Developing and Presenting Successful Training for Non-Training Professionals

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 business skills courses: Emotional Intelligence, Presentation Skills, and Basics of Effective Communication.

Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Hardware Requirements

• Pentium 90 MHz or higher processor, or Macintosh PowerPC.
• Screen resolution of 800 x 600 set to 256 colors.
• CD-ROM drive.

Software Requirements

• Windows® 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP Home Edition, or Windows XP Professional.
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 5.0x, 5.5, 6.0; or Netscape Navigator (excluding 6.0 and 6.1).
• Microsoft® Office Word.
• Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® 6.0 or higher; Apple® QuickTime® 5.0 or higher; Macromedia® Flash® Player 6.0.79 or higher; or Macromedia® Shockwave® 7.0.2, 8.0, 8.5, 8.5.1 or higher.
• Turn off pop-up blocking (Windows XP with Service Pack 2 Internet Explorer users only).

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