DVSA Part 3, Standards Check, Part 2 Driving Tests with Graham Hooper, ORDIT trainer, Coach & Mentor

Mind Maps

If you are not already familiar with mind maps, you may want to consider researching further and so I have included a link to give more information on how to mind map.

Mind maps help transform ideas onto paper using colours, text and pictures. They are particularly useful for creating ideas and helping recall information quickly. They become a brilliant tool, not only for ourselves, as trainers, but also for the client.

Have a go at mind-mapping something important in your life that you want to do – like, plan a family holiday – and then, once you have a better idea of the concept, get your client to mind map a subject, such as speeding.

You will then find you have a fantastic conversation piece to explore the pros and cons of speeding from the client’s perspective.

Because mind maps work visually they really do help stimulate the brain and could be the key to unlocking the door of learning for some of your clients.
In summary, these are some of the key benefits of mind mapping:

1. Visual signs and key words are easier to remember than a list.
2. Recapping will be made easier with all the key points illustrated.
3. Notes can be arranged in a way that your brain recognises.
4. Mind maps clearly show links and associations.
5. They are organised and creative.
6. They are also compact, and can summarise pages of information.
7. They can be reviewed at a glance, helping you remember the information more easily
8. They are quick and easy to do with no unnecessary words.

Here are ten tips that you may also like to consider when training:

​1. Start with the customer and never lose focus on them
2. Your training should apply to the cognitive (thinking), the affective (emotional) and the psychomotor (physical) processes
3. Invent training activities that are fun
4. Keep it simple whenever possible
5. Have great resources – the more the merrier
6. Stay in touch after training – use technology to keep connected
7. Know your facts and be able to dispel the myths
8. Telling is not training – learn to educate the person
9. Learning is the goal – reflect to evaluate your own performance
10. Work to the mantra ‘Learner-centred – Performance-based’

A one to one session on Zoom, may be the key that you are looking for. This is what a client recently said after their one to one.

‘Hey Graham…..passed SC this morning Part of the clincher was timing the questions post ‘task’…..it actually gains time to formulate a coherent question and aids the reply, so thank you for mentioning this on the call. I had tried some ‘others’ who do zoom assistance but found them very tick box focused. Took the approach of adding in the info from our call and the flow became much easier so avoided considering the 17 areas . They became part of the whole session. Got a B 38 which is cool’