Any other year, I'd be on the family ski holiday right now. But alas, this year it's not to be for obvious reasons. Even though I'm not a great skier, I do love our week away and being in the mountains. It energises me physically and mentally, and I draw inspiration from it, as I...
Recording of the Lunch n learn Session on 31st January 2020, where we discuss how to ensure learning transfers to the workplace Watch the Recording Download the slides Download the Handout This content is only available to logged in users. If you would like to become a member of the Training Designer's Club, you can...
There are many factors that affect learning transfer - some are within our control and some aren't. We have a duty as learning designers to do what we can to make transfer easier. This booklet of handy practical tips to help you to design training that will maximise the likelihood of it being transferred to......
Can be used as a general energiser, but particularly relevant to train the trainer or similar workshops where you want to illustrate that getting people actively involved brings better results than just telling, e.g. change management. DOWNLOAD THE EXERCISE This content is only available to logged in users. If you would like to become a...
Asking people to complete some pre-course work before a live event is valuable at so many levels. It makes sure that everyone completing the training all have a common starting point, and certain assumptions can reasonably be made during the training. It helps to get delegates into the right mindset for learning and introduces some......
Lots of training fails NOT because it isn’t well written or properly researched, but because we don’t spend long enough thinking about the transfer of learning. Transfer of learning is vital – if we can’t transfer what’s covered in the training back to the workplace, then everyone has wasted their time. The problem with transfer......
Designing training is a core skill of good trainers, yet it is one that is not often given proper attention. When learning to be a trainer almost all development is focussed on delivery skills, and design is somehow expected to be ‘picked up’. Many experienced trainers may also feel that, because they know their subject......
We believe that the purpose of training is to enable people to do their jobs better: more competently, confidently, efficiently or effectively. And it’s the Training Manager’s job to create or provide programmes that do that in an engaging, timely and cost-effective way. However, that isn’t always easy. To design training that people want to......
