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The Trainer's Edge — TAPD
Training & Assessment Professional Development
Master the craft. Not just the compliance.
Exceptional training and facilitation is about far more than meeting a standard, completing the paperwork or delivering the content.
The Trainer's Edge is for trainers, assessors and facilitators who want to continually improve their practice, strengthen their professional judgement and create better learning experiences.
Hosted by Donna Moulds, a qualified Trainer and Assessor with more than 23 years in the field, including 13 years as an RTO CEO and experience leading vocational education and training within a maximum-security correctional facility, the podcast brings practical experience to the conversations that matter in training and assessment.
We explore training design, facilitation, learner engagement, assessment, industry currency, technology and AI, professional judgement, continuous improvement and the skills that separate simply delivering training from mastering the craft.
You'll be challenged to look beyond “We've always done it this way”, critically examine your own practice and keep developing as the profession evolves.
Whether you're beginning your journey in VET, an experienced trainer or assessor, or responsible for developing others, The Trainer's Edge is about becoming better at what you do intentionally.
Because compliance might set the standard.
Your craft determines the impact.
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Move Into 2027 With Intention | 10 Questions Every Trainer Should Ask
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Oct 10, 2026 |
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5 Strategies for Grabbing Attention in the First 5 Minutes of Your Zoom Session
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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The Trainer's Edge - More Value, Bigger Community
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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End-of-Year Reset: A Real Plan to Kick-Start 2026
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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Compartmentalizing & Using Your Emotional Intelligence to Stay on Track
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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Get Your Ego Out of the Way – Be of Service as a Trainer
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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How to Stay Resilient in a Toxic Workplace
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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The Crisis of Undervalued Training: What’s at Stake for Future Generations
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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Create Your Vision - Thoughts Become Things
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Understand and Embrace Fear
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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When the Trainer needs Coaching
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Conscious Competence - The 4 stages and how to implement
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Don't drag your sorry self into 2024
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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A Time to Reflect as we end 2023 and begin 2024
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Dec 16, 2023 |
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Mentoring - Share your knowledge
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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Adult Learners and Principles that are the key to learning.
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May 20, 2023 |
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Welcome back it's 2023
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Jan 07, 2023 |
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Are You a Crappy Trainer?
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Trainer and Assessor Currency
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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Traps Trainers Fall Into
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Feb 27, 2021 |
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How to create a powerful Vision Board
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Jan 02, 2021 |
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Are you up for the challenge?
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Dec 27, 2020 |
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Kick FEAR to the kerb and thrive in 2021
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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Professional Development Plan to Kick-Start 2021
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Accountability Works Both Ways
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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Dealing with Difficult Students
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Nov 29, 2020 |
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Workshop Activities and Icebreakers - The Benefits
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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Use Feedback to Improve your Skills
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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Tasks that engage and enable learning
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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The Journey Out is In - With Nathan Hawken
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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Coaching a student to realign focus
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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How NLP is a game changer - My Guest Nathan Hawken
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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Adult Learning Principles - The Art of Story Telling
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Jul 25, 2020 |
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Confessions of a recovering multi-tasker
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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Change - How to help your team through Change
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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Authentic Conversations
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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Find your passion and make it purposeful.
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May 20, 2020 |
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Dimensions of Competence
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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Supporting your students online learning
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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Utilise Technology to Support Clients
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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Emotional Intelligence tools for greater connection
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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Professional Development for Career Advancement
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Jan 25, 2020 |
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Successful Preparation
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Jan 06, 2020 |
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Introduction - Training & Assessment Professional Development
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Dec 29, 2019 |