A Gathering for Person Centered Practices
One-liner Trainer Tips
May 7-9, 2013
Virginia Beach, VA
§ Hope for the best; plan for the worst
§ Steal from others
§ Tape some sessions of self to improve
§ If hard time with rules, add bartering for candy
§ If you let one person knit on day 1, by day 2 you’ll have a knitting club
§ Study, study, study (new material)
§ Batman exercise (Hilarious!!)
§ Set aside time to practice with your co-trainer in advance
§ Do not take the pages out of the binder. Just exchange notebooks
§ If possible, observe someone else first
§ Use music!
§ Label post its ahead of time for Terminal Irritation
§ Practice timing
§ Prepare stories/examples ahead of time and decide where to apply them
§ Hand out answer slides at the end of the day
§ Use own personal examples on communication chart
§ Teach to all learning styles (x2)
§ Add the document “Language to Avoid” to hand outs
§ Use stories/examples from audience to make training more relevant
§ Use index cards – big ones
§ Make permanent visuals, laminate flip charts– save paper and time!
§ Get a good night’s sleep! Keep H2O handy – smile!
§ Train with a rescuer
§ Have patience
§ Show up early
§ Bring snacks – donuts
§ Tell embarrassing story about yourself at beginning of training to put people at ease
§ Check out NC certificate format
§ Make it competitive – which table is the best
§ Be honest about your own weaknesses
§ Be honest about how good I am
§ Practice makes permanence
§ Believe in what you’re saying
§ Hit the down arrow
§ Always promise to end second day early
§ Create wall charts in advance
§ Be flexible
§ If not good with equipment, arrange ahead of time for someone to help
§ Go to lunch with group if can
§ Connect with each member of audience
§ Have lunch with group on first day and use their stories later in the training
§ Wear clothes (shoes) that you are comfortable on floor with
§ Train with different trainers
§ Play music as people enter room/lunch
§ Use people’s names
§ Play happy dance video
§ If you run cheap vodka through a Brita filter, it tastes like top shelf liquor – post-training tip
§ Go Hokies! VT – Wahoo! (advertisement—not a tip!)
§ Practice makes perfect
§ Be prepared
§ Pack your lunch
§ Use humor
§ In working agreements tell people that texting under the table makes it look like they are playing with themselves
§ Bring cake
§ Be prepared for screw-ups
§ Don’t drink too much coffee prior to training
§ Know the punch line before tell joke
§ Be conscious of the script
§ Good communication/dynamics with co-trainer
§ Don’t fake it, live it.
§ Have a list of positive reputations
§ Train with Barry
§ Start on time
§ Make it relevant
§ Be creative
§ Wear (3) sweater vests
§ Set up the room the day before if you can
§ Have fun
§ Passion is infectious
§ Let no participant go astray
§ Have registrants tell you where they work to prepare stories
§ Have an arsenal of examples
§ Add to an initial story throughout; refer back to it
§ Train with another great trainer
§ Don’t eat more than 3 pieces of sugar free candy
§ Wait to put out candy until you discuss Level 1 change—use that to demonstrate a level 1 change