How to Design Effective Training Programs - TX

How To Design Effective Training Programs
Two Day WORKSHOP
Hilton Garden Inn
4090 Belt Line Road, Addison, TX 75001
9 Am - 5 PM each day; registration opens at 8:30 Am each morning
 
If your current or future duties require you to design workshops and seminars, you need these two days of practical learning.  Whether you are the department head, senior trainer, course designer or instructor, this material will make your programs more alive and productive.
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Register early and save!  $1199/per person for the two day workshop if you register more than one month prior to the workshop; $1299/per person general registration.  Group discounts available for groups of 3 or more participants from the same organization.
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What You'll Learn
Several types of needs analysis are developed to help uncover real training needs in the organization.  Needs are translated into learning objectives.  How to select training methods, craft activities and evaluate training are strong components of this workshop that follows a traditional Instructional Systems Design (Isd) model.
Pre-workshop Assignment
Participants are encouraged to select a course they are designing or redesigning and bring learning objectives, content outline and any materials that have been developed.  This course will be used to practice the tools introduced in the course.
Workshop Content
Review workshop content and objectives
Inventory your design skills
Set personal objectives for this session
Unit 1: The Design Process
Sort training and non-training issues: Is training the answer?
Partner with management
Compare approaches to training design
Apply adult learning principles and steps to guide design
Review the three phases of design
Unit 2: Plan for Training
Define what training can accomplish
Assess training needs
Evaluate guideles for developing needs assessment instruments: do's and don'ts
Analyze special assessment issues
Sort needs vs. wants using managmeent development analysis
Decide what you need to know about learners to be effective
Break down a task into teachable parts
Write realistic instructional objectives
Build a skills inventory
Determine if prerequisites are necessary
Unit 3: Organize and Plan Materials Development
Examine the anatomy of a module
Select appropriate methods based on the learning objective
Identify effective technical training methods for recall and application
Sequence methods appropriately
Provide sufficient practice to change behavior
Pace methods to avoid boredom
Unit 4: Develop Materials to Meet Instructional Objectives
Create 'discovery learning' in your activities
Adopt, modify or create new learning experiences
Examine tips for writing demonstrations with skill practice, case studies, information searches, interviews, games, role plays, self-assessments
Use a comprehensive guide to develop activities and exercises
Unit 5: Learner Handout Materials and Lesson Plans
Identify types of handout materials
Determine how to develop programmed notes
Use a fifteen-point checklist to develop complete handouts
Craft effective job aids and checklists
Create action plans to keep everyone on track
Determine when to develop three types of lesson plans
Write lesson plans for others to use easily
Use a fifteen-point lesson plan checklist
Ensure consistency across sessions
Unit 6: Evaluate the Results of Training
Assess learner reaction and analyze trends
Examine methods to test for learning
Determine if new skills are used back on the job
Use benefits to show bottom-line results
Methodology Resource Guide
Each participant receives a Methodology Resource Guide that is a template for designing training programs and contains all the tools, templates and checklists from the two day workshop.
Workshop Objectives
By the end of the workshop, the participant will be able to:
Apply a systematic method to easily design a training program
Design a training program to meet the learners' needs
Describe how Performance Analysis can mean the difference between success and failure
Improve productivity by knowing when and where training can contribute
Use adult learning techniques to improve retention and reduce participant resistance
Build learner retention
Break down a task easily to identify prerequisites 
Easily write realistic training objectives that meet three conditions
Select the best learning experience to train learners
Identify how much practice is needed to build a new skill
Pace methods to maintain high energy and active learning by the participants
Help learners discover and develop skills through appropriate activities and exercises
Craft effective training materials, exercises and tests
Use checklists for lesson plan, handout and test development
Easily write lesson plans others can use
Use four effective evaluation methods and state exactly how each works
Use a unique inventory to select three types of lesson plans correctly
Describe four effective evaulation methods and exactly how each works
Identify how to measure bottom-line results of learning
What Past Participants Say:
"One of the only seminars I have attended that has surpassed my expectations."
"Presentation of specific techniques that are practical and useful."
"Different activites kept interest, excellent variety."
"I thought it was great.  Very helpful and informative - motivating."
"It gave me useful information for training my people."