Training & Assessment Professional Development
34 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago -As the CEO of my own RTO for over 12 years and a qualified Trainer and Assessor for more than 15 years this podcast will help you develop your skills and knowledge to become a leader in your industry. Using strategies that enhance your delivery, connect with your learners and obtain exceptional outcomes.Professional development is vital to your success and we are here to help you discover your flow and best practice as a professional trainer and assessor.Learn all aspects of Training design and delivery, support and assessment so you stand out, where others cant as they don't invest in themselves.
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Don't drag your sorry self into 2024
January 06, 2024 23:00 - 13 minutes - 9.48 MBIt's that time of year, you know, that time where if you were fortunate to have a break then you at some point will be returning to work, your job, your business your passion hopefully. So how can you return to work without feeling that holiday hangover? If you are already back at work and hating it, this message is for you. There are some really simple strategies to help you get ready to return to work or your business without feeling dread. One of the ways is to be sure you have enough...
A Time to Reflect as we end 2023 and begin 2024
December 16, 2023 01:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBSeason #6, Episode #4 A Time to reflect As we bring 2023 to an end and we move into 2024, now is a great time to reflect, in this episode I share some tips to use and reflect on the year that has been and what you want for 2024 Family Work/Business Spiritually Friends For goodness' sake don’t set New Year's resolutions, some last 7 days but rarely do they last till 30th January. Set intentions and plan what you desire, take action! Book picks for the month · Build the life y...
Mentoring - Share your knowledge
December 10, 2023 06:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBSeason #6, Episode #3 Mentoring - Share your knowledge. As Coaches and Mentors, we want our students to get the most from our sessions and when we understand why shared knowledge is important to are more willing to share skills and attributes that we have learned along the way. We can be more conscious about planning our session to include key learnings and more importantly failures and encourage others to share. It doesn't matter whether you are delivering face-to-face or via ZOOM you can...
Adult Learners and Principles that are the key to learning.
May 20, 2023 01:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MBSeason #6, Episode #2 Adult Learners and Principles that are the key to learning. Learning Face to Face will always be a desire of many adult learners. As educators we want our student to get the most from the our sessions and when we understand the Adult Learning Principles we can be more conscious about planning our session to include this and encourage others to share. It doesn't matter whether you are delivering face to face or via ZOOM you can ensure their is a high level of interact...
Welcome back it's 2023
January 07, 2023 04:00 - 9 minutes - 6.37 MBSeason #6, Episode #1 Welcome to 2023 Firstly let me say I am so glad you are here again and thank you for joining me again in a new year. I look forward to doing a podcast each month and making this year the best it can possibly be. In this podcast i just want to say thank you and share some of the best episode achievements with you. I look forward to more so tune in for this short podcast. Growth doesn’t happen naturally, it happens intentionally and is accessible to everyone! Book pi...
Are You a Crappy Trainer?
January 11, 2022 06:00 - 11 minutes - 7.75 MBEpisode Notes Season #6, Episode #1 Are you a crappy trainer I recently spoke to a friend about her experience in her recent Training & Assessment course, it made me furious and prompted some questions to you, my listeners. Never forget this is your clients learning journey not yours! What is your delivery like? Do you know why your learners are there, take the time to get to know their motivation and remember you are there to teach skills and knowledge not talk at people. Becoming co...
Trainer and Assessor Currency
December 12, 2021 10:00 - 11 minutes - 8.25 MBTrainer and Assessor Currency In this podcast we talk about why currency is important in your career, what does currency look like, how to stay current, and what are the pitfalls if you don’t stay current, this can effect your financially and professional. Make a plan for 2022 so you can stay current without it becoming a burden. And more so tune in for this short podcast. Growth doesn’t happen naturally, it happens intentionally and is accessible to everyone! Book picks for the month ...
Traps Trainers Fall Into
February 27, 2021 22:00 - 9 minutes - 6.82 MBEpisode Notes Season #5, Episode #2 Traps Trainers Fall Into As trainers we can fall into several traps, have you? Trap #1 Wanting to deliver a program and spending weeks developing without going to the market and seeing the need. We can have many great programs that clients don’t want to buy, or students don’t want to attend. Knowing your target audience makes it easy to go to market and get some feedback on the need so you can develop what is needed and contextualise for greater impac...
How to create a powerful Vision Board
January 02, 2021 00:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBEpisode Notes Season #5, Episode #1 How to Create a Powerful Vision Board Creating a Vision Board is a powerful way to design the year and life you desire, in this podcast I’m going to share with you how you put together your own vision board and how you can do this with your family to get everyone working towards the bigger picture. Regardless of your external environment you can create the life you desire and a vision board is a way to keep you focused and aligned with what you do want...
How to create a powerful Vision Board
January 02, 2021 00:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBEpisode Notes Season #5, Episode #1 How to Create a Powerful Vision Board Creating a Vision Board is a powerful way to design the year and life you desire, in this podcast I’m going to share with you how you put together your own vision board and how you can do this with your family to get everyone working towards the bigger picture. Regardless of your external environment you can create the life you desire and a vision board is a way to keep you focused and aligned with what you do want...
Are you up for the challenge?
December 27, 2020 06:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBEpisode Notes Season #4, Episode #9 Are you up for the challenge? This is our last Podcast for 2020 and I am so grateful as we just hit 1500 downloads whoo!! Take time to reflect on this past year, its easy to get caught up in the madness that has happened but remember not to get caught up in stuff you have no influence over. Plan to have a brilliant life and I want to challenge you for the next 7 days with these 5 things. 1. Do a random act of kindness every day for the next 7 d...
Kick FEAR to the kerb and thrive in 2021
December 20, 2020 02:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBEpisode Notes Season #4, Episode #8 Kick FEAR to the kerb and thrive in 2021 FEAR is an acronym for False Evidence Appearing Real and its one you should always remember because it forms a story in our head and holds us back from great stuff, opportunities, and life in general. In this episode I want you to create your own little mantra, mine is “Fuck You FEAR” and this allows you to find the inner strength get rid of the story and move forward in what ever I want to do. Ill share some ex...
Professional Development Plan to Kick-Start 2021
December 11, 2020 01:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBEpisode Notes Season #4, Episode #7 Professional Development Plan to Kick-Start 2021 Now is the time to start your professional Development planning and kick off a new year fresh, organised and ready to make a difference. Reflect on what went well for 2020 and what you would like to change for the new year. Do a personal SWOT Analysis on yourself and each member of your team, look for any skills gaps and create a performance plan that aligns. Training that may help: · Validatio...
Accountability Works Both Ways
December 01, 2020 22:00 - 9 minutes - 6.85 MBEpisode Notes Season #4, Episode #6 Accountability Works Both Ways As a trainer and/or a manager you play a massive role in how students experience learning especially when they have previously had bad experiences in their childhood at school and in their career. Accountability is a way of keeping you on track, setting yourself up for success and delivering on what is promised in the form of quality and service. Accountability for students helps them progress and develop confidence in w...
Dealing with Difficult Students
November 29, 2020 00:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBEpisode Notes Season #4, Episode #5 Dealing with Difficult Students After 17 years in the industry I know that at some point going to have to deal with difficult students. Its just part of the journey and this helps you grow and develop your skills. What is a difficult student? Why are they difficult? Be curious when someone is displaying behaviors not conducive to the classroom or online training you are delivering. How do you manage them? What strategies can you use? Why is it i...
Workshop Activities and Icebreakers - The Benefits
November 16, 2020 03:00 - 11 minutes - 7.79 MBWorkshop Activities and Icebreakers - The benefits are HUGE, let me reiterate the benefits are really huge for the people attending your workshops and also for you as the trainer. Lets start with benefits of an ICE Breaker at the start of your training session / Workshop As people come into the training room they can be in a frame of mind that they are here to learn and have an open mind, or they are forced to be here and therefore they are resistant to not only participating they are wha...
Use Feedback to Improve your Skills
November 10, 2020 08:00 - 9 minutes - 6.66 MBAs a trainer we know how important feedback is even if it makes us feel a little uncomfortable at times. As we head toward the end of the year we know that training slows down if you are in VET and even if you do non accredited training for Government Departments this also slows down. Take the time to evaluate the feedback you have received over the past 12 months and make a plan for skills development or material development, walk into 2021 ready and in a more prepared place than you have...
Tasks that engage and enable learning
November 02, 2020 22:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBAs a Trainer you want to make sure that you engage your learners and learning new concepts is achieved. Group activities can at times go horribly wrong if you are not organised and don't know what the main objective is. In this podcast I talk about really simple activities to deliver in a workshop style that are engaging, create collaboration and get results that can be immediately implemented into the workplace. This training is very relevant right now as people transition back to work,...
The Journey Out is In - With Nathan Hawken
September 11, 2020 03:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBIn this 5 part series we are going to share such some really powerful tools and insights. Nathan talks to us about mindfulness, awakening your consciousness and healing. As a very successful Coach he shares his insights into the journey of self discovery and going inward to discover your true self. We openly discuss challenges in life and how if we sit with the challenge and go inside though mindfulness and meditation we can heal. Doing the work can open up possibilities to greater wisd...
Coaching a student to realign focus
August 21, 2020 04:00 - 11 minutes - 7.88 MBIf you are a Coach, Mentor, Trainer and Assessor you know that its not easy to keep clients on the path to success. It's our job to support and encourage students to progress but this needs to be on their terms. Helping students realign and get back on track isn't a complicated process. I have outlined a process that is really simple to implement and I hope you find this useful. Set up the time for a session Welcome and check in to get acquainted Build rapport Outline the situation I...
How NLP is a game changer - My Guest Nathan Hawken
July 31, 2020 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBI sat down with Nathan Hawken all the way from Dublin and what a conversation we had. Nathan is a successful Coach and Entrepreneur who teaches NLP at the Practitioner and master Practitioner level. Here we talk about how NLP is a game changer and how this has impacted his life and journey as a coach. Nathan coaches people around the world and has some great tips on how this is so beneficial if you want to stop making excuses and take your life to the next level. You can reach Nathan on ...
