It’s an uncomfortable and alien world. Training in the virtual space is a vastly different experience from training face-to-face. How do you make people feel comfortable online? How do you build rapport one-on-one when everyone is listening in

Ep 8 - Trainer Skills for Virtual Training Part 2 - Presentation Skills

Dec 6th, 2021 30m 24s

In this episode, we delve into the presentation skills that trainers need to master – so that they can conduct training that's (often) better than face-to-face training. Do you look at the camera or the screen? Do you need videos turned on? Ho

Ep 7 - Trainer Skills for Virtual Training Part 1 – Platform Skills (2 of 2)

May 6th, 2021 25m 34s

We finally delve into the skills you need as a trainer – to design and run meaningful and engaging Virtual Instructor-led Training (VILT). In the next few episodes, we'll be talking about trainer skills and the three broad categories of:Plat

Ep 6 - Trainer Skills for Virtual Training Part 1 – Platform Skills (1 of 2)

Oct 5th, 2020 27m 13s

Ep 5 - Create Engaging Virtual Workshops With These Accessory Apps

Aug 14th, 2020 14m 54s

Ultimately, a great virtual workshop is tool-agnostic – instead, having an engaging and meaningful online training is all about the design. But, after a lot of research and trial and error, there are a few online accessory apps that we'd recom

Ep 4 - Key Tools for Creating Engaging Virtual Workshops

Aug 2nd, 2020 26m 52s

After months of research, testing, and improving – we've settled on a few tools that enable us to run truly engaging virtual workshops. And we now have the experience and the testimonials to say that virtual training can often be better than li

Ep 3 - Breaking Down the Structure of Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) Design

Jul 20th, 2020 30m 49s

The assumption that you can't run long virtual workshops – is not true. With the right programme design, you're not limited to 90 minutes or 4 hours. In fact, most of People Potential's virtual workshops are a full day or longer. In this podca

Ep 2 - What it Took to Quickly Transform Offline Programmes to Online Programmes

Jun 17th, 2020 36m 30s

With COVID-19 hitting the training sector like a tonne of bricks, all live training was cancelled, leaving trainers, corporations, and would-be learners on the lurch and unsure of what to do. Before movement controls were implemented, we saw th

Ep 1 - Virtual Learning is Torture! And Other Misconceptions About Online Workshops

Jun 10th, 2020 32m 36s

Virtual learning is hampered by our previous baggage and misconceptions from our current video conferencing era. Virtual learning no longer has to be boring, nor does it have to be disengaging. Much has changed in the last 5 years – the tools,

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