Did You Know, Screenagers Aren’t Engaging If It Isn’t Relevant?

DrWarren at a Conference preparing to share Engaging Screenagers

Did You Know, Screenagers Aren’t Engaging If It Isn’t Relevant?

Does it surprise you to learn Screenagers (Aren’t we all Screenagers?) don’t care about much of the world around us when a topic isn’t relevant to their personal world and their life?
How can Screenagers care about engaging when there’s so much information coming at us at such high speed and people, groups, and organizations are all clamoring for little bit of everyone’s attention or mind share (even though, so much is junk-engagement now days.)
Just like with this blog I’m competing for your attention to give you a spark of hope that fuels the fire of enthusiasm.
We can’t give everyone our attention, but if we want high value, optimal engagement with Screenagers, let’s start by talking about what is most relevant to them.
As Dale Carnegie says, we talk in terms of the other person’s interests.”
My purpose in writing all my blogs is to provide value/innovation/inspiration to parents, teachers, and anyone who engages with screenagers to focus on what is most important in life.
Did you notice at the bottom of every blog I write, there is the statement,”Keep it simple.”?
What is important—relevant—to one person will have no value to another person.
As a Dale Carnegie instructor, we were make the learning content relevant to everyone in the course at any time.
At first I thought it would be impossible task, but after some practice, making learning relevant to class members has been a practice I’ve used to engage throughout my career.

DrWarren at a Conference preparing to share Engaging Screenagers
DrWarren at a Conference preparing to share Engaging Screenagers











When have you been faced with something new and thought it would be impossible, but after a little practice, it became a habit?
Remember, Stephen Covey tells us to build positive habits to be more successful in 7-Habits of Highly Effective People.
How did we make the learning relevant to everyone?
I know that sounds like a tall order to know what is important to 35-45 class members, but from before the course started, and then during the course, we gathered a great deal of information about everyone in the classroom.
Before the course started and again before every class I had a glance at the participant list (much easier with spreadsheets) and reviewed what was important to each class member.
Yes, it took some time, but it was great experience, because I began to understand the powerful impact of relevance on individuals.
After Dale Carnegie, I used paper worksheets to gather information, but then I started using mobile devices in-class and on-line to give instant feedback to my Screenagers.


This was huge as I started seeing (in the spreadsheet) and learning much more about my students and what was relevant to them, and with Google Sheets, I could review using my mobile device whenever I have a few seconds.
At first some learners didn’t like the information gathering, but when they saw that I could continuously monitor their progress and give them lazer relevant support, they changed their liking.
How can you learn what is relevant to your Screenagers?
Gather as much relevant information as you can to understand them and their situation from a wisdom view (seeing their fears, motives, blind spots, limiting beliefs, sticking points, etc.)
With this information focus on support and low-stakes encouragement micro moments.
What that means is ask about relevance (I call these relevance suggesting questions.) in low-stakes opportunities whenever they arise (remember watch, listen, and feel their responses to ensure appropriateness.)  
Basically, keep learning about them and then checking and connecting low-stakes relevance with them in a caring, supportive way.

Learn what’s important, focus on relevance, show your care.

You can see examples of screen innovations for Optimal Experiences at JOIN THE CURATION: Google+.
Remember to engage tomorrow.
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Keep it simple.
All the Best, Warren
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