How not to do a training class
Last couple days I sat through a painful couple of training sessions. The last half hour was the only thing useful at all.
1. No handouts of any kind.
2. No hands-on until the last half-hour. We're learning how to do something, we need to actually do it instead of reading about it on power point presentations.
3. The power point presentations were not seen by the presenters until they gave the presentation. That means they read them to us.
4. There were three people who were there to help us when we got stuck during the hands-on part and they chimed in with clarifications that muddied more than clarified and digressions. Every time someone else spoke (and that includes the students who were asking questions) the whole thing became more confusing.
5. The app we need to use to find out when to do the tast we were learning is not live.
6. There was the dreaded ice-breaker "tell us about yourself" crap on the SECOND DAY! I hate those normally since if I really need to know you play raquetball in your spare time, it will come up in a normal conversation at break. I really don't care what your job title is, you know more about this than I do, good enough.
7. This entire training should have been hands-on.
8. We're going to get an intranet link telling us where to find the power point presentations as documentation. We really need a cheat sheet instead. One page per task would be far more useful.
9. The trainers changed topics and digressed too much.
10. Screen shots as part of a power point presentation are hard to read. No matter where you sit.
1. No handouts of any kind.
2. No hands-on until the last half-hour. We're learning how to do something, we need to actually do it instead of reading about it on power point presentations.
3. The power point presentations were not seen by the presenters until they gave the presentation. That means they read them to us.
4. There were three people who were there to help us when we got stuck during the hands-on part and they chimed in with clarifications that muddied more than clarified and digressions. Every time someone else spoke (and that includes the students who were asking questions) the whole thing became more confusing.
5. The app we need to use to find out when to do the tast we were learning is not live.
6. There was the dreaded ice-breaker "tell us about yourself" crap on the SECOND DAY! I hate those normally since if I really need to know you play raquetball in your spare time, it will come up in a normal conversation at break. I really don't care what your job title is, you know more about this than I do, good enough.
7. This entire training should have been hands-on.
8. We're going to get an intranet link telling us where to find the power point presentations as documentation. We really need a cheat sheet instead. One page per task would be far more useful.
9. The trainers changed topics and digressed too much.
10. Screen shots as part of a power point presentation are hard to read. No matter where you sit.