By Rich Obertots
EVER HAD THIS HAPPEN
You go to a workshop and you get inundated with information – all day. You are exhausted at the end but so excited about it. Then what usually happens?
You get back to work – become overwhelmed with tasks and before you know it – it’s a year later and you are enrolling in another workshop – knowing the same outcome (or rather lack of outcome) is inevitable.
You took in so much – like a huge breath before going underwater – you try to hold it all in – then you exhale and it’s gone like bubbles of CO2.
WORKSHOPS DON’T WORK
When you go to a workshop – it is like one very intense deep breath. It will not support life-long learning. Who could live on one deep breath? Who could learn on one deep breath?
THERE’S A WAY TO SOLVE THIS REPEATING PROBLEM; The CIL™ (Continuous Impact Learning) Equation
O² = Oxygen ∞ = Infinity
Workshop = O² x 1
CIL™ = O² x ∞
Workshop = One Deep Breath
CIL™ = BREATHING!
WHAT IF
- Weeks before your workshop you were provided a survey on the topic you want to learn and it asked you to express your frustrations, aspirations and asked you what primary outcome you desired after the workshop?
- What if the Subject Matter Expert leading your workshop communicated with you about your survey comments and/or included your input in the workshop? And while there – asked you to express about it!
- What if you were also part of a discussion group / on-line forum of individuals enrolled in the workshop weeks before your workshop that shared stories, short-comings and concerns as well as victories with each other and this was orchestrated by the Subject Matter Expert that would be facilitating your workshop?
- What if – before your workshop you were provided on-line content on your topic to learn and process so that you were actually ready to begin to apply this knowledge at the workshop?
- What if – while at the workshop you were already familiar with many of the individuals that were in your discussion group / forum and you felt as if you knew them and you could discuss in-real-time more about the topic and your expectations?
- What if while at the workshop you actually produced WORK PRODUCT to take back to work so that you had momentum and a plan?
- What if directly after the workshop you were provided more access to on-line learning modules, assessments and additional resources to reinforce and amplify what you learned using a rhythmic, pulsing and regular sequence?
- What if you continued to apply the know-how and remained involved with your peers in the discussion group / forum that was monitored and overseen by a Subject Matter Expert?
Would your outcomes, impact and results compared to a typical static workshop be profoundly better?
BUT THAT’S A LOT OF WORK AND COMMITMENT – THAT’S NOT EASY
Winning an Olympic Gold Medal – Easy?
Becoming a Member of a Navy SEAL Team – Easy?
Earning a Degree – Easy?
Completing a Marathon – Easy?
Operating an Ultra-Safe High-Performance Critical Medical Aviation Program – Easy?
WHAT OF HIGH WORTH AND HIGH IMPACT IS EASY?
If you want easy – then keep spending your hard-earned money and precious time on traditional workshops.
If you CRAVE LEARNING THAT RESULTS IN ENDURING IMPACT you are the kind of professional ideal for Continuous Impact Learning (CIL™)
Continuous Impact Learning (CIL™) is breathing. The “breaths of learning” are ongoing, steady and life-long learning supporting.
Breathe = Learn = DO! = IMPACT
At ThinkThroughTools we’re passionate about transforming static workshops into dynamic
Continuous Impact Learning ™ Platforms.
Our new Flight Request Stimulator On-Line Learning System is part of our commitment to CIL™
To learn more be in touch: [email protected] or call 330.623.5910.
Richard M. Obertots, MBA, NREMT-P (ret.) is CEO/Drummer of ThinkThroughTools, LLC. & OutreachU, ltd., based in Canfield, Ohio, USA. He has 45 + years’ experience in EMS, air medical transport and critical care healthcare. He began as a Nationally Registered Paramedic, then Hospital EMS/Trauma Coordinator and Financial Analyst. Rich has instructed full-time at the University level and been a non-stop business creator and owner for more than five decades. He and his companies have operated in nearly every state of the USA, and he’s had numerous healthcare business endeavors throughout Australia and Canada. All of these involved designing and implementing healthcare Outreach Operating Systems, methods and supporting software.
He is the author of THE BOOK OF OUTREACH for HEALTHCARE; How to Grow Revenue by Astonishing the Right Customers Consistently, the newest edition scheduled for limited release later in 2025. He can be reached at [email protected] 330.623.5910.
