Running Effective Face-to-Face Training

Course Overview

In many organisations, it is common to ask workers who are respected for their skills and experience in a particular area to run a training session for their peers. However, for someone with no background in training, this can be challenging and also a little scary.

This course has therefore been created to develop the learners’ understanding of what is involved in running a training session. Specifically, it will look at how to prepare for, run and evaluate a face-to-face training session.
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Key Content

• Preparing for the session;
• Understanding the trainees;
• Defining the learning objectives;
• Creating the lesson plan;
• Learning activities and multimedia materials;
• Learning checks;
• Preparing the trainees for the session;
• Introducing and running the session;
• Introducing and recapping key concepts;
• Using voice, body language and facial expressions appropriately;
• Dealing with challenging behaviours;
• Sticking to the schedule;
• Evaluating the session.

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this course, learners should be able to:

• Discuss the steps involved in preparing for a training session;
• Discuss what they should keep in mind while running the training session to ensure that it is effective;
• Identify what they should do after a training session to evaluate its effectiveness.