Group training sessions held to improve knowledge and skills in an area are called seminars and trainings, respectively. Seminars take the form of lectures and presentations combined with discussion of a particular topic. Trainings, on the other hand, using different group training systems, allow you to learn and improve the practical skills in a certain field of activity. The business of holding such events is a common phenomenon in Western Europe and the USA. It is becoming more and more popular in Ukraine as well. Knowing how to organize a seminar or training from scratch, you can build your own business on the organization of training sessions or earn money by sharing your knowledge and experience, if you have achieved success in a certain area and want to teach others to become successful and healthy people.
How to organize a seminar or training from scratch
For a successful group training event it is necessary to think in advance not only about the topic, but also about a lot of organizational issues, which will provide a better and more accessible presentation of material and maximum comfort for all participants of the process: speakers, trainers and trainees.
Determining the topicality is the key to success of the seminars and trainings
The choice of an interesting and useful topic is the first thing to decide if you want to get profit from the training sessions. The most popular topics today, for the mastering of which the listener is willing to pay a certain amount of money, are:
- Building and developing one’s own business. Here many entrepreneurs, legal entities and individuals may be interested in, for example, methods of promotion of goods, finding partners or improvement of the enterprise, which will be of interest to the managerial staff of firms;
- personal growth, leadership development and effective personnel management;
- business and family relationships;
- improvement of health.
You can organize trainings on other topics, such as teaching foreign languages or manicure technique. If you want to make seminars and trainings your business, make a program and a schedule of classes for a certain period in advance, with constant updating of topics.
Choosing Lecturers and Trainers for Group Training Sessions
The seminar or training session should be conducted by a specialist who is knowledgeable in the chosen topic and able to convey the necessary information to the audience in a comprehensible manner. If you are not, you need to find a professional speaker or trainer. Here, each specialist may have its own requirements relating to:
the target audience of the listeners;
the minimum and maximum number of participants in the event;
fees in a fixed amount per session or per listener;
Accommodation and reimbursement of travel expenses if the trainer or speaker is coming from another city
premises for the event, its equipment with office appliances, Wi-Fi and other equipment necessary for demonstration of visual materials.
It is necessary to get samples of handouts, brochures, pamphlets and posters from a specialist in order to reproduce them in the required quantity in advance.
Determined with the choice of trainer, the cost of paying for his services and the number of participants in the event, you can begin to look for suitable premises. It is necessary to agree in advance with the speaker or trainer the exact date of the seminar or training and its duration.
