We appreciate your interest in becoming a competitor in this year’s annual Top Trainer Throwdown!  Please complete this form along with a bio. This will help us evaluate, select and market competitors. 

Examples of Throwdown Presentations

The Top Trainer Throwdown is our most exciting event of the year. Participants must be creative, engaging, and entertaining - no reading PowerPoint or lectures here!  You will have a maximum of 15 minutes to throw down your best training to the crowd. 

Here's some of the things we've seen in the past, for some inspiration:

• Zombie Apocolypse Disaster Prep
• Singing and guitar playing
• A chef cooking up a great training theme
• Group sing-a-longs
• Hand-waving, dancing, drum circle, and yelling
• Costumes, music, crazy graphics, and other attention holders
• Props, props, and more props!

Bring your own flavor and an interesting topic to the 2026 Throwdown by applying today!

Category Selection

The programs we select typically fall under one of the domains identified in the ATD Capability Model. Please identify a presentation category from the list below.

The event will take place on June 9, 2025 at Walsh College in Troy.   AV will include wi-fi, screen in front of the room and a clicker.  You will use your own laptop computer if you have slides.  We can provide a flipchart with markers upon request.   It is a smaller room so we will not be using a sound system. 

If you are chosen to compete we will finalize all details before the event. 

Thank you and good luck!