Follow Up Resources
Training for Trainers: Designing an Effective Learning Program
These resources can be used to support further applications of skills, knowledge, and tools presented at the workshop. Please check our website for more workshops for more learning opportunities. Please respect any fair use and copyright for any of the resources below.
Slides
Manual
Templates
- Instructional design template
- Sample training agenda
- Facilitator agenda example
- Instructional design templates for e-learning courses
Blogs and Articles
- Instructional Design:
The Special Sauce to Learning (And Learning How to Ride a Bike)
by Amy Benson, CompassPoint - Adult Learning Theories and Practices
by Sierra Training Associates
Books
- The Incredible Power of Silence in Learning by Michael Culliton
- Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard
by Chip and Dan Heath - Instructor Excellence: Mastering the Delivery of Training
by Bob Powers and William J. Rothwell - Design for How People Learn by Julie Dirkson
Resources
- Trainer Roles graphic
- An activity to explore comfort zones, learning edges, and more
- Liberating Structures: Great collection of activities to engage and learn (including the 9 whys)
- Blooms Taxonomy Explained
- VAK Learning Styles Survey
- Honey and Mumford's Learning Styles Questionnaire
- Games for Change (serious games)
- Simple game generator
- Morguefile—free, diverse images to use in your materials
Evaluation
- Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session
- Kirkpatrick's Four-Level Training Evaluation Model
- Evaluating Outcomes and Impact: Leadership Development Programs (even though this is focused on a specific type of program, it has applicability across different learning programs)