Training of Trainers (5 days)

How to design, deliver and follow-up a training course

Next Course

• 25 - 29 November 2013, Geneva, Switzerland
  

Registration and course fees*

Registration and payment deadline: 18 November 2013. Early bird fee available for payments until 25 September 2013.

Early bird fee / Full fee :

• Non-OECD: CHF 1220 / 1420
• OECD: CHF 1510 / 1760

*This course is subsidised with CHF 750 by the Chèque Annuel de Formation (CAF), available for individuals living and paying their taxes in and around the canton of Geneva. CAF students benefit from the Early bird fee at any time of the course registration. More info here.

Above fees are in Swiss francs (CHF) and include tuition, training materials and handouts, lunch and coffee breaks, and a course certificate.

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10% discount for returning students (within 12 months since the last course) or additional course participants from same organisation.

To register, please fill in the online registration form, or download the form and send it to us by email. For further inquiries, please contact us.

Course overview

Click here to download the course leaflet (PDF format).

Knowing a subject is not enough to train on it. Training adults requires specific competencies. This course provides methods and tools to ensure efficient learning processes. It focuses on adult learning principles, and includes all stages of the learning cycle:

• Training needs assessment
• Methods, techniques and tools to properly design and deliver a training course
• Training course follow-up.

This course gives the opportunity for each participant to practice methods and tools.

This course is also available in French. Ce cours peut également être animé en français.

Who should attend

The course will benefit in particular:

• Trainers
• Heads of training units
• Human resources managers and other managers involved in training

How you and your organisation will benefit - Learning Objectives

At the end of the course, participants have understood the basics of adult learning and are able to train a group in full respect of the methods, techniques and tools for adult learning.

Participants are able to identify training needs, to design a training session and to ensure a proper follow-up of a course both for the clients (evaluation) and for the trainees (knowledge transfer).

Course programme

The training course is based on a series of modules, which can be adapted to the requirements of the course participants. The emphasis is put on practice and exercises rather than on presentations:

• Group-work
• Brainstorming
• Questions and answers
• Role play
• Simulation
• Short presentations

Day 1 1. Concepts of adult learning

• Adult Learning Cycle
• Principles / notions of adult learning
• The role of a trainer

2. Delivering a training course

• How to start a course
• Reasons and rules for "morning recap"

Day 2+3 2. Delivering a training course (cont.)

• Course Methods, Techniques and Tools
• Facilitating discussions
• Dealing with all trainees
• Conducting end of course evaluation
• Practical exercises: Preparing and delivering a session

Day 4 3. Designing a training course

• How to do a Training Needs Assessment (TNA): Concept and tools
• Defining objectives and course structure

Day 5 4. Course follow-up

• Learning evaluation
• Knowledge transfer evaluation
• Evaluation of course outcome

Individual consultation

As a participant, you can obtain an individual consultation from one of the trainers during the course on how to further develop a project of your own.