Training Challenges

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• Training Challenges
• For Monitors
• Darcy Miller

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Training Challenges

• Welcome
• Topics
• Potential Training Challenges
• Potential Solutions to Challenges

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Training Challenges

• Obstacles to Good Training Events
• Poor Preparation by Trainer
• Even though Team Nutrition is providing packaged
  training, you still need to become familiar with
  the materials plan, setup and execute the event

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Training Challenges

• Solutions to Poor Preparation
• Event planning is crucial
• Know your materialstudy, practice
• Inform participants of goals / expectations
• Plan for the training NOT to go perfectly
• Market your event

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Training Challenges

• Obstacles to Good Training Events
• Resources not available or working
• What resources do you need?
• Props
• A/V equipment
• Handouts
• Event Location details
• Flip chart, pens, etc.

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Training Challenges

• Solutions to Resources not available or Working
• Make lists of what needs to be available and then
  check list periodically prior to training
• Have alternate method of presentation just in
  case of equipment failure

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Training Challenges

• Obstacles to Good Training Events
• Diversity of Audience skills and attitude
• Not everyone has same knowledge, skills or desire
  to learn

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Training Challenges

• Solutions to Audience skills / Attitude
  diversity
• Acknowledge diversity in the beginning.
• Try to stay somewhere in the middle of audience
  skill levelnot too simplified, not too advanced.

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Training Challenges

• Obstacles to Good Training Events
• You, the trainer, is new / nervous to training
• You are not experienced in instructing group
  training
• You are nervous about talking in front of large
  groups of people
• You are afraid of looking silly/nervous

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Training Challenges

• Solutions to Trainer Inexperience / nervousness
• Prepare, Prepare, Prepare
• Practice, Practice, Practice
• Breathe, Breathe, Breathe
• Identify, Identify, Identify

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Training Challenges

• Cleansing Breath
• Exercise

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Training Challenges

• Obstacles to Good Training Events
• Murphy gets Involved
• Murphys Law If anything can go wrong, it
  will.
• Unplanned / unforeseen things WILL go wrong

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Training Challenges

• Solutions to Murphy getting Involved
• Acknowledge this law
• Dont forget HUMOR when things go wrong
• Be as prepared as you can be
• Be flexible

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Training Challenges

• Activity Time!

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Training Challenges

• List 3 top potential training challenges you can
  foresee.
• Discuss possible solutions to these challenges

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Training Challenges

• Discussion
• Of Small Group
• List of potential training Challenges and
  Solutions

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Training Challenges

• Rap Up
• Prepare!!!
• Practice!!!
• Plan event details!!!
• Breath!!!
• You CAN DO IT!!!

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Training Challenges

• Thank you!