Training Consultants Top 4 Tips on Active Listening

TRAINING CONSULTANTS - Communication is an automatic to all of us.  At many points throughout the day we find ourselves interacting with our spouses, colleagues, children and friends without giving much thought to how we’re doing it.  With communication being so widespread and natural, why is doing it effectively so difficult to many of us?

Best Telephone Practices when Hiring Contract Trainers

With the increasing presence of virtual and global contract training teams, resorting to the traditional form of in-person interviewing is obsolete and no longer relevant. The current global way of conducting business has demanded an unprecedented level of remote interviewing, specifically in the contract trainer world. 

TrainingFolks Ranks No. 3 on the 2013 PROFIT 500 in the Education & Certification Industry

TrainingFolks Ranks No. 222 on the 2013 PROFIT 500 in Canada

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Like it or not, negotiation is a fact of life.  Without even knowing it, you negotiate something every day.  A discussion on the price you are willing to pay for a house with a stranger or a curfew time with your daughter.  Perhaps you will find yourself negotiating with your partner about what to buy, where to eat, what television station to watch or who gets the remote!  At work, you’re faced with discussions about a raise with your boss or the perfect time for a meeting with your colleagues.

TrainingFolks Reaches Out

Last weekend, the team here at TrainingFolks banded together to help extend the lives of Canadians by participating in Becels RIDE for Heart.  

The funds raised will be used to support life-giving research, social change programs and health information initiatives, moving the Heart & Stroke foundation closer towards its ultimate goal of eradicating heart disease and stroke.  

            Training Consultants: Dealing with Conflict                                                                                                                 

If you work with people, you will experience conflict at some point.  Conflict is a unavoidable and inevitable fact of life.  Whenever two or more are gathered, there is the potential for conflict.  This is especially true in the competitive fast-paced, deadline driven environment of today’s business world.  It may be that, at some point in your career, you will be called on to resolve or mediate a conflict.

Training Consultant Tips for Setting-Up Cross-Functional Team

Tips from Your Instructional Design Consulting Company

Prior to beginning the process of building and leading of cross-functional teams, training consultants urge you to stop and consider how often to you take the time to consider the effects of combining members based on personality, experience and age?  How about considering the level of interdependency you needed in order to achieve success? 

Design a Balanced Train-the-Trainer Program

Definition: A train-the-trainer model enables experienced personnel to show a less-experienced instructor how to deliver and facilitate courses, workshops and seminars. A well executed train-the-trainer program can build a pool of competent instructors who can then teach the material to other people.

You need to plan a Train-the-Trainer session for a number of training consultants to facilitate a large program rollout. Not only do they need to understand the content they'll be training, but they need to be proficient training consultants as well. What do you consider when planning so that your Train-the-Trainer program is a successful?

There is no absolute formula to determining what is needed for a Train-the-Trainer program. Each training need is unique to its environment and circumstance. However, investing time in planning will always make for success during the training rollout.

Corporate Training Program: Leadership Feedback Model

We all have an idea of what leadership is. Leadership is the activity of organizing and leading a group of people (or an organization) to achieve a common goal. But what is a leader? Specifically, what makes up an effective leader? This question requires us to delve deeper and uncover the true qualities that make this great leadership possible.

Below, we begin our journey of understanding this concept by taking a portion out of one of our training consultant corporate training programs.

16 Visual Presentation Techniques Used by Top Learning Consultants

Tips from Instructional Design Specialists

Have you ever wondered how much of an impact adding audio/visuals can have on your presentations?  How about the most effective types of audio and visual techniques?  We looked into the best practices and techniques used by our top learning consultants and asked them what they thought.  Fact is, incorporating an appropriate balance of visual and audio into your meeting agenda will significantly increase effectiveness and level of engagement.  Surprisingly, many professionals fail to use whiteboards, flipcharts and handouts as aiding tools during important presentations.