April 2012 Update Presented by 4D PNR and Jack Hamilton, MMR 1 Preparing for and Delivering a Clinic EduTRAIN™

April 2012 Update Presented by 4D PNR and Jack Hamilton, MMR

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Preparing for and Delivering

a Clinic

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This is an EduTRAIN™ Clinic

EduTRAIN™Copyright © 2014, National Model Railroad Association, Inc.


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Clinic Author

Jack Hamilton, MMR

August 2014

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Learning Objectives

• Debunk Reasons why I can’t do a clinic

• Understanding how do I get started

• Understanding where to get information

• Understanding use of aids/props

• Mastering putting it together

• Understanding practice

• Understanding the actual presentation

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I Can’t Do It

• I am not an expert• I can’t talk to people• I don’t know how to do it• I don’t have computer skills• I don’t have the time• I model in G Scale• My dog ate my homework• Honest dear! It’s not lipstick

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Getting Started

• Picking the subject– KISS for the first one– Something of interest– Look in a magazine– Select problem you had to solve– Suitable to your audience– Doesn’t have to be “How-to” or

Hands-on

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Information Gathering

• Personal Library

• Regional Library

• Historical Society

• Other Modeler Library

• Internet

• Kalmbach Library

• Model Instruction sheets

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Information Examples

• Model Railroader– ABCs of adhesives– Using the NMRA gauge tool

• Garden Railway– Plants and shrubs of the Northwest

• NMRA Bulletin– How to weight cars to standard– How power packs work

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Training Aids

• KISS and on topic

• Look around your shop

• Borrow

• Make (if necessary)

• Pictures work

• Don’t let the aids defeat the clinic

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Putting it Together

• Research – Get the facts right• Assemble in logical order –

TTWYTM, TM, TTWYTM• Eliminate the unnecessary• Simplify, Simplify, Simplify• Tools do not make presentation• First DRAFT• Sleep on it• Review and Time it

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Presentation Media

• Handout/Note sheet

• White Board

• Easel Pad

• Overhead View graphs

• Slides & Projector

• Boxlight/SVGA Projector

• Video Tape

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Practice

• Practice makes Better - not perfect

• Work out the bugs • Incorporate Aids practically• Recognize question points• Go through demonstrations and

view from audience perspective• Keep it light

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Presentation

• Set up early – Know where you put things

• Accept Butterflies – They are Murphy’s Favorites

• Stick to the subject

• You’re not getting paid for this

• If it ain’t fun – you ain’t doing it right

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The Critique

• Did you do what you planned to do? If, yes, the rest is dressing

• Improve the order?• Make facts more clear?• Improve media/graphics?• Did aids work for you?• Build on strengths• Take satisfaction in what you did

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Wrap - Up

• Everyone can do some clinic• Good way to learn subject• First is hardest• Part of the fun of modeling• Make our road shows better• Giving back to hobby• Sign up now!!!!!

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Learning Objectives Review

• Debunk Reasons why I can’t do a clinic

• Understanding how do I get started

• Understanding where to get information

• Understanding use of aids/props

• Mastering putting it together

• Understanding practice

• Understanding the actual presentation

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Q & A

• Let’s discuss what I offered

• All compliments accepted

• Oh, you didn’t understand my superior presentation?

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April 2012 Update Presented by 4D PNR and Jack Hamilton, MMR 1 Preparing for and Delivering a Clinic EduTRAIN™