Train the Trainer

Become an effective trainer by mastering adult learning principles, facilitation strategies, and impactful presentation skills.

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Introduction
What will I learn?
What to expect?
Who is this course for?
How will it help me?

Train the Trainer

Training is essential to the achievements of the organisation. It contributes to the ongoing development and growth of employees which can then increase employee engagement. The acquisition and development of new skills is important for everyone in the organisation.

But great training sessions don’t just happen – they need a lot of preparation. Likewise, great trainers don’t just happen either. Become a great adult educator isn’t always easy, and success isn’t just for the naturally gifted. By putting effort into our personal growth and skill development anyone can become a great trainer.

Outcomes

At the end of this course the participants should be able to:

  • Explain the importance of adult learning principles
  • Identify the impact of primary sensory receivers, and learning styles in adult learning situations and outcomes
  • Use Bloom’s taxonomy to build observable learning outcomes
  • Effectively utilise tools and techniques to enable congruence of design, delivery and evaluation of learner centered training
  • Improve productivity via systematic planning, design, implementation and evaluation of training
  • Engage effective presentation skills to deliver training courses
  • Tailor facilitation strategies to a range of audience styles

What to expect

This course will equip you with the skills and techniques to become an effective and engaging trainer. You'll explore the principles of adult learning, how to design impactful training sessions, and the best ways to deliver content that resonates with different audience styles. Through hands-on activities, you'll develop confidence in your presentation skills, learn how to manage participant engagement, and create structured training programs using proven models like ADDIE and Kirkpatrick. By the end of the course, you'll have the tools to deliver training sessions that are not only informative but also engaging and results-driven.

Who is this Train the Trainer course for?

This course is ideal for aspiring and experienced trainers, facilitators, and educators who want to enhance their skills in adult education. It is also suitable for managers, team leaders, and HR professionals tasked with delivering internal training sessions or developing employee capabilities.

How will this Train the Trainer course help me?

By completing this course, you will:

  • Gain confidence and competence in delivering engaging training sessions
  • Understand and apply principles of adult learning to create impactful educational experiences
  • Improve your ability to connect with diverse audiences by tailoring your training approach
  • Develop systematic planning and evaluation skills to ensure training success
  • Refine your presentation and facilitation skills to inspire and motivate learners
  • Build a strong foundation in instructional design and effective training methodologies

"Fantastic training, while I'm fully capable with using google, ive never known all the ins and outs and features designed to make you more productive. Very illuminating"

-Stacey Goldring, Virbac

"But also the programs were fabulous because they are really practical. It’s not just here’s how you use it. It’s really about how you embed it into your everyday work life which is what I like about it."

-Danielle, Elserver

"The workshop was great and very helpful. Simply explained, useful information and good tools! I will use the skills i have further developed and use the tools provided to my benefit!"

-Will Schoenmaker, Department of Health-NSW

"Enjoyed the session and got a few great tips and better ideas on managing emails and tasks thanks so much."

-Paula Coleman, Planning Manager, Medline - 17/01/2023

"As a school Principal, I greatly value practical training that delivers immediate and measurable improvements in productivity. The "Working Sm@rt with Microsoft Outlook" workshop facilitated by Priority Management exceeded all expectations."

-Kylie Fabri, Principal - Muswellbrook High School - 11/12/2024

"Brendan was awesome, I liked the way he made the training engaging and interactive although it was virtual. One of the very few virtual trainings I have enjoyed"

-Nanda Almeida, Department of Education

"Thanks for putting on such amazing training sessions for our employees over the past 2 weeks, we have had incredible feedback about how valuable they found the Outlook training and how great a facilitator Dani is. One employee reached out saying it was the best training she has ever done, which is a testament to how good the content and facilitators are!"

-Sara Learmonth, L\'Oréal - 11/05/23

"They’re always there to support you and they’ve even made the Most staunchly paper driven people challenge what they do and find a way to be paper light, if not paper gone."

-Kathyrn, Whitley Corporation

"I am very happy with the content, how Brendan facilitated the training etc. Everything was concise, meaningful and respectful."

-Heather Davis, NSW Health - Bloomfield Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Services

"Brilliant presenter, kept the session engaging. Very knowledgeable without overloading"

-Alec Southam, BD

"Went into the course thinking I would learn a few tips on using MO more efficiently, came out with a breakthrough on how I could be the high performer I want to be and still have a life."

-Amarette Petersen, Territory Manager, Leica - 20/01/2023

"Such a great course. Thoroughly enjoyed the training and learned so many new things that I know will benefit both myself and the organisation."

-Bev Clarke, Defence - 18/01/2023

"I was hesitant on how much I could learn on an 8 hour outlook course but the course exceeded my expectations and I was surprised by how much I took away from the course."

-Laura Watman, Defence NSW

"I thought it was great! Probably one of the best trainings we’ve had at our face-to-face."

-Dominique Marendy, Department of Primary Industry

"Thank you Jackie so much again for putting together such an insightful presentation. As I mentioned, the feedback so far has been really positive and a few people I have spoken to in the office today have already made some tweaks to their default settings. Your presentation skills were some of the best I’ve seen, and I was impressed with how you were able to navigate between screens despite the technical challenges. Thank you again!"

-Henry Drummond, The Law Society of NSW - 28/07/2023

Learn more about Train the Trainer course

Overview

Audience

Format

What's Included

Effective Presentations
  • 6 steps for effective presentations
  • Understanding your audience
  • Using support materials and visual aids
  • Managing distracting habits
Preparing For Your Presentation
  • Checklists for ensuring you have everything you need
Presenting With Confidence
  • Managing participant behaviours
  • Managing your own behaviour
  • Presenting to different audience needs
    • High level information seekers
    • Detailed information seekers
    • People who want to get right to it
    • People who want to connect first
  • Responding to questions effectively
    • Relying on androgogy and pedagogy to know how much information to give
Creating Your Presentation
  • Time to put your presentation together
The Importance Of Training
  • What is the purpose of training?
  • The benefits of training to the employee and the organisation
  • The competencies of great trainers
  • Pedagogical versus andragogical approaches to training
The Principles Of Adult Learning
  • Look at the nine principles of adult learning?
  • Sensory receivers and the VAK learning modalities
  • Kolb’s learning cycle
  • The use of blended learning in successful training
Designing Training Programs
  • Conducting a needs analysis to identify skill gaps
  • Using the ADDIE model and the Kirpatrick model of evaluation
  • Creating effective session plans
The Trainer’s Toolbox
  • Games, icebreakers, energisers etc.
  • Ensuring your purpose and timing support your learning outcomes

This course is ideal for aspiring and experienced trainers, facilitators, and educators who want to enhance their skills in adult education. It is also suitable for managers, team leaders, and HR professionals tasked with delivering internal training sessions or developing employee capabilities.

  • This is 1-day program that can be delivered face-to-face or as a virtual program (MS Teams)

  • Comprehensive Training Materials
  • Interactive Sessions
  • Expert Guidance
  • Custom Presentation Development
  • Trainer's Toolbox
  • Certificate of Completion

Dont have your own laptop?

We have modern HP laptops available for hire!

HP EliteBook Touchscreen Tablet laptops (with mouse) (11 available)

  • Rental cost to client $95+GST per laptop + transport
  • Running Windows 11
  • Running Office 365
    • Word
    • Excel
    • PowerPoint
    • Outlook
    • OneNote
    • Added only if required - MS Project, MS Visio

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