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Designing training programmes

Don’t be over-whelmed by a training programme that is for a lot of staff – one or two online conference training sessions may deliver the programme in a matter of hours
No one likes a long, drawn out training session. Online webinars allow you to keep your sessions to a minimum length and make them more enjoyable for staff
Include a variety of training materials and use them in an online conference to make the session more interactive – such as presentation slides, opinion polls, intranet sites, PDF files and more

As training managers we need to ensure our staff are up-skilling at all times. Hold regular audio conferences with your employees and keep on top of their skills development
Conduct regular gap analysis reviews with managers within the business, to identify where they feel the gaps are – use audio conferences to make it a quick and easy process

Gain immediate feedback during an online training session using the opinion poll facility and even share the results with the participants on the call
Get attendance lists, numbers and contact details from training event calls so you can update records and ensure everyone is trained that should be
Meet the company training policy/legislation requirements, eg health and safety, data protection
Use the record and replay service to play sessions back for analysis afterwards, as a way of developing and improving the training sessions and the trainer him/herself

Bring trainers from different companies and locations together on one online conference call and review or develop materials in real time – use video conferencing for experts to attend
Gain feedback from participants on the training call, about the materials used, via the online polling facility
If your training help and advice is online, demonstrate the internet site live via a webinar session and take the participants through it in real time
Use the record and replay facility for the session to be available again, especially with video conferencing where trainees can review the activity

Keep up regular contact with third party training agencies via conference calls in between quarterly physical meetings
Conduct weekly or monthly training updates over web conference and have the ability to share any materials that need to be reviewed
Negotiate contracts and pay terms online and get everyone together at once to agree the principals
Reduce agency travel and expense costs due to less need to travel to physical training sessions

Save money on face-to-face training sessions by replacing them with online webinars – freeing up more money for staff to undertake more training
Help reduce travel and subsidence costs throughout the business by reducing the need for employees to travel
Make the budget go further to develop new and improved courses to fill gaps that could make the business more competitive

Getting a busy and diverse training team together for team meetings is an arduous task, due to a lack of time and heavy workload. Use conferencing to replace the face-to-face meetings and save money against each monthly meeting or retain the benefits of a face-to-face meeting by holding a video conference instead
Encourage your team to share best practice approaches, training tips, hints and tips on programmes and gain feedback on new courses using conferencing
Hold weekly one-to-one meetings with your team to keep them up to date with the training programmes that are current and planned
Use surveys/polls to assess understanding/skills levels or opinions