Train the Trainer

Design and Deliver Learning That Works

Develop the skills to design structured courses, engage learners and deliver training with confidence. Explore self-paced online and instructor-led courses, practical books and practical evidence-informed guidance from Dr Ethan Honary.

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Online Train the Trainer Course: Core Skills

CPD Accredited

Build practical skills in course structure, learner engagement, training delivery and evaluation. Learn at your own pace, wherever you are.

Suitable for: Individual trainers · Consultants · Subject-matter experts

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In-House Train the Trainer Course: Core Skills

2 Days

CPD Accredited

Develop your team through a CPD-accredited, instructor-led course delivered at your organisation’s premises in the UK.

Suitable for: New workplace trainers · Subject-matter experts · Internal facilitators · L&D teams · Managers who train others

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Books for Trainers and Course Designers

Explore practical books on training delivery, course design and learner engagement by Dr Ethan Honary.

Knowing Your Subject Is Not the Same as Knowing How to Teach It

Subject expertise matters, but it does not automatically produce learning. Effective training requires an understanding of how people process information, practise new skills, remain engaged and transfer what they have learned to real situations.

At Skills Converged, we focus on the craft behind the content: instructional design, course structure, educational psychology, learner engagement and training delivery. These principles inform our courses, books, articles and editable training materials.

Our aim is not simply to help trainers present more information. It is to help them create learning experiences that change understanding, develop skills and influence behaviour.


Design with Purpose

Begin with the change learners need to achieve, then structure the content, activities and assessments around that outcome.

Engage Through Practice

Replace passive, lecture-heavy delivery with purposeful exercises, discussion, reflection and opportunities to apply new skills.

Make Learning Transferable

Help learners remember what matters and use it after the course, not merely understand it while sitting in the training room.


Ethan Honary

Dr Ethan Honary

Founder of Skills Converged

Dr Ethan Honary

Training Designer, Author and Educator

Dr Ethan Honary is the founder of Skills Converged and has more than 20 years’ experience designing and delivering professional training.

His practical, research-informed approach focuses on structuring courses, sustaining learner engagement and turning explanation into meaningful practice. He is the author of books on training delivery, course design and learner engagement, and his methods underpin Skills Converged’s courses, articles and training materials.

Find out more about Dr Ethan Honary

Free Tools for Trainers

Clock Buddies Random Group Generator

Mix up groups systematically turn after turn. The tool helps you create group rotations that mix participants quickly and evenly throughout a workshop.

Use our free software to create printable clock buddies handouts to make facilitation easy.

Interactive Training Courses

Become the Trainer People Remember

Effective training is more than presenting information. Learn how to structure ideas, involve learners, build practical skills and create learning that lasts.