Professional briefings

PROFESSIONAL BRIEFINGS

……from Boring to

Dynamic

There is no impression like a first impression, make it count.

INSPIRATION

What inspired Briefing Techniques topic?

FLW teaches a course, Civilian Staff Officer

Course

Missing elements

Critical aspect of job

Needed training

How will this Simulation be used?

PE for course

Enhance job performance

INTENDED AUDIENCE

Current Fort Leonard Wood Interns

Future Fort Leonard Wood Interns

Current Civilian Employees

New Supervisors

Administrative Assistants

Project Officers

Current Military Soldiers

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES

By the end of this simulation, you will correctly

identify four basic skills of a professional

briefer and identify with three types of

briefings.

PREPARE AND ORGANIZE

Check the facts

Be prepared

Be Punctual and Timely

Organization equates to

professionalism

KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE

DYNAMIC AND ENGAGING

BORIN

G INTERESTI

NG

TO

SIMULATION DESIGN

Three modules/simulations

Team Synergy

Peer/Project

Officer

Briefings

Command or Higher

Headquarters

Briefings

Staff/Middle

Management

Briefings

PEER/PROJECT OFFICER BRIEFING

Concentration is on equals

Peers

Subordinates

Lower ranking Soldiers

Team effort

One briefer

One audience

Switch roles

STAFF/MIDDLE MANAGEMENT BRIEFINGS

Concentration is on middle management

Supervisors

Directors

Middle Management

Team effort

One briefer

One audience

Switch roles

HIGHER HEADQUARTERS/COMMAND BRIEFINGS

Concentration is on higher management

Commanders

General Officers

Large public audiences

Team effort

One briefer

One audience

Switch roles

SIMULATION INTERFACE

ProtoSphere interface

(or similar).

Each student plays an

avatar.

Briefing material

displayed.

2 or more participants

ASSESSMENT

Each team member has a rubric

Points deducted for “ahs,” “ohs,” and “ums”

Points deducted for rambling

Points deducted for going off topic

Successful presentation gains enough points to receive a medal/token and advances to next simulation/module

Need all three medals/tokens to receive “Certificate of Completion”

LEARNING THEORIES

Prensky

Interactive, fun, competitive/challenging,

authentic, emotional, engaging

Gagne’s Nine Instructional Events

Attention, objectives, recall, content, guidance,

feedback, performance, retention/transfer

LEARNING THEORIES (continued)

Roger H. Bruning

Problem Based Learning

Metacognition

Jerome Bruner

Engage Learner

Scaffolding

QUESTIONS?