Advanced facilitation and training skills in company programme

Great trainers are made, not born. A skill worth learning and learning to a high level.

Develop the best approach to be a high-quality trainer.

This course is offered an in company programme for between 4 and 8 people.

Imagine being able to:

Write training programmes that are engaging and exciting, as well as delivering on learning outcomes

• Manage complex learning content well, and deliver training that people love being part of
• Moving away from being a presenter of material, and towards being an activator of experiences

Accreditation awarded by the Institute of Leadership and Management

Use the latest brain friendly learning approaches

• Create cooperative learning experiences where everyone is fully engaged, all of the time
• Deliver training that delivers on outcome of content, learning and experience
• Be able to train equally well in a training room and online

Time commitments

This programme is:

4x ½ day webinars

• Follow up tutorial support, on demand

You will learn

What a brain friendly training experience is, and how to create one

• The skills and structures for planning short and long training programmes, on subjects that you specialise in
• Training delivery skills that ensure all learners participate, and that goals are met

By the end of this programme you will be a well-informed and highly skilled trainer, able to create rich and learning enhanced training experiences

Who this course is for

Previous candidates include:

Learning and development specialists

• Freelance trainers and coaches
• School leaders
• Managers who have opportunities to train regularly

Enquire today, to see if this is the right course for you, and to start using memory techniques in a practical, pro-active way

Never has there been more opportunity to create great training experiences. And yet, most people who go on training courses report that they were average, at best!

There are great trainers, and great ways to train. Now, more than ever, is the time to learn the skills, the structures and the opportunities that will help you become a great, facilitative trainer

This programme is designed specifically for people who want to give their training programmes more than a simple facelift. It is for those who want to develop, and embed, high quality training skills that allows them to deliver great experiences, every time.

It is suitable for seasoned and new trainers, for people who train occasionally or who train every day

Key features

• 2 day webinars
• Small group – maximum of 16 people
• Highly practical and participative approach
• Thriving alumni community, to continue your learning

Course outcomes

On completion of this programme, you will be able to

• Structure training programmes using both brain friendly and cooperative learning approaches
• Design learning experiences that promote equal participation by all and full engagement at all times
• Apply your advanced training knowledge to subjects that are straightforward or complex

Course content

The course content for this programme includes:

What constitutes a rich learning experience

• How to adopt a brain friendly learning approach
• How to create a cooperative learning environment
• Avoiding classic training pitfalls (over talking, disengagement, unproductive groupwork….)
• Designing individual activities, full training sessions and long-term training programmes
• Transferring the learning experience into long-term change for the participants
• Adapting training materials to the online webinar environment without a loss of engagement

Our approach

All training needs to be participative, active, and focussed on outcomes for the learner. And especially this course! This means that our webinars are always:

Rich

• Full of activities
• With opportunities to reflect personally
• And without long, long lectures!

This webinar series is designed to do two things at once - teach the core content, and also demonstrate what a rich learning environment looks, sounds, and feels like.

Your course tutor

Charlie Warshawski has been involved in training since the 1980s! As a young hotel manager, he was responsible for on and off the job training, on many functional tasks.

For the last 20 years his focus has been on delivering training in his areas of professional expertise. When employed in schools, he delivered workshops for students of all ages. And since qualifying as a coach in 2007 he has delivered thousands of hours of coach training.

Charlie has undertaken many trains the trainer accredited programmes, including:

Kagan Cooperative Learning

• Mind Gym facilitation
• Kaizen Brain Friendly Learning

According to Charlie “great trainers do two things. They become the expert in their subject or skill. And then they learn how to teach it well. This applies across the board, from schoolteachers to sports trainers, technical trainers to personal skills trainers. It is not enough to just be a subject expert. Or to just be a great trainer. The combination of the two is what gives the learner a great experience”

This programme is suitable for those who are new to training, or experienced trainers. Candidates on previous programmes include:

• Learning and development specialists
• HR managers and leaders
• Freelance trainers and facilitators
• School teachers and leaders

The course content is differentiated so that everyone’s needs get met, and everyone learns new and fresh approaches.

There are no pre-requisites for enrolling on this programme.

It is helpful if you have the opportunity to run training courses in the time between our webinar sessions, to put some of the learning and activities into practice

Becoming a highly skilled and accredited trainer is hugely valuable for both employed and self-employed people. The doors that can be opened for you after this programme include:

• Career advancement for learning and development specialists
• Career advancement for managers who have the opportunity to deliver training periodically

Offers of freelance employment from training organisations