Home ยป Blog

Is Live Virtual Training Helping Learners?

8-hour training days may be the norm for in-person training, but should we consider this format for Live Virtual Training? Back in April 2020, I published a post called โ€œWhen Everything is Suddenly Virtualโ€. In it I looked at what scientists and expert practitioners were saying and concluded that Shorter Trumps Longer (Bowman, 2011) when …

Is Live Virtual Training Helping Learners? Read More ยป

young annoyed female learner using laptop at home

4 Differences Between the Virtual and the In-person TBR Classes

The questions have come up many times: โ€œWhat are the differences between the โ€˜Training from the BACK of the Roomโ€™ Virtual Edition (TBR-VE) Class and the in-person TBR Practitioner Class? Are the classes interchangeable? Does one class replace the other?โ€ Here are 4 major differences between the TBR-VE Class and the in-person TBR Practitioner Class: …

4 Differences Between the Virtual and the In-person TBR Classes Read More ยป

Effective Breakout Facilitation and How to Avoid Breakout Loneliness

After months facilitating, producing and attending live virtual events, I have observed a recurring range of mistakes we often do as meeting hosts that can have an impact on the effectiveness and success of the event. One of the areas that frequently catches us is how to set up and deliver an effective use of …

Effective Breakout Facilitation and How to Avoid Breakout Loneliness Read More ยป

LAG20: Your feedback!

Thank you to everyone who took a moment to share their feedback and experiences of LAG20. This was our first ever live virtual online conference and it was important for us to create an engaging and interactive online experience. We believe in adopting a culture of continuous improvement & learning, with this in mind we …

LAG20: Your feedback! Read More ยป

6 Staging Tips for Facilitating Virtual Classes

โ€œPlatform skillsโ€ is the term most often used for face-to-face presentations: the presenterโ€™s voice tone, body movement, facial expressions, movement, and energy. Letโ€™s translate all of that to the virtual world with โ€œstaging.โ€ What is Staging? โ€œStagingโ€ in the virtual world is defined as everything that is live-streamed by the virtual class presenter/trainer/host. Staging includes …

6 Staging Tips for Facilitating Virtual Classes Read More ยป

Suddenly Furloughed? You canโ€™t work, but you can train!

With the global pandemic forcing us into a prolonged isolation, we are starting to adapt to our new ways of working. For a lot of us there is little work to do as some organisations have paused or slowed down business, whilst others have furloughed staff. Even though this is a very difficult period, it …

Suddenly Furloughed? You canโ€™t work, but you can train! Read More ยป

Scroll to Top