Course Content Overview: The following are topics that will be covered in this two-day workshop. This seminar will allow you to experience, analyze, and apply information that you learn through the modules below.
Module One: The Power of CORE
ü Recognize how to use CORE for participant-centered success
ü Explain effective use of CORE
ü Select specific CORE to use first
Effective Closers: Important for the Future
· Discuss why trainers almost NEVER close, but should
· Uncover one thing trainers do that should NEVER be done at the end of a program
· Examine why one of the LAST things done in a program should be done FIRST
· Apply three tests of effective closers
· Six powerful closers
Effective Openings: The Key to Success
· Discuss why an effective opening is critical
· Identify strategies to get people mentally and physically in the room
· Distinguish the difference between openers and icebreakers
· Examine why icebreakers should NEVER be used
· Describe six keys to an effective opener
· List ten "60-second" quick openers
Effective Revisiters and Energizers
· Discuss how to apply current research on learning
· Integrate memory and learning-seven things you need to know
· Recognize eight dynamic attention-getters/energizers that will keep your participants focused and learning
· Examine rules for revisiting and energizing audiences
· Distinguish optimal timing and placement for revisiters and energizers
· Summarize seven powerful transitions that increase audience buy-in and participation
· Collect six powerful ways to revisit and reinforce content
· Review practical applications of methods discussed
Module Two: Instructor-Led, Participant-Centered Training
ü Experience how learner-centered engagement is superior to lecture-based instruction
ü Recognize how to use media in a learner centered fashion
ü Articulate how the different IL/PC models work
Retention and Learning: What it's All About
· Label the Presentation-Training-Facilitation continuum
· Discuss Instructor-Led, Participant-Centered training
· Recognize Pike's Five Laws of Adult Learning
Participant-Centered Learning Models
· Experiment with "chunking" your content using the CPR method
· Name the three stages of social learning
· Examine the EAT method
· Describe the four levels of learning (AFCM)
6 Critical Steps for Increasing the Impact of Your Current Content
· Employ the CPR process
· Examine how to prioritize your content: need to know, nice to know, where to go
· Utilize the 90/20/8 rule
· Apply the CORE elements to your content
· Develop transfer strategies
Blended Learning
· Discuss benefits and cautions of blended learning
· Define the elements of blended learning
· Acquire basic blended learning terminology
Module Three - Instructional Design
ü Examine the eight steps to the design process
ü Identify ways to add variety to your training
ü Explore teaching across multiple generations
Needs Assessment: Doing the Right Thing
· Satisfy three key groups with your design and delivery
· Apply the KILI formulas for sound design and transfer
· Decide your aim by examining the four domains of learning
Learner Motivation: Without it, They are Lost
· Examine how to keep them learning after you stop teaching
· Illustrate 11 ways to motivate adults to apply and transfer what they have learned
Generational Differences: Teaching Across Four Generations
· Discuss the motivation and learning trends of four generations
· Identify 13 participant-centered strategies that work for everyone
· Assemble communication and behavior tips and tricks
Choosing Instructional Methods: Not Just One Answer
· Discover 54 alternatives to lecture
Lesson Application
· Explain the two radio stations all participants listen to and how to get them to tune-in to your content
· Structure action plans-make sure they put it all to work
· Create a 30- 60- 90-day action/accountability plan
· Develop a transfer strategy to ensure application
· Generate an effective evaluation process
Module Four: The Learning Environment
ü Examine an environment where learning takes place
ü Identify methods to prevent difficult behavior
ü Discover ways to increase participant responsibility
Classroom Management: Creating an Environment Where Learning Takes Place
· Examine physical room arrangement
· Encourage participant-set standards and norms (Hint: they will be much tougher than yours)
· Apply tools to deal with difficult participants
· Nine considerations of the learning environment and how they impact your design/delivery
Applying the Creative Training Techniques Approach to Specific Situations: It's the Same But…
• Computer training
• Technical training
• E-Learning
