Training the Trainer Course with the Royal Society of Biology - 15 August 

Start time: 10:00

End time: 16:30

Where: Lumen URC, 88 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9RS

Whether training is a big part of your role, or just a small aspect of your job, our Training the trainer course will help you to design and deliver effective training programmes. You will gain confidence in how to present information effectively with variety and flair and acquire the skills to deal with the dynamics of group learning.

Highly practical, this course will introduce you to new techniques, enhance your communication skills and provide opportunities to ‘have a go'.

Programme:
- Introductions and expectations
- What is training and learning?
- what skills does the trainer need?
- taxonomies of learning
- planning a session
- How people learn
- learning styles
- motivating learners
- energisers and icebreakers 
- Different training methods
- Your delivery
- Facilitation of the group and managing difficult people

There will be refreshment breaks in the morning and afternoon at around 11:15 and 14:45 and a longer break for lunch at 13:00. The venue contains a cafe and garden which may be used at lunchtime.

Trainer:
Jakki has over ten years' experience as a consultant, trainer and coach specialising in facilitation skills, training the trainer and organisational communication. Jakki has had extensive experience with not-for-profit organisations and professional bodies.

Jakki has an MBA from Manchester Business School, and post-graduate certificates in training practice, coaching and TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages). She is an Associate of the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development). She has lived and worked in Europe and Asia.

Testimonials:
"I really enjoyed the training and I look forward to seeing Jakki in the future for our next training session."
OB, Clinical Commissioning Groups

“The trainer was wonderful, she gave numerous real-life examples and is very knowledgeable and sincere to answers to our questions.”
MS, The British Library

“I did the course with the hope of consolidating and updating knowledge I already had and it fulfilled this. It was a very pleasant and positive learning environment and I found the learning style, learning through sharing, very helpful.”
AM, Greenpeace

“I really liked the overall experience - I learned a lot from my peers as well as from the trainer.”
AR, Integrity action

Certification and Continuing Professional Development (CPD):
We evaluate all of our training events, to make sure that we maintain a high quality of training. A certificate of attendance will be provided after the event. This event has been approved by the Royal Society of Biology for purposes of CPD and can be counted as 18 CPD points.

Fees: 
Society members - £150 +VAT
Staff and members of Member Organisations, staff of SCAS members and staff of HUBS members - £250 +VAT
Non-members - £350 +VAT

Group-booking discounts of up to 10% are now available, for Members and Member Organisations who would like to send four or more of their staff on this course. If you would like to make a group booking please contact our training officer.

If you have any questions please contact [log in to unmask]

Best wishes,

Naomi

Naomi Smith
Training Officer
Royal Society of Biology



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