Who is this course aimed at?

Anyone who is involved or about to become involved with training in their organisation.  This course can be booked as an open course from our course schedule at our Bristol training premises, or we can provide this as an inhouse tailored course. Contact us on 01454 203430 for more details on this.

Prerequisites

No prior training experience is necessary. Both novice and experienced trainers alike will benefit from this excellent, highly interactive skill-building presentation course.

Course content

Audience
Learn creative ideas, strategies and techniques that meet the needs of trainers in any industry. Participants will learn training concepts they can immediately apply in the classroom and business settings for both technical and non-technical training.

Topics
Adult Learning
Acknowledging Characteristics of Adult Learners
Understanding Adult Learning Styles
Comprehending Models for Adult Learning

Preparing for a Class
Preparing Your Lesson Plan
Chunking Information
Using Icebreakers
Deciding on Presentation Methods
Using Examples and Analogies
Using Humour
Using Visual Aids
Using the Appropriate Visual Aid
Dealing with Varying Skill Sets
Refining Your Plan
Creating a Learning Environment

Delivering the Class
Developing Communication Skills
Using Your Body Effectively
Building Rapport with Eye Contact
Developing Your Voice
Watching Your Vocabulary
Active Listening
Barriers to Effective Communication
Beginning the Training Session
Overview of Questioning
Understanding Questioning Techniques
Answering Questions
Presenting Concepts
Managing Difficult Behaviours
Ending the Training Session

Feedback and Evaluation
Overview of Feedback
Types of Feedback
Guidelines for Giving and Receiving Feedback
Using Questioning Techniques to Elicit Feedback
Encouraging Feedback
End-of-Course Evaluations
Performing Self-Feedback

Resource Materials and Information
Usual resources

Train the trainer course, train the trainer, train the trainer training, courses in Bristol, Reading, London, Swindon, Birmingham, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Bath, Cardiff, Swansea, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh