How to Develop a Talent for Training: A very Practical Guide for Trainers

✍ Scribed by Sandy Leong

• Publisher: Global Management Enterprises, LLC
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 161
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

How to Develop a Talent for Training is a practical guide for anyone involved in training. If you are new to the field of training, reading this book will increase your confidence. It will give you the knowledge and skills to behave like an expert trainer who has got everything under control, while appearing relaxed and approachable. If you are already working in the training field, it will be a useful reference guide for you with some great new tips. This book covers the theories of training, so that you will feel better equipped and more knowledgeable. But the books main focus is really practical tips to make your training sessions run smoothly and making the participants who attend your courses feel happy and comfortable, and therefore better able to learn. The information and tips from this book will apply no matter what the subject area is you are training in. Concise, direct, and to-the-point, this book is a powerful tool for any aspiring or practicing trainer wanting to make their mark.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
Enthusiasm......Page 10
Control......Page 13
Sense of humor......Page 14
Knowing the subject......Page 15
Good communication skills......Page 16
2 The Fundamentals......Page 20
Training needs analysis......Page 21
Aims......Page 23
Objectives......Page 24
Training plan......Page 27
Delivery......Page 28
Climate......Page 29
3 Understanding Training Techniques......Page 36
Role Play......Page 38
Case Studies......Page 41
Syndicate Groups......Page 42
Ideas Shower......Page 44
Simulations......Page 45
Games......Page 47
4 The Minefield of Opening a Training Session......Page 50
Start with impact......Page 51
Administrative and domestic arrangements......Page 52
Ground rules for working together......Page 53
Icebreaker exercise......Page 55
Setting up an icebreaker......Page 59
Image......Page 64
5 Icebreakers......Page 66
Fears in a hat......Page 67
True or false......Page 68
All about me......Page 69
Newspapers, or not......Page 71
Getting to the nuts and bolts of things......Page 72
What's my name?......Page 73
Numbered groups......Page 74
Getting to know you......Page 75
6 Setting Up and Running Exercises......Page 76
Preparation......Page 78
Setting up an exercise......Page 83
Running the exercise......Page 86
Taking feedback......Page 89
7 Facilitating Training Exercises......Page 92
Planning for a facilitation exercise......Page 94
Different types of questions......Page 96
Developing questions in the planning stage......Page 99
Preparing your notes......Page 100
Running a facilitation exercise......Page 101
Handling the group......Page 102
8 Starting and Controlling Discussions......Page 104
Preparing for a Discussion......Page 107
Starting a Discussion......Page 108
Opinion Cards......Page 109
Rounds......Page 111
Dilemma Boards......Page 112
The Beautiful Object......Page 113
9 Using Visual Aids......Page 114
Flipcharts......Page 118
Overhead projectors and PowerPointpresentations......Page 124
Videos......Page 129
Actual Things......Page 132
Dealing with Difficult Participants......Page 137
11 Presenting a Session......Page 140
Preparation......Page 141
Presentation......Page 144
Speech and Volume......Page 145
Use of Notes......Page 146
Use of Humor......Page 147
Using the Audience and Eye Contact......Page 148
Opening, Middle and Closing......Page 149
Taking Comments and Questions......Page 150
Index......Page 156
Sahara Consultancy......Page 159