An ALIVE© MasterClass (Accelerated Learning in a Virtual Environment) is a remotely delivered masterclass using tele-conference technology and is a complete or partial alternative to face-to-face MasterClasses. An ALIVE© MasterClass usually lasts about 2 hours. It delivers the same quality of learning as a face-to-face Masterclass to people who, often for reasons of pressure of work, logistics or geography, cannot easily come together in a single location. ALIVE© Masterclasses are particularly cost and time effective – avoiding the need to take Senior Executives out of the workplace. This benefit means that they can therefore be undertaken at the optimal frequency for embedded learning.
MasterClasses are usually undertaken around a month apart, drawing together threads of the cohort members’ combined learning in a focused event, gaining premium value from the ALIVE© Prep and any workplace practice. They are highly interactive group experiences. They draw on the social and emotional environment, reinforcing embedded learning.
ALIVE© Masterclasses are most effective with groups of 6-9 people, where direct participation in terms of verbal contributions to the discussion are invited. Hearing the voices of other participants is a valuable aid to mutual understanding and relationship building. An important skill of the ALIVE© Facilitator is to draw out the insights, deepening and extending these in the moment and equally importantly to creating cohesion in the group so it becomes a learning environment.
Participants will bring to the call their printouts of reflective assignments, or other output from the corresponding ALIVE© Prep; enabling participants to draw on their own reflections and to write or annotate these during the call, thereby creating their own meaning and memorable links. Similarly participants are encouraged to create their own “aide memoires” whether sketches, notes, mindmaps to enable them to embed the learning from the call in their own uniquely meaningful ways.
As part of the course we embed learning by taking part in a series of ALIVE© Calls, which are highly structured teleconferences that review themes through expert facilitation and questioning. Not only is the experience a great way of making learning take root, it is also a very impactful way of enriching learning by sharing thoughts with the whole group. We are supporting each other in learning and gaining new insights through the ALIVE© Calls."
Recent Senior Executive Participant
A summative comment was:
“I want to put these key learnings into practice, developing my skills and using them when I have meetings with staff.”