Common Mistakes when Designing Training
So many people think that good content makes a good training session. But you can ruin good content if you make these common mistakes when designing or delivering a training session.
Training Design: Always the Bridesmaid
Most learning and development professionals don’t enjoy training design, which is a shame, as without good design, delivery would suffer. This article shares 5 reasons why this might be, and how you can learn to love it a little more.
Subject Matter Experts as Trainers
Using subject matter experts can be a great way to develop knowledge and skills in others. But it can also spell disaster. Knowledge is only a small part of what’s needed to train and inspire others. Here’s how we can support them and harness their genius for good.
Can you REALLY design training for others to deliver?
So many trainers and facilitators feel that only THEY can deliver a course. Whilst it’s natural to feel attached to something you created, being able to pass it on to others is essential to minimise risk and encourage agility and growth. And it’s all in the training is designed.
Is it Ready Yet?
One of the biggest reasons that people don’t enjoy training design as much as they should, is that they don’t know when its finished. This blog aims to provide some insight and a short checklist to help you to gauge whether you’ve finished your design or not.
Retro Training Design
As you know, I’m a great believer in doing proper training design before running an event. There are many reasons for this – even when designing for yourself – which I’ve mentioned before (Here’s a quick recap). But even the very best design doesn’t guarantee things will run perfectly, OR that you’ll run an event…
Is this perfect design?
I’ve spoken before about by Pump-Action Dandelion Destroyer. (Proper name the Fiskars Xact Weed Puller). It brings me so much joy – and that’s because it is such a joy to use! Any why is it such a joy? Because it’s perfectly designed for the job it’s meant to do. It’s designed to pull out…
Are we hung up on semantics?
The L&D community has a very specific vocabulary, as all professions do. But (like all professions) we need to speak the language of our customers, NOT expect them to be fluent in ours if we want to influence and inspire them.
Neither do they need to know what happens behind the scenes, so why do so many L&D people expect learners to understand?
10 Reasons to Design Training in Detail
Great training doesn’t just happen. No matter how good a facilitator you are, you can’t magic up an effective training workshop that delivers results on a few scant notes. Great training is properly designed, even if you’re going to deliver yourself. Here are 10 reasons why it’s important.
Designing Training for Other Facilitators
It’s risky asking other trainers to deliver on your behalf or employing associates: How can they even come close to delivering as well as you do?
Take the guess work out of it and make it easy for them by designing your training in detail
I don’t have time to design training
Training design takes longer than people think, so it often gets put off until the last minute or pulled together with insufficient time. Here’s what bust L&D professionals can do to give learning design the time and attention it needs to do it justice
When does ‘prep’ become ‘design’?
There’s a big difference between training design and preparation. They are done at different times, require different skills, lead to different outcomes.
Everyone involved in learning and development needs to understand the difference.
Making Learning EASY
As training designers’ our job is to make the learning journey as easy as possible for learners. here are 3 practical tips to make that happen.
Why does Training Design Take so LONG?
How long does it take to design training is a very common question, and there’s more than one reasonable answer. But many L&D professionals feel it takes too long. here are six reasons why AND what you can do design training more efficiently.
How to Write a Detailed Training Session Plan
A step-by-step guide to writing a training plan that will allow you (or another facilitator) to run a training session easily and with confidence