Facilitate Learning On A Deeper Level

• Teach things that focus more on concepts than on separate bits of information
• Have the participants explain or teach what they have just learned
• Encourage the participants to communicate an idea rather than to just affirm the idea

Keep Things Lively

• Plan lively presentations or activities if you're teaching just after a meal
• Do not forget to design and allow for breaks to refresh body and mind
• Ideally, do not dim the lights or teach outside at dusk. Some people get sleepy, and some people cannot see as well
• Talk not just from the front but walk through or around your participants at times
• Use different walls, surfaces and areas for displays or activities to visually refresh your learners
• Turn some parts of your training into something more interactive and even a bit physically refreshing, such as an activity where they walk up to and post items on a wall or gather around a drawing at their feet
• Ideally, every learning experience should include listening, response, activity and reflection
• Encourage participants to act out or role play an idea - think about how to include participation in your lesson

Create An Open Environment For Communication

• Do not use technical words if those words do not communicate to your kind of audience. It is always better to avoid insider or 'buzz' words and to instead use commonly-used words so all kinds of people can understand
• Whenever possible, use the language, tools, unspoken rules or shared images common to that specific group
• Create a sense of community within the group itself
• Create a safe, confidential, supportive environment
• Respect, include, substitute, acknowledge and affirm other points of view and experiences that might be felt or understood differently by different kinds of people
• Seat people in a circle if you wish to encourage deeper communication