How to be an Effective Trainer

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How to be an Effective Trainer
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Presentation Outline

• Roles as a trainer
• Impediments to training
• Overcoming training anxieties
• Training development process

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What is a Trainer?

• A facilitator
• A designer
• A networker
• A quality manager

• An organizer
• A researcher
• An actor
• An assessor
• A motivator

Roles
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Impediments to Training

• Lack of trainers
• Lack of management support
• Lack of preparation
• Training materials not available

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Training Anxieties

• What will I say next?
• What if they know more than I know?
• Do I have everything that I need?
• How much longer to go?

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Anxieties to Constructive Activity

• What are my objectives?
• What do the trainees already know?
• Have I chosen the right method for presentation?
• Will my visual aids have sufficient impact?
• How will I know if the training session has been
  successful?

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What makes people learn?

• If they will be affected by materials
• If there is process for application
• Related to prior personal experience
• Repetition

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Adult Learners

• Adults are
• autonomous and self-directed
• have a wealth of life experiences and knowledge
• goal-oriented
• relevancy-oriented
• practical

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To Organize Our Training

• The exchange of information must be facilitated
• It must be put together with the trainees in mind
• Materials must be appropriate and understandable
• It needs to be supported by organizations
• The process must be taken seriously

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Training Development Process A Stepwise Approach

• Assess training needs
• Determine target audience
• Develop course content
• Deliver material
• Evaluate effectiveness

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Assess Training Needs

• Requires a planning process
• Methods
• surveys
• interviews
• focus groups
• Involve key stakeholders

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Determine Target Audience

• Who will benefit?
• New employees
• Operators of new equipment or technology
• Those appropriate to receive the information
• Those who want the information
• May identify themselves
• May be assigned to training

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Develop Course Content

• Select an appropriate delivery mode
• Assure information is appropriate
• materials must be relevant to the training
• materials must be up-to-date
• language is appropriate
• Use available resources
• training aids
• literature
• the Internet

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Deliver Course Content

• Be Prepared
• Site
• Deliver training in an interesting manner
• Be creative
• Include participatory activities
• Deliver in time available
• Offer opportunity for feedback
• Provide resources to trainees

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Planning Obtaining Feedback

• Use methods to evaluate
• Likes and dislikes
• Increase in knowledge
• If goals and objectives were achieved
• Evaluations should be planned to assess
• Application in practice
• Impact

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Summary 6 Ps of Preparation

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• roper
• reparation
• ractice
• revent
• oor
• erformance

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Message

• Everybody is a trainer
• There is a process to think through before you
  train anyone else