June 16-17-18: Spice Up Your Instructional Delivery: Add Value! (1)

Limited to 8 participants.

In this hands-on 3-day applied course, participants will learn and apply the theory behind the creation and delivery of successful, engaging, and effective learning interventions (geared towards adult). You will be able to evaluate whether learning has occurred and how to help individuals transfer their knowledge to the job. You will also be able to apply the tools and techniques and evaluate your own success in the delivery of learning events that engage, inspire, and enable transformational change.

Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate how to effectively, prepare for, start, conduct and wrap-up a training event
• Apply basic principles of learning and active training and demonstrate appropriate instructional techniques when training adults
• Using the 3+1 Feedback strategy, evaluate the effectiveness of a training event and your skill as a facilitator

High-level topics include:

Being learner-focused

Learning Theories

Adult Learning Principles

The Roles of an Instructor

The 4-step model for the delivery of training

Active Training Techniques

Objectives and the Instructional Events Required for Learning to Occur

Basic Lesson Planning

Starting a Training Event

The 8 Critical Instructor Skills

Who is the workshop for?

• Educators, Trainers, Facilitators
• Managers, Leaders, Team Leaders, Supervisors
• Instructional Designers

"Sonia is an excellent instructor who embodies the principles of the lessons she has developed and delivers throughout her courses. She is passionate, fun and creates a warm environment that makes learning positively contagious." - Dominique Robertson, participant

"As a business partner I found her results focused, committed to achieve, and responsive to our needs. As a participant in her class, I found her inspirational, motivating, and world class." Fiona Kirkham L&D Manager: Quality and Standards at Emirates Airline

About the Workshop Facilitator

Sonia Di Maulo, M.A., C.R.P., helps organizations thrive by bringing people together and fostering connection. As a Global Leadership Innovator, she specializes in using positive communication and education strategies to impact people, places and communities. She is an award-winning author of her Ken Blanchard-endorsed book, The Apple in the Orchard, a story about finding the courage to emerge as a leader.

Sonia is a recognized performance improvement professional with 20 years experience helping organizations, schools, and community organizations analyze, design, develop, deliver and evaluate interventions that boost employee and management performance, enhance the customer experience, and impact organizational effectiveness.

"Based on her book, The Apple in the Orchard, Sonia delivered an engaging PechKucha presentation at 2015 THE Performance Improvement Conference. During the 6 minutes and 40 seconds, the compelling story illustrates the cycle of leader development and challenges leaders, seasoned or first-time, to reflect on the awareness of self, environment, people, and relationships connecting altogether. Sonia inspires the audience to be courageous and to embrace opportunities for growth and learning." - Kim Fong (Jason) Lei, PhD