Here at Silicon Beach Training we’re immensely proud of the quality of training that we provide – and we love teaching other people how to deliver great training sessions too, via our Train the Trainer course.
Knowing your subject matter is only part of being able to deliver great training. Understanding how adults learn, engaging with them effectively, and planning your training session properly are all essential to ensuring that attendees understand and retain what you teach them.
In this video, filmed on one of our Train the Trainer courses – our trainer Mary guides delegates through the stages of planning and designing an effective training session.
We’ve summarised the video below with some great tips on how to plan your own session.
These are edited highlights of this section of our workshop. We cover a lot more besides on out 2-day train the trainer course here in Brighton, Sussex – so why not come along and hone your training technique?
Train the Trainer: Planning a 10 Minute Training Session – Top Tips
When you plan a training session, its not just about what subjects you’re going to cover when. A well planned training session will provide the following elements for each stage:
Content
Questioning Techniques
Activities
During our Train the Trainer course each delegate is asked to deliver and refine their own short training session. This is broadly broken down as follows:
Training a class or course can sometimes be a rather daunting proposition, especially if you are not used to the experience.
Here at Silicon Beach Training we run a regular, hands-on Train the Trainer course which provides the skills required and the opportunity to practice them in a safe environment, receiving feedback from our award-winning trainers and other attendees.
However here are our top 10 tips which should make the experience a lot easier:
1. Organise yourself properly
Take time to prepare your training course. Try and make it a structured, well thought out and interesting lesson. Go further than reading a manual or practicing with the programs and applications. One tactic is to relate the topic to a real life situation or a prior experience as this will help the audience engage.
Silicon Beach Training offer a great train the trainer course delivered by our award winning trainer
Train the Trainer – Getting it Right
There are many great train the trainer resources out there that tell you what you need to do to be a great trainer. Learning form your mistakes is one piece of advice you may have read, but how many resources tell you what mistakes there are to be made before you make them, or help trainers to do things differently. Read our 8 top tips for being a great trainer…