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I'm all about making training design quicker, easier and less stressful, so here is a small selection of events, recordings, resources and courses that can help to do that.

This is just a tiny selection of what's available to VIP members, so if you like what you get here and want more, come and join us!

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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.

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Giant Designer's Drop-In

Do you have a question or query something you’re designing? Are you stuck for ideas, or just seeking ways to refresh your work? Would you love to discover what other people do? Are you seeking inspiration for your L&D projects for next year? Do you just fancy talking to other people who get what you do and building your network?

 If so, join us for our Giant (virtual) Designer’s Drop-In in December.

Join us on Friday, 09 December 2024

THE PRINCIPLES OF ADULT LEARNING

Training is different to ‘teaching’. Adults – with all their life experience – tend to learn differently to children, so when designing training for workplaces, it’s important that we take these principles into account. Find out what they are and what it means for us in practice.

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

GUIDE TO DESIGNING GREAT TRAINING

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.

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. 

EVALUATING TRAINING

Evaluating training is always very difficult because it can be hard to isolate the effects of training from other things that impact the effectiveness of training and transfer of learning. 

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.