The Internal Training Consultant- One Day WorkShop

Three Days | Four Key Sections

Section One | Learning Theory

1. Our Incredible Brains

   A moving slide show "movie montage" with accompanying music to both inspire the participants and engage them with the learning content.

2. How do we Learn?

   Looking at the methods in which people learn and identifying how we can practicably relate to these styles when we deliver.

3. Learning Characteristics

   Taking into account the different characteristics people demonstrate when learning and understanding what this might mean for us as trainers.

Section 2 | Preparing the Training

1. The Learning Requirement

   Categorising the learning that is required, why it is required and indeed if training is the best approach.

2. Learner Characteristics

   Understanding who it is that will be trained and their likely individual and specific requirements. As well as other variables.

3. Practical Constraints

   Taking into account issues such as budget, time, facilities, skills etc.

4. Objective Setting and Content

   Identifying core objectives and structuring content around this framework.

5. Structuring the Session

   Highlighting the importance of structure to any training intervention.

6. Development

   The Measure of Success, Contents and Methods of Learning all critical to the successful construct of training.

7. Communicate with the Learners

   Setting the participants up for the session by providing all necessary information and support prior to an event.

8. Preparing the Venue and Yourself

   Ensuring everything is organised as required to provide a smooth session.

Section 3 | Training Delivery

1. Trainers Nerves

   Assisting participants by helping them to keep the focus on the right things.

2. The Trainers Toolkit

   The importance of delivering training that is rich and varied. Linking back to learning theory and providing visual, feeling and hearing elements.

3. First Impressions

   Establishing and maintaining the correct impression with our participants.

4. The New Attraction

   Demonstrating the importance of portraying the correct body language and voice.

5. Questions About Questions

   Highlighting the importance of questioning to provide an effective training session.

6. Giving Feedback

   Providing positive, open and honest feedback to participants and ensuring they benefit from feedback during training.

7. Participant Behaviour

   Looking at different personalities of people that attend training and how to manage these so that everyone achieves their objectives.

8. Visual Aids

   How to put visual aids to best effect, including; Flipcharts, PowerPoint, Posters, Handouts, Props and Models. Also; a chance to prepare visual aids for the participants mini training session on day 3.

9. Evaluation and Assessment

   Looking at different methods of evaluating and assessing training from a theoretical and practical point of view.

Section 4 | Practical Training Sessions and Feedback

An opportunity for participants to put into practice all that they have learnt (and developed) throughout the last three sessions. Participants gain valuable insight into different methods and styles of colleagues as well as practicing in a "safe" environment. It is important to note that the course content provides ample advice for the participants throughout on developing their "training session" content. There is also an abundance of useful tips inside the workbook that provide practical tips on developing a training session. This is useful not only for the third day of the programme, but long after the training session is over.