delivery - Blogs - DPG Community2024-03-28T11:58:41Zhttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/blog/feed/tag/delivery#TrainingCrimes: Episode 2 - Design and Deliveryhttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/blog/trainingcrimes-episode-2-design-and-delivery2018-07-04T13:30:00.000Z2018-07-04T13:30:00.000ZAdy Howeshttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/members/AdyHowes<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/42381451?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p></p>
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<p><strong>Training Crimes: Design and Delivery</strong></p>
<p>We continue our mission in association with <a href="https://www.myfirsttrainers.com/">My First Trainers</a> to create a three-part series aiming to nip training crimes in the bud.</p>
<p>In the <a href="https://community.dpgplc.co.uk/blog/trainingcrimes-episode-1-training-needs-analysis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first episode</a> we looked at Training Needs Analysis. In this second episode, we consider training crimes around design and delivery.</p>
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<p><strong>Over the top delivery</strong></p>
<p>There is a need to have fun when learning, but it also needs to be appropriate to the subject and the audience. I remember working in one organisation where training was relatively new. I found in this setting, I had to think carefully about the content and the exercises that would be included to make sure I didn’t lose my audience. In a similar way, content that is too basic is likely to be boring and disengaging for those of a higher experience level. Judging your audience when designing sessions and being prepared to flex when delivering are important skills to have.</p>
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<p><strong>Common delivery crimes</strong></p>
<p>60 slides, 300 bullet points seems to be the approach that some take when designing a training event. I’ve come across countless examples of designing sessions that starts with the design of a set of Powerpoint slides. Powerpoint is a tool amongst many and it doesn’t have to feature in every event. Some of the best sessions I can think of have lived without. Life can exist without Powerpoint! What about the pre-course activities that were mentioned in this episode? Have you ever been in a position where you’ve taken some time to get some pre-work done only to then find you didn’t need it. Annoying or what?</p>
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<p><strong>Choosing the wrong activities</strong></p>
<p>Whatever activities you choose for your session must be right for the audience and for the content you’re covering. Essentially, they are to help people learn and if they’re not doing that, you really should question the point of including them.</p>
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<p>Our <a href="https://www.dpgplc.co.uk/courses-qualifications/learning-and-development/ld-cipd-qualifications/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CIPD Programmes in Learning and Development</a> are designed to help people develop the skills around design and delivery that are needed to ensure organisational learning is a success. You can <a href="https://www.dpgplc.co.uk/courses-qualifications/learning-and-development/ld-cipd-qualifications/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">find out more about those here</a>.</p>
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<p>What are your experiences? Have you come across these crimes before? What other crimes have you experienced? How can we avoid them?</p>
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<p>I’m interested to hear your views in the comments below….</p>
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<p>Watch out for the final episode of #TrainingCrimes in association with <a href="https://www.myfirsttrainers.com/">My First Trainers</a> coming out next week. It’s on the topic of evaluation.</p>
</div>Voice Training - Why is it usefulhttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/blog/voice-training-why-is-it-useful2014-02-10T11:16:12.000Z2014-02-10T11:16:12.000ZAdy Howeshttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/members/AdyHowes<div><p>Hi All,</p>
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<p>As a bit of fun, have you considered a small budget for voiceover training? I had purposely considered this to help me with my online learning delivery skills, but actually, it's been of massive benefit in my face to face delivery too.</p>
<p>So to save me typing too much (being lazy or some could argue creative!) I've recorded a three minute clip for you to explain more...</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1357601?profile=original" target="_blank">Ady Howes Voice Training Overview 10th Feb 2014</a></p>
<p>Let me know what you think</p>
<p>Ady</p>
