I’m obviously a bit behind because my younger brother just taught me about this concept of ’10, 3, 1′ – it originates from a sales approach, but he connected it to meeting girls. The concept is that for every 10 contacts you make 3 of them you will give your card to, and 1 will become a client.
At first I thought, well that makes sense, good strategy; but then, I wondered how this sales strategy could be used for teachers in the classroom. And then I realized how valuable this technique can be in education.
For every ten minutes that a teacher is doing a lesson she should ask a question, s three students should raise their hand to answer, and one should get it right. If the teacher doesn’t get the three and one part – then this is a signal to the teacher that the lesson isn’t reaching the students and it is time to reevaluate the structure of the lesson. It could also be a chance for a teacher to integrate more ways of approaching a lesson – utilizing the concept of Multiple Intelligences. For an educator, this strategy is a good way to use an informal assessment on yourself; to gauge your own teaching strategies in the classroom.
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Obviously since this concept of ’10-3-1′ originated in the business world and is used primarily as a sales technique, it is easier to see how it can be applied to all things business. I have started implementing this idea into my various business plans – including my blog. I hope that for every ten people who visit it that three will write a comment and one person will become a follower of what I have to say.
So, what do you have to say?
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