Course Highlights
This virtual training course for classroom trainers will:
- Teach strategies for engaging participants at the start of any training program.
- Introduce four conventions for increasing learner engagement and retention.
- Provide techniques to communicate the value of a training program and help participants articulate their personal benefits.
- Highlight the importance of choice, variety, and movement in participant-centric learning, with over 12 actionable techniques.
- Explore debriefing frameworks to connect experiential activities to learning objectives.
- Guide trainers in conducting effective summarizing and action-planning exercises.
- Show how to take the pulse of a class and collect real-time feedback to enhance the learning experience.
Course Overview
Engaging participants is both an art and a science, and this course equips trainers with the tools to do both. Starting with the critical first moments of a session, trainers will learn to set the tone for engagement, articulate the value of training, and encourage participants to see the personal benefits of their involvement.
The session emphasizes choice, variety, and movement as essential elements of participant-centric learning. Trainers will explore over a dozen techniques to keep learners actively involved and energized throughout a program.
Participants will also focus on debriefing experiential activities, applying frameworks to ensure learners connect exercises to broader objectives. The course concludes with strategies for effective summarizing and action planning, helping participants translate learning into actionable steps. Finally, trainers will learn methods for collecting real-time feedback to gauge class dynamics and make adjustments as needed.
By the end of this session, participants will have the skills to choreograph engaging, dynamic, and effective classroom experiences that inspire and empower learners.
Program Objectives
At this program’s conclusion, participants should be able to:
- Engage participants at the start of any training program.
- Leverage four conventions to engage learners and increase retention.
- Sell the value of a training program and have participants articulate how they will benefit from participating.
- Explain the importance of choice, variety, and movement, and apply at least 12 techniques for creating participant-centric learning.
- Apply several debriefing frameworks to experiential activities and exercises.
- Conduct several summarizing and action-planning exercises.
- Take the pulse of a class and collect real-time feedback.
Program Modules
- Climate Setting: Putting Participants First
- Benefits Please: Selling a Session’s Value
- Step, Kick, Kick, Leap, Kick Touch: Building Interactions
- Why Did We Just Do That?: Connecting the Dots
- A Plan for Action: Pushing Learning Forward
Target Audience
This virtual training program is for groups that want to:
- Build skills to engage participants in classroom training environments.
- Learn practical techniques to increase learner retention and interaction.
- Connect experiential activities to learning outcomes effectively.
Suggested Format
- Two-Hour Virtual Training Course
Questions This Page Answers About Classroom Engagement Training
- Where can I find a program to improve participant engagement during training?
- How can trainers create more interactive and participant-focused learning experiences?
- What strategies connect activities to learning objectives and action plans?
- How can trainers collect real-time feedback and adjust classroom dynamics effectively?