Course Description
The training field can change fast, which makes training for trainers crucial. New methodologies. New discoveries about the way adults learn. Changing expectations from trainees—and from your company. Our training the trainer courses give you the practical platform skills and confidence you need to succeed. This powerful seminar puts the latest trends and techniques at your fingertips. Whether you’ve been training for a while or never stepped onto a platform before, this training for trainers workshop will show you how to become a facilitator of learning, not just a presenter. You’ll build confidence, engage your audience from the beginning and leave your trainees praising your training abilities
_x000d_Certificate Programs include additional post-course resources:
_x000d_ _x000d_- On demand lessons to reinforce key skills _x000d_
- Best practice skill refreshers _x000d_
- Articles offering practical tips and tactics
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- Boost retention with the latest in adult and accelerated learning techniques _x000d_
- Know the group’s needs and adjust your material to meet them _x000d_
- Build your credibility and trust with trainees and management _x000d_
- Create training that has the right flow from segment to segment _x000d_
- Open a workshop with confidence…close it with a wrap-up that guarantees learning _x000d_
Online Accreditation
1.8 CEU
What you will learn
Active Adult Learning
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- Determining how team-building, on-the-job assessment and immediate learning involvement can occur at the earliest stages of a training program _x000d_
Assessment
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- Distinguishing problems that can be addressed by training _x000d_
- Devising questions for use in a training assessment _x000d_
Objectives
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- Focusing on outcomes and results, rather than topics _x000d_
- Crafting learning objectives _x000d_
- Identifying objectives as affective, behavioral or cognitive _x000d_
Planning Active Training
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- Choosing methods and formats to meet an objective _x000d_
- Creating a plan of action by using behavioral styles content _x000d_
Facilitating Presentations and Activities
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- Preparing to deliver a 10- to 15-minute training segment _x000d_
- Engaging in a wide range of learning activities _x000d_
Opening Exercises
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- Sharing reflections on past experiences of opening exercises _x000d_
- Developing an opening exercise _x000d_
Brain-Friendly Lectures
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- Demonstrating differences between brain-friendly and non-brain-friendly lectures _x000d_
- Preparing brain-friendly lectures _x000d_
Lecture Alternatives
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- Sharing information through the jigsaw method _x000d_
- Using learning tools and applying lecture alternatives _x000d_
Experiential Activities
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- Exploring when and how experiential learning approaches can meet training challenges _x000d_
- Using mental imagery, role-playing, games and simulations _x000d_
- Applying new learning in real time _x000d_
Extending the Value of Training
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- Describing a variety of blended and supportive tools and activities _x000d_
- Deciding when to use tools: before, during or after training for back-on-the-job application _x000d_
Evaluating Training
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- Using Kirkpatrick’s model and given examples to determine evaluation levels _x000d_
- Considering evaluation questions _x000d_
Facilitating Presentations and Activities
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- Delivering/facilitating an actual 10- to 15-minute training segment _x000d_
- Receiving feedback _x000d_
Closing Activities
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- Experiencing and applying several types of closing activities _x000d_
Special Feature
_x000d_Participants receive a complimentary copy of Mel Silberman’s book Active Training: A Handbook of Techniques, Designs, Case Examples and Tips.
_x000d_* Course specifically developed in conjunction with Mel Silberman.
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Date & Time: Mar 17, 2025 10:00 AM ET
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Date & Time: Apr 07, 2025 09:00 AM ET
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Cancelation Policy
If you cannot attend an event, you may send someone else in your place. If that isn’t an option for you, cancellations received up to five working days before the event are refundable, minus a registration service charge ($10 for one-day events; $25 for multiple-day events). After that, cancellations are subject to the entire seminar fee, which you may apply toward a future seminar. Please note that if you don’t cancel and don’t attend, you are still responsible for payment.