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<p></p></div>Trends and Emerging areas for Learning and Developmenthttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/blog/trends-and-emerging-areas-for-learning-and-development2013-07-09T09:38:21.000Z2013-07-09T09:38:21.000ZBlake Heneganhttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/members/BlakeHenegan<div><p>At Optimus Sourcing we like to read all of the research reports based on the Learning and Development industry in order to keep up with current developments so we can adjust our services accordingly. However we are aware that whilst most people would like to do the same, very few people are able to actually make the time to read some of these lengthy reports. We have summarised several of these reports for you in the past but we have decided to make one document that covers the industry as whole so you can update your knowledge in a short amount of time.<span id="more-5205"></span></p><h2><strong>Method of Delivery</strong></h2><p>This area of L&D has undergone a huge amount of change due to rising technologies. MLearning is one of the largest developing areas at the moment with <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/mobile-m-learning-in-the-uk-key-facts-and-figures">Towards Maturity</a><a rel="nofollow" title="" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/trends-and-emerging-areas-for-learning-and-development#_edn1">[i]</a> claiming 25% of top learning companies are either currently using or developing learning apps and they predict this to continue to grow. 62% of respondents said they were using mobile devices to access learning content to support formal learning. In terms of its success so far, 42% of users say it has increased L&D participation in their staff and 47% reported additional business benefits. However, MLearning also faces sizeable barriers including cost, security issues as well as staff not being skilled enough to use it.</p><p>The <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/learning-and-talent-development-2013">CIPD report</a><a rel="nofollow" title="" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/trends-and-emerging-areas-for-learning-and-development#_edn2">[ii]</a> on Learning and Talent Development also studied this area. On-the-job training, in-house development programmes and coaching by line managers were ranked among the most effective L&D strategies for the last five years. They were almost the most common along with e-Learning methods. This report also found that the most expected change over the next 2 years will be the increase in coaching, particularly the integration with internal organisational development. Meanwhile, whilst still only representing a small amount of learning, eLearning is expected to increase year on year especially when used in conjunction with other methods, where it is viewed as most effective – a view backed up by <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/learning-technology-solutions-forecast" target="_blank">Cox eLearning Consultants</a><a rel="nofollow" title="" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/trends-and-emerging-areas-for-learning-and-development#_edn3">[iii]</a>.</p><p><img width="148" height="222" class="aligncenter wp-image-5206" alt="technology" src="http://www.optimussourcing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/technology.png"/></p><p> </p><p>The <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/learning-and-performance-developing-for-business-results">Aberdeen Group</a><a rel="nofollow" title="" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/trends-and-emerging-areas-for-learning-and-development#_edn4">[iv]</a> agrees with the CIPD that Instructor led training is still the most popular and on-the job training, coaching and the blended approach are still popular, however they found the learning technologies to be much more popular with 77% of companies using some sort of eLearning. This higher level of popularity is backed up by <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/learning-through-technology">learndirect</a><a rel="nofollow" title="" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/trends-and-emerging-areas-for-learning-and-development#_edn5">[v]</a> who found that 20% of the average company’s L&D budget is spent on technology with <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/benchmarks-trends-and-analysis-of-the-uk-training-market">Bersin</a><a rel="nofollow" title="" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/trends-and-emerging-areas-for-learning-and-development#_edn6">[vi]</a> placing it closer to 15%.</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/4-trends-reshaping-the-classroom">Frost and Sullivan</a><a rel="nofollow" title="" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/trends-and-emerging-areas-for-learning-and-development#_edn7">[vii]</a> are another that agrees eLearning is widespread. They found that online learning has increased by 21% – far surpassing the student growth over the same period of 2%. They claim that more and more learning is being done socially using social media and apps. They also found that the idea of ‘flipped classrooms’ is increasing in popularity rapidly. This is where students read the material out of class and then discuss it and apply it once in the classroom.</p><h2><strong>Training Spend and Headcount</strong></h2><p>The overall view of the current economic situation varies slightly from report to report. The CIPD found that only 8% believed their economic situation had improved over 12 months, half of the public sector and a quarter of the private sector had seen reduction in funds and resources. Also the median annual training budget per employee is £303 whilst the median training hours per employee were 25.