Anyone have any suggestions on teaching a clicker class?

 In my class, the instructor had people practice by clicking when a cone he dropped hit the ground, it seemed to help people with their timing.  When you're first starting, you just feel like a dweeb (or I did).  You're trying to coordinate holding the leash, watching the dog, timing the click and handling the treats.  It just takes a little bit of practice (without the dog).

 Clicker classes aren't any different from any others, in that some people will simply not "get it", just as there are people who will continue to tell their dogs to "get off" when you've told them repeatedly that they are actually reinforcing the dog for jumping up.  You might want to grab a copy of "Coaching People to Train Their Dogs".  It's a quick guide to some of the personality types and learning styles that you find in classes.  Some people just really don't have the coordination at first to handle the clicker, leash, treats, unruly dog, etc., so I reframe the sequence by calling it a marker, and let them use the word "yes".  Because people have different learning styles, my sequence for teaching is: explain the exercise, demonstrate it, remind/show them what not to do, let them practice the exercise, go around and help each student individually.