Training Planning Points

1. How many people will be participating?
   More than 10 participants leads to loss of individual attention, while fewer than 2-3 may not be cost-effective.  Since we charge by the hour, not by the student, you’re able to get everyone trained for one flat rate.
2. Are they all at roughly the same experience level?  Does it make sense to have them in the same class?
   When the range of experience using the software is too broad, it becomes difficult to ‘teach to the mid-point’, with the result that experienced users get bored and novices overwhelmed.
3. Do you have a training room / conference room in your facility that can handle the number of people who would participate?
   How many can fit comfortably into the designated training room?
4. Would people be isolated from disruptions, answering phone calls, being pulled away for other reasons?
   The surest way to waste valuable training dollars is to have participants constantly pulled out or interrupted by outside issues.
5. Is there a flat, light colored wall at least 6’ across against which we can project the computer screen image?
   If not, we can bring a large projection screen (80” diagonal) that sits on the floor and telescopes upwards – is there sufficient room to fit such a screen?  We always bring our projector at no additional charge.
6. Are there sufficient power outlet receptacles in the room for everyone?
   We can bring our ‘kit bag’ that includes 4 extension cords and 4 outlet strips, at no charge.
7. Is there a network connection into that room?
   We can also bring a network switch to connect up to 8 computers to that outlet.
8. Would each user have a desktop or laptop computer for the class (hands-on) or would it be more of a lecture style (hands-off)
   We can provide up to 4 laptop computers, at a daily rental rate of $50.00 per computer, regardless of the duration in hours.
9. Would workday training adversely impact the office?  Should you consider later in the day, starting at 3pm?  4pm?  Saturday?
   We never charge additional for offset hours (early-morning/late-afternoon or weekend)
10. How many hours are appropriate?
    Most training organizations talk about ‘full-day’ training, but it’s actually much less - 5½ hours (9am to, 12noon, 1pm to 4pm, 2 x 15 minute breaks – hardly a ‘full day’!  We recommend 3-4 hours of learning – anything less would hardly be worth the effort, and anything more would result in ‘information overload’
11. Do I need courseware?
    We can provide courseware at the cost of $20.00 per courseware manual, and you generally would buy 1 per attendee, maybe even more for those that can’t attend.