“Make Training Stick:How To Design And Present Training With Impact!” 4/29, Great Falls, MT

2005-04-29 08:30:00

Best Western Heritage Inn—Great Falls, MT

Contact: 406-994-3501

A Workshop Offered by The Training Clinic©
Featuring Nationally Renowned Trainer & Author
Carolyn S. Balling

April 29, 2005

Best Western Heritage Inn—Great Falls, MT

Register Now!

You are invited to register for an outstanding professional development experience coming to Montana in April. Described as “a great combination of witty and knowledgeable”, Carolyn Balling started her training career in Bozeman, MT and is coming home to share her enthusiasm and expertise with you. She is author of “Fit to Train—How to Succeed at Training Delivery (Without Really Tiring).” This one-day workshop is designed for trainers, educators, Extension professionals and any one else who wants to improve their training and teaching skills with adults—and make it stick! Register early to guarantee your spot. Don’t delay. Space is limited!!

When: April 29, 2005 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM

Cost: Just $85.00 Lunch included!
No half-day registrations, please.
Where: Best Western Heritage Inn,
1700 Fox Farm Road, Great Falls.

More about Carolyn Balling…

Carolyn S. Balling focuses her training and consulting energy on ensuring that delivered training fits the audience and their needs, and that it sticks and transfers to the job. Her areas of specialty include skills needed by trainers, those who make presentations, and people involved in getting results through others. She is an instructor in University of California Berkeley Extension’s Training and HRD Certificate Program, and chaired the Advisory Committee for that program. She has served as a national volunteer trainer for Girl Scouts USA, on the board of the Golden Gate Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), and on the Advisory Board for VNU Learning Conference’s "Training Directors’ Forum." For more information about her and The Training Clinic, visit her web site at: http://www.thetrainingclinic.com

Lodging: A block of rooms is being held until April 12th at the state rate of $60 (single/double/triple) for those needing to arrive early. You can reserve your room by calling the Heritage Inn at 800-548-8256 or 406-761-1900. When reserving your room, tell them you are with MSU Extension to obtain this special rate.

Register now!
Send your check today to register and guarantee your spot. Enrollment is limited to the first 100 registrants. Make your check for $85 to– “4-H Center for Youth Development” and mail to:
4-H Center for Youth Development
210 Taylor Hall
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717-3580

Questions? Call 406-994-3501

Send in the form below with your check. Sorry, no credit cards accepted.

Clip and Mail

Name_____________________________________________________
(As you want it to appear on your nametag)

Organization_______________________________________________

Address___________________________________________________

City________________________ State__________ Zip_______

Email___________________________________________________

Telephone Number (in case we have to contact you)_________________

Special Needs:________________________________________
See you in April!!
Feel free to forward this information to others!

MAKE TRAINING STICK:
HOW TO DESIGN AND PRESENT TRAINING
WITH IMPACT!©
ONE DAY WORKSHOP from TheTraining Clinic with Carolyn Balling

WORKSHOP CONTENT

Unit 1: Course Overview and Introduction
 Workshop content and objectives
 Set personal objectives
Unit 2: Helping Adults Learn
 Teach a 5-minute lesson to a partner
 Evaluate 10 aspects of your instructional style
 How to build retention
 Identify three styles of learning
 Use 18 adult learning concepts to enhance learning
 Five steps of adult learning
Unit 3: Prepare to Train
 Break a task into its teachable parts
 Focus on achievable training objectives
 Select appropriate training methods
 Determine how much practice is needed to learn a skill
 Practice a pacing technique to avoid boredom
 Create effective handouts
Unit 4: Training Methods to Facilitate Adult Learning
 Getting off to a good start – how to begin a training session
 Avoid overuse of lectures, increase participation and “discovery” learning during a lecture
 Discussion techniques to enhance learning
 Use basic and follow-up questions to promote understanding
 Handle problem learners assertively
 Evaluate your efforts

Unit 5: Resources
 Paraphrase to clarify
 Use electronic presentation technology support effectively
 Prepare an action plan to transfer skills to your job

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

1. Use adult learning techniques to improve retention and reduce learner resistance.
2. Receive feedback on 10 key elements of your natural training style.
3. Identify different ways learners prefer to learn and how to adjust the trainer’s teaching style to be successful when teaching technical material.
4. Select the best method to train learners.
5. Pace methods to maintain high energy and active learning by the participants.
6. Practice making training interesting, not boring.
7. Deal with difficult learners effectively.
8. Avoid overuse of lecture and involve participants in their own learning.

THE TRAINING CLINIC

History

The Training Clinic, a California Corporation, was founded in 1977 as a training and communications consulting company. Initially, most work was custom design and in house presentation of programs developed for client companies. An impressive client base has been developed over the years, including:

 Internal Revenue Service  National Assn Music Merchants
 Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation  Singapore Airlines
 First Interstate Bank  ARCO Petroleum
 U.S. Department of Justice  Xerox
 UCLA Medical Center  The Irvine Company
 Orange County Transportation Authority  Northrop Electronics
 Unocal Corporation  IBM
 Hilton Hotel Corporation  American Honda
 PacificCare Corporation  Blue Cross of California
 Automobile Club of Southern California  Chevron USA
 Transamerica Life Companies  Price Waterhouse Coopers

Today

Since those early days the Training Clinic has trained almost 175,000 individuals in the latest train the trainer techniques. Today, a fully trained and qualified staff of sixteen instructors, strategically located around the United States and Canada, present our workshops for various public and private sector clients.

Special emphasis is placed on assuring that workshop content is practical and useful in real office, factory and classroom situations. Although each workshop is based on solid adult learning theory and enough theory is discussed to provide you with a foundation, these are not "theoretical" or "academic" programs. The course content is, above all, realistic and practical.