ENVISION. It’s time to put all the information that you gathered and make a mental picture in your brain. Stephen Covey mentioned in his book 7-Habits of Highly Effective People that the 2nd Habit that one should possess is “Begin with an End in Mind”. It’s God’s gift that human being can create something mentally and bring it out physically thru the power of imagination.
What to ENVISION?
Imagine what will be your OPENING and CLOSING statements that will catch the attention of the participants. And also think of the outline of the BODY and the way you deliver that will not bore the participants.
Imagine the activities and props that you’ll be using.
Imagine what you will be wearing, based on the objective of the event, the venue and the profile of your participants, should you be wearing business attire, complete with coat & tie or simply long sleeves or polo shirt?
Imagine what training style you will be implementing, will you be involving a lot of movement, will you be using flip chart, black board, powerpoint or mix
Imagine how the participants will respond to your training, will they be bored or will they be excited and will participate fully?
Write all of your ideas down, even the wildest ideas.
Tip: environment is an important factor during the Envision process, for me a quiet environment with less distraction but with simple movement like jogging in a park or even walking in a cemetery helps build and organize my thoughts.