| The Search for the Right Music | | | | Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Celtic, and Caribbean |
| Ever since Georgi Lozonav, the noted Bulgarian | | | | influences, blended seamlessly together with jazz, Ron |
| physicist and accelerated learning pioneer, conducted | | | | has created a truly original sound. Ron has performed |
| his ground breaking studies about the impact of music | | | | on dozens of CDs, TV shows, movie soundtracks |
| on learning, trainers around the globe have been trying | | | | (including Being Julia). |
| to find the perfect musical formula to help them | | | | Ron has travelled around the globe studying and |
| connect participants and produce desired results. | | | | collecting over 100 indigenous flutes. In Japan, Ron |
| When Executive Oasis International formed a strategic | | | | studied the bamboo flute and Gagaku court music. An |
| alliance with Kuala Lumpur based FIK International to | | | | award-winning song writer, major artists (including Hong |
| offer seminars throughout Asia, we wanted to ensure | | | | Kong's Alan Tam, Stephanie Lai and Yvonne Lau) |
| that our approach would be relevant to the various | | | | have had hits with Ron's music. Ron and his band |
| cultures in which we would be working. We weren't | | | | regularly tour Asia, North America and Europe. |
| sure what to expect. Acceptance was a lot easier | | | | Preparing to use Music for Accelerated Learning |
| than we anticipated. Asian audiences responded | | | | Based on our experience, here are a few tips for |
| enthusiastically to accelerated learning with its | | | | trainers and speakers seeking to ensure that their |
| emphasis on session starters, energizers, colourful | | | | sessions are well received by multi-cultural audiences |
| visuals, and in-depth practice. Along the way, there | | | | both at home and abroad. The first should be obvious: |
| were a number of pleasant surprises and unexpected | | | | 1. Use music, |
| discoveries about the importance of music in training. | | | | Music can cross cultural boundaries and linguistic |
| For the first time, we will reveal a couple of these | | | | barriers. |
| secrets to you. | | | | 2. Always provide a participant profile or learning styles |
| Asian Memories: My Musical Journey | | | | survey for the meeting planner to distribute and collect |
| In Januray, 2000, I got off the plane at KLIA, loaded my | | | | from participants prior to your session. |
| accelerated learning paraphanalia onto a cart and | | | | Include questions about musical preferences on this |
| wheeled it out to meet FIK's Mr. T. Saravanan. I | | | | survey. Season to Taste: Catering to Diverse Learning |
| immediately realized that I'd be right at home. You see I | | | | Styles from the Spice of the Month Accelerarted |
| am Jamaican. The windshield of the car in which Sam | | | | Learning ezine describes how to gauge musical and |
| Selvaj was waiting for us had a HUGE Bob Marley | | | | other participant preferences. |
| and the Wailers sticker. | | | | 3. Let the seminar organizer, client or meeting planner |
| On the way to the hotel we even passed a club called | | | | know that you plan to use music during your session. |
| Marleys with a statue of Bob Marley in the front yard. | | | | Provide them with direction about obtaining the |
| These were the first clues that it was important for us | | | | appropriate license for legal use of music. |
| to include some reggae on our accelerated learning | | | | Musical Moments: Music for Accelerated Learning |
| playlist. (Little did I know that, 2 years later, I would be | | | | goes into detail about how to legally use copyrighted |
| chatting with Malaysian Rastafarians selling Bob Marley | | | | music and how to obtain royalty free music. |
| tee shirts at the night market and sipping sodas until 2 | | | | 4. Create a musical score for your training or |
| am on the patio of the Reggae Club along Penang's | | | | presentation and integrate music into various aspects |
| fashionable Batu Ferringghi.) More discoveries lay | | | | of your sessions. |
| ahead. | | | | There are many opportunities for using music during |
| At our first session, attended by 65 delegates at Kuala | | | | training. Ron Korb's repertoire includes selections for |
| Lumpur's Regent Hotel, we realized that tucked away | | | | every phase of training, for example: |
| in our boxes, we had packed the perfect ingredient to | | | | PURPOSE SELECTION CD |
| "spice up" our training. We'll give you a hint. It was | | | | GUIDED IMAGERY Flute Traveller Flute Traveller |
| music by a particular artist. (Before we were | | | | BREAKS The Great East Temple Japanese |
| introduced to this music, we had experimented with | | | | Mysteries |
| some royalty free music, produced by a training | | | | STRECHING Caravan Ron Korb Live |
| company. While it was well received in the US, | | | | ENERGIZER Genji Ron Korb Live |
| reception from our audiences in Canada had been | | | | 5. If your audience is conservative, modify the manner |
| lukewarm. So, we searched until we found music to | | | | in which you use music during your training sessions. |
| which Canadian audiences responded enthusiastically.) | | | | For example, during the early stages of your seminar, |
| Music by this artist, would also make a valuable | | | | confine your use of music to breaks. |
| contribution to our warm reception in Asia. From | | | | Check out Conservative Corner: Accelerated Learning |
| Bangkok to Bombay (Mumbai) from Kuching to Kuala | | | | for Analytical Learners in the Spice of the Month |
| Lumpur, the results were the same. In fact, 7 trips and | | | | Accelerated Learning Ezine for details. |
| over 1000 participants later, this music has continued to | | | | 6. Before you play, a selection of music, briefly identify |
| generate excitement wherever we have conducted | | | | the composer, the artist and the title of the selection. |
| sessions in Asia. The artist is Ron Korb. | | | | 7. Involve your audience. |
| Music by Ron Korb: Ideal for Accelerated Learning | | | | Even if it's just a 1 day session, you can give the group |
| Whether we are in Toronto, Singapore or Penang, | | | | a chance to select their favourite selections towards |
| participants in our sessions always BEG us for more | | | | the end of the day. We sometimes give the |
| of Ron Korb's music. Music is a universal language. | | | | opportunity to select the music for the next break as a |
| The right music can greatly enhance your training | | | | reward for a mildly competitive exercise or trivia |
| sessions. It can create a warm and inviting | | | | questions. |
| environment and build participant enthusiasm. The key | | | | 8. Add a personal touch to your training by sharing |
| is to find the right music and add it carefully to the | | | | your own culture with participants through your musical |
| accelerated learning mix. | | | | selections. |
| A Toronto based and internationally acclaimed, | | | | For example, drawing on my Jamaican heritage, I have |
| Japanese-Canadian flute virtuoso, composer and | | | | reggae breaks. I have taught delegates as far way as |
| music producer, Ron Korb has released 9 CDs | | | | Kuching (Malaysian Borneo) to dance. Draw on music |
| including "Japanese Mysteries", "Flute Traveller", and | | | | from your own cultural heritage, incorporate it into you |
| "Celtic Heartland" the newly released "Ron Korb Live" | | | | presentations and seminars and it will help you cross |
| CD and DVD. Ron's music transcends boundaries, | | | | cultures as you travel around the globe. |
| representing world music at its best. A tapestry of | | | | |