Training Trainers

Have you noticed? The best trainers make thorough preparation, exciting presentations, and complete follow-up actions that seem effortless.

Whether you 're a training specialist, a human resources professional, or a manager who trains, you can too master the up-to-date methods and strategies it takes to become a first-rate trainer. You could try to wade through reams of information, research and publications, distilling it to meet your particular needs; or you could attend this one-day seminar and learn the pertinent training techniques, with practical tips, that you can apply immediately in your place of employment.

Seminar Overview

The Assessment Phase

1. Effective training needs analysis. Identifying training needs early before deficiencies reach crisis level.
2. Indicators of a need for training (organizational, task and individual analysis)
3. Identifying the needs of adult learners Cand tailor your training for maximum effectiveness
4. Justifying and selling your training objectives and developing training proposals that win the support of management and employees.

Implementation Phase

1. Selecting the most appropriate training methods.
2. Introduction to the most common barriers to learning, and how trainers can avoid them.
3. Motivating people and encouraging them want to learn.
4. Dealing with problem trainees ( Aresistors @ and Aknow-it-alls").
5. Judging how to Apace @ the program: Know when to Aspeed up @ and when to Aslow down. @
6. Developing better materials and course books that will reinforce learning long after the training program ends.
7. Relating course materials to participants to their own personal experiences.
8. Enhancing the learning experience by developing team spirit among participants.

Evaluation Phase

1. Assessing training effectiveness. A systematic approach to measuring training results.

Other Training Issues

1. How to increase involvement in training programs throughout your organization, from top to bottom.
2. An overview of the benefits of new employee orientation and the adverse consequences when it is not properly done.
3. Training on a budget: Learn about cost effective ideas for quality training

To find out more about Training the Trainer contact Dr. J. T. Tisdale at jtisdale@bus.olemiss.edu or by phone (662) 915-6708.