Course Details
Course Outline
5 days course
Making the Transition to a Trainer
- The training steps & stages
- Overhead projector demonstration
- Essentials of effective training
- Principles of Adult Learning
- Components of learning
- Nurturing motivation and the incentive to learn
- Principles of adult learning
- Learning methods
- Attitude, skills and knowledge of a professional trainer
- Roles and responsibilities of a professional trainer
Workshop Management and communication skills
- Devising training solutions
- Group work
- Designing your own workshop
- The blurb
- Elements of a Workshop
- Workshop structure
- Designing workshop activities
- Powerful communication skills
- Establishing rapport
- Pair work
- Using anecdotes
- Power of documenting
- Role of the Trainer
- Building self-confidence
- Producing artifacts
Training Design and Materials Development
- Is it really a training problem?
- Create training materials in-house or purchase off-shelf?.
- Writing proper training objectives.
- Training methods.
Reaching the trainee
- Dealing with difficult participants
- Guarding against energy drains
- Correcting trainee mistakes
- Mid-session feedback
- Using sticky notes
- Assignments
- Trainer self-advancement
Be a Power Presenter
- Getting off to a good start.
- The importance of introductions and summaries.
- How to facilitate a more active training.
- Using your body language and your voice.
Identifying Participants learning styles
- Methods of explaining complex concepts
- Projects
- Motivating participants
- Roleplay
- Voting and democracy with participants
- Participant expectations vs. achievements
Dealing with Tough Training Times
- Dealing with nerves.
- Getting participants back on time.
- Dealing with tough participants.
- Dealing with different learner generations (Gen X and Gen Y learners).
Handling difficult conversations
- Power of repetition
- Creating effective presentations
- Performance phases
- Handling participant questions
- Handling trainee resistance
- Giving constructive feedback
