Train the Trainers: Planning

(Refer all the previous posts for better understanding and benefits for you).

Trainer’s Portfolio

• Planning
• Preparation
• Organizing
• Practice
• Presentation
• Handling Questions
• Putting it into Practice (implementation aspects of training)

Planning

• Purposes of the training/talk
• Type of training/talk (informal, formal)
• Audience
• Know the organization(s) of the audience
• Time: Duration and timing

Purposes of the Training/Talk

• To change the mindsets
• To create enthusiasm/motivation
• To impart knowledge
• To develop skills/competencies
• To create awareness
• To generate consensus
• To get a buy-in
• To communicate company’s plans/policies
• To deploy a policy
• To implement an initiative
• To develop an action plan

The Levels of Competence

For more details, refer http://shyam-bhatawdekar.blogspot.com/ and http://competency-matrix.blogspot.com/

• Level 1: Unconsciously unconscious or unconsciously incompetent.
• Level 2: Consciously unconscious or consciously incompetent.
• Level 3: Consciously conscious or consciously competent.
• Level 4: Unconsciously conscious or unconsciously competent.

How to Make an Expert out of an Ordinary: The Steps

1. Desire: Want to
2. Knowledge: What to? Why to?
3. Skill: How to?
4. Implement: Practice, practice and practice

Resultant: is an Expert out of an Ordinary.

Also refer http://shyam-bhatawdekar.blogspot.com/ and http://knol.google.com/k/shyam-bhatawdekar/competency-matrix/6txz9nck6g3/4#

(You may like to use the additional reference material pertaining to becoming a great trainer at
Management Games, Management Exercises and Icebreakers at http://shyam.bhatawdekar.com/ and http://management-games-icebreakers.blogspot.com/ and
Management Anecdotes or Management Case Studies at http://management-anecdotes.blogspot.com/ or http://corporate-case-studies.blogspot.com/)