Train the Trainer – 3- day workshop
May 28 - May 30
CPD Accredited
Tutor led training, delivered in person – available on our schedule timetables in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Can be delivered via virtual classrooms or onsite at your workplace.
Aim:
This course will introduce participants to the issues, methodologies and techniques of training design and delivery.
Objectives:
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Identify training needs.
- Define and create aims and objectives that fit within an organisational perspective.
- Design training sessions.
- Deliver training sessions that incorporate the trainer’s personality – metaphors, stories. and humour.
- Evaluate training interventions.
- Dealing with difficult delegates.
The training systematically points to everything you need to know about being a trainer. Each day consists of practical experience as well as hundreds of useful tips and techniques.
While the first part of the course concentrates on the design and structure of training as a learning tool; it then moves on to presentation, delivery and facilitation so each day builds up to complete a full training methodology.
The information shown below is the structure of the course – timings and emphasis will vary depending on participants’ needs.
Introduction:
- Logistics and participant introductions
- Aims and objectives
Aiming for successful training:
- Exploring the varying factors that can impact on successful training
- Personal preferences in training experiences
- Scope of training within organisations
- How these fit together
Training needs:
- Issues in defining and managing training needs
- Levels of needs and methods of identifying them
Training as a ‘Change Intervention’:
- Identifying thpes of learning and changes possible
- Planning for and organizing change through training
Creating and using training aims and objectives:
- Differences and uses of ‘Aims and Objectives’
- Criteria of ‘Aims and Objectives’
- Benefits and limitations of ‘Aims and Objectives’
Training planning and design:
- Structuring the training
- Priorities for inclusion in the training
- The set up for learning
- Testing the learning
- Responsibility of how you leave the participants
Training delivery:
- Processes of communication
- Dissolving nerves, extending and working the presentation area
- Devleoping congruence, charisma and presence of the trainer
- Verbal and non-verbal communication
- Getting the message across
- Evaluation successful communication
- Accelerating and embedding learning
Using language strategically:
- Using metaphors and stories to communicate complex ideas
- Other language skills
Using the environment to support learning:
- Room layout
- Using equipment
- The psychological impact of the training environment
Facilitating learning:
- Advance use of questioning
- Dealing with challenges
- Utilising challenges as part of the learning
- Flexibility of training approach
Presentation tips:
- Tips for pulling the whole thing together
Self-management:
- Dissolving common fears
- How to do what experienced presenters do
Training evaluations:
- Levels of evaluation
- Evaluating within and beyond the training
This workshop is available on demand by virtual classroom, please contact us for more details.
