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    Advanced Skills for the Practical Trainer

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    Behind every spectacular training session is a lot of preparation and meticulous attention to detail. The truly skilled trainer can make a program exciting. The learners will have fun while they are learning if the facilitator is able to involve their emotions as well as their minds. You will see the involvement, and you will feel the energy.

    To reach this stage as an adult educator isn’t always easy, but success isn’t just for the naturally gifted. It is possible for all of us who put effort into our personal growth and development. We want the enormous satisfaction that comes from working with others to help them reach their potential as human beings. This three-day workshop will help you reach that goal.

    This workshop requires that you have a good understanding of basic training principles, including adult learning concepts, Mainstream Corporate Training’s experiential learning cycle, training methods, and designing a learning sequence. We strongly recommend completing Mainstream Corporate Training’s  “The Practical Trainer” workshop before taking this course.

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    Learning Objectives

    Objectives for this workshop include:

    • Enhance your understanding of learning styles and how to accommodate all four learning styles in the classroom
    • Understand the key principles of effective communication in a workshop setting
    • Use a variety of training techniques to stimulate participation
    • Develop a plan and prepare for an effective training session
    • Understand the different levels of evaluation and when to use each
    • Understand how and when to add fun and humor to your training session
    • Identify advanced interventions for difficult situations
    • Practice the skills needed for a team presentation

    COURSE OUTLINE (click for details)

    Preparing to Learn

    To begin, participants will explore what they want out of this workshop.

    Understanding Learning

    Next, participants will talk about the role of the facilitator and the top skills a trainer needs.

    Competencies for Adult Educators

    This session will give participants a profile of the gaps between where they are now and where they need to be in order to perform their role efficiently.

    Accommodating Learning Preferences

    Next, participants will review Kolb’s experiential learning cycle and how it fits in with different learning styles.

    Increasing Your Expertise

    This session will explore three basic ideas about adults in a learning context. Participants will also look at the workshop from a designer’s perspective.

    Using Existing Materials

    In this session, participants will learn about using customizable course material to give them a head start, copyright concerns, and how to over-plan to ensure success.

    Managing the Stress of Training

    During this session, participants will learn ways to manage their stress and that of trainees.

    Planning a Workshop

    Next, participants will receive a brief introduction to planning and preparing a workshop.

    Visual Aids

    This session will cover some basic kinds of visual aids and encourage participants to determine if, how, and when they want to use each type.

    Your Role as an Effective Communicator

    During this session, participants will learn how to communicate effectively as a facilitator or trainer.

    Questioning as a Training Technique

    This session will explain how good questioning skills can make anyone a better trainer.

    Kirkpatrick’s Levels of Evaluation

    Next, participants will explore the four levels of evaluation, including samples for each type. Then, participants will develop their own evaluation for their training session at the end of the workshop.

    On-the-Job Support

    During this session, participants will explore why on-the-job support is so important after training has taken place, and what they can do to encourage it.

    Dealing with Difficult Situations

    This session will give participants some tools for dealing with common training problems.

    Training in Different Forums

    Next, participants will explore some different forums for training, including virtual formats.

    Team Teaching

    Next, participants will talk about co-facilitation.

    Training Preparation and Presentations

    The bulk of the third day will be spent preparing, presenting, and evaluating team training sessions.

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    Our high impact and interactive training programs have been skillfully researched and are designed to provide each participant with powerful, specific tools and knowledge. If any participant feels that they did not receive great value, effective tools or skills, they are asked to contact our customer satisfaction department. We will honour a 70% refund to the individual who has expressed (in writing) the reason for their dissatisfaction.  We believe that if you have not received what we have promised to deliver, then you are entitled to a refund.

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    ONLINE LEARNING

    Learning at your convenience.
    If time, geography, or just about any thing else is standing between you and the learning your want or need; our Online Learning may be the perfect solution. Designed for convenience and impact, we have broken down our training topics into simple sessions and sections that provide you the opportunity to start, stop and resume your learning -from anywhere, at any time. Now you get to decide where and when the right time is to expand your knowledge and skills.

    $425.00 USD

    IN-PERSON

    LIVE TRAINING

    Delivering a traditional training experience -in-person or virtually!
    Hands down Live Training is our most popular and requested format, whether on-site, virtual classroom, or as a lunch & learn. Participants are engaged in an interactive experience with the trainer and other participating team members. Live training sessions range from a single day to a multi-part or ongoing training series. Whichever your choice, Mainstream will craft and tailor your experience to ensure it is specific, relevant and unique to your team. Something you certainly will Not receive is a pre-formatted, pre-scripted, one-size fits all training experience. We know that every team has unique learning needs and situations, therefore your training should be too. Our free program customization service aims to meet unique or custom training needs. Why settle for a program that gives you almost what you need; our team thrives on giving you Exactly what you need.
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    In Person Training

    The traditional classroom style of training remains our Most Popular and Most Requested format.  On-site training provides participants with an in-person facilitator who will work directly with the team, whether for a single training session or a training series.  The Mainstream team will craft and tailor your experience to ensure that your training session is specific, relevant and unique to your audience while meeting your learning objectives. Why settle for ‘pre-formatted, pre-scripted, one-size fits all’ training programs, when our team is able to customize a program that is just right for you?  We know that every team has unique learning needs, situations and that they come from a variety of industries, each having unique customer needs and demands.  Our programs can be scaled to accommodate time restraints, unique learning needs and even industry or company nuances and barriers.

    Don’t settle for a program that gives you almost what you need; our team wants to give you Exactly what you need.

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    Virtual Room

    Delivering traditional onsite training results …virtually!

    We’ve officially changed the rules and redefined what is possible in the world of soft skills learning. Our unique technology, accompanied by honed delivery methodology, have successfully replicated the traditional classroom-style training environment, allowing it to exist online.

    Most online training solutions limit participants’ responses to keystrokes or to single person conversations because -with inferior technology- group discussions become distorted and confusing to follow.  Our Virtual Room has eliminated those barriers and encourages learning through meaningful instructor feedback, skills modelling and engaging group discussion, without visual or audio distortion

    The Virtual Room is for any organization seeking a flexible substitute to traditional onsite training; whether to lower costs, eliminate unnecessary travel or to simply ease the burden of demanding work schedules.

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    Lunch & Learn

    A Lunch and Learn session is an onsite or virtual learning program with a facilitator-led session sharing valuable information and skills on an area of identified learning interest.  It’s a great break away from a traditional training program, allowing your team the opportunity to learn while enjoying their lunch. Due to the limited time, the program focuses on specific learning concepts and skills.   It is an interactive session that quickly targets and reveals learning objectives that are predetermined by the training organizer.   Lunch & Learn sessions are also great as a training series, providing progressive learning programs for developing skills in a ‘bite-sized’ format.

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    In today’s workplace, trying to coordinate a single day or location for a group can be a challenge and at times costly. We understand that the needs of our clients are varied so we have made accessing interactive learning as convenient as a click of a button. From single to multi-person registrations this option has provided convenience for many; a live webinar or prescheduled workshop may offer the perfect solution.
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