From the course: Train the Trainer
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Motivating adult learners
- People are busier and more distracted than ever. So, as a trainer, it's essential to discover ways to motivate and engage individuals to learn. From my experience as a trainer, I wanna share some tips on how to motivate learners. I found that it's essential to relate training to the person's jobs responsibilities and their career progression. Most likely, your participants are taking a course because it aligns with their career goals. Effective trainers draw connection between the course material and how it will help them in their job. They relate new ideas through familiar examples. They describe tangible examples of how their job will improve after they complete the course and share testimonials from past participants that found success applying the new skills. Next, it's important to build trust with participants. Trust is a powerful motivational tool, because most participants are skeptical and sometimes cynical. They're more likely to buy into your message after you earn their…
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