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​Resource #1

Sprinting with Shoelaces Tied?
You can use this article to guide your actions as you convert existing face-to-face programs to an online format in response to swiftly shifting needs of the workforce.
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With or without a copy of "Same Training, Half the Time"
this roadmap will help you avoid potential pitfalls

Activity #1

​​How Did Training Fall Under Such a Time Crunch?

You just heard five reasons why instructional designers are under pressure.  Pressure to consolidate training into shorter events.  Pressure to create training in tighter timelines.

What reasons would you add to the list?  Share your and read your peers' perspectives...
Add Your Reasons
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Activity #2

Check Your Work!

Before you compare your work, keep in mind that exact wording matches are not required.  BUT, you want to ensure the spirit of your entries that you "claim points for" are so closely aligned with the six bullet points in the article's opening that your ID choices honor them.

You are encouraged to bookmark the article to refer to—regularly!
Compare Your Answers

​Activity #3

Packing Your Values: An Exercise in Empathy

All you need for this exercise is something to write with (and the resilience to make it to the end of this very short activity!)

Pause the recording if you would like more time to make your choices.

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​Activity #4

Put It Into Practice

This is your time to shine!  Let us know your ideas for converting passive "pushes" of content into engaging pulling and playing strategies. If you were indecisive about your number, let the Seven Dwarfs help!  Choose the name you most relate to today and pick that number.  (Don't feel limited to responding to only one Challenge.)
  1. Bashful
  2. Doc
  3. Sleepy
  4. Happy
  5. Dopey
  6. Sneezy
  7. Grumpy
Remember to complete Challenge #8 too!
Go on...show off!

Resource #2

 8 Powerful Ways
Managers Can Help
​Their Employees Make the Most of Training


​Here is a secret—well, it isn’t a secret, it just behaves like one—a manager’s actions before an employee attends training has the single greatest impact on whether or not learning will transfer to the job. The manager? Yes.
 
You can share this quick-read pdf with your learners' managers to help them realize and embrace their critical role in their employees’ development success. And, in doing so, increase the effectiveness of your course designs!
Get A Copy And Share it
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Resource #3

Interested in More?

You can access additional books and resources associated with them from this one page. There are a collection of free tools, sample chapters, toolkit bundles, licenses and associated training programs--depending on the title. 

​Explore each books' information and assets.  There is a lot to discover.
Explore!

Resource #4

Virtual Meetings for Now-Remote Workers

Written in early March in response to a request from Soundview, this article offers direction for virtual MEETINGS (not training). The guidance in it continues to pertain; just as in-person meetings can be ineffective, virtual meetings are proving able to accomplish ineffective at super-sonic speed. 

Put the article to use...and Don't Waste My Time.
Read the POst
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