Practice Makes Perfect!

        The most important thing you can do to make sure you're training goes well and your audience gets the most out of your session is to practice. When I say practice I don't mean just throw the power point in slide sorter mode and go over the flow. That is important but what i'm talking about setting up your projector, clicker and power point at practicing LIVE runs as if there were a classroom full of eager minds ready to listen to your every syllable. This is how the great trainers become great! Remember you play how you practice! Do you think Michael Jordan went out and had so, so practices? NO, he played how he practice and he would practice for HOURS a day everyday! That's what made him the best player ever to step on the basketball court.

          Back to training, it's important to set up as if conducting a live training. Practice your delivery and button clicking. As I said in an earlier blog button clicking can save your life and help the audience teach back what they have learned. Some other advice some great trainers thought me over the years is to be yourself! If your funny than be funny, if your technical than be technical. Don't try and be something you're not, the audience will see right through you and at that point it's very hard to train anyone! It's also a very good idea to record your practice sessions. This will allow you to workout any slow points and help determine your flow. As I said before flow is important because over explaining or under explaining something is just as bad as not explaining something at all. So remember you will play how you practice so start there and don't hold back!