Banishing the boring webinar by using interactivity and drama in Zoom or Teams training. Let’s face it – most webinars are dull and boring. A monotonous voice runs through endless PowerPoint slides. There’s no chance to join in. For nearly 20 years, Nelson Training has used face-to-face, interactive, drama-based training to make training a fun […]
Using Qualitative Data for Training Needs Analysis
There are many benefits to a qualitative approach to Training Needs Analysis. Surveys relying on quantitative data, are not necessarily that useful for training needs analysis of ‘soft skills’ subjects such as bullying & harassment or equality, diversity and inclusion. Instead of asking, for example, “How well would you say that you were able to […]
Dignity at Work training using Mentimeter, Zoom or Teams
The virtual interactive Dignity at Work training experience. Nelson Training had to find new ways of training Dignity at Work using Mentimeter and Zoom during the Covid lock-downs. As a training company that uses interactive drama, we needed to find a way of continuing to deliver sessions while face to face training was impossible. This […]
Bullying and harassment training: using interactive drama face-to-face or over MS Teams
Bullying and harassment training: the problems. Interactive drama has proved to be an effective means of training to reduce the incidence of bullying and harassment in the workplace. Some years ago, at Nelson Training we were approached by a county fire service as an industrial tribunal had mandated that all staff members receive bullying and […]