Human Resources

Management and Staff Development

Train the Trainer (including Effective Presentations)

Target Audience

This learning activity is for those who are involved in designing and delivering training to others and those who carry out presentations to staff and students.  Workshop 1 (0.5 day) is suitable for participants who get involved in designing training and Workshop 2 (1 day) is suitable for participants who deliver and/or present information, training and/or learning events.

Outline

Workshop 1 is half a day and designed for those who assist with the design as well as the delivery of training.  It covers:

  • Understanding the learning cycle
  • Working with different learning styles
  • Writing aims and objectives
  • Structuring a learning event
  • Training aids

Workshop 2 is a full day which builds on the first workshop and the focus is on presentation and delivery skills.  It covers:

  • How adults learn
  • Facilitating/delivering a learning event
  • Individual practice and feedback
  • Handling difficult situations
  • Evaluating training
  • Action planning

The aims of the workshop are to build your skills and confidence so, through your training programmes and learning events, your colleagues also develop their skills and ultimately the University improves its performance.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this workshop, participants will:

  • Have reviewed the skills and knowledge required to improve the design, delivery and evaluation of their training and learning events
  • Be able to facilitate and maximise learning for others by understanding and demonstrating working with different learning styles
  • Have practised delivery and facilitating training in a safe environment and have received feedback from others on their delivery and facilitation style
  • Have reviewed a variety of theoretical and practical approaches to training to help them develop their personal delivery and presenting skill set
  • Have demonstrated effectiveness in designing and delivering training sessions

Pre-Event Preparation 

Delegates will be asked to do some pre-reading and prepare a training session.

Format

Interactive and participative, including presentations to camera.

Presenter(s)

Management and Staff Development Advisers

Delegate Feedback:

  • Very useful training programme, some helpful suggestions and information
  • I really enjoyed these two days and felt I learnt a lot.  The collective support from the whole group was much appreciated.
  • Thoroughly enjoyable and informative
  • Excellent course - very supportive group, great to do over 2 days
  • A very well structured, well thought out, stimulating course

Click here for the Management and Staff Development calendar with all available dates. 

To book a place on this event, please e-mail msd@port.ac.uk