Training for Facilitators

Participants in the Facilitation Skills for Trainers workshop learn how to

• Apply adult-learning principles to each training experience and create powerful learning tasks.
• Connect with and respond to the needs of diverse learners (style, personality, culture, gender, management level, etc.).
• Create energy and provide interactive, relevant, and experiential learning experiences.
• Read and diagnose the audience’s needs and adjust their approach to facilitation accordingly.
• Present training content in a way that is interesting and relevant for trainees.
• Conduct an insightful debriefing of an assignment, exercise, case study, etc.
• Stimulate dialogue and create conditions for high levels of participation from the training group, in instructor-led and e-learning settings.
• Manage difficult participant behaviors and group dysfunction.
• Help participants transfer and apply the skills, concepts, and knowledge to their work.

In the Facilitation Skills for Trainers workshop, we draw on our 40 years of experience in the learning and development industry as we help facilitators develop and hone their ability to be more effective in their roles and responsibilities. CMOE facilitators also use their expertise and experience to model and demonstrate the desired skills and techniques.

One of the hallmarks of the Facilitation Skills for Trainers workshop is its ability to help facilitators draw on their natural strengths and identify opportunities to build on their current approach in a way that is relevant to their unique facilitation style. Participants learn by practicing new skills during live or video-recorded simulations where facilitators showcase their skills in a genuine training experience. Through immediate feedback and review, participants develop the skills necessary to take their skills to the next level. Other exercises and design elements are built into the workshop to address the specific needs of the audience and to increase the facilitators’ focus and awareness of the things they need to be doing to ensure learning transfer and results in the organization.