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Looking At Live Virtual Training Differently

Starting Wednesday 13 August 2025

Welcome Alexia and Lin


To help keep everything together in one place, I've created this webpage. Towards the bottom is a 'tabbed' area - one per module. This will have the times and link to the training as well as a placemat (handout) for each module. I'll then add follow-up resources after each module.

Training Structure

Your workshop is made up of 6 episodes, each one looking at a different part of live virtual training design and facilitation.

We'll be using MS Teams for your workshop and as part of your training, we will look at how best to use the platform for your own training.

This is not a sit back and watch type of training - it's a roll up your sleeves and get designing workshop.  I'd like you to start the development of a new budgeting tool that you need to create.  You can apply ideas and techniques to that workshop as we go, so that your workshop will be complete by the end of our time together (or well on the way to completion).  Can I also 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 you possible response.

Scheduling Your Remaining Dates

Click the link below to schedule your remaining dates using my virtual calendar.  I'll then send you the MS Teams meeting link:
www.eureka-tp.com/meeting

Episode 1

Using MS Teams As A Virtual Training Room

Date - Wednesday 13 August  2025
Start time - 10:30 CET
Duration - 60 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

  • Nothing 😀

Follow-up Resources

  • Click here for a recording within the Community on how to use the Whiteboard in Teams.
  • Click here for a recording within the Community on adding Cameo (your video feed) to your PowerPoint Slides.

 

Episode 2

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

Date - 15 Aug 2025
Start time - 10:00 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)
  • Click here to download your blank Priority Matrix template

Your Task

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

Follow-up Resources

Additional Resources (within the Community)

Episode 3

How To Write Behavioural Based Objective

Date - Thursday 18 September 2025
Start time - 11:00 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).

Your Task(s)

  1. Write the objectives for your key content.  Remember, these are pieces of content that would be approximately 45-minutes in duration.
  2. Create a title slide and a WIIFM or Challege Slide.

Follow-up Resources

  • These will be added following your live module.

Episode 4

The Learning Cycle

Date - 24 September 2025
Start time - 11:00 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)

Your Task

  • Design another module ie Objective and learning cycle.
  • Create the slides and any whiteboard to support the content.
  • Break the module down into 4-minute chunks.

Follow-up Resources

 

Episode 5

Live Virtual Training - Adding Interaction and Collaboration

Date - Tuesday 7 October 2025
Start time - 11:00-12:30 CET
Duration - 90 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)

Task to complete

  • Create the slides/whiteboards for interaction and for a collaborative task.

Follow-up Resources

  • Click here to download a summary set of slides used for this module - including URL's and images used.
  • Click here for the Polor Bear video
  • Click here to download your .pdf of 8 more collaborative activities to use within virtual training.
  • To create the Wheel Of Names Random Selector (free):
    https://wheelofnames.com/

From the Training Community

Episode 6

Live Virtual Training - Priming, Opening and Close

Date - 21 October 2025
Start time - 10:00 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

From the Training Community

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