Course Highlights
This specialized course for trainers will:
- Help participants decide when to source off-the-shelf content versus creating custom materials.
- Teach strategies for finding and sourcing off-the-shelf content effectively.
- Show how to create new content inspired by participant feedback and organizational needs.
- Introduce techniques for using assessments, quizzes, and tests to enhance engagement.
- Highlight the importance of avoiding copyright violations and staying legally compliant.
- Demonstrate how to connect generic concepts to an organization’s culture and needs.
- Provide methods to convert lists, procedures, and charts into interactive activities.
- Teach participants how to tailor off-the-shelf content using homegrown examples, stories, and analogies.
Course Overview
Not all content needs to be built from scratch. Knowing how to source, modify, and energize off-the-shelf materials is a crucial skill for trainers and instructional designers aiming to save time while maintaining relevance and engagement. This program equips participants with the techniques to transform pre-made materials into customized, interactive, and impactful training content.
Participants will start by exploring how to decide whether to source content or create it in-house, evaluating factors such as time, cost, and alignment with organizational goals. The session continues with guidance on where to find high-quality off-the-shelf content and tips for staying compliant with copyright laws.
The course moves into practical techniques for customizing materials, showing participants how to breathe life into static content like lists, charts, and procedures. Through hands-on exercises, participants will practice converting these elements into engaging activities and connecting generic concepts to specific organizational needs using tailored examples, stories, and analogies.
By the end of the session, participants will have the tools to enhance training programs by sourcing content strategically, modifying it effectively, and delivering it in a way that resonates with learners.
Program Objectives
- At this program’s conclusion, participants should be able to:
- Determine what content to source versus develop.
- Source off-the-shelf content effectively.
- Create content inspired by participant feedback.
- Leverage assessments, quizzes, and tests to enhance training.
- Avoid copyright violations when using external materials.
- Connect generic concepts to an organization’s culture and goals.
- Convert lists, procedures, and charts into interactive activities.
- Tailor off-the-shelf content with homegrown examples, stories, and analogies.
Program Modules
- Build It, Buy It, Find It: When and When Not to Source Content
- Looking for a Needle in a Haystack: Where to Find Material
- Legal Concerns: Staying Within the Law
- From Flat to Fab: Breathing Life into Paragraphs, Lists, and Charts
- Customizing Stories, Examples, and Analogies: Making Content Relevant
Target Audience
This virtual training program is for groups that want to:
- Enhance their training programs with sourced and customized content.
- Learn techniques for modifying off-the-shelf materials to suit specific needs.
- Save time and resources while creating impactful, engaging learning experiences.
Suggested Format
Two-Hour Virtual Training Course
Questions This Page Answers About Sourcing and Customizing Training Content
- Where can I find a training program to learn how to source and modify content?
- How can I learn how to customize off-the-shelf content to make it engaging and relevant?
- What techniques can I use to convert static material into interactive activities?