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Train the trainer: Core delivery and facilitation skills for new trainers

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for new and early-career corporate trainers and subject-matter experts becoming trainers. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 40 minutes, 6 lessons. Last reviewed 21 October 2026; not legal advice.

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Three pieces that work together

Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 9 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's answers to the quizzes and activities in the course.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away, and the 30-day check-in shows whether they use it.

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6 lessons, about 40 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: Why a strong expert can still run a weak session · 7 min

    Before you begin · One expert, 62 slides · What went wrong

  • Lesson 2: How adults learn, in brief · 7 min

    Four ideas that guide adult sessions · Builds on experience or ignores it? · Check

  • Lesson 3: Designing a session that does something · 7 min

    Six steps · A session plan on one page · Put it in order

  • Lesson 4: Delivering with presence: grey areas in the room · 7 min

    Voice, slides and questions · The dominant voice · The silent room

  • Lesson 5: Check learning, ask for feedback and speak up · 7 min

    Four levels of evaluation · When a participant tells you something worrying · My next three sessions

  • Lesson 6: Next steps and final assessment · 5 min

    Your next steps · Practice

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Common questions

Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

When a subject expert is first asked to train, before their first solo session; as the opening module of a trainer pathway; annually for new joiners to the academy.

New and early-career corporate trainers and subject-matter experts becoming trainers; run by the head of L&D or the training academy manager.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Ld contact
  • Training standards link
  • Learning platform
  • Concern route
  • Next course link
  • LMS or record system
  • Course URL
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