Training the Trainer

• L&D professionals who would like to ensure a fit for purpose training and development strategy
• HR professional who would like to increase ROI of training plans
• Trainers who would like to enhance their skills in delivering a purposeful training




• Describe the adult learning process and conduct a Needs Assessment
• Develop skills to adjust delivery of training based on different learning styles
• Enhance their ability to select, design and develop an active-training method
• Strengthen their ability to create a positive learning environment to encourage participation
• Develop training evaluation methods to ensure ROI

Assessing Needs and Understanding Adult Learners

• How to conduct a Needs Assessment process
• Andragogical Versus Pedagogical Model
• Understating how people learn
• Learning styles
• Application of learning principles

Training Styles

• Trainer characteristics and competencies
• Training style
• Increasing effectiveness
• Learner-centred Versus Information-centred
• The changing training environment

Selecting, Designing, and Developing Active-training Methods

• Cooperative learning
• Creating an active-learning environment
• Designing active-training activities
• Experiential learning activities
• Experiential and active training techniques
• Action learnings

Delivering Training

• Creating a positive learning environment
• Presentation skills
• Using visual aids
• Distance learning
• Benefits and drawbacks of distance learning
• Blended learnings
• Ways to encourage participation

Evaluating Training

• When to evaluate
• Whom to involve
• How to evaluate
• What to evaluate
• Four-level model for evaluation