotional component. It’s a time-saving mental mechanism that frees us from having to weigh of all the pros and cons in a computer-like fashion. This means that for your presentations to be optimally effective, they must satisfy your listeners’ emotional need to feel comfortable with your message as well as their intellectual need to have sufficient data. It has nothing to do with “putting on a show,” and everything to do with presenting serious information with a human touch.

This workshop is both a Presentation Skills and a TTT program. The first two days will teach presenters at all levels of experience how to give clearer information with greater listener appeal. By blending principles of communication theory and theatre improvisation, this workshop will take attendees a step beyond traditional Presentation Skills training—giving practice in the basic skills of effective speaking, and the less common skills of relaxing, speaking spontaneously, engaging an audience, and using humor appropriately and naturally. The third day is a certification program for trainers, teaching them to deliver this Presentation Skills workshop for their own organizations. Here's what you will learn in this challenging, highly interactive program.

General Course Outline and Schedule
Section One: What Makes People Listen and Remember?

• MYSTERY EVENT (If we tell you what it is, you won’t be “ready” for it!)
• Myth: The Brain is Like a Sponge
• LAUGHING LESSON: Seeing for Yourself How the Brain Really Functions
• What Brain Research Tells Us About Delivering Presentations
• The Von Restorff Effect: Communicating Colorfully
• The Zeigarnick Effect: Waking Up the Brain
• LAUGHING LESSON: Making Meaning So That the Brain Remembers
• Personal Relevancy: Making Information “Feel” Important
• The Critical Role of Emotions in Thinking
• Visual Memory—Your Best Friend
• Surprising Research on Humor and the Brain

Section Two: Facts, Emotions, and Symbols

• LAUGHING LESSON: How NOT to Deliver a Speech!
• Organizing Content Logically, Concisely, and Professionally
• Clarifying Facts With Analogies
• Turning Facts into Stories
• Insert Surprising Facts
• Making Facts “Jump” With Humor
• LAUGHING LESSON: How to Use Humor For Optimal Effect
• How to Avoid Inappropriate Humor Without Fail
• LAUGHING LESSON: What to Do If You’re “Not Funny”
• Emotion: Making Information “Feel Real”
• Symbols: The great Communication Shortcut
• LAUGHING LESSON: How to Fuse Facts With Emotion Through Symbolism

Section Three: The Professional Speaker’s Checklist

• LAUGHING LESSON: The 2 Steps for Making Your Message Clear
• LAUGHING LESSON: The 4 Steps for Making Your Message Memorable
• 3 Rules for Communicating Facts Visually
• 4 Rules for Designing Handouts that People Will Read and Remember
• 4 Rules for Using Art to Increase Clarity and Impact
• PowerPoint: What To Do and What Not To Do
• LAUGHING LESSON: Identifying Mistakes on Visual Aids
• Job Aids For Organizing a Clear, Interesting, and Professional-Looking Presentation

Section Four: The Engaging Speaker

• LAUGHING LESSON: The Top-Secret Relaxation Secret
• Start Big and End With a Bang
• LAUGHING LESSON: How to Bring Spontaneity Into Your Speeches
• The “Social Brain,” and Why You Must Enlist It
• LAUGHING LESSON: Speaking Authentically to “Grab” Your Audience
• LAUGHING LESSON: “Committing” to Your Message for Heightened Credibility
• The Importance of Interacting With Your Audience
• LAUGHING LESSON: The Many Benefits of Presenting Your Message Positively
• EVENT: “One-Minute Speech” (See how much you’ve learned in a single video-taped
• session—with an unexpected twist!)

Section Five (TTT Segment): Putting It All Together

• The 3 Secrets to Being a Naturally Funny Trainer
• LAUGHING LESSON: Don’t Try to “Be Funny”!
• LAUGHING LESSON: Focus Outward, Not Inward
• LAUGHING LESSON: Keep It Positive
• Curriculum Guide Orientation
• How to Facilitate the Laughing Lessons
• Tips for Dealing With Resistant Learners
• Maintaining Control in a Laughing Classroom

Section Six (TTT Segment): It’s Your Turn!

• EVENT: “Workshop Facilitation Competition” (It’s time to team up and compete to see who graduates with the most honors!)
• Troubleshooting and Q&A

How You Can Benefit This workshop will show you how to:

• Design a presentation that “speaks to the brain’s wiring”
• Make even technical or clinical information come alive
• Organize a speech and prepare for a presentation
• Deliver a presentation with clarity, credibility, and appeal
• Use PowerPoint for optimal effect
• Create handouts that will be better read and remembered
• Dramatically improve your very next presentation!

Who Should Attend
Marketing Managers, Sales Managers, Customer Service Managers, Vice General Managers, Vice presidents, Internal Trainers, Curriculum Designers, Training Directors, Training Managers, HR Directors, HR Managers, and anyone who delivers presentations.
NOTE: Attendees are requested to bring a one-minute speech or segment of a speech. This can be any speech.

Client Recommendations
“I heard several comments from participants after the seminar to the effect that ‘she was one of the best speakers I've ever seen,’ and ‘I wish we had all day with her.’ Thanks for the great job you did.”

-Robert S. Williams, Brand Director, Definity® BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB

“We actively laughed as we learned, and furthermore, learned why we learn as we laugh. Trust Doni Tamblyn to explain why humor reinforces both learning and creativity, and to prove these facts in one must-be-experienced workshop.”

- Nancy R. Katz, AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

“... Doni Tamblyn was the highest rated presenter at our two-day conference.”

- Michael E. Collins, Senior Vice President, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA

References from the class
Doni Tamblyn is the best trainer I ever met. Trust me, that's not the compliment. Definitely, the coursework is useful for our future work, and for me, two days' training brought me more confidence to deliver presentation in public.

----- Janice Hsu, Senior Consultant, Hill & knowlton China Public Relations

This training course is just like its topic - memorable and motivating! Many cases, games, tests and exercises can give you a completely new concept. Especially the "6 hole pluggers", and "Proving your points", which may tell you how to make your presentation more interactive.

----- Helen Yuan,Senior Training Executive,Academy Taicang, German Rehau

How Much You Should Invest
Standard RMB4800 per person for the first two days open seminar, the second or more with the same organization can only pay RMB4300. The first should enjoy the early bird booking discount RMB300 and can only pay RMB4500 if registering and paying before April8,2005
Standard RMB8600 per person for the total three days training, you can enjoy a discount price of RMB7980 for early bird discount and RMB7500 for group discount.
Fees includes workshop participation, training materials, 2 or 3 days lunch, tea pastries.
RMB3800 for the third day, in which TTT program you will be certified and get a set of teaching material and the whole powerpoint.

Workshop Language
In English; Brief translation is available if necessary.

Organizer
Golden Ideas (“Golden Ideas, Golden People”) www.goldenideas.com.cn

How You Can Contact Us
For any info, please contact Golden Ideas at 021-62132780 or 13564534574 or seminar @goldenideas.com.cn.