Giving a Scripture Class or Any Public Lecture

(preferably 2 hours)

This workshop will give participants the skills to organize and deliver a class that captures the main points of a verse and purport. We will explore the goals of a public lecture, the proper mood of the speaker, effective delivery skills, and how to organize the content so it will be interesting, logical, and memorable. Although we will focus on classes based on sastric verses and purports, the skills covered here are applicable for any public lecture. Attendees will be actively involved in the learning process.

Super Motivated Listeners/Students? Teaching to peoples’ real needs

Anyone who teaches or preaches anything to anyone will find much useful information and practical guidelines in this seminar. Are those whom we teach eager to learn, and begging us for more? Do those who attend our classes feel that what we are teaching is relevance and helpful for their lives? If you’re a classroom teacher or give Bhagavatam classes, this presentation can revolutionize your effectiveness.

Students/listeners Retaining What They’ve Learned

What is the difference between “dumping” information on students and facilitating their long-term learning? Learn and practice the seven maxims and seven methods for having learning “stick.” This seminar is helpful for anyone who teaches anything to anyone (including those who give scriptural classes), as well as to those who write and develop educational materials.

Metaphor and Story Telling

Why are the sastras full of stories and metaphors? Why did Srila Prabhupada, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, and all the acaryas use stories and metaphors extensively in their preaching? Learn the advantages of metaphor and story telling in teaching and preaching. This is a workshop where participants will practice the two ways of creating metaphors for specific purposes. This workshop is suitable for all teachers of all subjects (including those who give sastric lectures) and for all counselors. (It is helpful to have already taken the “Well-formed Plan seminar prior to having this one.)

Rapport

What is rapport and how does it affect our relationships and communication? Learn the subtle signals of rapport or the lack of it, and learn how rapport relates to language and modalities.

The Vocation of Teaching in Krishna Consciousness

Part II: Inspired for Life

Participants will explore what practices and attitudes are most conducive for long-term satisfaction in teaching and evaluate themselves in light of whether or not they are heading for satisfaction or “burn-out.”

The Vocation of Teaching in Krishna Consciousnes

Part III: Teacher to student—creating a relationship to meet our goals

This is a practical workshop where participants discover what inspires them when they are in a position of student and then explore to what extent they are creating the same atmosphere with those they are teaching. Participants will also gain practical tools for having their students evaluate them. This workshop is ideal for teachers, managers, and anyone who has students or disciples who they are regularly guiding.

Teenagers and the Four Regulative Principles

This seminar is ideal for teachers, parents, school administrators, community leaders and managers, temple presidents, and anyone who interacts with adolescents. Participants explore factors affecting adolescents’ purity, define purity, and devise plans to assist young devotees to choose a pure life.