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Talking Head Meets Walking Dead
Using Coaching Principles to Make Training Hands-on, Fun and Effective
by Tony Stoltzfus

    It's 1:45 in the afternoon and I am ready to pass out. Lunch has settled in my stomach, the teacher is plowing through the fourth hour of the seminar, and my love of learning is fighting a losing battle against my drooping eyelids. If I have to sit here in passive receiving mode much longer, no ingrained social convention will be able to restrain me from lying down on the carpet and taking a nap.
    At one point or another, we've probably all been victims of the talking head syndrome—the philosophy that says the best way to learn is to have someone talk at us for hours on end—and ended up walking away from the event more brain dead than fed. The ineffectiveness of lecture-style learning is well documented. For instance, retention rates for lecture are only one quarter of those for multi-media presentations, one tenth of those for discussion, and one-fifteenth that of hands-on practice. So why in our churches are we so dependent on a teaching format for spiritual- and leadership growth...

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New! Faith Coaching
A Conversational Approach to Helping Others Move Forward in Faith
by Chad Hall, Bill Copper and Kathryn McElveen
4.5 stars
Reviewed by Jerome Daley

Chad, Bill, and Kathryn’s new book is a beautifully-inviting exploration into how coaching participates in the work of the Holy Spirit with people who want to more fully bear the beautiful image of God. It is written skillfully, artfully, and is a highly-accessible way to better understand the fundamental skills, opportunities, challenges, and applications of coaching for spiritual formation. And Kathryn’s opening story above sealed the deal for me! If you have little exposure so far to what coaching is and how it works within the church, this is the place to begin...

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