Adult Learning Principles - The Art of Story Telling
July 25, 2020 04:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBAs educators we want our student to get the most from the our sessions and when we understand the Adult Learning Principles we can be more conscious about planning our session to include this and encourage others to share. It doesn't matter whether you are delivering face to face or via ZOOM you can ensure their is a high level of interaction and story telling into your session. In this Podcast I give some personal examples and how this has been beneficial and also explain Malcolm Knowles t...
Confessions of a recovering multi-tasker
July 06, 2020 06:00 - 10 minutes - 7.48 MBMulti-tasking - I used to be so proud to say I am an excellent multi-tasker but the truth is that's not really an achievement. I would pride myself on being able to do multiple things and i would constantly allow myself to be interrupted thinking I can just go back to what I was doing after I help this person and that person. Its actually a problem I needed to overcome to be able to be more productive and do things better. I found that I worked at such a high capacity really not getting whe...
Change - How to help your team through Change
June 26, 2020 04:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBChange is inevitable in every organisation and with the current climate we are transitioning through change and moving back to the workplace, working from home and we have to do day to day life differently. Not every one copes with change the same and as leaders we can help our team cope with change better if we understand how they feel about change. Looking at peoples values and how comfortable with change we can start to ask really key questions to see how people feel about change, unders...
Authentic Conversations
June 12, 2020 00:00 - 10 minutes - 7.17 MB"We were born to be real not perfect" A life without authentic conversations is like a life without bearing your soul. As an educator I am always thinking about language and how we can lift people with our language, or how we can contribute to other peoples lives in a genuine way. One of the ways in which we can do this is through authentic conversations. An authentic conversation is one that comes from the heart and not so much the head. These conversations have a place in all realms of ...
Find your passion and make it purposeful.
May 20, 2020 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBIf you haven't found your passion yet then I can wait to share some insights with you and maybe help you find yours. I have had many discussions over the years where people ask me how did I know what my purpose was, where did this come from, and how will I know what mine is? Its actually difficult to explain as I am not sure how it occurred, I just knew what I was supposed to do and this has continued at different stages of my life. Maybe I am just lucky, or maybe I listed to what my intern...
Dimensions of Competence
April 22, 2020 01:00 - 13 minutes - 9.41 MBUnderstanding the key aspects of the Dimensions of Competence can greatly enhance your ability to get to the assessment stage more confidently and have a greater understanding of the skills gaps that your participants have at the current stage they are at. Dimensions of Competence include: ~ Task Skills Thinking about how the candidate must perform the individual skills that are required to complete the work activities to the required standards which includes the workplace/industry and uni...
Supporting your students online learning
April 16, 2020 07:00 - 13 minutes - 9.62 MBHow you support your students online is vital to their progress and ultimately their success. In this podcast I talk about One on One support and group support, the overall benefits and how this can provide your students with the connection they need especially when they are isolated and need to bounce ideas, ask questions and have their thoughts validated. The importance of identifying your ethical boundaries and know what support services are available that your students may need to reach...
Utilise Technology to Support Clients
March 19, 2020 02:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBThese are truly uncertain times but you have an opportunity to be able to support your clients through this turmoil. Use this time to learn and grow in new ways that will enhance everyone's experience. When you utilise technology your clients can be more supported than ever before. In this podcast I talk about what platforms you can use and how you can bring your clients together and keep them supported and progressing. Zoom, Skype, Dropbox, Facebook Groups and the list goes on. If you hav...
Emotional Intelligence tools for greater connection
February 25, 2020 06:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBUnderstanding what Emotional Intelligence is and how we can develop and apply these skills to have greater awareness for ourselves personally is really exciting. Knowing how to develop a much deeper connection with our Clients, Family and in a social context facilitates you to start to communicate in a more succinct way. In this episode I take you through how you can develop your own emotional intelligence and really see the benefits of a practical application in your day to day life. Then ...
Professional Development for Career Advancement
January 25, 2020 01:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBAs a trainer it is vital to participate in continued professional development, its a challenge to work and train and always be on top of legislation or industry changes. In this episode I am speaking with Susan Bennett from Total WHS Solutions about how she stays current in her industry and how she selects the appropriate professional development courses for her needs. Support the Show.
Successful Preparation
January 06, 2020 07:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB80-90% of the successful delivery is in the preparation, in this podcast I talk about some tips to ensuring your preparation is on point for your target audience. Support the show
Successful Preparation
January 06, 2020 07:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB80-90% of the successful delivery is in the preparation, in this podcast I talk about some tips to ensuring your preparation is on point for your target audience. Support the Show.
Introduction - Training & Assessment Professional Development
December 29, 2019 05:00 - 1 minute - 1.2 MBHi and welcome to Training & Assessment Professional Development Podcast I am extremely grateful you have joined us and thanks for tuning in today…………. Training & Assessment Professional Development is about giving back to the community of Trainers and those wanting to enter the industry. I love helping Trainers develop their skills to become leaders in their field. We have so much content to come that will inspire you to grow and help you harness your niche. The world of Vocatio...