As part of my professional development I have been this week on a two day course. It made a change to be on the other side of the room!! It made me reflect on what you have to consider about your delegates and your delivery, be it a presentation or a training course.
What surprised me was how important the small details were to me and how important it is to manage expectations throughout 8 hours. For example how easy it was to see and read the powerpoint slides and how frustrating it is if the presenter moves the slides to a different order to the handout that you have or show you slides that you don't even have copies of!! Also given that I was one of 15 delegates, all of whom had a learning background there was very little consideration given to the different learning styles of the group, the energy levels in the room or a variation in delivery pace.
So the learning for me has been great, not only on the subject but also about how I look after, respond to and vary my training style in the future....so a worthwhile investment!!
Hi Suzanne,
ReplyDeleteThanks for this and your other postings.. Interesting and enjoyable reading, which helps to raise our awareness us trainers/facilitators and last week as participants. I look forward to further articles : - )
Kind regards,
Glenn