Posted August 17th, 2008 by Mary
I have found a great book on how to design workshops and teleclasses, and I know you’ll be interested in it, too! It’s called:
Designing Effective Workshops and Teleclasses: 7 Proven Steps to Creating Classes Students Will Love
What You’ll Learn
In this 86-page book, you’ll learn:
** the psychology of how adults learn
** how to design a structured, multidimensional workshop or teleclass
** how to construct lessons, lesson plans and exercises for optimum student learning
** how to analyze the needs of your students
** how to conduct post-class evaluations to give you feedback
** where to hold your classes
** how to price and market your workshop or teleclass
** how to handle registration and workshop administration
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Posted July 17th, 2008 by Mary
A new AARP national survey has found that workers age 50 and over are satisfied with employer-based training programs offered to them (79 percent), and they participate in those programs in large numbers.
But while two-thirds (67 percent) of workers questioned online said that they received all of the training they had desired or made no requests in the previous two years, one in four (24 percent) reported that they were able to participate in only some of the training desired. Another 8 percent said they were unable to participate in any of the training desired.
The inability to participate in work-based training was especially acute with low-income and less-educated individuals. For example, more than eight in ten (85 percent) workers with at least a four-year college degree had taken employer-based training within the previous two years, compared to only 50 percent of workers with a high school degree or less.
Given the somewhat uneven participation rate, the study called for working to ensure “that training opportunities are offered and clearly communicated to all workers,” including those with less formal education.
The report also suggested that organizations consider creative ways to bridge the educational barrier by making training more appealing to those with less education by customizing approaches to training, depending on workers’ needs.
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