During this interactive 2-day course, you will be introduced to the four cornerstones of training: methodology, how to setup & structure a course, how to express yourself and how to teach well. The course is designed to help you keep your delegates constantly engaged and make them remember the content through participation and exercises. This course boosts your confidence and authority in the class helping you to keep your delegates ‘glued’ to your course.

Here are common challenges that trainers face when delivering a course:

• How can you make the delegates excited about the topic and keep them engaged throughout the course?
• How can you make the delegates believe that you are the best trainer for them in the field?
• How can you make the delegates remember the contents of the course for years to come?
• How can you deliver a course that doesn’t come across as pre-scripted and is tailored to them?
• How should you structure your course to achieve all of the above while keeping the design easy and adaptable for yourself?

The purpose of this 2-day intensive course is to give you a structured approach to overcome these challenges; it will turn you into a confident, influential trainer that delivers.

By the end of this course, you will:

• Learn how to avoid passive lecturing
• Learn how to sequence your courses from the beginning to the end
• How to keep your delegates engaged at all times through easy-to-follow participatory techniques
• Get to deliver a mini training session and receive feedback from the tutor and other delegates attending the course
• Be assessed systematically based on a defined criteria which is discussed in the course
• Get a 120-page detailed workbook and useful checklists
• Receive video analysis and critique on your training delivery
• Receive a certificate of achievement

Become a Confident and Dynamic Trainer 

Our train the trainer course is designed to help you learn and memorize the techniques taught during the course through numerous focused exercises. By working together with other participants, you'll get a chance to apply these techniques to your own courses and see how they work in practice.

Based on solid academic research, this course provides practical guidelines that really work. You'll learn how participatory techniques and experiential learning can enhance your training, and focus on actions rather than just theories. Our emphasis is on delivering training that meets people's everyday needs, not just on theoretical concepts.

What Happens During the Course

On Day 1

Course Start 9:30 – Please arrive at most by 9:15 to settle in. The course starts precisely on time. 

This is an intensive course; lunch is scheduled for 45 min.

Finish at 5:30

Complete your homework and prepare for tomorrow’s exercises

On Day 2

Start at 9:30

More tuition, exercises and practicing

Deliver your improved demo training sessions and receive feedback during the course

Finish at 5:30 

On Method

• How crucial it is to understand learning styles and how to use them
• How to centre the training on learners rather than centring it on the trainer or the content.
• What it means to be a facilitating trainer as opposed to a lecturing trainer.
• How to establish rapport with your delegates and generate trust
• How to make your content more memorable by appealing to all senses

On Setup

• What to do exactly from the start of the course to the end of the first break, to win your delegates over and make them believe they are attending a “good one”
• How to take advantage of the five seconds rule in organising and setting up the physical training environment.
• How to use visual tools without disengaging, boring or distracting the delegates.
• How to sequence your content and training from the moment delegates arrive to the moment they leave. You will learn the course structure and see why so many training courses fail because they don’t follow it.
• How to formulate objectives to increase learning.
• Why you must Establish the Need and how to do it before you embark on teaching an adult on any subject. Learn why the failure to do so is the primary reason that teaching fails.
• How to handle questions to meet delegates’ needs.
• How to finish a course so that delegates leave with a positive feeling knowing what they have learned and why.

On Expression

• How to feel confident.
• What actions and thoughts help you control your nervousness.
• How you can avoid having non-participating delegates by taking pre-emptive actions and avoid all kinds of future problems.
• What you should be thinking about, just before you start the course, and how it can help you immensely with your training.
• How to communicate with intention through your body language, voice and expression.

On Teaching

• How you should distribute your time to increase learning and avoid being a bore
• How to engage and keep delegate’s attention by using the four-step engagement sequence.
• What are the four styles of addressing questions and when to use them to engage and check delegates’ understanding.
• How to formulate questions to make delegates think and maximise learning.
• How to get the delegates practice the skills by going through useful exercises. Learn how to increase participation and learning.

• Detailed workbook provided
• Learn from examples
• Step-by-step guidelines
• Roleplay with others in a physical classroom
• Learn to avoid lecturing
• Practice in small groups
• Structure your courses from start to end

What Will You Get Out of This Course?

You will have the opportunity to demonstrate what you have learned and will receive constructive and valuable feedback.

Prepare a 15 minutes demo training session on a topic of your choice before attending the course. During the workshop you will be shown how to structure and deliver an inspiring, entertaining and informative course. You can then modify and improve your demo session and deliver it to the class at the end of the 2-day course. You will receive a thorough feedback on your session structure and delivery. 

Receive Video Critique

A video of your demo session along with more feedback on your performance will be sent to you after the course. This helps further reflection and maximises the learning process. 

Who Is This Course For?

• People who are new or experienced and want to systematically improve their training delivery skills
• Subject matter experts who want to develop their training skills
• High performance trainers who want to maximise their training impact
• Trainers who want to learn participative techniques
• Managers who want to empower their staff

We keep the number of participants attending the course to a maximum of 6 to set learning at an optimal level. 

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