Instructional Design for New Trainers

Who Should Attend

• Trainers with less than one year’s experience

• Trainers with more than one year’s experience but with no formal training in instructional design

• Employees with responsibility for training others in small- or larger-group
  classroom settings

How You Will Benefit

1. You will be able to confidently and quickly create your NEXT training program utilizing effective instructional design principles and techniques. Specifically, you will be able to:

2. Reduce by 50% - 70% the time spent planning and designing training.

3. Secure approval and commitment to your Training Proposal by key stakeholders.

4. Design training to achieve excellent Return on Investment for stakeholders.

5. Ensure learned behaviors are transferred to the workplace.

6. Reduce the length of your training programs; achieve maximum learning in less time.

7. Accurately determine the learners’ mastery of the training objectives.

8. Ensure learners are delighted with the training experience and are motivated to apply their new learning to the workplace.

You Will Learn To

1. Determine the results required of the training (as defined by its key stakeholders including the organization, requesting client, employees/learners, training manager, trainer, etc.)

2. Identify the evaluation methods to be used to measure results of training.

3. Conduct an analysis to determine new knowledge, skills and attitudes learners must acquire.

4. Quickly create a Training Project Plan.

5. Create the Training Proposal and move it quickly through the approval process.

6. Write clear and measurable training program objectives.

7. Employ appropriate testing methods to ensure learners master the learning and can apply it in the workplace.

8. Create job aids.

9. Determine specific training program content.

10. Outline the most effective sequence of instruction.

11. Use the appropriate teaching method for the content.

12. Keep your learners engaged, energized and learning regardless of the length of the training program.

13. Evaluate and report the training program results.

14. Accept accolades and compliments from key stakeholders for a great training program – and then deal successfully with the deluge of managers’ training requests that will certainly follow...

Our Approach

We model and use the very concepts and applications being taught in each course.
Learning is hands-on, practical application and focused on the unique challenges you face in your workplace. We ensure that you can apply your new skills immediately in your organization and over the long-term.

Support continues after the workshop. We’re here to help you achieve YOUR ROI in the training program! Call, write, or come by to discuss particular challenges you’re facing. And, no, there’s no charge – we’re colleagues sharing a passion for success in training and human performance technology.