About the Workshop

No organization can function without well-trained employees. The first step to good training is to develop good trainers. This seminar focuses on teaching the prospective or experienced trainer tips for communicating with adult learners.

Objectives:

• Understand how adults learn
• Analyze what the trainees need to learn
• Focus on verifiable objectives
• Develop a training plan
• Refine your communication skills
• Overcome resistance to learning
• Evaluate students’ progress

Topics:

• Training employees – the key to an organization’s survival and success
• Adults are different from kids – how they learn
• Deciding what employees need to know – teaching the essentials to busy people
• Verifiable objectives – how to define objectives – how to verify learning – demonstrating and testing proficiency
• When they don’t want to change – how to overcome resistance to learning new ideas, new methods, new work styles
• Communication is key – say what you mean – listen, listen, listen
• Putting the plan into action – the dynamics of training

 

(Photo Courtesy of Markus Spiske)