Take Your TA Training Online #2
Design and develop an online program and learn the skills to deliver it in 2020. A must-do in today's reality.
Take Your TA Training Online #2
Fridays: Apr. 10, 17, 24, May 1, 8
2:30pm -4:30pm
Space is limited! We are half full.
NOTES: You must be a CAMEO member to participate. We expect to sell out and have a waiting list. We ask you to only sign up if you are committed to the program.
With the current state of affairs, social distancing, and events being cancelled, those of us in economic development are left wondering how to best support business owners.
One of the most obvious answers is to move technical assistance online.
Making the transition from in-person to virtual cam be overwhelming. In todays’ world it is necessary, not just in the short term, but the long term, too.
Join this 5-session Online Course and get your action plan in place. Design and develop an online program and learn the skills to deliver it in 2020. The program gives TA providers the skills, confidence, and practice to deliver engaging classes, group coaching sessions, and webinars online. (See the 5-part outline below.)
Ten+ Reasons to Take Bring Your TA Training Online
- It is a necessity in the short run
- In the long run it is the trend. Online class enrollments in universities are going up, while in classroom enrollment is going down.
- Anyone under 50 expects there to be an online component
- Saves time in travel for clients (they can go online during lunch, for example)
- Transportation and child care issues resolved
- Mobile friendly for clients who are traveling or working on site without computer
- Handicap accessible
- Recorded online resources are available 24/7
- Need to be ready for disasters and able to work remote (from the cloud) if needed.
- Cost savings – don’t need to rent locations, software inexpensive
- Helps you achieve your program goals – larger numbers show up
The course presenter, Joy Taylor, has been teaching “It’s Your Business” for over 10-years (for Jefferson Economic Development Institute), first in the classroom and now in a zoom room. She will share the challenges and successes of this transition, giving you a “heads up” on what not to do, while empowering you with best practices and what to do.
Participants will walk away with a phased “online action plan” for their organization, confidence, and skills to move forward online. Participants will experience an online course that offers education, inspiration and engages participation while building community.
Each session will be two hours and taught on Zoom. We will use an online class portal to store recordings, discussions, and handouts. The class is interactive with 50% lecture and 50% discussion, exercises, and practice. All who attend will have the opportunity to “host” a portion of a class in order to “be in the driver’s seat” and understand the technology. Teacher will model best practices during the 5-session course. Between classes, Joy will communicate by email.
**Note that this class is free and open to current CAMEO members only. Space is limited so that each participant will receive the attention they need to develop a successful online course.**
Session One – Overview of Course and TA on video conferencing. How do you do it? What hardware do you need. What are your software options? What should you consider when choosing technology? How to best screen share? What should you do to train staff?
Session Two –Webinars. Understand the logistics: software options, setting them up, registration, evaluations, recording storage, and reporting. How can you engage and interact in a webinar setting? How can you use webinars as promotional tools for upcoming classes? How can you convert attendees to clients? Learn how to find the best guest speakers and topics.
Session Three – Your Online Program Part I. Online Program design. Understanding host panel features. The role of a co-host. The 8 ways to engage and interact. How to create participant netowrking and community.
Session Four – Your Online Program Part II. What are the best practices around:building engagement; between class emails; storing recordings; offering handouts; using discussion boards or groups; Including countdowns for in-class activities? What is a flipped classroom? Why and how to record videos for micro-learning segments? What should you take into consideration for class length? What are ideas for retention?
Session Five – Advanced Practices for Training Online. How to build retention in online programs; design activities to create community; overview of Learning Management Systems (overview), market your programs, share your program launch.
Session Six - Group Coaching. In this interactive session, we roll up our sleeves and apply all the knowledge from the 5 weeks of study. This is a get it done (and do it right) session. Participants bring specific questions regarding bring TA online. Topics can include course creation, engagement features, delivery techniques, reporting, recording, LMS, and marketing. Joy will manage the time so that everyone has a chance to get their questions answers. Utilizing a coaching and mastermind format, interaction and learning from peers will be emphasized.
Testimonials from the Fall 2019 class
"I am so thankful that I took Joy’s online train-the-trainer course at the end of last year! Due to the coronavirus, we are exploring different options to adapt our programs, including taking them online, and the things I learned during her program will be live savers. Thank you." – DJ Healy, Entrepreneurship Trainer and Program Manager
“Joy was great. Her energy and ability to engage was really helpful. Her instruction gave us a great template for how to run a course.” – anonymous
Design and develop an online program and learn the skills to deliver it in 2020. A must-do in today's reality.
