The Global Trainer's Advantage™

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Are your trainees from a variety of cultures?

Are you teaching your area of expertise without knowing basic training skills?

Are you heading for Asia or Europe, with the same package you deliver in the U.S. ?

The Global Trainer’s Advantage^™

Schedule your own corporate workshop

Next Open Workshop March 5, 2008

Registration Fee $895

Pleasanton, California

Course Description

In the Global Trainer's Advantage workshop, subject matter experts that are new Trainer's learn how to set the learning environment, transfer knowledge, deliver and review the material, manage the participants, keep a stimulating pace, and engage participants to make the material "stick." Experienced Trainers learn how to adapt these training skills for a multicultural audience and international settings. Trainers will benefit from understanding cultural assumptions and their impact on communication and learning styles. Feel more prepared, whether you are training in the U.S. or abroad.

Goals - What is the objective?

Learn basic training skills which enable you to train your subject more effectively. Deliver training where your participants really learn the material, improving their area of expertise and the effectiveness of their job performance. Gain awareness, knowledge and tools to train a multicultural audience.

Who should attend?

New Trainers who will be training internationally or whose participants won't be native English speakers

Training Content - You will learn how to

	Prepare and set the learning environment
	Avoid logistics problems U.S. Trainers face with materials and delivery in Europe and Asia
	Effectively communicate concepts that are difficult, technical, or boring
	Facilitate group discussions easily
	Deliver clear instructions
	Understand various learning styles
	Recognize the effect of culture on timing, turn-taking, and participation in training sessions
	Manage talkative and silent participants to get balanced contribution
	Learn to read non-verbal signals from various cultures
	Develop ways to reinforce the learning
	Examine evaluation tools for cultures that don't give direct negative feedback

Results - As a result of the course you will

	Know “10 Top Trainer’s Tips” for a dozen cultures, including China , India , Israel , Korea , and more
	Increase your flexibility and success training people from other cultures
	Communicate more effectively across language barriers
	Feel more confident teaching your expertise in a multicultural environment

Instructor

Katherine Abbott is an award winning trainer and speaker. She developed The Global Trainer’s Advantage™ workshop incorporating her first-hand experience delivering training in Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Singapore and Ghana, her partnership with Charis Intercultural Training Corporation's international staff, plus her experience teaching students and corporate trainees in California who come from dozens of countries.

Location and time

	The course is conducted at an excellent learning center in California's San Francisco Bay area
	Close to San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose airports
	Detailed hotel and transportation information will be provided upon registration
	Training days run from 8:30am - 5:00pm
	Open programs are 1-day
	Private programs may run 1-2 or 3 days depending on the needs of the client

Fee: Email katherine@abbottcom.com for current fees

How do I register? You will register through Abbott Communications by calling 925-484-0195 or emailing katherine@abbottcom.com. If you have any questions about this process please call Katherine at 925-484-0195.

What participants have to say

"This program was really enlightening. As a global trainer, I will now be able to conduct OJT (on the job training) with cultural sensitivity that enhances performance on the line." - Technical Trainer, Lifescan (a J&J company)

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Email us at katherine@abbottcom.com or call 925-484-0195 with questions or requests for more information.

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