Training
How To Use Presentations to Engage Your Audience
Many trainers use PowerPoint (or whatever their presentation software is) as a crutch. They load it up with bullets, filling every conceivable bit of white-space with content.
Often, they read off the screen, but not always. Most of the time, they use the bullets as a guide and “fill in the blanks” between the bullets as [...]
Build a Better Training Program: Know Your Audience
This post is Part 3 in the three-part series Building a Better Training Program. If you haven’t yet, you may want to read Part 1 and Part 2.
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Imagine this: You’ve signed up for a training seminar called “How to Build an Effective New Hire Onboarding Program.” This is one of your key [...]
Build a Better Training Program: Why Programs Fail
This post is Part 2 in the three-part series Building a Better Training Program. Go back to Part 1 or read Part 3.
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Last week, I discussed how to measure the effectiveness of training programs. Today, I’ll talk about why programs fail and what you can do about it.
Build a Better Training Program: Getting Started
This post is Part 1 in the three-part series Building a Better Training Program. Skip ahead to Part 2 or Part 3.
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Of all the HR functions, training professionals may have the hardest time getting a seat at the table. Particularly when an organization is tightening it’s budgets, training is one of the [...]
Eat Like a Bird, Poop Like an Elephant
The other day, I wrote an article about how to have better meetings. One thing I didn’t mention in the article, and should have, was my love/hate relationship with MS PowerPoint.
PowerPoint is an incredibly powerful slideshow tool. The problem isn’t the software - it’s that people don’t know how to use it effectively. The typical [...]
