Top Ten Tips for Trainers Richard Faint’s Top Ten Tips for Trainers

Background Get more from less Managers become trainers and facilitators Outcomes owned by the participants Video

1 – Build Confidence 3 C’s Content Context Clarity Visualisation Video

2 – Train or Facilitate? Inputs vs outputs What do you do? What do they do? Video

3 – Identify the ‘meat’ Core activity = success Consider ‘energy curve’ Video

4 - Use your voice Warm it up Use dynamics Warm your lips! Video

5 – Opening Presentation Provides focal point Use visualisation eg Three balloons Blue = Intro Red = Success Green = linkage/ice breaker Video

6 – ‘Getting buy in’ Icebreaker Use pairs Expectations? Flip chart responses Video

7 – Use stories (and details) Pictures = emotion Stories = connection Details = credibility Video

8 – Running the session Inputs go faster Groups go slower Avoid ‘timewasters’ Plan breaks Video

9 - Connect Use people’s names Share experiences Use their words Video

10 - Endings Allow time for plans Identify ‘early wins’ Use ‘rising threes’ Use ‘You... I... You’ Video

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Activity Identify three methods or things that you could introduce/work on to make a training session more effective Change groups Review and create two or three more that are not on your list Feedback