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 Virtual Training 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.

Your workshop is made up of:

7 live virtual episodes, each one looking at a different part of training and training design.

Click the 'Play' button below to listen to a 7 minute 13 second conversation about your upcoming training

Click here to download the podcast transcript (.pdf)

It looks something like ...

Please have a workshop or piece of content that you feel will work in the virtual world that you can develop during our time together. Applying ideas directly to your own content does 2 things:

It helps embed your learning.
You leave with a completed piece of content ready to go.

Below is a tab for each day we will be working together. It contains the handouts you'll need during your training, so please have these available - either printed or in PowerPoint at the start of each episode.

We will be using MS Teams for your workshop.

I'm looking forward to starting to work with you on Tuesday 15 September 2026 for 'Using MS Teams As A Virtual Training Room'.

Who You'll Be Working With

Luca Milani - Italy
Krystof Froehling - Czech Republic
Vladimir Tejkal - USA/Czech Republic
Maria-Gina Mastroianni - Norway
Luca Stefanelli - Italy
Raymond-GuoZhong Cai - China
Sarvesh Kapse - India
Vasiluta Drucec - Germany
Francesca Magliano - Italy
Rebekka Ylinen - Finland

Below is a short video I thought you might find useful in terms of preparing for your workshop.

Episodes

15 September - MS Teams 30 September - Is Training The Answer 13 October - Objectives 20 October - Design Any Content - Sales Tools 21 October - Design Any Content - Product Marketing 3 November- Interaction vs Collaboration 6 November - Priming, Open, Close 13 November - Using AI

15 September - MS Teams

Episode 1

Using MS Teams As A Virtual Training Room

Date - Tuesday, 15 September 2026
Start time - 09:30 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 for a direct link to the Community Development Module on using the MS Teams Whiteboard.
nb - you'll need to log in.
Click here for a direct link to the Community Development Module on using all the aspects of PowerPoint Cameo.
nb - you'll need to log in.

30 September - Is Training The Answer

Episode 2

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

Date - Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Start time - 09:30 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)
Click here to download a blank Priority Matrix template (with explanation).

Your Task

Create an attention-grabbing title for your training.
Analyse the overall content of your training and identify the key content ie those high scoring priority pieces of content.

Follow-up Resources

Below is the link to the 'Is Training The Answer' module within the Community Roadmap:
https://eureka-tp.prev07.rmkr.net/lessons/is-training-the-answer/
Below is the link to the Priority Matrix module within the Community Roadmap:
https://eureka-tp.prev07.rmkr.net/lessons/how-to-separate-the-need-to-know-content-from-the-nice-to-know-content/

13 October - Objectives

Episode 3

How To Write Behavioural Based Objective

Date - Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Start time - 09:30 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)

Your Task

Your task(s) will be added after this episode.

Follow-up Resources

Resources will be added following this episode.

20 October - Design Any Content - Sales Tools

Episode 4

Design Any Content

Date - Tuesday, 20 October 2026 - Sales Tools
Start time - 09:30 CET

Duration - 90 Minutes

If your name is here, this is for you:

Krystof Foehling
Vladimir Tejkal
Gina Mastroianni
Luca Stefanelli
Sarvesh Kapse
Vasiluta Drucec
Francesca Magliano

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)

Your Task

Your task(s) will be added after this episode.

Follow-up Resources

Resources will be added following this episode.

21 October - Design Any Content - Product Marketing

Episode 4

Design Any Content

Date - Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Start time - 09:30 CET

Duration - 90 Minutes

If your name is here, this is for you:

Luca Milani
Raymond Guozhong Cai
Rebekka Ylinen

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

Click here to download your episode placemat (handout)

Your Task

Your task(s) will be added after this episode.

Follow-up Resources

Resources will be added following this episode.

3 November- Interaction vs Collaboration

Episode 5

Live Virtual Training - Adding Interaction and Collaboration

Date - Tuesday, 3 November 2026
Start time - 09:30 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 collaorative 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)

Task to complete

Your task(s) will be added after this episode.

Follow-up Resources

Resources will be added following this episode.

From the Training Community

Links will be added following this episode.

6 November - Priming, Open, Close

Episode 6

Live Virtual Training - Priming, Opening and Close

Date - Friday, 6 November 2026
Start time - 09:30 CET
Duration - 75-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.