Train the trainer: Core delivery and facilitation skills for new trainers

A ready-made course you customise for your organisation, with a live session deck and two surveys. You only add the 9 details that are specific to your organisation.

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Length: 40 min
Lessons: 6 lessons
Frequency: When a subject expert is first asked to train
Last reviewed: 21 Oct 2026

Delivering with presence: grey areas in the room

What would you do?

Priya answers every question and the others go quiet

Try it: this is one of 20 interactive activities in the course.

What's included

Three pieces that work together

Copy once, get everything. Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck.

Self-paced course

Short lessons with real workplace scenarios, not walls of text.

6 lessons, about 40 minutes
Scenario, timeline, tabs, sorting activity and quizzes

Live session deck

An AhaSlides presentation to run after the course, in person or online.

10 slides
Quiz, word cloud, poll, ranking slides
A closing slide for your contacts

Two surveys

Find out what landed, and whether people use it on the job.

Post-course feedback, about 2 minutes
30-day check-in
Anonymous by default
Results feed your next refresher

Learning objectives

At the end of this course, learners can

Each objective and the lesson that covers it.

ID	Objective	Source	Where it's covered
TO 389.0	Achieve ≥ 80% on the final assessment	n/a	Whole course
SO 389.1	Describe the shift from presenter to facilitator and name the core competencies of a trainer	ATD Talent Development Capability Model [check before build]; ISO 29993:2017 [check before build]	Whole course
SO 389.2	Apply widely cited adult learning principles (purpose, experience, relevance, choice) when planning a session	Best practice (andragogy)	Whole course
SO 389.3	Build a session plan: outcome, check, activities, sequence and timing	Best practice	Whole course
SO 389.4	Choose a response to common room moments: a dominant voice, a silent group, a sceptic	Best practice	Whole course
SO 389.5	Check learning, collect feedback and plan follow-up at the four Kirkpatrick levels; know how to raise a welfare concern + your info	Kirkpatrick Model; organisation's concern route	Whole course

Your part: what a template can't do for you

Your workplace details: fill in the 9 highlighted fields so the course describes your own policies, contacts and locations.
Records: record completion in your own LMS or record system.

Course outline

6 lessons, about 40 minutes

Minutes per lesson are an estimate, shared out by page count.

ContentInteractiveVideoYou customise

Why a strong expert can still run a weak session

3 pages

7 min

Before you beginNoteList

One expert, 62 slidesTextImage

What went wrongTimelineQuiz

How adults learn, in brief

3 pages

7 min

Four ideas that guide adult sessionsTabs

Builds on experience or ignores it?Sorting activity

CheckFlashcardsMatching quiz

Designing a session that does something

3 pages

7 min

Six stepsProcess

A session plan on one pageTableChecklist

Put it in orderTimelineQuizMulti-select quiz

Delivering with presence: grey areas in the room

3 pages

7 min

Voice, slides and questionsAccordion

The dominant voiceScenario

The silent roomScenarioSorting activityMatching quiz

Check learning, ask for feedback and speak up

3 pages

7 min

Four levels of evaluationTabsNote

When a participant tells you something worryingScenarioNoteQuiz

My next three sessionsChecklistKey fact

Next steps and final assessment

2 pages

5 min

Your next stepsProcessYour infoYour infoYour infoYour infoNote

PracticeQuizKey factNoteButtonYour info

Live deck and surveys

10 slides to run live, two surveys to close the loop

Pink slides are interactive. Both surveys are anonymous; pink questions are written for this course.

ContentTitle, agenda, "you do not need to be a natural presenter

Word cloudOne word for the best trainer you have had

PollWhich is your biggest worry about training others?

ContentFrom presenter to facilitator in four lines (outcome, activity, check, follow-up) and the adult learning ideas from Lesson 2

QuizYou are planning a session. What do you write first? A slide deck · The outcome in one line ✔ · The icebreaker · The feedback form

QuizOne person answers every question and others go quiet. You… (Thank them, then use pairs and report back ✔)

RankingOrder the five steps of a session plan (outcome, check, activity, input, close) against the correct order

ScaleHow confident are you running a 60-minute session alone?

Open-ended / Q&AA room moment you want help with

Content · customiseClosing {{LD_CONTACT}}, {{SURVEY_2_URL}}, {{COURSE_URL}}

Post-course feedback: 11 questions, about 2 min

Overall rating 5 stars
Relevant, realistic, right length, helpful activities agree/disagree grid
What was most useful? multi-select
Confidence before this course, and now 1-5 scale
Which part of training do you find hardest? ranking
How comfortable are you with a participant who dominates? 1-5 scale
What is one thing a trainer did that helped you learn? short text
I feel safe asking for feedback on my training. 1-5 scale
One thing we should change or add open text
Would you recommend this course? NPS

30-day check-in

Have you used what you learned since the course? multiple choice
How confident are you today? Compare with day 1 1-5 scale
Do you know where to find the training standards document? yes / no / not sure
A moment where the training helped, or where you weren't sure open text
Which topics should the next refresher focus on? ranking

Results show whether people use the training on the job, not just whether they finished it.

Make it yours

9 fields to fill in, and you're ready

Everything else is done. These are the details only your organisation knows; each one is highlighted inside the course.

Ld contact{{LD_CONTACT}}
Training standards link{{TRAINING_STANDARDS_LINK}}
Learning platform{{LEARNING_PLATFORM}}
Concern route{{CONCERN_ROUTE}}
Next course link{{NEXT_COURSE_LINK}}
LMS or record system{{LMS_OR_RECORD_SYSTEM}}

Show all 9 fields

Survey 1 URL{{SURVEY_1_URL}}
Survey 2 URL{{SURVEY_2_URL}}
Course URL{{COURSE_URL}}

FAQ

Common questions

Can I run train the trainer: Core delivery and facilitation skills for new trainers training online?

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

How often is this training needed?

When a subject expert is first asked to train, before their first solo session; as the opening module of a trainer pathway; annually for new joiners to the academy.

Who needs this training?

New and early-career corporate trainers and subject-matter experts becoming trainers; run by the head of L&D or the training academy manager.

What records should I keep?

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Can I edit the content?

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

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Last reviewed: 21 October 2026Templates are a starting point, not legal advice.

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