Developing and Presenting Successful Training for Non-Training Professionals

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Course Specifications

Course number: 088478
Course length: 1.0 day(s)

Course Description

You may have spent years honing your skills and developing expertise in a subject area. Your colleagues recognize the depth of your knowledge and your keen ability to zero in on problems and elegantly resolve them. But now you've been thrust into a training role—you are not only required to exercise your skills, but communicate your knowledge to others. For many who assume a training role, that transition is not easy. Training involves a specific set of skills that an expert in a particular field may not possess. In this course, you will learn how to develop and present successful training.

Course Objective: You will develop and present successful training.

Target Student: Anyone expected to provide training to an audience, especially those who may not have previous training experience.

Prerequisites: To profit the most from this course, you should be familiar with common word processing and presentation software packages. In addition, you should consider completing the following Element K business skills courses: Emotional Intelligence, Presentation Skills, and Basics of Effective Communication.

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• identify the training needs of your audience and the business requirements of your sponsor.
• develop your training.
• present your training.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Identifying the Training Needs

Topic 1A: Establish the Training Charter
Topic 1B: Perform a Needs Analysis

Lesson 2: Creating Content

Topic 2A: Develop Classroom Content
Topic 2B: Write Engaging Instructional Material
Topic 2C: Develop Activities
Topic 2D: Develop Assessments
Topic 2E: Develop Visuals

Lesson 3: Presenting Your Training

Topic 3A: Assess Your Strengths as a Trainer
Topic 3B: Present Your Classroom Training
Topic 3C: Manage Your Classroom Training
Topic 3D: Present Your Remote Training
Topic 3E: Improve Your Training

Appendix A: Activity: Establishing Your Training Charter

Appendix B: Needs Analysis Report Template

Appendix C: Sample Training Outline

Appendix D: Activity: Writing Engaging Instructional Material

Appendix E: Activity: Developing Activities

Appendix F: Activity: Presenting Your Training

Appendix G: Activity: Presenting Your Remote Training