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Best Practices for Writing Training Objectives

Training objectives describe what the participant in the workshop should be able to do when the training is complete. Training objectives seem to be easy to write, but they take considerable thought and practice to get right each time. For any workshop I’m developing, I don’t write training objectives once and forget about them. Rather, […]

Performing Needs Assessments

Prior to Developing the Training Content

Too often trainers who develop content for their clients forget about the importance of the needs assessment. A needs assessment helps you to evaluate skills gaps (the needs of those attending the training) so that you can develop training to specifically meet the needs of the participants in the […]

Kick off the Workshop Right: A Training Best Practice

Get them excited about learning immediately

Too often facilitators get into the classroom and immediately start off the workshop session by having participants introduce themselves and then getting started on the curriculum. Not necessarily the worst approach you can take. But how about trying this the next time you walk into the classroom to facilitate […]

Best Practices in Facilitating Discussions during Workshops

One activity in workshops that takes significant facilitation skills are discussions. I have found that discussions are a great way to get the workshop participants to apply their past experiences, work through case studies and solve problems; not to mention build their skills in working in a team environment. However, unless well facilitated, discussions will […]

Using Learning Styles Effectively in Developing Workshops

Learning styles include perceptual learning differences, learning time differences, and information process differences. For this article, we are going to focus on perceptual learning differences which is most common.

Perceptual learning differences include:

Visual learners: learn by reading and viewing, visually oriented Auditory learners: learn by hearing and speaking, need to clarify what they are […]