Instructional Skills: Impactful presentations and training course
12.04.2024
The highly interactive and interval training is designed for all aspiring instructors/trainers and those who are already in this role but wish to enhance their skills and equip themselves with the right tools. It is enabling long-term behavior change of trainers by focusing on three dimensions: skills, attitude and mindset needed to deliver positive experiences in training room.
COURSE: Instructional Skills - Impactful presentations and training
Duration: 5 days, 24 hours
Using a combination of different learning techniques and interval approach, our programs run 5 days over a period of 3 months.
Number of participants is (up to) 12.
Language: English
Price: 2.350,00 €
Program overview
The highly interactive and interval training is designed for all aspiring instructors/trainers and those who are already in this role but wish to enhance their skills and equip themselves with the right tools. It is enabling long-term behavior change of trainers by focusing on three dimensions: skills, attitude and mindset needed to deliver positive experiences in training room.
You will learn how to become and stand out as a good trainer. You will learn how to plan and prepare for delivering presentations, understand various presentation methods, adapt to the needs and learning styles of students, effectively deliver presentations, and evaluate student learning outcomes and the trainer's performance.
We will also compare online presentations with hybrid and live presentations and show you how to achieve maximum effectiveness with each delivery method.
You will be actively involved in various exercises and actively participate in presentations during whole duration of the program. Participation in small groups and in front of the class is encouraged. You will need to prepare and deliver a brief presentation (20 minutes). Between intervals, attendees will work on the implementation of learned techniques in practice, which ensures faster learning, quicker implementation onto practice and higher impact of learning.
Program is focused on situations when it is important what students are going to do after the training. Key message of the program is “induce others to act”, implemented in all phases of preparing and delivering impactful training.
Course outline
Module 1: Conditions for effective presentations
- Effective personal appearance
- Positive orientation towards the person and things, matters
- Creating a personal vision as an energy source
- Basics of rhetoric
- Effective use of language, gestures and facial expressions
Visible change
Making better use of new opportunities:
- with a positive attitude towards change
- by increasing personal energy and motivation
- through enhanced collaboration and communication
- by strengthening personal resilience
Module 2: Understanding, recognizing and influencing through personal preference (Insights discovery)
- Understanding personal preference and its impact on our behavior, communication and collaboration
- Recognizing and adapting communication and presentation style to customers' personal preferences
Visible change
- Increased self-awareness
- Ability to recognize the preferences of others
- The ability to adjust one's own style and behavior to have a greater impact on others
Module 3: Presentation excellence
- Strengthening personal influence
- Effective moderation and presentation
- Targeted speeches, presentations and conversations
- Improving speaking and communicating skills
- Remote influence (virtual)
- Discussion management techniques
Visible change
Promoting attendees' activity through:
- increase in personal impact during presentations
- more convincing presentations (in person & virtual)
- effective “selling” of ideas to attendees
- inducing others to act
Module 4: Leading the discussion
- Sincere interest in others
- Conducting a discussion by asking the right questions
- Active listening
- Handling of objections
- Develop courage for equal behaviour
Visible change
Consciously directing conversations with attendees:
- by building trust in interactions with others
- by searching for relevant information
- focusing the debate on results
- by actively influencing the dynamics of power in the interaction
ASSESSMENT INFORMATION
Ongoing throughout the training and on final day.
You will need to prepare and deliver a training sessions (20 minutes) in front of the committee.
The committee will closely assess your ability to manage the learning environment, establish and maintain instructor credibility, demonstrate effective communication and presentation skills, employ effective questioning techniques, respond appropriately to learners' needs, utilize instructional methods effectively, and employ media appropriately.
Additionally, all participants will also receive Insights Discovery personal profile
- The main personal characteristics of each participant, the strengths of each participant;
- Possible areas of development of each participant
- communication strategies for better collaboration, influence and presentations
- Recommendations for personal growth of each participant
TRAINING DATES
On-site delivery: 17. September & 1. October & 15. October & 22. October & 5. November 2024 
Looking for Private group training? Dates and prices are on request.The course can also be conducted in other languages, locations, or live virtual.
