Train the Trainer

Effective Facilitation Skills

How do you successfully communicate your message and ideas to others? What do you need to do to get your colleagues enthusiastic about what you've learned? Reporting back and teaching newly learned knowledge or skills is a challenge to every company representative. "Train the Trainer" gives you the methods to successfully communicate your message to others.

Course Duration: Two days

Course Outline:

Unit 1: Powerful Preparation

Preparation is fundamental for the success of any group session.

  • Knowing your subject: the core message
  • Outcomes: knowledge, skills, attitudes
  • Planning activities
  • Time effectiveness
  • Using technology

Unit 2: Understanding your Group

Sensitivity to the needs of your group makes your message accessible.

  • Individuals' backgrounds and learning styles
  • Making the message interesting to the group
  • Limitations of any situation

Unit 3: Attention Grabbers

Involving group members in your sessions generates enthusiasm and a desire to learn.

  • games
  • roleplay
  • scenarios
  • discussion
  • debate

Unit 4: Illuminator

Reaching every group member is the sign of success. Illuminating your message makes it accessible to all.

  • Introductions and conclusions
  • Summarising your message

Unit 5: The Facilitator in Action

  • Implementing newly learned skills
  • Developing your own style

Unit 6: Teaching vs Facilitation

Knowing which style to use and when is a valuable skill.

  • Teaching
  • Facilitation
  • Choosing your style

Unit 7: The Facilitator in Action: Scenarios

  • Implementing newly learned skills
  • Developing your own style

Unit 8: Confidence Boosters

Strategies to increase confidence.

  • Difficult situations and nerves
  • Subject knowledge
  • Positivity
  • Handling Q&A sessions

Unit 9: Self Awareness

Improve your communication style. Skilled communicators reach their groups. Important aspects of communication are body language and voice.

  • Body language
  • Voice
  • Barriers to effective communication

Unit 10: Assessing your Success

Steps to finding out if your message has been successful.

  • Questioning techniques

Unit 11: The Facilitator in Action

  • Implementing newly learned skills
  • Developing your own style

Accreditation

Ingwe Corporate Training is an accredited provider with the Services SETA (SETQAA Decision number 1994). All courses are aligned to current unit standards.