Week 1 : Contents

An effective trainer delivers relevant content knowledge to the trainees within the allotted time.

DEPENDENT  FACTORS

Effective delivery of contents is primarily dependent on the following two factors:-

1. Audience   
2. Available Time

AUDIENCE:

Information about who the audience are and a reasonable understanding of their background is essential to weave the contents in such a manner, so as to deliver the contents effectively and help the trainees understand the contents easily.

AVAILABLE TIME :

A trainer should have specific information about the time available at his disposal to deliver the contents. Depending on the availability of time, the trainer has to choose the quality and quantity of contents to be delivered.

3 RULING FACTORS

 Three Ruling Factors which will have an impact on the contents to be delivered are:

1. Clarity

2. Brevity

3. Continuity

CLARITY:

1. Trainer should not speak that which he has not understood.
2. One cannot make others understand what he/she does not understand.
3. Trainer should make sincere efforts to have deeper understanding of the concepts.  
4. The delivered points should straight away reach the audience/trainees  immediately
5. There should not be any doubt about the underlying concept  which  forms the core of the content chosen for delivery.
6. Trainer should not speak anything unrelated to the topic in discussion.

Examples of statements with clarity:-

Ice is Cold 

Fire is Hot

BREVITY:

1. Trainer should use simple language.
2. Each concept should be tried to be delivered in not more than 3-4 sentences.
3. It is rightly said by some one that ‘Talent is not to use two words where you can use one’.
4. Trainer should avoid repetition.
5. Trainer should avoid talking too much.
6. Trainer should not talk even a single sentence without content.
7. Unwanted and lengthy explanations must be avoided.

CONTINUITY:

The credibility of a trainer depends on the mastery over flow of thoughts.

1. There  has to be continuity in the delivery.
2. Thought after a thought. Point after a point, concept after a concept should be the guiding principle.
3. The trainees should not be left out at any point of time during the presentation.
4. The attention of the trainees must continuously be under the control of trainer.
5. Trainees should not be made to struggle and to  connect the dots to understand the contents delivered by the trainer.
6. Trainer has to link the contents already delivered to the trainees with the contents to be delivered.
7. Examples given should have relevance to the concept  under discussion. 
8. What, Why, How, When and Where relating to any concept must be explained in an order.

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