Train the Trainer Training Program

Learn how to be more than just a presenter, but a facilitator of learning. Acquire the practical platform to be confident & succeed as a trainer. Discover ways adults learn & key training methodologies.

Get to know effective techniques for engaging your audience, & designing a program that meets their actual needs and training objectives.

Objectives:

• Build comfortable rapport with participants and get buy-in from the beginning
• Deliver content logically and simply in a brain-friendly fashion
• Design training material thoroughly and professionally
• Orchestrate the optimum environment for your training
• Engage the audience in multi-faceted, ingenious ways to facilitate learning

Outline:

What is the course outline?

• Adult Learning and Learning Styles
  • The training cycle: an overview
  • The importance of adult learning styles
  • Characteristics of the adult learner – how they differ from children
  • Learning styles – and how to assess them
  • Cognitive overload research and what it tells us about training
• Characteristics of Successful Trainers
  • The various roles of training professionals
  • Facilitation: an overview
  • Presenter and facilitator: what’s the difference?
  • Facilitator competencies & self-assessment
  • Four guiding principles for facilitators (ORID)
• Training Methods, Activities, and Exercises
  • Using icebreakers and educational games
  • Advantages and disadvantages of different activities/methods
  • Planning and structuring exercises
  • Brainstorming: you may have been doing it wrong
  • Using SWOT, PESTEL, and Force Field Analysis with groups
• Designing Training Programs
  • Setting ground rules
  • Steps to prepare an effective presentation
  • Why educational objectives are essential
  • The levels of training evaluation
  • Calculating a cost-benefit analysis
• Presenting and Delivering Effective Training
  • Presentation skills and overcoming fear
  • The key elements of presenting
  • Handling questions from the group
  • Cultural issues in training
  • Getting feedback from others