🚀 Startup & Career
Starting a Solo Instructor Business
⏱ Duration8 hours
🏢 FormatOn-site delivery · Customized design
👤 InstructorJohn Kim
✅ Key outcomeLearn to use the essential software for teaching
The Starting a Solo Instructor Business course is an 8-hour intensive program developed by John Kim, CEO of Nanum Consulting. It builds the structured, creative thinking you need to launch a solo instructor business. Four core modules cover the basics of getting started, effective marketing strategies, using PowerPoint, Keynote, and Prezi, and practical teaching and presentation skills, so even beginners can follow along. You gain a solid grounding in what it takes to succeed as a solo instructor, plus practical know-how you can use in the classroom right away. The course suits aspiring founders who want to build an instructor business on their own expertise, and current instructors who want to sharpen their skills. The curriculum draws on Nanum Consulting’s experience training 50+ major corporations and institutions.
Who is this course for?
It suits employees preparing to go independent as freelance instructors and people planning to start an instructor business after retirement. The course is designed so that even those with no background in the training industry can learn a structured approach to launching an instructor business.
What will you learn?
- Build structured, creative thinking for starting a solo instructor business
- Systematically acquiring the basic knowledge needed to start a solo instructor business
Curriculum
Module 1: Foundations of Starting a Solo Instructor Business
- Overview of the current market
- Sketch the big picture of your business
- Certifications to get and how to prepare
- Unnecessary certifications and courses
Module 2: Solo Instructor Marketing Methods
- Running CRM with a business card scanner
- Running CRM through bulk emailing
- Connecting channels through social media marketing
- Sharing ways to strengthen promotion through running a blog and an online community
- Sharing promotion techniques using Facebook groups and pages
Module 3: Using PowerPoint, Keynote, and Prezi
- Hands-on basics of PowerPoint, Keynote and Prezi
- Creating materials that stay compatible with PowerPoint
- Teaching from a PC, smartphone, or tablet
- Using polished videos and animations
Module 4: Teaching Methods and Presentation
- Presentation fundamentals and teaching methods
- Techniques for holding your audience’s attention
- Presentation space and IT device usage
- Presentation techniques that adapt to your audience
Expected results / After the course
- Learn to use the essential software for teaching
- Gain know-how for using each program efficiently
- Learning effective teaching and presentation techniques
On-site training references
Daekyeung University Lifelong Education CenterKyungil UniversityDaekyeung UniversityNational Research Safety Management HeadquartersCareer Counseling AssociationGyeonggi Job FoundationGyeonggi Women’s Development Centerand more
About the instructor
John KimInstructor John Kim, author of “B2B Marketing Design” and CEO of Nanum ConsultingView profile →
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FAQ
It suits employees preparing to go independent as freelance instructors and people planning to start an instructor business after retirement. The course is designed so that even those with no background in the training industry can learn a structured approach to launching an instructor business.
Rather than teaching teaching skills alone, the course lays out concrete direct and indirect sales channels from a real business-launch perspective. You learn practical sales strategies for client groups ranging from large corporations to government agencies, plus how to work with agencies.
Over 8 hours, you focus on the essentials, from business-launch basics to marketing and teaching methods. Theory is paired with hands-on practice, so you leave able to use your PowerPoint-building and presentation skills right away.
Has on-site teaching experience at a wide range of organizations, including large corporations, mid-sized companies, and government offices. Has succeeded in both direct sales and indirect sales through agencies, and passes on sales know-how proven in the field.
Starting a Solo Instructor Business
The Starting a Solo Instructor Business course is an intensive 8-hour program developed directly by Nanum Consulting CEO John Kim. It builds the structured, creative thinking you need to launch a solo instructor business.
Training objectives
- Build structured, creative thinking for starting a solo instructor business
- Systematically acquiring the basic knowledge needed to start a solo instructor business
Expected results
- Learn to use the essential software for teaching
- Gain know-how for using each program efficiently
- Learning effective teaching and presentation techniques
Curriculum
Module 1Module 1: Foundations of Starting a Solo Instructor Business
- Overview of the current market
- Sketch the big picture of your business
- Certifications to get and how to prepare
- Unnecessary certifications and courses
Module 2Module 2: Solo Instructor Marketing Methods
- Running CRM with a business card scanner
- Running CRM through bulk emailing
- Connecting channels through social media marketing
- Sharing ways to strengthen promotion through running a blog and an online community
- Sharing promotion techniques using Facebook groups and pages
Module 3Module 3: Using PowerPoint, Keynote, and Prezi
- Hands-on basics of PowerPoint, Keynote and Prezi
- Creating materials that stay compatible with PowerPoint
- Teaching from a PC, smartphone, or tablet
- Using polished videos and animations
Module 4Module 4: Teaching Methods and Presentation
- Presentation fundamentals and teaching methods
- Techniques for holding your audience’s attention
- Presentation space and IT device usage
- Presentation techniques that adapt to your audience
About the instructor
John Kim, Lead Instructor
10 years in industry · 15 years teaching (3,000+ lectures)
Education
· MBA (advanced major: Marketing), Korea University Graduate School of Business (graduated)
· Sungkyunkwan University Consultant Program (completed)
· Sogang University Graduate School of Business, Short-Term MBA (completed)
· Seoul National University Lifelong Education Instructor Development Program (completed)
· Chung-Ang University, B.A. in English Language and Literature (graduated)
Experience
· Current: CEO, Nanum Consulting
· Formerly at Hyosung Corp., Daeduck Electronics and Shinhan Diamond: overseas assignments and strategic planning (10+ years)
· Current partner instructor, Expert Consulting
· Current: Partner instructor, PSI Consulting
· (Current) Partner instructor, Korea SMEs and Startups Agency and SME Training Institute
Credentials and publications
· Certified consultant
· Certified teacher
· Completed official IDEO Design Thinking training
· B2B Marketing Design (1 Apr 2025)
· The Chinese Diamond Tool Market: Present and Future (co-authored, Korea Tool Association)
· Battles That Changed History and Innovative Weapons (in progress)