Conclusion

I hoped, when writing this book, that the troubleshooting tips provided wouldn’t just help you out when you found yourself in some kind of trouble, but that they could help you to proactively avoid getting into trouble in the first place. Particularly, I hope that by utilizing some of the strategies outlined in this book, you will be able to avoid common mistakes that new trainers often make.

I put together this nonscientific list of the top 10 mistakes new trainers make in response to a request from one of my Learning Design Fundamentals students. To compile it, I asked several colleagues for their thoughts, read some articles and trainers’ blog posts, and then filtered in my own experience. The mistakes are listed with the more serious ...

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