{"id":7682,"date":"2022-06-07T20:57:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T19:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/impro.org.uk\/?p=7682"},"modified":"2022-11-16T14:33:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T14:33:12","slug":"how-to-apply-time-pressure-in-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impro.org.uk\/how-to-apply-time-pressure-in-training\/","title":{"rendered":"How to apply time pressure in training"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"reader-article-content reader-article-content--content-blocks\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\">You have just one minute to read this article.<\/p>\n<p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\">Yes, you can build skills by putting\u00a0participants under subtle time pressures. A deadline helps make an activity meaningful &#8211; and much more likely to get done. I know this from when I was a journalist. No deadline, no article!<\/p>\n<p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\">When participants in a training programme improve at a skill, you can often put on a time squeeze to refresh the challenge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\">Yet although it&#8217;s worth creating a sense of urgency, it&#8217;s rare that\u00a0you need any strict stopwatching. You can say, \u2018You\u2019ve only got a couple of minutes to do this\u2019, then allow as much actual time as is needed for most participants to finish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\">How do\u00a0you\u00a0manage the minutes and\u00a0handle the hours?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have just one minute to read this article..<\/p>\n<p>hashtag#deadline hashtag#buildingskills hashtag#timepressure hashtag#facilitation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[35,140],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to apply time pressure in training - Paul Jackson Associates Ltd &amp; The Improvisation Academy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/impro.org.uk\/how-to-apply-time-pressure-in-training\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to apply time pressure in training - Paul Jackson Associates Ltd &amp; 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