As the world gets used to the "new normal" of the COVID-19 workplace, most training companies have made the switch from face-to-face training, to virtual. After hastily converting traditional courses to virtual format, a big question still remains for many trainers: how do I make my training as engaging online as I did in a physical training room?

And this is where Advanced Facilitation Techniques for Virtual Training comes to the rescue - an advanced workshop to help trainers in all subjects to take their facilitation skills up a gear, with innovative and engaging facilitation ideas to liven up a virtual training course, engage learners fully in the experience, and stand out from the competition,

In this two-hour virtual knowledge bite, you’ll consider your own training audience, explore and experience a wide range of advanced facilitation techniques for the virtual world, and leave with practical actions to use straight away in the virtual training room.

Key topics:

Understanding your learners

• Who are they?
• What are their expectations?
• What do they need from a training course?

Planning your course

• The Navanter Virtual Training Success Matrix
• Understanding your own comfort levels
• Pushing your skills boundaries

Face-to-face techniques with a virtual slant

• Which face-to-face techniques work online?
• Adaptions for the online environment
• Taking part in these techniques

Embracing the tech

• Online tools to better engage learners
• Choosing the right tool for the job
• Setting up online tools in advance

Which techniques to use

• The flow of learning in your course
• Techniques to engage large group
• Suggested technique flow-charts

Making the tools work for you

• Selecting tools for your next course
• Preparing learners in advance
• Getting yourself comfortable with the different options

Key takeaways:

Experience best-practice virtual facilitation

• See the techniques from a learner's perspective
• Understand which techniques to use, and when
• Spot potential problems and head them off

Renewed enthusiasm for virtual training

• Ability to replicate F2F experience online
• Plan to use new techniques in courses
• Confidence in "selling the dream" to clients

Planning your own training

• Understand your learners better
• Plan for an engaging delivery
• Create technique paths for learning goals

Stand out from the competition

• Deliver training that is more engaging
• Differentiate yourself through your techniques
• Increase advocacy amongst participants