Train the Trainer
Description: Professional trainers produce professional results. This 3-day course will provide participants with a solid foundation of skills and knowledge of the process of learning, the role of the individual trainer and issues of importance when working with groups.
Prerequisites:
- Some previous training experience is an advantage but not a necessity.
Learning Styles: General Descriptions:
- Activists
- Reflectors
- Theorists
- Pragmatists
The Learning Cycle:
The Learning Curve:
Succesful Training Aims and Objectives:
- Aims
- Objectives
- Purpose
- SMART Objectives
How Master Trainers Get That Way:
- Accepting Difference
- Using Silence
- Knowing when you do not know
- Cultivating Variety
- Endurance and Openness
Communications:
- Body Language
- Reference Systems Indicators
Visual Aids:
- Designing Visual Aids
- Making Technical Courses Relevant
- Clarity of Explanations
- Use Your Imagination
- Making Courses Interesting
How to Plan a Training Event:
- Setting the Stage
- Preparing the Delegates in Advance
- Rehearsal
Trainer Conduct and Control:
- Prepare
- Keep to Time
- Look and Act Professionally
- Use Eye Contact
- Speak Clearly
- Stand
Questioning Technique:
- Placing Questions
- Handling Answers
- Dealing with Questions
- Questions to Avoid
Ways of Working with Adult Learners:
Control Techniques:
- The Four Most Common Problems
People Handling:
- Good Delegates
- Poor Delegates
What to do When Things go Wrong:
Fixing Problems:
Groups:
- Stages
- Issues in Group Life Cycle