GUIDE TO DESIGNING GREAT TRAINING (2nd Edition)

This e-book will help you to design quality training by taking a structured approach. It follows a logical, step-by-step method and suggests what should be considered at each stage.
 
It's not about the theory of learning design, but the real-work practice.
Updated in August 2026

DESIGNING BRAIN-FRIENDLY TRAINING

Good learning experiences - those that engage people and lead to behaviour change - don't happen by accident. They happen when you work WITH the brain, and incorporate learning science into your design and delivery.
This ebook takes the elements of learning science you need to know about it, and presents them as practical steps for you to use to guide your learning design. Includes hints, tips and checklists to keep it as simple as possible.

FACILITATING GREAT TRAINING

Even when training workshops are designed in detail, you still need to be able to adapt your delivery to ensure each group gets the most valuable experience possible.

This ebook explains what you need to do before, during and after a workshop to ensure it's success. It also has a large section on flexible facilitation techniques and how to handle the more common tricky situations when managing group dynamics.

DESIGNING AND FACILITATING BRAIN-FRIENDLY TRAINING

Get the full set of practical ebooks to give you a solid foundation in designing and delivering effective learning experiences.
Not theoritical - just straight-forward advice, hints and tips from a seasoned practitioner.

SAVE TIME WITH AI ASSISTED TRAINING DESIGN

Tired of training design taking longer than it should? Wondering how you can cut your time without compromising quality?
 In just 45 minutes, I’ll be demystifying artificial intelligence for L&D practitioners, and taking away the smoke and mirrors that surround it. 

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO INDUCTION TRAINING

Subscribe to the Training Designer's Club and get a practical guide to help you to design an induction programme that goes well beyond the legal requirement and helps you to turn a new starter into an engaged and productive employee quickly.

DESIGN TRAINING IN 6 SIMPLE STEPS

Whether you're an experienced facilitator looking to formalise your skills, or perhaps you're adapting an existing event for a virtual audience, or entrusting others to deliver your programs, you will want to ensure that your training remains effective, engaging, and impactful.

MASTER YOUR TRAINING DESIGN

Good training design is a mixture of art and science, and MASTER brings these together perfectly. So if you want to design an engaging and impactful training session, but you haven’t got weeks to put it together, follow this process and you will be able to QUICKLY design a live training session that is high on engagement AND high on impact.

DESIGN A SESSION PLAN

A Session Plan is the most crucial thing to design for any live training event. Yet many facilitators fail to create one, feeling it's unnecessary. But putting in the work up front to design a proper session plan, reaps very many benefits later in the design AND delivery process.

21 QUESTIONS TO TAKE A DESIGN BRIEF

Taking a design brief is similar to doing a training needs analysis but it's not exactly the same. Download this guide to make sure you ask everything you need to to do a great job.

HOW TO DELIVER GREAT TRAINING WHEN YOU HAVE LIMITED TIME AND A TINY BUDGETS

Download a booklet outlining 31 ways you can deliver great learning programmes to your organisation, cost effectively and without having to work 60 hours a week.

OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES OF VIRTUAL TRAINING DESIGN 

If you find designing virtual training a bit of a challenge, this webinar will give you practical tips to make things easier