Differences Between Facilitators & Trainers – 4 Reasons Why You Should Never Use “Facilitator and Trainer” Interchangeably
Probably not — But your clients are going to do it anyway. And that’s the real problem. Corporate culture is…
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Posts Tagged: Train-The-Trainer
Train-the-Trainer: The Ultimate Instructor Development Workshop for Corporate Trainers
Take a survey of any training department, and chances are 90% of the staff members never intended to work in…
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Tools of the Trade: What To Include In Your Training Room
Walking into a training room for the first time always reminds me of a new home or condo before the…
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How to Take Dry Content and Make It an Interesting Training Experience
Think about the most memorable training experience you ever attended. Now focus on one or two lessons that you took…
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How To Start A Training Session With A Bang!
Why settle for breaking the ice when you can start your training session with a BANG! What do you see…
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How To Assess Yourself & Your Training Delivery Skills
When we hold a Train-the-Trainer Workshop, participants have multiple opportunities to practice their training/facilitation skills in a variety of assignments….
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The Trainer’s Tool Everyone Loves to Hate: The Facilitator Guide
You wouldn’t think that facilitator guides would be a particularly controversial topic. Maybe controversial is too strong a word. Let’s…
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How To Survive Disruptive Training Participants Who Think They Are Hostages
Every time a trainer walks into a new training session, they know they will be greeted by four distinct groups…
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Questioning Skills For Corporate Trainers: Do You Agree: There’s No Such Thing As A Dumb Question?
In the 2007 Ms. Teen USA pageant, South Carolina Teen Caitlin Upton, who was a finalist for the title, was…
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Training Room Design Layout: How To Successfully Setup A Room For Adult Learning
At my elementary school, every single room looked exactly the same: The teacher’s desk was centered in front of a…
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How Communication Styles Affect Your Training Delivery
It was the first day of a five-day training course. Andy had just completed an overview of what the participants…
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How to Design Training That Sticks
Even if you haven’t ridden a bike for a couple of decades, once you know how to ride one, the…
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How To Engage Participants In Training & Meetings
In May 2015, the headlines shouted, “You now have an attention span shorter than a Goldfish.” It turns out since…
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Ice-Breakers For Meetings & Training Classes: Providing Value…or Just A Game?
Do a google search for ice-breakers for training and you’ll find hundreds of them. The question is: are ice-breakers necessary?…
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How To Handle Training Difficult & Disruptive Participants
The participants were going around the room sharing a 30-second introduction of themselves. About halfway through, it was “Jim’s* turn.”…
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Training Delivery Tips for New Trainers: How To Add Value to Training
Ask anyone who has attended workshops and they can give you a list of what makes a good training session……
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The Dead AA Battery Could Sink Your Training Session
(Every Facilitator Needs A Toolkit) You’ve planned and prepared for the content, information and activities that you are going to…
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Ice Breakers For Training Delivery: Think Of Them As Your First Impression
Icebreakers are one of the most misused and misunderstood elements of a workshop. Sometimes they are funny. Sometimes complicated. Sometimes…
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