THE TEACHING METHOD BEHIND THE MADNESS
Someone viewing the trailers will see that this is a show (live and online), but at first glance might not comprehend the thoroughness of the teaching philosophy. There is a large written legal handout booklet provided – but not to be distributed until just after the show so no one prints and brings it to distract from the in-theater performance.
The seminar shows are written and designed based on researched principles of learning. The Presenter's undergraduate degree in psychology and then post-graduate training involves much focus on principles of persuasion and recall. The tech crew consists of a professional sound and light company, producer, assistant producer, director, confidential monitor, sound engineer with sophisticated sound board, projection engineer, and a crew back-and on-stage for costume changes or props. Central to the studied teaching philosophy is to use all possible senses to enhance memory recall after the show from memorable fun. Research shows that learning is increased when all the senses are used. If a teacher speaks to you using just the hearing sense, that is only one sense. Play to Win Seminars use a lot of additional senses
The seminar shows are written and designed based on researched principles of learning. The Presenter's undergraduate degree in psychology and then post-graduate training involves much focus on principles of persuasion and recall. The tech crew consists of a professional sound and light company, producer, assistant producer, director, confidential monitor, sound engineer with sophisticated sound board, projection engineer, and a crew back-and on-stage for costume changes or props. Central to the studied teaching philosophy is to use all possible senses to enhance memory recall after the show from memorable fun. Research shows that learning is increased when all the senses are used. If a teacher speaks to you using just the hearing sense, that is only one sense. Play to Win Seminars use a lot of additional senses
SENSE: HEARING
The audio senses here are not just hearing a spoken voice, and not just a monotone, same volume spoken word. The presenter is active and engaged and frequently jumping around, speaking at the top of his voice, then contrasting it with whispering. Even “just” the spoken voice here is extremely varied. What is heard is not just from the same one person. There are multiple different voices heard. And the audience speaks, which is a different hearing, and speaking. The audience speaks as a group, and many of them also speak on stage in skits. The audience hears sounds beyond just spoken words. They hear music, a lot of music, a lot of very fun music. The music heard is very purposeful, while not detected, providing the teaching point. Music is something that causes the audience to recall long after the show the teaching point of scenes. And because the music is very fun there is a lot of dancing – yes a lot of dancing by the presenter on stage, and even some dancing by others on stage (and always in the audience also). For example, there is a disco dancing scene that no one will forget – but when remembering that scene they will instantly recall the teaching point (using rhythm to help define disability).
SENSE: sight
If a teacher adds visual writing, that adds a second sense beyond hearing, adding sight. But this show goes beyond just the typical visual of seeing words. This is not a boring teaching where the visual is a PowerPoint presentation. This is not visually just some talking head with a power point. The Presenter himself is in costume, and goes through multiple dramatic costume changes. Anything seen by the audience is not just boring written words, but typically, also, pictures and images. What is seen includes moving props, props thrown, basketball scrimmaging, and even bubbles at a pool scene! The audience sees on stage not just the Presenter, but lots of his colleagues and friends also.
SENSE: PHYSICAL MOVEMENT
When the audience sees someone(s) on stage, there is movement, animation, and lots of dancing. The audience gets on their feet. The presenter even plays the drums on stage. The audience rushes the stage for cash.
OTHER SENSES
We haven’t figured out how yet, but we still have goals of adding the senses of taste and smell! Except when you are close to the stage, you will smell the burning from multiple cap gun firings!
LESS IS MORE
One teaching principle is “less is more.” In any learning situation, if there is an overwhelming amount of material, the learner just zones out and can’t comprehend everything. Almost every other Fair Housing seminar teaching includes an incredible amount of information that is not at all necessary to complying with the law in the real world. Who cares what year it was that familial status was added. Probably at least half of most Fair Housing seminars are “fillers” that are not necessary or helpful at all in the real world – and distract from learning in the sessions, and contributes to boring. The law is boring. So Play to Win Seminar stage shows have a very robust amount of material (a lot!), but not the fillers. Less is more for recall.
THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE ART
While to the audience the seminar show just “feels” like being entertained at a show, it is designed by the science of teaching methods. Play to Win Seminars is proud to have designed what causes incredible teaching with long-term memory in a way that the audience forgets they are learning.