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Description

Delivering Training: Designing the Session, Driving Participation and Assessing Learning

Passing on your professional expertise to working adults without turning the session into a lecture

  • 5 days — 35 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • All levels
  • Up to 6 participants

The expert appointed as trainer knows how to do the job, but passing it on is a different discipline. Content overruns the allotted time, the group mixes newcomers with long-serving staff, exercises fall flat and a single unexpected question is enough to unsettle the delivery. Assessment is too often reduced to a closing round of comments.

Five days to build a genuine delivery practice: writing observable objectives, producing a timed run sheet, selecting active methods, leading the group and managing difficult situations, assessing learning and securing transfer to the workplace. Every participant delivers in front of the group and leaves with a complete run sheet.

Learning objectives

  • Write observable learning objectives
  • Build a session run sheet alternating input and practice
  • Select methods suited to the group and the content
  • Lead a group of adult learners and manage difficult situations
  • Assess learning and gather participant feedback
  • Adapt a session to the virtual classroom format

What makes this programme different

Each participant delivers two real sessions in front of the group
Deliveries are recorded and reviewed against criteria announced in advance
A complete training run sheet is produced and taken away at the end of the programme

Programme

1Adult Learning and Objectives

Starting from what the participant must be able to do

  • Identify what helps or hinders learning in adults
  • Write observable learning objectives
  • Analyse needs and the group's entry level
  • Distinguish between information, training and practice

2Designing the Session

Building a run sheet that holds up

  • Break content down into progressive sessions
  • Alternate input, demonstration and practice
  • Calibrate timings and plan alternative options
  • Prepare materials and equipment

3Methods and Activities

Getting people to work rather than listen

  • Choose between case study, role play and sub-group work
  • Design an exercise that genuinely produces learning
  • Use questioning to draw output from the group
  • Manage mixed levels within the group

4Delivery and Group Management

Holding the group and holding the line

  • Open the session and set the working ground rules
  • Manage your pace, voice and movement
  • Handle objections and disengaged participants
  • Respond to a question you do not have the answer to
  • Refocus the group without breaking the dynamic

5Assessment and Transfer

Checking what has actually been learned

  • Build an assessment of learning aligned with the objectives
  • Organise application on the job
  • Gather and act on participant feedback
  • Adapt the session to the virtual classroom format
  • Refine your run sheet after each session

Who is it for

Occasional trainers, subject-matter experts, workplace mentors and managers required to deliver training to their colleagues.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.