Trainer demonstrates activities as identified/as appropriate from slide above. Slide Slide No Trainer Notes Trainer talks about Guest Speakers identifying points to note are: These can be extremely useful they provide a new and knowledgeable face for – the trainees to listen to, and a new and different resource’ ‘learning Trainees are likely to learn more from Guest Speakers than from Trainers as learners may ascribe more credibility to the Guest Speaker Be they can be an absolute disaster there are some very, very – knowledgeable, experienced and competent people who simply go to pieces when asked to be a guest speaker: they can sometimes: Wander all over the place in terms of what they say/present Get flustered and lose focus Lack credibility by virtue of their lack of presentation skills Simply in front of an audience/class. ‘freeze’ Slide Slide No Trainer Notes Trainer continues talking about using Guest Speakers: They can be in-house or from anywhere outside as a Trainer never be afraid of – using a Guest Speaker because they are a valuable and legitimate training technique Many Trainers will not use them because they feel they are handing over their authority to someone else, or that by getting someone else to do the training, they themselves are failing to do their job Guest speakers do not just Trainers have to arrange them and: ‘happen’ – Notify date, time and where to attend Discuss with them how long they are expected to talk/demonstrate Discuss what is to be covered by their attendance/participation never just – leave it to chance, or up to them to decide what to do, say or cover Set the format of the session for example: – Introduce them They talk/demo for 45 minutes Then there is a 30 minute Q & A session.
Trainer demonstrates activities as identified/as appropriate from slide above. Slide Slide No Trainer Notes Trainer talks about Guest Speakers identifying points to note are: These can be extremely useful – they provide a new and knowledgeable face for the trainees to listen to, and a new and different ‘learning resource’ Trainees are likely to learn more from Guest Speakers than from Trainers as learners may ascribe more credibility to the Guest Speaker Be they can be an absolute disaster – there are some very, very knowledgeable, experienced and competent people who simply go to pieces when asked to be a guest speaker: they can sometimes: Wander all over the place in terms of what they say/present Get flustered and lose focus Lack credibility by virtue of their lack of presentation skills Simply ‘freeze’ in front of an audience/class. Slide Slide No Trainer Notes Trainer continues talking about using Guest Speakers: They can be in-house or from anywhere outside – as a Trainer never be afraid of using a Guest Speaker because they are a valuable and legitimate training technique Many Trainers will not use them because they feel they are handing over their authority to someone else, or that by getting someone else to do the training, they themselves are failing to do their job Guest speakers do not just ‘happen’ – Trainers have to arrange them and: Notify date, time and where to attend Discuss with them how long they are expected to talk/demonstrate Discuss what is to be covered by their attendance/participation – never just leave it to chance, or up to them to decide what to do, say or cover Set the format of the session – for example: Introduce them They talk/demo for 45 minutes Then there is a 30 minute Q & A session.