October 7-9, 2025 (2 ½-Day Seminar)
Hilton Garden Inn Freeport Downtown
Fast-track your training expertise! This interactive 2 ½-day course is designed for subject matter experts and trainers of all levels who want to expand and enhance their training skills. Course content includes designing training using adult learning principles, managing participant engagement and the learning environment, enhancing personal presentation skills, and developing course materials using Bloom’s Taxonomy for Instructional Design and ADDIE methods. Whether early in your training career, or decades into it, this course will level up skills for delivering exceptional training outcomes on your railroad
JR Gelnar, Vice President Safety & Compliance, ASLRRA
Mark Vaughn, Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Iowa Northern Railway Company
Sabrina Waiss, SVP Education & Business Services, ASLRRA
Amy Krouse, VP Communications, ASLRRA
Members - $495; Non-Members - $900
Registration includes two-and-a-half days of training at the Hilton Garden Inn Freeport Downtown with daily lunch & refreshment breaks provided in the meeting area. Daily breakfast is included in the room rate and provided in the hotel dining area. Additional details will be sent via email to registered attendees prior to the meeting.
A block of rooms has been set aside and training will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn Freeport Downtown at 5 Park Street Freeport, Maine 04032.
Please use this link to book a room at the negotiated rate of $239/night plus taxes and fees, which includes a daily breakfast voucher for use in the hotel dining area.
Freeport, Maine is served by the Portland International Jetport (PWM) and passengers may access ground transportation via taxi, ride share apps, and rental cars on site. The Hilton Garden Inn Freeport Downtown hotel is 21 miles from the airport.
Questions, please contact Sabrina Waiss.
SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYEES OF SMALL RAILROADS to attend the training seminar. Qualified candidates must be employed by an ASLRRA member railroad earning less than $10 Million in annual revenue (click here for complete criteria). The online scholarship application form is quick and easy, and scholarship recipients will be reimbursed up to $1,200 for registration, travel and lodging expenses. Apply today!
