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When developing a training you should do some preparation first. It is

a good idea to work 2 or 3 weeks in advance to give you time to
prepare.

Before you start you need a title, a paragraph of text outlining what
the training will involve and you should decide whether you need any

help in the form of experts and/or volunteers. If you need help, how
much will you need? This is something you will get to know with

experience, but it is best to start small and work up. However, the
nature of some trainings will need more assistance or lower

participation numbers.

For example, a Sewing Machine Basics training will work better with

more help or fewer participants than a furniture upcycling one. This is
because of the potential for the sewing machines to malfunction, or

the baseline knowledge of participants will generally be lower. There
is more of a need for one-to-one help. A Furniture Upcycling class will

allow participants to be more creative, the steps and techniques are
generally easier to demonstrate and baseline knowledge is usually (not

always) higher. At Transition Stirling we would work on 2 or 3 'teachers'
for 6 articipants on a sewing machine training and 1 teacher, one
helper to 8 - 10 participants on a furniture upcycling training.

You should also have some paperwork and admin in place. If you are

running a lot of training over teh year, a tracker might be a good idea.
This will have headings such as: Name of Training, Venue, Time,
Marketing, Paperwork in place, volunteers, feedback logged?