Overview
Course duration: 2 days.
This practical and engaging course will ensure the continued development of trainers and learning providers by equipping them with the latest in accelerated learning and brain-friendly techniques to engage and connect with their delegates and increase their skill retention.
The course provides the opportunity to develop and practise a range of techniques using a trainer toolkit in a low risk environment, and to receive feedback from peers and experienced Hemsley Fraser trainers. It is aimed to assist in the continued development of trainers and learning providers by equipping them with accelerated learning techniques to engage and connect with their delegates and increase their skill retention. A great opportunity for trainers with some experience to further their professional development and provide motivational, memorable and dynamic courses.
Is it right for me?
Experienced training professionals are very welcome to attend this course.
Trainers with over five years full time experience of needs analysis, design, delivery and evaluation, especially when used across a wide variety of subject areas and delivered to various levels of delegates, are likely to already be aware of many of the concepts and models, though may well pick up new ways of conveying them.
Trainers with over 10 years full time experience are also very welcome as a refresher and should pick up some new tips and hints, but may also wish to consider more specialist courses such as An Introduction to Neuro Linguistic Programming.
What will I learn?
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Build on your existing experience.
- Make training more relevant to the workplace.
- Apply a comprehensive and flexible toolkit of training skills.
- Use different training techniques with confidence.
- Handle difficult situations confidently.
- Be creative in choosing and developing training techniques.
- Adapt your style and method to suit a range of individuals and groups.
- Improve the participation and quality of group discussions.
- Use approaches that encourage learning and development.
- Use approaches that encourage learning retention.
Pre-course Activity
Bring one or two icebreakers or energisers that you like and are happy to share with your fellow delegates. They should last no more than 10 minutes each.
Prepare a 20-minute session that you will deliver on day two of the event for your fellow delegates. You have the option of having it filmed and will have extra prep time (45 to 60 minutes) on the morning of day two to build in some tips and hints from the event.
Consider difficult facilitator situations you face and wish to discuss. You have the option of practising handling them on day two if you wish by building these into the 20-minute session you deliver.
What will it cover?
Reviewing Your Current Techniques
- Understanding the learning cycle
- Understanding the delegates’ expectations
- The importance of creating a positive and supportive learning environment
- Getting feedback on your current training style
- 'Priming' : how to excite and engage learners before training commences e.g. innovative joining instructions and pre-course work as well dressing the training room to intrigue delegates
Preparation and Set up
- Fail to prepare, prepare to fail – your essential checklist to ensure event success
- Setting learner states – how to get your delegates in the frame of mind to learn
- The learning environment – easy ways to get it right
Powerful Introductions
- Your personal brand and body language – video feedback session
- How to gain credibility from your audience
- Selecting and using appropriate icebreakers to relax delegates, break down barriers and encourage participation
Learning and Your Brain
- The learning cycle uncovered
- How do your learners’ brains like to learn? – analyse and understand the different ways we process information
- Developing 'brain friendly' learning techniques and activities
- Matching techniques and activities to learning styles
Accelerated Learning Techniques
- An exploration into the theory and application of the latest accelerated learning techniques to excite and engage all your learners
- Using multiple intelligences e.g. musical, numerical, visual and spatial to engage and help recall.
- Using recall techniques to aid transfer the learning e.g. acronyms, mnemonics, rhymes and metaphors.
- Cartooning: learn how to produce quick, colourful and engaging flipcharts to stimulate and motivate. Can’t draw? It doesn’t matter.
- An opportunity to practise stimulating creative learning activities including visualisation, jigsaw learning, storytelling, sociograms and debating.
Handling Difficult Situations
- What causes difficult behaviour in a training environment?
- The successful trainer’s handling guide for difficult participants – handy and practical tips to resolve issues
- Avoiding fatigue and the 'post lunch' dip
- What to do when you don’t know the answers
Reviewing and Applying Learning
- How the human memory works – short-term and long-term
- Twenty imaginative and practical ways to review and cement learning
- Transferring learning to the workplace using the Kirkpatrick model
- Measuring return on investment – an introduction to cost benefit analysis
- Closing the session – how to make it memorable
Personal Development
- Development of a specific action plan to adapt and use new skills and techniques
Further courses to consider
An Introduction to Neuro Linguistic Programming
Trainer Profile
Phil McKew
This course is a lot of fun, extremely hands on, challenging and practical. It’s one of my personal favourites to run too which helps! The reason delegates also rate it highly is that ‘it does what it says on the tin’ i.e. gives you experience of using a huge range of the latest training techniques to add impact to your training.
Delegates range from full time professional trainers and facilitators to line managers or other professionals who occasionally train as part of their role but are starting with some delivery experience to draw on.
The last few I’ve run have seen delegates experiment with cartooning, dressing the room more creatively, using NLP more creatively and plugging in to their and their learners’ left and right brain to name but a few!
The Faculty
Along with George Baxter, Phil McKew is part of the dedicated faculty team who will deliver this course.
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Recent delegates have said:
“The instructor was very good.”