Looking At Live Virtual Training Differently

Welcome

My name's David Gibson and I'll be your training facilitator for your workshop, 'Looking At Live VirtualTraining Differently'.

Your training website contains all the information that you need for our time together including:

Dates and times
Handouts and resources
Who you'll be working with

Resources will be added following each live episode.

Below is a short video questionnaire I'd like you to watch and complete before the start of your training. It should take you no longer than 7-minutes to watch the 'welcome' message from me and complete the short video questionnaire.

Training Structure

Your workshop consists of 6 episodes, 1 episode per week for the next 6 weeks.

Below is a tab for each Episode that gives a brief overview of the module and contains the handouts that you'll need during your training. Please have these available - either printed or in PowerPoint. They're also attached to the MS Teams invite to make things easy.

I've also added a section, 'Who You'll Be Working With' so that you can see who is due to be part of this workshop.

This is not a sit back and watch type of training - it's a roll up your sleeves and get designing workshop - hence asking you to have a module that you'd like to work on during our time together. You can then apply ideas and techniques directly to your own modules as we go.

So that you get the most from our time together, can I ask you to keep your webcams on throughout your training and continually participate. Don't worry, I'll never put you on the spot or ask you something without giving time prior to consider your possible response.

Who You'll Be Working With

Arie van Duijn
Belinda de Vries
Edwin van Arendonk
Jannie van Vliet
Mick de Wit
Nikki van der Poel

Patrick Schoenmaker
Peter van der Slikke
Sander de Man
Teun Graven
Thon de Bruin
Menno Gabler

Modules

10 Jan - MS Teams 17 Jan - Is Training The Answer? 24 Jan - Objectives 31 Jan - Priming, Open, Close 7 Feb (Part 1) - Interaction vs Collaboration 7 Feb (Part 2) - Design Any Content

10 Jan - MS Teams

Episode 1

Using MS Teams As A Virtual Training Room

Date - Friday 10 January 2025
Start time - 13:00 CET
Duration - 120-Minutes

With MS Teams you have all the tools you need to help make your training fully participatory keeping your learners totally engaged from the start to the end of their training - but how?

What you'll need to have with you for this episode

Click here to download your episode placemat (handout).

Follow-up Resources

Click here to download a summary set of the slides used today.
Click here to download a .pdf for creating and managing breakout rooms. It's a slightly older version, but all still applies just the icons are a little different.
Click here to go to the recording of the development module on How To Use Cameo (including morphing). You will need to login.
Click here for an in-depth look at how to use MS Teams Whiteboard, including creating and using templates. You will need to login.
Click the link below to go to Mentimeter (free) - ideal to create wordclouds to open, close or review a workshop. You will need to create an account.
https://www.mentimeter.comHere is a video on how to use Mentimeter:

Here's the wordcloud that you created during this episode:

17 Jan - Is Training The Answer?

Episode 2

Separating The Need-To-Know Content From The Nice-To-Know Content

Date - Friday 17 January 2025
Start time - 13:00 CET
Duration - 90-Minutes

This episode will take you along the path of being able to decide what training can and cannot help achieve and from that, whether training is really the solution to what you (and the organisation) currently see as a performance gap – because training is not the solution to everything.

If training is going to be the solution, then you’ll write the aim of the training. With that aim in mind, we’ll then use a matrix to select the key content that the business needs your learners to start using that they are not using now.

What you'll need to have with you for this episode

Click here to download your episode placemat (handout)

Follow-up Resources

Click here to download a template Priority Matrix (MS Word Format)
Below is the link to the 'Is Training The Answer' module within the Community Roadmap:
https://eureka-tp.com/lessons/is-training-the-answer/
Below is the link to the Priority Matrix module within the Community Roadmap:
https://eureka-tp.com/lessons/how-to-separate-the-need-to-know-content-from-the-nice-to-know-content/

24 Jan - Objectives

Episode 3

How To Write Behavioural Based Objective That You Can Observe and Measure

Date - Friday 24 January 2025
Start time - 13:00 CET
Duration - 90-Minutes

Now that you've identified the key content for your training it’s time to write the objective for each of those pieces of content. These need to be Observable and Measurable. But how?

