75 Proven Trainer's Tricks and Tips in 75 Minutes! - Part I

摘要

Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) training has a reputation (sometimes well deserved) for being dry and boring. Unfortunately mandatory annual refresher training can seem even worse to employees forced to sit through it. Part of the reason for this is inherent in what good, effective adult education/learning should be and what EHS refreshers are. Part of the reason also rests with the trainer. Adult education should be "learner-centered" (what works best for the learner) rather than "information-centered" (here's the information regardless of the learner’s interest or lack thereof). Typically, refresher training is the latter, very information-centered. Adult learners are self-directed and motivated to learn. They want the training to be directly applicable to their immediate needs. They don't like a rigid curriculum, forced upon them, nor "future" needs. They want (and deserve) good training and they can (and do) recognize bad training. Knowing and acknowledging all of this up front is a big help. There are a myriad of ways to improve any training. What follows are at least 75 proven tricks and tips that trainers can use to "spice up" their next annual refresher training - good luck!