Monday, February 27, 2006

Zedny, Training and Ethics

Yesterday I attended my first session at Zedny. The session was delivered by Dr Sherif founder of Resala, a rapidly-growing youth-fueled Egyptian charity organization. The subject of the session was Ethics. Dr Sherif used to deliver a Work Ethics course at Cairo University.

The content of the session, which was about ethics, was fine but what really interested me and was exceptional was the way Dr Sherif delivered the session. His method of delivery and the instructional tools he used were a model to learn from in delivering training.

The sessions was more like a workshop, despite the large number of attendees which was nearly 400. Dr Sherif kept relating many stories along the session, true stories that happened to him, his friends or his students. He gave a break during the session. He asked the audience a lot. He let the audience give their views. He listened. He then reached his conclusions after listening to what the audience said. He also took votes and used the whiteboard to jot down what the audience said or condense it.