ILLAFTrain Qatar Concludes the Trainers Training TOT Course for a VIP Group in the Somali Foreign Ministry

A diplomatic delegation made up of fifteen representatives from the Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs attended a Trainers Training TOT course offered by ILLAFTrain Qatar in association with the Qatar Diplomatic Institute from December 11 to December 16, 2019 as part of the "Nasayem Program for Training Foreign Diplomats."

The consultant, Dr. Mohammed Pedra, provided the training for this course. By having a conversation with the trainees to learn more about their expectations for the course, the course started off by breaking the ice.

The course included a set of important topics and points, including:

Familiarity:

The participants learned about the concept of familiarity, its development process, and rules, as well as how a trainer can boost a trainee's self-confidence and encourage participation, interaction, and questioning, in addition to how to create a fun learning environment and cater to the trainees' needs professionally.

Educational Process:

Regarding this topic, it covered a lot of crucial information for any professional trainer, such as the seven principles of Accelerated Learning, the steps of the educational process, the adult learning principles, the components of the training objective, and how to create such objectives. In addition to drawing the trainees' attention in accordance with McClelland's theory, how to give feedback to the learners, important guidelines for providing summaries and reviews

Presentation:

This topic covered a set of vital guidelines for enhancing the speaker's self-assurance and the fundamentals of speaking. Along with vocal speech components, nonverbal communication principles, and methods to enhance the trainer's voice's impact. It was also taught how to benefit from pauses and the speed of sound. Along with crucial visual communication advice, this topic also included methods for enhancing the impact of physical speech and the use of gestures to enhance the message.

The trainer, Dr. Mohammad Pedra, broke down expectations by delivering information using a variety of techniques and approaches. The application of Accelerated Learning techniques had a significant impact on the participants' acceptance of the information presented during the course, which was reflected in the daily-evolving quality of their training presentations.

The short course days left the participants with a sense of accomplishment and progress, and the course came to a successful conclusion, so the participants expressed gratitude to ILLAFTrain Qatar and the trainer, Dr. Mohammad Pedra, for providing them with this quality of education and training.

Comments and opinions Of Course Participants:

We gained a lot from the very interesting training course, and the competent Dr. Mohammed Pedra deserves all the credit.

Bashir Ibrahim Haj Othman

Diplomat - Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The trainer introduced the newest techniques in the training process, and the course was excellent and served its purpose.

The trainer was likeable and modest and did a good job of explaining the Course. Thanks to Dr. Mohammed Pedra

Abdullatif Mahmoud Ali

Director of European Affairs Department - Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The course prepared the trainees for training and was distinguished by interest and practical application. We thank those who are in charge of it.

Hussein Ali Ahmed

Legal Adviser - Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The course is excellent. In terms of speech, preparation, and presentation in general, we gained a lot and trained a lot. The extensive knowledge of Dr. Pedra was also helpful to us.

Abd Al-Wahab Hussein Haj Muhammad

Head of the Arab Countries Department in the Continent of Asia - Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs

We learned a lot and the course was excellent. I want to bring these lessons back to my home country and use them there. I'd like to thank Dr. Mohammed Pedra and wish him luck.

Hassan Muhammad Ali Adam

Deputy Director of the Arabic Department - Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The most important thing I learned during the course was how to get rid of the teacher's prejudices and the value of cooperation between the learners. This course was fantastic and exceeded all of my expectations before I came to Doha.

Masaaaed Adam Jameh

Financial Manager - Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs

I found the course to be very helpful because it provided me with knowledge that I would not have learned from reading numerous books. I appreciate Dr. Mohammed Pedra's presentational style and approach. I'll read a lot about the course when I get back home in an effort to learn something. I would like to express my gratitude to the Qatar Diplomatic Institute and the brothers in Qatar for their assistance in making this course possible.

Mohamed Fareh Sabry

Head of the Protocol Department - Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs

We can apply what we learned at work because the course was excellent. I want to express my gratitude and appreciation to Dr. Mohammed Pedra.

Abdul Wali Hassan Duali

Deputy Director of the Consular Affairs Department - Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs

This TOT course was very helpful and rich in training information.

Owais Mualim Abdullah

The Training is excellent

The trainer was so professional who easily possessed the alternator of the entire trainees who expect

.To see him again, preferably

Abdlsalam haj Ahmed

Ambassador, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Somalia

In the first day I don’t have any idea about TOT " will help me " but today it was something different And I got more than my expectation

Mohammed Abukar

Director of legal, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Somalia