Survival Skills for the New Trainer is a one-day workshop for beginner trainers ready to achieve excellence in their new field. This workshop is designed as an exploration of the essential skills that trainers need in order to be successful. This soft skills training course includes: understanding the essential background for trainers within any industry; how being genuine enhances training; enhanced communication, from the elements of good questions, to listening skills, and developing rapport; key skills in a trainer’s toolbox; and more.
Trainers conducting train-the-trainer sessions for new and beginner trainers have everything they need at their fingertips when they purchase this soft skills courseware. We’ve included a detailed instructor’s guide, student workbook, pre-assignment, assessments, slides, a supplementary reading list, and more. All these courseware training materials are customizable to match your brand or the needs of a particular group.
How to Use This Guide
Session One: Course Overview
Session Two: What Makes a Good Trainer?
Background Information
Pre-Assignment Review
Adult Learning
Session Three: Personal Best, Professional Best
Session Four: Being Genuine
Session Five: Assertiveness Skills
Session Six: Asking the Right Questions
Asking Good Questions
Probing
Pushing My Buttons
Session Seven: Listening Skills
Can You Hear Me?
Active Listening Skills
What is Said and What is Heard
Session Eight: Connecting with People
Rapport Building
Facilitative Training
Do I Have What it Takes?
Session Nine: Defusing Difficult Participants
Session Ten: Essentials for Success
Session Eleven: Do’s and Don’ts for New Trainers
Recommended Reading List
Post-Course Assessment
Pre- and Post-Assessment Answer Keys
Personal Action Plan
Everything you need to deliver amazing training
Each courseware title is a trainers' kit that comes with the following course components:
Instructor Guide
Velsoft Instructor Guides are the core of each training course. Our Instructor Guides lay out the training in simple, easy-to-follow instructions. You can also customize the Instructor Guides in order to personalize your training.
Student Manual
Each Instructor Guide - for each course - is paired with a Student Manual that you can present to your participants. This customizable Student Manual gives each participant the ?student? version of the course you will be teaching.
PowerPoint Deck
Courseware from Velsoft is designed to give you everything you need for use in the classroom or for your workshop. This includes the PowerPoint versions of all the courses, prepared for you in advance.
Quick Reference Guide
Quick Reference Guides are a favorite tool for trainers to provide to their learners. Each Quick Reference Guide summarizes the most important elements in each courseware title down to two pages.