Organization: NGO Management School
Registration deadline: 09 Nov 2015
Starting date: 16 Nov 2015
Ending date: 20 Nov 2015
How to design, deliver and follow-up a training course
Next course
- 16 - 20 November 2015, Geneva, Switzerland
This course is limited to 6 participating students
Course overview
Click here to download the course leaflet (PDF format).
Knowing a subject is not enough to train on it.Training adults requires specific competencies. This course provides methods and tools to ensure efficient learning process. It focuses on adult learning principles, and includes all stages of the learning cycle:
- Training needs assessment
- Methods, techniques and tools to properly design and deliver a training course
- Training course follow-up.
This course is also available in French. Ce cours peut également être animé en français.
Who should attend
The course will benefit in particular:
- Trainers
- Heads of training units
- Human resources managers and other managers involved in training
How you and your organisation will benefit - Learning Objectives
At the end of the course, participants have understood the basics of adult learning and are able to train a group in full respect of the methods, techniques and tools for adult learning.
Participants are also able to identify training needs, to design a training session and to ensure a proper follow-up of a course both for the clients (evaluation) and for the trainees (knowledge transfer).
Course programme
The training course is based on a series of modules, which can be adapted to the requirements of the course participants. The emphasis is put on practice and exercises rather than on presentations:
- Group-work
- Brainstorming
- Questions and answers
- Role play
- Simulation
- Short presentations
CONTENT TRAINING OF TRAINER COURSE
DAY 1
1. Concepts of adult learning
- Adult Learning Cycle- Principles / notions of adult learning
- The role of a trainer
2. Delivering a training course
- How to start a course
- Reasons and rules for “morning recap”
DAY 2
2. Delivering a training course (cont.)
- Course Methods, Techniques and Tools
- Facilitating discussions
- Dealing with difficult situations
- Conducting end of course evaluation
Practical exercises: Preparing and delivering a session
DAY 3
3. Designing a training course
Practical exercises: Preparing and delivering a session (continued)
- How to do a Training Needs Assessment (TNA): Concept and tools
- Defining objectives and course structure
- Setting up the evaluation system (satisfaction, learning, transfer and impact)
DAY 4
- Supporting transfer and integration A coaching approach: training / mentoring / coaching
- Challenges and opportunities of transferring and embedding learning
- Tools, techniques and skills for supporting trainees
- Basic coaching model
DAY 5
5. Course follow-up - Practicing the model
- Plan of action, implementation and support
- Personal awareness, managing relationships
- Supporting trainees / participants from a distance
- Evaluation of course outcome
Practical information
Course trainer
Mrs Smruti Patel
Language
English
Location
NGO Management Association, Route de Chêne 41A, 1203 Geneva, Switzerland
Individual coaching sessions
This course offers the possibility to book 3 hours of individual coaching sessions with the trainer to further develop and improve a project developed during the course, or on another subject selected by the participant.
How to register:
Registration and course fees
1st course: Registration and payment deadline: 9 November 2015. Early bird fee available for payments until 16 September 2015.
Early bird fee / Full fee * :
Non-OECD: CHF 1,690 / 1,990
OECD: CHF 1,990 / 2,390
This course is subsidised with CHF 750 by the Chèque Annuel de Formation (CAF), available for individuals living and paying their taxes in and around the canton of Geneva (course no. 2897). CAF students benefit from the Early bird fee at any time of the course registration. More info here.*
Above fees are in Swiss francs (CHF) and include:
- Tuition
- Training materials and handouts
- Lunch and coffee breaks
- Course certificate
10% discount for returning students (within 12 months since the last course) or additional course participants from same organisation.
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To register, please fill in the online registration form, or download the form and send it to us by email. For further inquiries, please contact us.
Individual coaching sessions
This course offers the possibility to book 3 hours of individual coaching sessions with the trainer to further develop and improve a project developed during the course, or on another subject selected by the participant.
Price: CHF 480 for 3 hours of individual coaching during or after the course. Please contact us to discuss how coaching can be best adapted to your needs.