Tools for Trainers, Group Leaders, and Learners

Trainers aren't born, and even adult learners don't always know how to learn in every situation. On this page you'll find learning assistant tools to help trainers design and delivery better training. There's also help for learners who want to better take advantage of learning opportunities.

Presenting To Difficult / Resistant Groups

Whether you do occasional speeches and presentations or you do them more often, eventually you are going to come across situations where one or more people in your audience are resistant to your message. That can manifest itself in some pretty harrowing behavior, from challenging you, to outright heckling. How you conduct yourself in these situations will determine whether you succeed, or fail miserably. Knowing how to handle these situations will also help you reduce stress associated with public speaking. Read...

Training Needs Assessment - Step by Step Helpcard

You can learn to maximize the return on investment for training by making sure that the training actually addresses real needs within the company or business. The key process for identifying important needs, and identifying training that adds value to the company and employees is called Training Needs Assessment, or Training Needs Analysis.

This short, compact and tightly written helpcard walks you through the training needs assessment process step by step and in plain English. Suitable for managers, supervisors, trainers of all levels, human resource professionals, or anyone wanting to improve the power and effectiveness of training seminars and programs. More...

One-2-One Training For Small Business Owners Helpcard

As a small business owner, you want your employees to be as productive as possible as quickly as possible. That means you often have to provide training to employees about the job tasks so they can be done the way you need them done. But you probably aren't trained as a trainer.

This helpcard provides you with a seven step process so you can train your own employees. We've taken tried and true training methods and translated them into plain English. Even if you've never trained anyone before, you can follow these steps.

Recommended for anyone who needs to train their own employees on a one-on-one basis. Also, a great handout for seminars, if you train business owners to train others. More...

Contributing To Your Team's Health Help Card

More workplaces are going to a team-based approach. This card provides a number of tips on how each person can contribute optimally to the productivity and effectiveness of the team. Balances both individual rights and obligations. More...

Getting Along With Almost Anyone Using Cooperative Communication

A small but essential collection of communication techniques to smooth the waters in groups. More...