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Today I am sharing one of my experiences in my early career days and also learning thereby as Trainer.
A group of 100 students, had to complete this course of soft skills training, which was made compulsory for their certification.
A big challenge for me – as according to me training doesn’t happen with such a big group, but the organization could not make any alterations there.
Here are certain techniques I used to manage the group:
1. Divided them in groups of 10, ensuring that the acquainted ones fall in different groups with unknown ones.
2. When I observed that the sincerity in approach towards training was lacking, I engaged them in activities where the difficulty levels were perceived by them as challenging scenarios.
3. Introduced a healthy competition among the 10 groups, where ultimately the friends were competing against each other and hence they all automatically took it positively.
4. Minimum use of lecture method and maximum use of participatory method with lots of activities and thought provoking questions.
5. In every group there are cooperative souls and witty ones as well. Making them interact, debate and helping them reach to the ‘greater common good’ and also use effective interpersonal communication styles, impacting their learning process automatically and consciously.
6. Being friendly but firm with them, not making it too democratic but also making some of the collective decisions, making them party to it.
7. Not using threat or punishment as a quick tool to my rescue… Instead making it a reward based program, making the training environment lively and full of enthusiasm.
My learning points were,
~ Being firm with the client to be restrictive to group size to max 25
~ Being definitive about the training modules and their execution. Not keeping it so open as it always runs a risk of going haywire
~ Being more equipped to handle unanticipated scenarios as it was my sheer luck that nothing really went wrong, considering the huge group size.
~ Training design, training methods & learning aids were thought of and weaved as well but the number of trainers had to be more to cater this bigger group.
~ Last, I learnt the importance of the journey from needs assessment to impact evaluation. As a trainer, it is my duty to follow this process… under any circumstances.
After all, ‘Experiences are the best Teachers’!
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I remember, way back around 2005, When I was leading the training vertical of a company, we had arranged a residential training program for the leaders of the organizations across the state. It being a residential program we had to also look into the logistical arrangements for the participants. Here is my sharing on how we went about it and also that this series will talk about such arrangements and their contributions in theย #TrainingMechanix
~ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ – Though it formally starts in the training hall but ideally the process begins with the arrival of participants at the training location. It has a major impact on the learning mindset, psychological preparation and preparedness for learning.
~ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐… ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ – I am personally not in the favor of making it a vacation like relaxing & recreational scenario. That kills the learning mindset. Basic comfort needs to be ensured for sure; however, the purpose for this travel needs to be kept alive in every single action that is being taken or planned at the back end.
~ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง & ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ – Are you the same? – For example, if it is ‘Leadership Training’, some out of the hall activities can be weaved as a part of logistics arrangement, which could be uninformed in the beginning and can later be revealed in the training hall as a surprise.
Some observations of behaviour patterns, responses, presence of mind exhibited at any given point in time and skill of handling crucial scenarios can be marked without the knowledge of participants and the same can be discussed in the training hall. These being the natural reactions / responses, add a lot of value if discussed & weaved well in the Training program.
~ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ – Participants reach the training venue at different timings. Receiving them adhering to timeliness and ensuring the best accommodation is not to relax them but to ensure that they fetch good sleep, good breakfast & be physically fit. Also these practices set values and principles of training without narrating them anywhere.
~ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ & ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ … ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ – A pre-printed Training Schedule can be kept in the rooms for participants to ponder and get geared up.
A welcome note with a 2 or 4 liner about training can be placed inside the room with a personalized mention – when they enter their hotel room – can work wonders.
So, this was regarding making the back-end arrangements with an essence of Training. When you talk aboutย #TrainingMechanix, do rememberย Synergeze Consultants Private Limited. Until then do share if you have had any unique experiences about logistical arrangements for training.