“Knowledge is the combination of data and information, to which is added expert opinion, skills and experience, to result in a valuable asset which can be used to aid decision making.”
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This is the definition of “knowledge” according to “Guide to Good Practice in Knowledge Management”.
In this definition lies the difference between giving a presentation and conducting a training session – especially if your topic falls heavily in the knowledge domain.
Trainers who just present data, or give information (repeat content from books or other sources) would often find themselves in a one-way communication with the audience that makes the training session boring.
Furthermore, in the concept of adult learning (andragogy), it is crucial for the learners to be involved and the content to be relevant.
Therefore, the ideal condition of transferring knowledge in training is to facilitate a safe and controlled environment for the participants of the session to be involved in sharing opinions, perspectives and or their own past experiences on the subject matter.
The trainer will also add more value to the training session by giving time and space for practical application of the concepts or theories to enable the targeted learning objectives to be achieved – an outcome that had been anticipated before, or at the start of the training session, which was meant to aid them make better decisions or achieve better action consequences from that point onwards.
So please, try to stop just presenting data and information, but at least add on some interpretations, hypothesis, arguments and practical applications – not just from you, but everyone in the training room.
InsyaAllah you will see that the session will become more lively and conversational.