Delivery of a

training seminar
for adults
R. Koncevičienė
Šakiai, 30 November 2017
1 hour allotted before the event
to make it successful:
• To evaluate the suitability of the auditorium
and prepare the furniture
• To prepare the technical devices
• To Lay out the extra materials
• To prepare the environment
• To prepare the necessary notes
• To see to the equipment of the room
• To concentrate
 The first impression is
made by:
• appropriately prepared place of work
• competence demonstrated
• awareness of the subject revealed
• ability to establish and maintain relations
• inner positivity, ‘warm’ attitude
• appearance as part of non-verbal communication
 Task
Helpers and hindrances
of communication
 communication
(after Watzlavik)
4 AXIOMS:
1. Communication begins from the first minute
2. Communication proceeds on the level of content
and feelings
3. Specific vocabulary is used
What is the participant
afraid of?
What is happening in the
group?
 The beginning of the
event
The aim of the of the seminar is at the beginning of
the seminar to create a harmonious atmosphere,
with no fear
If it does not happen in the first half of the day, the
aims of the seminar are hardly achievable!
(Birkelbihl)
 The beginning of successful
communication
 The trainer of the course:
 Is aware of the goal of the event
 Is able to choose the style of training
 With a friendly attitude
 Takes participants as they are
 Demonstrates competence, takes
responsibility
 Creates atmosphere secure for work and
communication
 Keeps eye contact
The needs of the participant

Self-realisation

Respect
Secondary
needs
Social
Security
Physiological Primary
needs
 The dynamics of the group/1

 The processes of the dynamics:

Deciding on sympathies/antipathies
Search for the like-minded
Fight for status
Search for your own role
Perception that the aims which may
change will have to be sought
 The dynamics of the group/2

 Before the group solve their own problems, they will

not learn anything
 The level of integration in the group– the behaviour
that the group demonstrate to the trainer
 When the people become a group, they try to test the
potency of the trainer
 Talk in pairs:
The percentage you would allot
when passing the message to the:
1. WORDS ....... ?
2. TONE OF VOICE ....... ?
3. BODY LANGUAGE ...... ?
 Passing of the ‘message’ in:
(A.Mehrabian)

 Words 7 %
 Tone of voice 38 %
 Body language 55 %
100 %
 Comunication in
auditorium
• Voice (sound level, pace, moduliation,
stressing, pauses)
• Hands
• Eyes
• Moving around the auditorium
• Position of the trainer
• Visual devices
 Every seminar consists of
three parts:
1. INTRODUCTION – preparation (15 %)
2. BODY – the use of all learning possibilities (80 %)
3. FINAL PART, CONCLUSION – foresees the further
learning possibilities (5 %)

Aa A2
 Conclusion
• The success of the seminar depends on the
preparation.
• The first impression is important.
• Emotional communication is more important than
the subject of the seminar.
• Use not only verbal, but non-verbal body language.
• Have in mind that dynamic processes go on in the
group.
• The group do not learn until personal problems are
solved.
• Be sure - PROBLEMS are unavoidable.