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Find the perfect educational tools for, well, whatever topic you teach. Whether you facilitate training for adults or kids, Trainers Warehouse training tools are infinitely adaptable to a broad range of teaching and training topics. Explore our infographics for help finding the right tool for your group and for your particular needs. Then, when you’ve decided on that just-right teaching aid, find oodles of training tips so you can put it to use in the most effective ways possible.

Where Training and Coaching Collide

Where Training and Coaching Collide

Training and coaching are siblings in the performance improvement and skill-development world — related but quite unique when compared to each other. By understanding them more thoroughly, we can harness resources to maximize the impact of each. How Training and Coaching Differ Training typica... Read More
Training Closers to end a Learning Day

Training Closers to end a Learning Day

Training closers can be make-it or break-it experiences. I asked my LinkedIN crew for their suggestions on the best ways to close a learning event for maximum impact and retention. As always, the group came through, sharing their favorite training closers for getting closure at the end of a training... Read More
Best Teacher Supply Guide for Back-to-School

Best Teacher Supply Guide for Back-to-School

Most teachers are familiar with Back-to-School Classroom Supply Lists. Typically, they included pens, colored pencils, dry-erase markers, notebooks, and the other usual staples that are readily available at office supply stores. These may be perfect for your learners, but unfortunately, they leave t... Read More
Creating a Memorable Debrief

Creating a Memorable Debrief

Several years ago, I attended a two-day marketing conference. At the end, a colleague asked: “So, what are your top takeaways?” Exhausted from sitting, listening, and learning, my brain was so overloaded, I couldn’t quickly gather my thoughts to provide an answer. Compared to confe... Read More
Welcoming Signage Beyond Welcome Signs

Welcoming Signage Beyond Welcome Signs

Signage is everywhere, indoors and out — on roads, buildings, doors, windows, even in our homes. Signs alert us to information, rules, safety, and more. Consuming over 10,000 messages a day, our first instinct might be, “NO MORE!” But, let’s distinguish signage from marketing... Read More
Photo Decks for Conversation Starters & Memorable Training

Photo Decks for Conversation Starters & Memorable Training

Have you come across a Photo Deck or other set of Conversation Cards recently? You know those decks of innumerable glorious and provocative images? Perhaps you’ve seen them and wondered what use they might be. Photo Decks are popular for their huge variety of applications, especially as conver... Read More
See Which Fidget Toys are Best: The Ultimate Matrix

See Which Fidget Toys are Best: The Ultimate Matrix

Not sure which fidget toys are best for you and your group? See how each fidget toy measures up, based on these 10 criteria: [NOTE: due to the COVID-19, we’ve added an 11th criteria (ease of sterilizing] 11 Criteria to evaluate popular fidget toys WHO will use it? Kids? Adults? Personal use? &... Read More
Perfect DEBRIEFS for Any Learning Game

Perfect DEBRIEFS for Any Learning Game

Let’s say you find the perfect learning game—for communication, listening, negotiation, leadership, process improvement, problem solving, critical thinking, and time management—then what? Games work because they remove players from their usual setting and create a safe environment to take risk... Read More
10 Treats for Tight Training Budgets

10 Treats for Tight Training Budgets

“Corporate training expenditures are shrinking!” touts Training Magazine in their December 2019 issue. The magazine has been reporting on the corporate training industry for 38 years now.  While the study focuses specifically on the U.S. market, the theme is familiar to individuals and organiza... Read More
Training Superheroes for Powerful Training

Training Superheroes for Powerful Training

We need more super heroes. Not the kind you’re thinking of — that can leap over a tall building in a single bound, defy gravity, move mountains, or see through walls. No, we need more real life training superheroes. Maybe we already have them and we just have to take time to notice. They... Read More

SO MANY TOOLS! GET HELP CHOOSING WHICH ARE BEST FOR YOU

Whether you’re choosing a card deck for soft skills training, selecting questions for icebreakers, conducting a Jeopardy-style game, selecting fidget toys for your learning center, or trying to stretch a tight budget, Trainers Warehouse has you covered. Our WorkSMART blog will help you sort the myriad of educational tools to find those that are perfect for your needs.

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While we have hundreds of trainer resources and educational tools on our Trainers Warehouse e-commerce site, we also offer loads of free tips, tools, suggestions, and best practices so you can optimize your training or teaching effectiveness. For instance, peruse our sites to learn how to:

  • Increase student participation.
  • Help learners stay focused.
  • Create a supportive, learning-friendly environment.
  • Make learning “stickier” and more memorable.

Find loads of free training tips and tools. Or, read a few of our product descriptions. Even if our tools aren’t in your budget, I’m guessing you’ll learn a lot, and maybe we’ll inspire you to create your own teaching aids!