Training the Trainers

Description

Come backstage! – This day will explore the processes underlying our inclusive training. We are often asked how we do what we do on our training days and in response we have put together this new training day. If you are looking to reinvigorate your approach to training this is the day for you.

Learning Objectives

• Learn new skills and processes that ensure your training is memorable and has lasting impact
• Learn the effective use of video, props and participation
• Be introduced to techniques that mean your listeners become learners
• Understand the role of graphic facilitation in your training sessions
• Explore the benefits of co-training

Course Content

Themes covered will include:

• Beginning the Day – how to ‘set the tone’ and create a safe atmosphere within the room. Beyond the ‘comfort zone’ – encouraging ‘stretch’ with reassurance
• Pacing your day – how to move beyond ‘lecturing’ your group, tools for injecting energy and keeping the group’s attention levels high throughout the day
• It’s all in the room – How to use the learners in front of you to bring your key messages alive
• Tools and Processes that encourage Participation and Listening – Community Rounds, Solution Circles, Visioning with your group, creative seating arrangements and when to use them
• Using ‘Props’ and other dramatic devices – the ‘Gargoyles’ and the ‘Champions’ of Change
• NEVER DIVE ALONE: Co-training – playing to each other’s strengths
• When feelings surface: Recognising and nurturing the emotion in the room – what to do with it
• “Yes but…” getting the best from the nay-sayers in your group
• Getting more from your ICT (PowerPoint is not the only fruit!) – small group master class will be held within the day, and for those not drawn to this there will be a….
• Graphics coaching session – how to use a BIG piece of paper and a handful of pens to create a memorable summary of your training day.
• Endings – how to end your day using the Community Slide Show and the Closing Circle of Reflection