Whenever you lecture or ramble on at meetings, you’ll likely want to warn listeners to lower their expectations about any lasting benefits gained.
Better still – stop talking and save brainpower! 
If we labeled lecture halls as HAZARDOUS TO THE HUMAN BRAIN, people would likely consider increasing neuroscience discoveries that show:
1. Lectures work against the human brain.
2. Universities lose their relevancy whenever lectures dominate.
3. Creativity and invention come from active learning.
4. Retention is higher from teaching dogs than listening to talks.
5. Facts fail firms when delivered in talks without guidance to engage.
It only makes sense when you consider that people each come into a learning situation … with at least 8 intelligences … while lectures engage less than one of these and tend to block the others.
Your turn….
Great post, Ellen. Might I add that if you're talking, then you're not listening, which is the learning position. Mother's dictum was that "God gave you two ears and one mouth. It's best to use them in that proportion." With what we've learned about learning since mom died, we might want to add the eyes to that saying.
Posted by: Wally Bock | June 14, 2008 9:39 AM | Permalink to Comment