Building Knowledge Brainstorm (BPG) by Tolu Noah

Share a strategy facilitators can use to honor diverse sources of knowledge in the training (e.g., research, lived experience, nature, etc.).

drtnoah — 2026-03-14 23:11:58 UTC

Share a strategy that can help participants recognize the key information to focus on during the training.

drtnoah — 2026-03-14 23:11:58 UTC

Share a strategy that can help participants draw on their prior knowledge of the training topic or build necessary knowledge.

drtnoah — 2026-03-14 23:11:58 UTC

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Share a strategy that can help participants transfer what they learned in the training to their work.

drtnoah — 2026-03-14 23:14:55 UTC

Golden Line

2026-04-22 18:33:15 UTC

Participants choose a sentence, idea, or part of the text that sticks with them. Everyone shares their golden line and at the end you have a really nice summary of the content.

Pair and share

2026-04-22 18:33:26 UTC

"how would you use this new strategy you learned to handle a past situation differently?"

Key Information

2026-04-22 18:33:29 UTC

Colour code the key words or key topics in a handout

Think/Pair/Share

2026-04-22 18:33:49 UTC

Allow participants to have time to reflect on their own thoughts before sharing with others. This helps them not be influenced by other people's POV before they get a chance to reflect themselves. Then they pair with another person, exchange knowledge and alignment, then share with everyone else.

brainstorm

2026-04-22 18:34:09 UTC

how does this add on to or augment concepts that you already know/use?

Stoplight Reflection

2026-04-22 18:34:24 UTC

Red - something I need to stop

Yellow - something I need to keep thinking about

Green - something I am ready to try out

Introductions

curtgoldacker — 2026-04-22 18:34:30 UTC

The students share their name, job positions, agency they work for, past experiences, physical location, reason for attending (CLPs, certifications, etc.) and a fun fact about themselves.

packing your bag/toolbox

2026-04-22 18:34:53 UTC

what piece of info are you packing into your toolbox for later use?

Line up by experience

2026-04-22 18:35:02 UTC

Ask participants to line themselves up by order of who has the most experience to the least. They sort themselves. Then we pair off the people at the ends of the line as partners (most/least are a pair, etc.)

Annotation

2026-04-22 18:35:25 UTC

Use annotation for them to offer a one-line sentence of their professional experience regarding the topic

Key Objectives

curtgoldacker — 2026-04-22 18:35:31 UTC

Open up with the key objectives and throughout the session refer back to those areas of knowledge

Revisit the Idea

2026-04-22 18:35:32 UTC

Use different reflection activities throughout the day to revisit key ideas. New approaches to the same revisiting idea, an activity they aren't as comfortable with can stretch their understanding, while a new activity more aligned to their preferences can reinforce.

1-2-4-All Exercise

chamorrilton1 — 2026-04-22 18:36:20 UTC

1. Having the group break out into smaller groups and discuss their ideas. 2. Bring the group together to discuss and group together. 4. Select a set number of ideas. All. Everyone votes on the top 3

Share facilitating

2026-04-22 18:36:29 UTC

Arrange for guest speakers, teachbacks from the learners, have the participants google and find interesting information they want to share

Video vs. Long Form

2026-04-22 18:36:32 UTC

Short videos to long form content can meet learner's where they are at as well as stretch them to think of a concept in a new way.

Scenarios

2026-04-22 18:36:37 UTC

Either provide scenarios to allow people to walk through how they would solve or support in the scenario. Alternately, people can provide a scenario or co-create a story.

Simulations/Case Study Activities

2026-04-22 18:36:37 UTC

Provide various simulations and case studies for the participants to work through pulling in the information they have learned. Choice: completing the activity in the session or completing the session on their own time and submitting their responses.

Use of Past Experiences

curtgoldacker — 2026-04-22 18:37:21 UTC

To engage the audience, always tie in students past experiences to spur engagement and understanding.

Debriefing!

2026-04-22 18:37:25 UTC

Supervisor sharing

2026-04-22 18:37:42 UTC

Inviting the supervisor to join at the end of the training to discuss their expectations of implementation. Learners can ask and share what they need and their concerns about using the new information

Try, Amplify, Rethink

curtgoldacker — 2026-04-22 18:40:21 UTC

Try something new; Stop doing something and amplify why?; Keep doing something that works and Rethink on ways to do it better