Make Your TrainingMore Engaging

How is Delivering Traininglike juggling?

Pull back the curtain…Pull back the curtain…

How is “training” like a … ?

Make Your TrainingMore Engaging

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Steve Cherches

Make Your TrainingMore Engaging

What do we mean by… ENGAGING your audience?What do we mean by… ENGAGING your audience?

The 3 E’s

EducateEducate EngageEngage Excite Excite

What are the

Key Competencies necessary to be a

Great Trainer?

BigBlueGumball’s5 Key Competencies of Effective Trainers

BigBlueGumball’s5 Key Competencies of Effective Trainers

BigBlueGumball’s5 Key Competencies of Effective Basketball Players

BigBlueGumball’s5 Key Competencies of Effective Basketball Players

BigBlueGumball’s5 Key Competencies of Effective Trainers

Just one more tip…

BigBlueGumball’s 5 Key Competencies of Effective Trainers

1. Define it

2. Differentiate it

3. Demonstrate it

How can we engage using each competency?

Just one more tip…

The 5 Key Competencies

of an Awesome Trainer

1 Presenting Presence (“stage presence”)Subject Matter Expertise (SME)Your Personal Brand/Style (passion, confidence)Credibility & Trust, Authenticity, IntegrityCommunication skills Storytelling, Metaphors, Analogies, ExamplesVisuals

2 Facilitation Creativity & InnovationInteractivity & ExercisesGiving Directions (clarity)Questioning (Q&A)ListeningRespondingParking Lot

3 Coaching Helping people get from A to BFeedbackEncouragementMonitoring, Evaluation, Assessment

4 Application RelevanceReal-world applicability (jobs, news, life, etc.)Encouraging experimentationLinking, connecting, synthesizingFAQ

5 Interpersonal Meeting & GreetingBuilding RapportConnecting with participantsEmpathy/Interpersonal UnderstandingEmotional Intelligence

Showtime…!Showtime…!

BigBlueGumball’s5 Key Competencies of Effective Trainers

How will you…

…Engage..?

Your Big Take-Away

How would you CLOSE the session?

How would you CLOSE the session?

Thank you…!!!