Course Highlights
This course will:
- Address the unique challenges of capturing and maintaining attention in virtual settings.
- Teach participants to articulate their training or presentation’s benefit in a clear, compelling sentence.
- Help participants distill key messages into focused statements.
- Introduce framing and reframing strategies to keep virtual sessions on track.
- Guide participants in determining their desired engagement level and adjusting designs to achieve it.
- Provide tools for turning information delivery into interactive discussions.
- Explore techniques like pattern interrupts to sustain audience interest.
- Teach participants to select and implement appropriate virtual engagement tools like chats, polls, and votes.
Course Overview
This session helps trainers reimagine their in-person programs for online audiences, tackling the challenges of competing for attention in virtual settings. Participants explore ways to capture engagement by crafting a single compelling benefit statement and breaking content into concise, impactful messages.
Key techniques include framing and reframing strategies to keep presentations focused and aligning designs with desired engagement levels. Interactive approaches are emphasized, with a focus on transforming traditional “tell” formats into dynamic discussions using tools like polls, chats, and drawings.
Participants leave the session with practical strategies to design and deliver virtual programs that connect with audiences and encourage meaningful participation.
Program Objectives
At this program’s conclusion, participants should be able to:
- Confront the competition for attention in the virtual world.
- Articulate their training or presentation’s benefit in a single sentence.
- Succinctly state their message(s).
- Create framing and reframing statements to focus their message.
- Decide their desired engagement level.
- Adjust their design to communicate expectations and establish a dialogue.
- Turn “tell” information into “ask” discussions.
- Leverage pattern interrupts to maintain audience attention.
- Choose appropriate interactions such as discussions, chats, polls, drawings, and votes.
Program Modules
- Know Your Competition: Understanding What You’re Up Against in the Virtual World
- The Value of Headline Thinking: Defining Messages and Micro-messages
- Engagement: Asking for What You Want
- Big and Little Interactions: Using the Tools Available to You
- Turning Tells into Asks: Reworking Your Content
Target Audience
This virtual training program is designed for groups that want to:
- Reimagine in-person training or presentations for the virtual space.
- Develop interactive, engaging online sessions that capture and maintain attention.
- Learn tools and techniques to adapt content for dynamic virtual delivery.
Suggested Format
- Two-Hour Virtual Training Course
Questions This Page Answers About Virtual Training Conversion
- Where can I find a program to help convert in-person training for virtual delivery?
- How can I make my virtual presentations more engaging and interactive?
- What tools and techniques can help trainers succeed in the virtual world?
- How can I adapt content to maintain attention and drive audience involvement?