I’ve been a trainer/teacher for quite some time. I’m also an instructional designer which is a fancy, schmancy way of saying I write training courses.
I work online (Learning Management Systems) and in the classroom. I find both interesting and sometimes exciting. Sometimes I leave a training session and I feel alive, electric.
And I must also say that I get great feedback on my training sessions. If I don’t beat my own drum who else is going to?
Now I respect lesson plans and facilitator guides > I write quite a few. But do I follow them? Sometimes yes and sometimes no.
Like everything in life it’s vital to get a message across. How? With humour. Surprise. Coming out of left field (that must be a baseball expression?)
Once I caught myself rambling on … one of the participants eyes blinked too many times. Someone up the back stifled a yawn.
‘Blah, blah, blah, blah.’ I said that out aloud. ‘Blah, blah, blah, blah. Is that what I’m beginning to sound like?’ I already knew the answer.
When your delivering training … keep them interested. In the palm of your hand. Like they don’t know what’s coming next.
But always bring it back to your objective … teaching people.
