this post is about a general rule of training: always plan to arrive in/at the training room an hour before the training starts - something will alway go wrong in the set up.
this hour will allow you to sit in unexpected heavy traffic, sort out any issues in the room before the students arrive, have a cup of coffee and collect your thoughts. and still be on time for the start of the training event. mostly those 60 minutes are a buffer to stop any potential panic attacks and help to keep your image professional.
loosing your trainer credibility is incredibly easy; just arrive at 08:56 for a class that starts at 09:00 and find it impossible to switch on the PowerPoint presentation and then start blaming the technician for the entire fiasco [see here for some ideas on what can go wrong]. students will rightly snigger, enjoy the show and wonder if the trainer actually knows what they are doing.
the extra hour will give you time to sit in traffic, find a technician, sort out any issues which plague plugging in and switching on computers, as well as allow you to sort out your PowerPoint presentation and look rested and ready to train when the students arrive at 08:55.
image taken from here
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