By Theresa Berenato
Communications and Marketing Manager
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend an American Management Association (AMA) 3-day ‘Train the Trainer’ seminar at the AMA Center on 48th Street and Broadway in Manhattan.
I was one of seven participants in the seminar and was impressed with the content and facilitation of the program. Dr. Geri McArdle, who presently works for the AmeriCorps-Red Cross on disaster operations and training, was the facilitator. She was excellent – adapting the curriculum to each of our training focus areas – which ranged from Corporate Claims to Sales & Marketing.
Throughout the three days, I learned about adult learning objectives, assessment tools and method concepts. The facilitation activities and lecture alternatives were especially helpful in developing Leader to Leader’s training for Drucker's "Five Most Important Questions" Facilitator Network Training Program which will be on April 25-26. Each program participant will learn the knowledge and skills required to become a member of the cohort of the "Five Most Important Questions" facilitators working in and with organizations across the sectors around the globe. There are still seats open for this training, and if interested, please contact Claire Walden: claire@leadertoleader.org.
Not only was the AMA training beneficial in immediate application of training tools, I have already been in contact with the other course participants – leveraging the relationships we formed over the three days into an ongoing networking opportunity.
There are 75 AMA Scholarships available to social sector leaders this year, provided by AMA and Leader to Leader, which includes among other things, one management professional development seminar offered by AMA. Scholarship Information