Take Your TA Training Online #2
Fridays: Apr. 10, 17, 24, May 1, 8
2:30pm -4:30pm
Space is limited! We are half full.
NOTES: You must be a CAMEO member to participate. We expect to sell out and have a waiting list. We ask you to only sign up if you are committed to the program.
With the current state of affairs, social distancing, and events being cancelled, those of us in economic development are left wondering how to best support business owners.
One of the most obvious answers is to move technical assistance online.
Making the transition from in-person to virtual cam be overwhelming. In todays’ world it is necessary, not just in the short term, but the long term, too.
Join this 5-session Online Course and get your action plan in place. Design and develop an online program and learn the skills to deliver it in 2020. The program gives TA providers the skills, confidence, and practice to deliver engaging classes, group coaching sessions, and webinars online. (See the 5-part outline below.)
Ten+ Reasons to Take Bring Your TA Training Online
- It is a necessity in the short run
- In the long run it is the trend. Online class enrollments in universities are going up, while in classroom enrollment is going down.
- Anyone under 50 expects there to be an online component
- Saves time in travel for clients (they can go online during lunch, for example)
- Transportation and child care issues resolved
- Mobile friendly for clients who are traveling or working on site without computer
- Handicap accessible
- Recorded online resources are available 24/7
- Need to be ready for disasters and able to work remote (from the cloud) if needed.
- Cost savings – don’t need to rent locations, software inexpensive
- Helps you achieve your program goals – larger numbers show up
The course presenter, Joy Taylor, has been teaching “It’s Your Business” for over 10-years (for Jefferson Economic Development Institute), first in the classroom and now in a zoom room. She will share the challenges and successes of this transition, giving you a “heads up” on what not to do, while empowering you with best practices and what to do.
Participants will walk away with a phased “online action plan” for their organization, confidence, and skills to move forward online. Participants will experience an online course that offers education, inspiration and engages participation while building community.
Each session will be two hours and taught on Zoom. We will use an online class portal to store recordings, discussions, and handouts. The class is interactive with 50% lecture and 50% discussion, exercises, and practice. All who attend will have the opportunity to “host” a portion of a class in order to “be in the driver’s seat” and understand the technology. Teacher will model best practices during the 5-session course. Between classes, Joy will communicate by email.
**Note that this class is free and open to current CAMEO members only. Space is limited so that each participant will receive the attention they need to develop a successful online course.**
Session One – Overview of Course and TA on video conferencing. How do you do it? What hardware do you need. What are your software options? What should you consider when choosing technology? How to best screen share? What should you do to train staff?
Session Two –Webinars. Understand the logistics: software options, setting them up, registration, evaluations, recording storage, and reporting. How can you engage and interact in a webinar setting? How can you use webinars as promotional tools for upcoming classes? How can you convert attendees to clients? Learn how to find the best guest speakers and topics.
Session Three – Your Online Program Part I. Online Program design. Understanding host panel features. The role of a co-host. The 8 ways to engage and interact. How to create participant netowrking and community.
Session Four – Your Online Program Part II. What are the best practices around:building engagement; between class emails; storing recordings; offering handouts; using discussion boards or groups; Including countdowns for in-class activities? What is a flipped classroom? Why and how to record videos for micro-learning segments? What should you take into consideration for class length? What are ideas for retention?
Session Five – Advanced Practices for Training Online. How to build retention in online programs; design activities to create community; overview of Learning Management Systems (overview), market your programs, share your program launch.
Session Six - Group Coaching. In this interactive session, we roll up our sleeves and apply all the knowledge from the 5 weeks of study. This is a get it done (and do it right) session. Participants bring specific questions regarding bring TA online. Topics can include course creation, engagement features, delivery techniques, reporting, recording, LMS, and marketing. Joy will manage the time so that everyone has a chance to get their questions answers. Utilizing a coaching and mastermind format, interaction and learning from peers will be emphasized.
Testimonials from the Fall 2019 class
"I am so thankful that I took Joy’s online train-the-trainer course at the end of last year! Due to the coronavirus, we are exploring different options to adapt our programs, including taking them online, and the things I learned during her program will be live savers. Thank you." – DJ Healy, Entrepreneurship Trainer and Program Manager
“Joy was great. Her energy and ability to engage was really helpful. Her instruction gave us a great template for how to run a course.” – anonymous