Developing Training Design and Delivery Skills

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
31 May 2026 Abu Dhabi, UAE $ 3,900 Register
06 Sept 2026 Istanbul, Turkey $ 4,500 Register
15 Nov 2026 Al-Khobar, KSA $ 4,500 Register

Developing Training Design and Delivery Skills

Introduction

Trainers are the centrepiece of a memorable and successful training session. This course aims at providing trainers with the knowledge and skills required to design and deliver their training sessions. A trainer's journey on this course begins with an understanding of how adults learn and covers various learning styles, skills of trainers, various learning methods, activities and exercises, the designing of training programs and ends with the delivery of training.

Objectives

    This course will enable candidates to:

    • Identify and develop skills required in successful trainers.
    • List various adult learning principles and their implications on the delivery of training.
    • Examine training methods and determine the most appropriate for their training workshops.
    • Apply training models in the design and delivery of training programs.
    • Write specific Instructional Learning Objectives (ILOs).
    • Develop blueprints for training sessions.
    • Plan and deliver a training session relevant to their areas of expertise.
    • Participants are expected to come prepared with a 20-Minute PowerPoint training session on a business related topic. This training session will be improved during the program and delivered on the last day.

Training Methodology

The course uses a practical and hands-on approach. Participants will be asked to design and develop a mini training session and deliver it while being video-taped for playback and personal development purposes.

Who Should Attend?

Trainers, instructors and supervisors involved in classroom and on-the-job training, also all team leaders and managers middle & new to staff development & those new to the training role or with skills and experience to pass on to others.

Target Competencies

  • Training design and delivery
  • Presentation
  • Non-verbal communication
  • Verbal communication
  • Public speaking
  • Rapport building
  • Listening skills

Course Outline

Adult Learning and Learning Styles

  • Assumptions and principles of adult learning
  • Adult learning assumptions
  • Characteristics of the adult learner
  • What we know about adult learning
  • Adults' motivation to learn
  • Learning styles and their importance
  • Audience analysis
  • Research findings about learning
  • Implications for the trainer and the learner

Characteristics of Successful Trainers

  • Roles of a trainer
  • Characteristics of a good trainer
  • Your image
  • Asking the right questions
  • Building rapport with participants
  • Your listening skills
  • Facilitation skills
  • Dos and don’ts of successful trainers
  • Common facilitation techniques
  • Your role as a facilitator
  • The assertive or the aggressive trainer
  • Types of trainers

Training Methods, Activities and Exercises

  • From brainstorming to case studies
  • Advantages and disadvantages of different methods
  • Guidelines for choosing a training method
  • Types of interactive activities
  • General guidelines on developing activities
  • The element of creativity
  • Examples of icebreakers, energizers and review activities

Designing Training Programs

  • Characteristics of an effective training program
  • Importance of ILOs
  • Main elements of program design
  • The ROPES model
  • A 5 step model for creating terrific training sessions
  • Preparing an outline for a training session
  • Skeleton of a key point
  • Developing your opening
  • Tips for a memorable ending
  • Blueprint for a training session

Presenting and Delivering Effective Training

  • Tools available to trainers
  • Training facility set-up
  • Control of body language
  • Ways to get attention and maintain interest: the main Tabascos
  • Coping with problem participants
  • Delivery and critique of training sessions

Accreditation

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