How Do You Get the Most Out of A Meeting?
At the end of the day Bob asked us to rate our contributions, the group’s contributions, and the overall process on a scale of 1-10. The highest rating almost consistently was the contribution by the group to one another. There was not one person in the group that did not offer praise, ask hard questions, offer very direct feedback, and stay engaged throughout the entire day.
What made the difference between this meeting (and actually the whole series of meetings – including the tele-seminars) and so many others I’ve been involved in? I think it was the participants and the ground rules. I say the participants because each person was there for a specific purpose – to help their businesses be all they can be. There was a significant commitment of time, money, and resources. Each person was there because they wanted to be. But only one hour of the entire day was devoted to each business. The rest of the time, we were fully engaged in listening and offering what suggestions we could to improving each of the other businesses – especially in the marketing arena.
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Who Wants to Increase the Transfer of Training – While the Training is Still in Progress?
Transfer of training is an ongoing concern. Whenever I do a “fireside chat” for an American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) chapter, one of the questions is sure to be, “How can I increase the transfer of training?” One of the simplest suggestions I can make is to allow time for reflection and action planning during the training itself.
Too often we feed participants with a fire hose. We’re more concerned with covering content than with participants actually understanding it and figuring out how to use it on the job. I guarantee we can get greater transfer by covering less content and allowing people time to think and plan for how and where they can use it once they leave the class.
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Interactive Remote Training
Companies are increasing the number of remote training sessions because of the allure of saving money on travel and classroom time. But what if the “learners” are not tuned in? Sure, you may be using a platform that shows statistics of how many people are logged on, how many people are reporting information and other data that may imply that people are “listening,” but if the host of an online webinar is not involving remote trainees once every four minutes, you can bet folks are disengaged, checking email, browsing the web or eating their lunch. So what can you do? Below are a few ways to keep your audience actively participating and engaged throughout your session.
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Computer Based Interactive Learning Examples
Making your computer-based training sessions interactive takes a few ideas to spark your imagination. Here are a few examples along with links to help you create your own: Internet/Intranet Hunt – create a work sheet with questions about your company, the mission, their role and so on. Have learners work together or alone searching for the answers on the inter/intranet. You can create “clue” cards they can redeem if a team gets stuck. For example, using the idea of phone a friend (where they can ask a group in the class that has already found it), free pass (the link is given to them), or make up your own. The following links are examples of internet hunts.
http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/ext/internethunts.html or
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~phili/TechnoGames/treasure.htm
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