How refreshing David! I hope others are as enthused as I am. I like
to try different methods to reach my audiences. Some people aren't
too keen when you go down a different path, but when that "AHA"
occurs, it's worth all the risk and spurs you to continue searching
for different ideas and methods! And just maybe, others will catch
on!!!

Pat Reilly RN-BC, MBA



--- In mpoweryournurses@yahoogroups.com, "bens_dad99" <dwoodruff@...>
wrote:
>
> Cool new ideas come from thinking in ways we have never thought
> before. In years of attending staff meetings, committee meetings,
> and the like, I've rarely seen a cool new idea expressed.
Typically
> these formats are designed to transmit information in a way that
> stifles imagination and resists challenging the status quo.
>
> Recently, my company started using a program call "TrainOne" by
> Jeffery Gittomer. It is a training program designed for sales
> people. My intent is not to train better sales people, but rather
to
> get fresh ideas and stimulate thinking. The process of sales is
> really just persuasion. I think all nurses should study sales in
> order to learn how to be more persuasive. We all have to persuade
> someone of our ideas: persuade our kids to pick up their rooms,
> persuade our administrators to implement a new protocol, or
persuade
> our patients to take their medications. Persuasion is an important
> skill, and sales training is a great way to learn it.
>
> But mostly, I like the idea of looking outside of our own industry
> for cool new ideas. When we are only looking at how we do things
in
> comparison with how others in our own industry do them we are not
> challenged to stretch very far. Nursing education is a good
> example. We teach new nurses basically the same way we have for
> years. Even our new "high-tech" classrooms are not really
> innovative, they've just added new projectors and screens so that
our
> boring PowerPoint slides look better.
>
> If you want to be a better educator, I would suggest taking a class
> in the elementary education department at the local college. These
> teachers have cool ideas! Or, attend a seminar on sales, and learn
> more about how to persuade people – isn't that what teaching is,
> persuading your staff to do something new?
>
> If you want your staff to "get it" without having to repeat it over
> and over again, you've got to get some new and cool ideas. And the
> best ones come from outside of our community. Look around for cool
> people, cool ideas, and wacky thinkers. Get some of these people
on
> your committees, or in your department. Ask them for ideas.
Forget
> about "thinking outside the box" and discard the box entirely –
think
> outside the medical industry! You will find that when you start
> actively searching for cool ideas, that they will start coming to
you
> from everywhere. Ask some wacky thinkers for their suggestions and
> really give the idea some thought.
>
> Cool new ideas will keep your material fresh, make your teaching
more
> interesting, and make your job a lot more fun! Make it your
mission
> to find them and use them. The results are extraordinary!
>
> Best wishes,
> David W. Woodruff, MSN, RN, CNS
> President, Ed4Nurses, Inc.
> www.Ed4Nurses.com
>