1. Training Challenges For Monitors Darcy Miller

2. Training Challenges Welcome Topics:  Potential Training Challenges  Potential Solutions to Challenges

3. Training Challenges Obstacles to Good Training Events: Poor Preparation by Trainer Even though Team Nutrition is providing “packaged training”, you still need to become familiar with the materials; plan, setup and execute the event

4. Training Challenges Solutions to Poor Preparation  Event planning is crucial  Know your material—study, practice  Inform participants of goals / expectations  Plan for the training NOT to go perfectly  Market your event

5. Training Challenges Obstacles to Good Training Events: Resources not available or working What resources do you need? –Props –A/V equipment –Handouts –Event Location details –Flip chart, pens, etc.

6. Training Challenges Solutions to Resources not available or Working:  Make lists of what needs to be available and then check list periodically prior to training  Have alternate method of presentation “just in case” of equipment failure

7. Training Challenges Obstacles to Good Training Events: Diversity of Audience skills and attitude  Not everyone has same knowledge, skills or desire to learn

8. Training Challenges Solutions to Audience skills / Attitude diversity  Acknowledge diversity in the beginning.  Try to stay somewhere in the middle of audience skill level…not too simplified, not too advanced.

9. Training Challenges Obstacles to Good Training Events: You, the trainer, is new / nervous to training  You are not experienced in instructing group training  You are nervous about talking in front of large groups of people  You are afraid of looking silly/nervous

10. Training Challenges Solutions to Trainer Inexperience / nervousness  Prepare, Prepare, Prepare  Practice, Practice, Practice  Breathe, Breathe, Breathe  Identify, Identify, Identify

11. Training Challenges Cleansing Breath Exercise

12. Training Challenges Obstacles to Good Training Events: “Murphy gets Involved”  Murphy’s Law: If anything can go wrong, it will.”  Unplanned / unforeseen things WILL go wrong…

13. Training Challenges Solutions to “Murphy getting Involved”  Acknowledge this law  Don’t forget HUMOR when things go wrong…  Be as prepared as you can be…  Be flexible…

14. Training Challenges Activity Time!

15. Training Challenges 1.List 3 top potential training challenges you can foresee. 2.Discuss possible solutions to these challenges

16. Training Challenges Discussion Of Small Group List of potential training Challenges and Solutions

17. Training Challenges Rap Up  Prepare!!!  Practice!!!  Plan event details!!!  Breath!!!  You CAN DO IT!!! 

18. Training Challenges  Thank you!