</p><p><img width="216" height="217" class="aligncenter wp-image-5208" alt="How-to-save-money" src="http://www.optimussourcing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/How-to-save-money.png"/></p><p> </p><p>Bersin meanwhile found a more positive view of the industry. Although training spending declined by 12% on average and large businesses cut training headcounts by 5% in 2012 – the average training spend per employee was found to be a much larger £838, a growth of 3% since last year. Specifically, large companies are suffering the worst followed by medium and then small companies. 66%, 52% and 27% of companies in each sector respectively reported budget cuts in 2012. These figures have led to many larger companies turning more and more to cheaper, eLearning alternatives.</p><h2><strong>Soft Skills</strong></h2><p>Leadership training continues to be one of the most popular with similar findings to last year showing 85% of organisations reporting that they will be carrying out leadership development activities in the next 12 months. Only 6% reported they would not do so while 10% didn’t know. Larger organisations meanwhile, are more likely than smaller organisations to carry out leadership training whilst there are no changes between sectors (<b>CIPD 2013</b>).</p><p>The need for leadership training comes from the large perceived skill gaps in leaders in both performance management as well as coaching skills – the latter of which is seen as the biggest barrier to increasing coaching. With internal coaching becoming more popular, more companies are looking to lower this barrier by training their leaders to be more capable of coaching (<b>CIPD 2013</b>).</p><h2><strong>Personalisation</strong></h2><p>The need for personalisation also came out of the reports. With eLearning on the up it is becoming increasingly more viable to have tailored training courses for each individual learner taking into account what they already know and don’t know as well as their learning style. Bring your own device also is another issue to come from the eLearning and Mlearning’s rise in popularity – it is yet unclear how many companies will be purchasing their own devices ready for training sessions and how many will expect candidates or trainers to provide their own (<b>Bersin 2013</b>).</p><h2><strong>Informal Learning</strong></h2><p>Bersin also found 25% of UK companies use blogs and social media in training efforts, and even more use communities. UK organisations are still in the early stages of experimenting with these tools to see how they can be used effectively in a learning environment. Bersin believes that the evolution to informal learning will be of a similar magnitude as the switch to e-learning that began more than a decade ago.</p><p>For more detailed information on any one of the topics or reports, feel free to look at our individual summaries or the full reports. It is well worth reading at least a few of them as they give detailed information on a whole range of other subjects as well.</p><p> </p><hr width="33%" size="1" align="left"/><p> </p><div><div><p><a rel="nofollow" title="" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/trends-and-emerging-areas-for-learning-and-development#_ednref1">[i]</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://towardsmaturity.org/shop/">http://towardsmaturity.org/shop/</a></p></div><div><p><a rel="nofollow" title="" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/trends-and-emerging-areas-for-learning-and-development#_ednref2">[ii]</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cipd.co.uk/binaries/6174%20LTD%20WEB.pdf">http://www.cipd.co.uk/binaries/6174%20LTD%20WEB.pdf</a></p></div><div><p><a rel="nofollow" title="" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/trends-and-emerging-areas-for-learning-and-development#_ednref3">[iii]</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://store.coxec.com/product_p/forecast13.htm">http://store.coxec.com/product_p/forecast13.htm</a></p></div><div><p><a rel="nofollow" title="" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/trends-and-emerging-areas-for-learning-and-development#_ednref4">[iv]</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.aberdeen.com/Aberdeen-Library/7843/RA-learning-training-development.aspx">http://www.aberdeen.com/Aberdeen-Library/7843/RA-learning-training-development.aspx</a></p></div><div><p><a rel="nofollow" title="" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/trends-and-emerging-areas-for-learning-and-development#_ednref5">[v]</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.learndirect.com/business/news-events/research-reports/learning-through-technology/">http://www.learndirect.com/business/news-events/research-reports/learning-through-technology/</a></p></div><div><p><a rel="nofollow" title="" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/trends-and-emerging-areas-for-learning-and-development#_ednref6">[vi]</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bersin.com/Practice/Detail.aspx?docid=16231">http://www.bersin.com/Practice/Detail.aspx?docid=16231</a></p></div><div><p><a rel="nofollow" title="" href="http://www.optimussourcing.com/training-news/trends-and-emerging-areas-for-learning-and-development#_ednref7">[vii]</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://learn.gototraining.com/NE-G2T-WP-online-learning2-trends-S?ID=70150000000YlQM">http://learn.gototraining.com/NE-G2T-WP-online-learning2-trends-S?ID=70150000000YlQM</a></p></div></div></div>