The Corona virus is spreading: Many companies and participants are therefore canceling training measures. A financial blow for trainers, coaches, and HR managers. Here you will learn how training and workshops can still take place:

Due to the rapidly rising infection numbers with the Corona virus, we should initially avoid social contacts as much as possible. Not only cultural and leisure events are being canceled - training measures are also being postponed or even completely canceled for the time being. Conducting training in person is currently difficult. Trainers and coaches are complaining about canceled orders and fear significant financial losses in the coming weeks. For companies, this is also a significant issue: HR managers are burdened with travel costs, hotel and room bookings, even for replacement dates.

So how can trainers, coaches, and companies bridge this time and conduct training - without in-person events?

Solutions for Coaching

Individual coaching, for example for executives, can be transferred from in-person to a digital one-on-one space and conducted easily online. There are a variety of options available to you, such as video chat programs or simple phone calls. We have summarized all formats for online coaching in this article for you: 5 Formats for Online Coaching

As a complement to synchronous agreements, you can offer your coachees additional online impulses, in the style of “Blended Coaching.” In the current situation, you simply replace the necessary in-person appointments with the above-described video or phone coaching.

Solutions for Training

Training in small groups can also be easily conducted online. For this, video chat programs and digital meeting rooms, such as with ZOOM, are also suitable. This allows you to enable valuable discussion rounds and small group exercises online.

Additionally, you can also offer online courses where your participants receive learning materials, practice tasks, short learning impulses, or learning videos from you. As a trainer, you likely already have many materials digitally stored: PDFs, interesting videos, or graphics. You can turn these into an online course in just a few minutes. Below you can see what a simple small course with these contents might look like:

Completely without presence: With PDFs, presentations, and videos, you can create digital training and workshops in just a few minutes and conduct them entirely online.

Solutions for Workshops

Workshops with large groups, such as compliance or product trainings, are best represented directly in an online course and conducted. Such content is typically standardized for all employees at most companies - so you can conduct your training digitally without losing quality.

For this, the materials are likely already mostly available to you as a trainer or HR developer in digital format. Implementing them into course content is often done quickly, so you can conduct your training online swiftly. An example:

If you normally show a PowerPoint presentation in an in-person training? Then upload your presentation to an online course. Or create individual learning content from the slides by taking screenshots and complementing them in the course with additional information. Self-recorded videos also enhance the learning effect in the online course and can be created in just a few minutes. Conducting a training online is not necessarily associated with more effort.

Reading Tip: How you can create effective learning videos in just a few minutes and without expensive technical equipment is explained on our extensive information page: "Creating Videos for Online Courses"

Another super simple solution that we at the blink.it team frequently use is screencasts: Record your screen, for example with CAMTASIA or Screencastify. At the same time, you provide suitable "live explanations" through a headset or your laptop's microphone - you essentially conduct your training for an invisible audience.

You then upload the finished recording to an online course, preferably split into several short videos. This way, employees can view the training in peace either in the office or at home. It is important that you also provide opportunities for questions in the course, for example through a comment function or questionnaires. This almost makes it feel like you are conducting the training live.

Important: The courses and videos do not have to be perfect! In the current situation, it is more important that you react quickly and create content with little effort, so that your planned trainings, coaching, or workshops do not have to be completely canceled! Offer a quick alternative instead of slow perfectionism!

React Quickly with blink.it and Conduct Workshops Online

If you want to start online courses as quickly as possible, book a free demo for the easy blink.it learning platform directly: Even without technical prior experience, you can create content in just a few minutes. And that’s what it’s all about! Start now to conduct your trainings completely digitally.

By the way: We at blink.it will not be suspended! In an emergency, our entire team works remotely and can support you at any time! 🙂