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This Elevator company called on us to provide a
one-day Train the Trainer course at their conference event in Las
Vegas. It was group of approximately 25 subject matter experts and
managers who had been assigned a training and coaching/mentor function
within their company, but had not received any previous training
skill development.
The goal was to present different options for communicating information effectively, both as trainer and as a coach. Typically, people teach others how they were taught, and it’s not necessarily what works the best for a particular situation. For this group, we set out to demonstrate alternatives to traditional methods of teaching. At the end of the day, the group was very excited about the new possibilities they had discovered that would make their jobs more enjoyable, teaching easier, and transfer of skills more effective.
Our training methodology is no stranger to any industry or subject matter—it works for any situation that requires information to be communicated, integrated, and used back in the workplace. It involves the “whole person” in the learning process and encourages involvement, collaboration, reflection, and action.
At first, it may be uncomfortable for trainers and instructors to learn how to teach in a completely different way, especially when poor role models have existed in the past. But with just a little practice, and some support, any trainer can turn their teaching sessions into dynamic learning opportunities for their participants.
After the training in Las Vegas , the training manager had the following to say:
"Our goal was to open our trainers' eyes to different ways of engaging/involving their technical audiences. We wanted to get them to use a whole brain approach when developing programs they would lead. It was received very enthusiastically by our audience of Elevator Technicians, and really met its goal".
For information about our services, contact us at 1-800-697-9910 or email info@wetrain.biz.
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