What you'll need to have with you for this episode

Click here to download your episode placemat (handout)

Follow-up Resources

Within the Training Community Roadmap, there is a section on writing Behavioural Based Objectives including converting them to WIIFM's and creating a Challenge. The link is:
https://eureka-tp.com/lessons/how-to-write-behavioural-based-objectives/
nb - you will need to log in.

31 Jan - Priming, Open, Close

Episode 4

Live Virtual Training - Priming, Opening and Close

Date - Friday 31 January 2025
Start time - 13:00 CET
Duration - 90-Minutes

Take away:

Techniques for helping increase learner content retention by up to 34%.
Learner centred opening activities that engage your learners from the moment their live training starts.
Closing techniques that bring everything together and encourage learners to create an action list of new techniques to apply back in the workplace.

What you'll need to have with you for this episode

Click here to download your episode placemat (handout)

Follow-up Resources

Click here for a copy of the slides used ie the activities.
To create priming via 7taps - www.7taps.com (free and paid versions)
example - https://app.7taps.com/mZeOoUrlZoSa
To create carousel priming via Canva - www.canva.com (free and paid versions)
example - click here
How to create a Carousel in Canva - it's part of a Community module (7 Habits of Hightly Effective Trainers) but you can go directly to timestamp 16:17 to follow how to create a carousel.
https://eureka-tp.com/etc/7habitsofhighlyeffectivetrainers/
To create the video questionnaire used with this workshop use VideoAsk (free and paid versions)
https://www.videoask.com/
To create wordsearch puzzles (free) - www.puzzlemaker.com
Activities from the Community for Priming, Opening and Closing activities - https://eureka-tp.com/etc/activities/
To work through this module again via the Community Roadmap - https://eureka-tp.com/lessons/how-to-prime-open-and-close-your-workshop/
To create your ideal welcome message to learners - https://eureka-tp.com/etc/pitstopwelcomemessge/
Random selector- Wheelofnames:
www.wheelofnames.com

7 Feb (Part 1) - Interaction vs Collaboration

Episode 5

Live Virtual Training - Adding Interaction and Collaboration

Date - Friday 7 February 2025
Start time - 13:00 CET
Duration - 75-Minutes

When we design Live Virtual Training, we should 'add' interaction, but 'design for collaboration'.

Leave with practical activities for encouraging interaction and some great collaborative ideas and activities that you can use for your very next live virtual training.

What you'll need to have with you for this episode

Click here to download your episode placemat (handout)

Follow-up Resources

Click here for a summary set of the slides used.
Click here for a blank 4-Minutes Rule template.
Click here for a sample completed 4-Minutes Rule template.
You might find the following activity categories useful:
- Design - https://eureka-tp.com/design/
- Transfer - https://eureka-tp.com/activities-to-transfer-content/
- Virtual Training Ideas - https://eureka-tp.com/webinar/
Click here for how to use the Magic Card Review
Click here for a set of Magic Cards (if you're going to use them in the physical training room, print on card and cut them out)

7 Feb (Part 2) - Design Any Content

Episode 6

The Learning Cycle

Date - Friday 7 February 2025
Start time - 14:15 CET
Duration - 90-Minutes

Let's look at converting those objectives into Learner Centred training modules. Using the Learning Cycle gives you a structure to follow for any transfer method you're using ie Digital Lesson, eLearning, Live Virtual Training, Face-to-Face.

What you'll need to have with you for this episode

Click here to download your episode placemat (handout)

Follow-up Resources

Click here for a summary set of the slides used.
Click the link below for the Learning Cycle module, 'How To Design Any Content' within the Training Community:
https://eureka-tp.com/lessons/how-to-design-any-content/
Click here for a blank 4-Minutes Rule template.
Click here for a sample completed 4-Minutes Rule template
You might find the following activity categories useful:
- Transfer - https://eureka-tp.com/activities-to-transfer-content/
- Virtual Training Ideas - https://eureka-tp.com/webinar/