Our Virtual Training is effective and gets great results, because we tailor each workshop to the client. But don’t take our word for it, just check out our participant reviews below and click here.
Covid-19 has seen a meteoric rise in the number of people having to work from home. As a result the need for training through our computers has become a necessity and a reality.
The challenges that this kind of training creates, means that those of us delivering such training, have to work harder to make it effective. There are lots of things we have to do, but above all we have to keep the participants engaged. And it’s because at ITD we consistently achieve this engagement, our results are so outstanding.
Contact us to discuss how our approach could work for you. We’ll start the conversation with your challenges and what you would like the training to achieve. The perspective of the people to be trained is important for us to understand, in order to design the training appropriately.
As far as budgets are concerned, it depends on the number of people to be trained, the number of sessions, the duration and the complexity. And we can also tailor the cost to suit your expectations. We do special prices for charities. To summarise, we never let cost get in the way of gaining a new client.
Virtual Training
All of our training and coaching sessions are delivered virtually via Zoom, Teams or your preferred platform.
Each session is tailored to suit your needs and those of the participants. This means tailoring the duration as well as the content. We work hard to make sure the training is directly relevant to all of the participants.
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Virtual Training Reviews
The following training reviews have been written by participants of our virtual and in-person training. It’s really important for us that the feedback we receive is positive and that we learn from it. We are very proud of these reviews because they come from participants and clients.
Features of our Training Virtually
Workshop Style
Our sessions are workshop in style, which means they are interactive where we focus on real situations and explore practical solutions.
Participant engagement
Part of the workshop style is how we engage participants, that’s because, with training virtually we have found that it’s even more necessary to keep everyone engaged. This means we work really hard at involving you at every step in the workshop. The logic is that if you’re engaged and involved, you’re more likely to learn. Take a look at our reviews to see how well we do this.
Tailored to your needs
When you book training with us, we will discuss how you need the training tailored. For example you might need the virtual presentation skills training to focus on a specific type of presentation, like a sales call. Or you might need the virtual management training to emphasise key skills in managing people remotely. We enjoy tailoring the training to suit your needs because it makes it more interesting for us and it means you get the training you really want.
Experienced trainers
Our trainers are experienced in both the subject matter and in training delivery. As a result the reviews we get always score us very highly on content and participant engagement. Just take a look at our reviews to see what participants have said.
Great price
We set our training sessions at great prices and we always fit our client’s budgets. For example, if you’ve got a set budget, talk to us about your situation and we will design the training session to suit your needs. We work with large and small organisations, private and public, commercial and charities, so we’ve almost certainly experienced your situation before. Contact us for more details on this, to start the conversation and to explopre how we can help you.
Flexible
Our existing clients know us for the following statement; Whatever the question, the answer is always yes. For instance some clients need us to deliver the training within a very limited amount of time. In this situation we agree the learning priorities and modify the agenda to fit the specific needs.
In short we can be as flexible as you need us to be.
Challenges of virtual training
Training in the virtual world has a number of challenges to over come in order to be successful and get great participant feedback. Here are some of the most common examples:
Distractions
There are many distractions that can divert the participants’ attention during a virtual session. Firstly there are emails which might pop up on screen or on the participants’ phone. Secondly other work with an urgent deadline and that needs to get done might be distracting. Thirdly messages via WhatsApp, Skype etc. can distract participants. And finally there might be other people, family members, children and pets that could distract the participants.
Technology
Whilst technology has developed over the years there is always the chance that signal can be lost. Participants might dip in and out of the session. In other words, you might expect people who are in the session will stay in the session, but this is not always the case.
Attention span
Sitting in front of a screen for hours at a time can be challenging, especially if a participant is not actively involved. In a live in-person classroom the human interaction and social engagement helps to keep people focussed. Whereas in the virtual world this natural activity is hard to replicate.
Conclusions and implications
In conclusion our observation is that we need to take these distractions into account and design the training to better engage every participant.
All of these potential challenges with training virtually mean that we have to work even harder to deliver great results. At ITD we do this consistently by implementing the following actions:
- Designing the training carefully so that every piece of content is relevant to each participant.
- Creating bite size learning points that will make sense to all participants.
- Engaging the participants all the way through the session, by making sure they’re actively involved.
- Bringing each learning point to life with real examples.
Participant countries of our virtual training
We have had participants on our virtual sessions from many countries including; Australia, Singapore, China, Japan, Hungary, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands, Luxemburg, UK, USA, Canada, Paraguay. As part of this we work with people at all levels in the organisation. This means we’re experienced in designing training to suit whatever the specific participant needs.
Clients of our virtual workshops
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Online presentation skills training
If you’re interested in finding out about online presentation skills training, check out our online learning site. Click here for more details.