How To Make Training Fun & Increase Retention with Shawn Jensen

In this week's episode of Inside the Process, our very own Learning & Dev geek, Shawn Jensen, will share the tips, tricks, secrets, and strategies for creating and delivering super engaging online training (the kind people actually remember).

Whether you’re building face-to-face or self-paced training content, or a combo of both, you’ll learn proven ways to help your people learn what they need to learn and actually have a really good time doing it.

They talk about the key topics for designing effective training, such as knowing your audience, being authentic, and having a proven framework. They also discuss the importance of interaction, gamification, and incorporating graphics and visuals to cater to different learning preferences. The video covers overcoming training resistance, engaging employees, and the role of management in supporting training.

🔥 Find the full recap and additional resources here.

Topics covered:

• 00:00 Intro.
• ‍01:30 Boring & ineffective training.
• ‍02:31 1st job experience.
• ‍04:40 Boring training.
• ‍06:19 Designing effective training.
• ‍11:26 Four elements of effective training.
• ‍12:44 Knowing your audience.‍
• 14:25 Interaction.
• ‍16:06 Gamification.
• ‍17:23 Breaks during training.
• ‍19:15 Graphics and visuals.
• ‍20:34 Surveys to gather feedback.
• ‍34:46 Focusing on employee benefits.
• ‍37:22 Training resistance.
• ‍44:26 Training for personal goals & growth.
• ‍44:46 Demonstrations and practice.
• ‍50:22 Dialogue and feedback.
• ‍50:49 Measuring training success.