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PDC 111: If I'm Teaching, Why Aren't They Learning?! How to Provide 
World Class Training that Works! Sat., May 22, 2010 at AIHce in Denver, 
CO. Early Bird rate ends March 10, 2010 - register now!
http://www.aihce2010.org/aihce10/education/course.aspx?id=524

Does someone in-house provide one-time or on-going employee training? Do 
employees dread mandatory training sessions because they’re boring; the 
same old info delivered in the same old way year after year?

Here’s an affordable opportunity for new and well experienced trainers 
alike to learn some new techniques for delivering information in a fun, 
engaging way that will help employees remember the material and maybe 
even make them look forward to the sessions each year!

Many trainers become frustrated when trainees don’t seem to learn or 
otherwise “benefit” from the training. In this very different workshop, 
the students will participate in the learning process throughout the 
day. The workshop is designed to both educate as well as involve the 
students in the process of improving their training skills.

Methods and approaches to be used include demonstration, hands-on, small 
group work, role-playing, games, discussion, question/answer, 
brainstorming, and brief video clips. This workshop will give students 
the skills to improve their training.

Come prepared to learn, educate, participate, and have more fun than 
you’re used to having at a workshop or seminar!

Your registration fee includes morning and afternoon refreshment breaks 
and an information filled packet (or electronic handouts) that will include:

• Handouts for all of the workshop modules, plus;

• Several articles written by Jonathan;

• Lists of training resources;

• List of 135 Training Tips & Tricks (what works);

• Training from Hell (what does not work);

• Jonathan’s “Guiding Principles” of training;

• Examples of training challenges.

Here’s a list of some tentative topics that we can cover. Which ones and 
the level of detail will depend on the attendees.

1. Needs assessments – How to determine if training is needed and if so, 
what types.

2. Learning objectives – These are the ubiquitous “At the end of the 
class, students will be able to:” followed by several bullets starting 
with action verbs (e.g., “List 5 each training dos and don’ts”). They 
are what the student should be able to do.

3. Lesson plan development – How to create your “road map” (GPS perhaps 
these days?) for your training.

4. Training sequence/cycle – What is the right order for training pieces 
(test, objectives, evaluations, etc.)?

5. Ice breakers – These are either the getting to know the students or 
the starting out with a fun thing (like a funny video, joke, or humorous 
story).

6. Room set-up – Tables, chairs, A/V, etc.

7. Food and drinks and training – Coffee, donuts, healthy snacks, 
lunches, etc.

8. Handouts – Appropriate scope and format – trying to reduce (and be green)

9. Breaks – How often, how long, how to get them back on time

10. Time and timing – When to hold classes, how long, etc.

11. PowerPoint – dos and don’ts, most common complaints

12. Student learning styles – visual, auditory, tactile

13. Learning domains – cognitive, affective, psychometric/kinesthetic

14. Keeping students engaged/participating – How to gain and maintain 
student involvement

15. Best and worst training methods – what works for best retention and 
what doesn’t

16. Is training always the “solution”? – What else besides training 
might be behind work issues?

17. Students at different levels – You have Ph.D. researchers, 
supervisors, workers, administrative assistants, maintenance, and 
custodians in the same class.

18. Tests and testing – Are they effective measures of learning? What is 
a better measure of the training?

19. Evaluations – Formative (during the class), summative (at the end of 
the class), forms, peer review, audits, video – what works, what doesn’t.

20. Trainer professional development – Courses, experience, degrees, 
certifications, etc.

21. Trainer burnout – What to do when you really don’t want to do the 
training

22. Language – They speak another language (and you don’t)

23. Literacy – They are not functionally literate (either in English or 
perhaps their language if non-English speakers)

24. Culturally Appropriate Training (CAT) – Persons of different 
cultures have widely different norms – how to design and deliver 
training that will be well received

25. Training tips and tricks – How to spice up training – effective methods

26. Annual refresher training – How to do the same thing year after and 
year and make it interesting and training they look forward to

27. Adult learner likes and dislikes – What are the things that most 
adult learners want and not want

28. Trainer dos and don’ts – What should you do and what not to do

29. Flexibility in topics – How to bend over backwards to accommodate 
learner questions and requests without getting your agenda “hijacked”

30. “Problem” students – Challenging trainees – lots of different 
situations here

31. Classroom problems – All sorts of stuff – no lights, no A/V, no 
handouts, etc.

32. Facilitating discussions – How to manage discussions

33. Adult learning principles – What are the common methods and 
approaches that work

34. Training games – All sorts of games to make training more fun and 
engaging

35. Others you can think of and want to discuss?

Please visit 
http://www.aihce2010.org/aihce10/education/course.aspx?id=524 to 
register for this useful (and popular) workshop – we hope to see you there!

Jonathan Klane, M.S.Ed., CIH, CHMM, CET is the owner and founder of 
Klane’s Education Information Training Hub, LLC SM (KEITH SM) and he 
directs all health and safety training. Jonathan specializes in a wide 
variety of training services including train-the-trainer courses and 
presentations. Jonathan has a Masters in Adult Education (M.S.Ed.) from 
the University of Southern Maine (USM) which has greatly influenced how 
he provides training. Jonathan is also a Certified Industrial Hygienist 
(CIH), Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), and Certified 
Environmental Trainer (CET). Jonathan has over 23 years of experience 
providing health and safety training and consulting services in the 
fields of business, industry, government, and education.

Jonathan has worked with companies and individuals to improve their 
training/training programs, including Chevron, GE, IDEXX Labs, Fairchild 
Semiconductor, LL Bean, the State of Maine OSHA Consultative service, 
and since 1995, he has presented over 85 times at national and regional 
conferences across North America and the Caribbean – AK, AZ, Kamloops, 
British Columbia, CA, CO CT, FL, GA, Halifax, Nova Scotia, IA, IL, IN, 
KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MN, MO, NH, NM, NV, OH, PA, RI, Toronto, Ontario, 
TX,, WA, and Trinidad & Tobago!

Jonathan taught for 3 years full-time in Occupational Health & Safety 
(OHS) at Central Maine Technical College (CMTC), and currently teaches 
several courses part-time for Thomas College’s Graduate and Continuing 
Education Department. He has authored a book, two textbook chapters 
(including the chapter on “Training Delivery” for the National 
Environmental Safety & Health Training Association’s (NESHTA’s) 
guidebook on implementing the ANSI EHS training standard Z490 and 
chapter 13 “Controlling Workplace Chemical Exposures in IHMM’s textbook 
Managing Hazardous Materials), and several articles including “Mandatory 
Continuing Education - How Can We Make It Better?” and “Really Effective 
Training” both published in Occupational Health and Safety magazine.

Questions: Please feel free to contact us with any questions or comments 
at:

Jonathan Klane, M.S.Ed., CIH, CHMM, CET
Klane's Education Information Training Hub, LLC SM (KEITH SM)
491 Norridgewock Road
Fairfield, ME 04937-3116
Phone: (207) 453-KEITH (5348)
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
www.TrainerMan.com

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Jonathan Klane, M.S.Ed., CIH, CHMM, CET
Klane's Education Information Training Hub, LLC (KEITH)
491 Norridgewock Rd.
Fairfield, ME 04937-3116
P: 207-453-KEITH (5348)
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www.trainerman.com
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