Comments on: Trainees and Training http://enquiring-minds.net/2008/03/11/trainees-and-training/ Musings on the web, technology, life and everything inbetween Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:46:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Emily http://enquiring-minds.net/2008/03/11/trainees-and-training/comment-page-1/#comment-873 Emily Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:28:25 +0000 http://enquiring-minds.net/2008/03/11/trainees-and-training/#comment-873 Training is a tricky thing to get the knack of. My best advice for other trainers? Be confident. Have genuine enthusiasm for your topic. Make mistakes on purpose. And one trick I swear by: When I'm doing anything that requires a live demonstration, I make all handouts, diagrams, etc. in Power Point. This way, if my live demo gets nixed by a bad internet connection or other act of God, I have something to put up on the screen. Of course, if technical difficulties mean that's not possible either, it's always good to know how to tap dance. :) Training is a tricky thing to get the knack of. My best advice for other trainers? Be confident. Have genuine enthusiasm for your topic. Make mistakes on purpose.

And one trick I swear by: When I’m doing anything that requires a live demonstration, I make all handouts, diagrams, etc. in Power Point. This way, if my live demo gets nixed by a bad internet connection or other act of God, I have something to put up on the screen.

Of course, if technical difficulties mean that’s not possible either, it’s always good to know how to tap dance. :)

]]> By: JamesM http://enquiring-minds.net/2008/03/11/trainees-and-training/comment-page-1/#comment-862 JamesM Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:03:31 +0000 http://enquiring-minds.net/2008/03/11/trainees-and-training/#comment-862 Davina, thanks for the post. I don't find presenting too bad, I wouldn't say I'm the greatest presenter in the world (I talk too fast and don't rehearse what I'm going to say) but I've moved on from hiding behind notes to engaging directly with the audience more by actually looking at them and being interested in their reactions. One of the things I always say to the Trainees I deliver training to is that what I'm going to show them may not be relevant for the seat they are currently in, but it could well be useful in their next seat. This negates comments like "I'm not doing any case searching so why do I need to know how to do it?" Davina, thanks for the post. I don’t find presenting too bad, I wouldn’t say I’m the greatest presenter in the world (I talk too fast and don’t rehearse what I’m going to say) but I’ve moved on from hiding behind notes to engaging directly with the audience more by actually looking at them and being interested in their reactions.

One of the things I always say to the Trainees I deliver training to is that what I’m going to show them may not be relevant for the seat they are currently in, but it could well be useful in their next seat. This negates comments like “I’m not doing any case searching so why do I need to know how to do it?”

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