The training industry evolves rapidly, making training for trainers programs essential for success. New teaching methodologies emerge regularly. Recent discoveries continue to reveal how adults learn most effectively. Expectations from trainees change constantly, as do requirements from your organization. Our training the trainer courses provide the practical platform, skills, and confidence necessary to succeed in professional instruction. This powerful seminar puts the latest trends and techniques within your grasp. Whether you have been training for years or are stepping onto a platform for the first time, this training for trainers workshop will show you how to become a true facilitator of learning, not merely a presenter delivering information. You will build confidence in your delivery, engage your audience from the very beginning, and leave your trainees praising your training abilities and effectiveness.
Certificate Programs Include Additional Post-Course Resources:
- On-demand lessons to reinforce and review key skills
- Best practice skill refreshers for continuous improvement
- Articles offering practical tips and tactics for application
Who Should Attend:
If you are new to training, if you are a subject matter expert needing to train others, or if you are an experienced trainer seeking new and more effective approaches to facilitating learning, this comprehensive seminar represents the ideal professional development opportunity for you.
What You Will Cover:
Active Adult Learning
- Determining how team-building activities, on-the-job assessment, and immediate learning involvement can occur at the earliest stages of a training program
Assessment
- Distinguishing between problems that can be addressed through training and those requiring other solutions
- Devising effective questions for use in training assessment
Objectives
- Focusing on outcomes and measurable results, rather than only topic coverage
- Crafting clear and compelling learning objectives
- Identifying objectives as affective, behavioral, or cognitive in nature
Planning Active Training
- Choosing appropriate methods and formats to meet learning objectives
- Creating a detailed plan of action by using behavioral styles content
Facilitating Presentations and Activities
- Preparing to deliver a 10- to 15-minute training segment effectively
- Engaging participants in a wide range of learning activities
Opening Exercises
- Sharing reflections on past experiences with opening exercises
- Developing an original opening exercise for your training
Brain-Friendly Lectures
- Demonstrating differences between brain-friendly and non-brain-friendly lecture approaches
- Preparing brain-friendly lectures that enhance retention
Lecture Alternatives
- Sharing information through the jigsaw method and other strategies
- Using learning tools and applying lecture alternatives
Experiential Activities
- Exploring when and how experiential learning approaches can effectively address training challenges
- Using mental imagery, role-playing, games, and simulations for deeper learning
- Applying new learning concepts in real-time scenarios
Extending the Value of Training
- Describing a variety of blended and supportive tools and activities available
- Deciding when to use tools: before, during, or after training for back-on-the-job application
Evaluating Training
- Using Kirkpatrick's model and provided examples to determine evaluation levels
- Considering important evaluation questions for assessment
Facilitating Presentations and Activities
- Delivering and facilitating an actual 10- to 15-minute training segment
- Receiving constructive feedback from peers and facilitators
Closing Activities
- Experiencing and applying several types of effective closing activities
