Creative Training Techniques - The Bob Pike Group

Is AI about to take your job? Or is it doing the work so fast you don’t even know what you’re managing anymore? Becky says to deal with AI anxiety, you need to show people what can’t be replaced with AI.

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That training plan you worked so hard on? It was outdated before you hit send. That’s because you’re trying to use a map when you should be using a compass. Becky has three things you should do to calmly manage rapid change.

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Purpose is a bigger motivator than punishment. If people don’t understand why what they do matters, sanctions for underperforming will not change behavior in the long run. So how do we fix it? Becky says it starts with storytelling, values and setting the stakes.

Becky's Trainer Tales on TikTok

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Mental health training is a top priority for Gen Z job seekers. Becky says tech companies are losing people because of burnout. She’s advised them to stop breaking people. Stop burnout by setting boundaries. Becky outlines what makes mental health training work.

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Post-session surveys can be great tools if you know how to really read them. Numbers are great, but it’s what the comments say or don’t say that you should pay attention to. A five-star rating doesn’t mean anything if they forget what you taught them. Becky shows how to get brutal honesty from comments and find out how much those people really did hate or love you.

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What if you knew what people had learned as you taught them? It’s not science fiction. You can use real-time polling tools to help you adjust your training on the fly. Becky talks about how to gather and act on real-time data while teaching.

Polling and Engagement Tools - Quick Reference (Alphabetical)

1. Doodle • https://doodle.com • Scheduling polls for finding meeting times

2. Google Forms • https://forms.google.com • Simple, free surveys with live response viewing

3. Google Surveys • https://surveys.google.com • Quick market research polls

4. GoToWebinar • https://www.goto.com/webinar • Professional webinar platform with polling

5. Kahoot! • https://kahoot.com • Gamified quizzes and polls for interactive learning

6. Mentimeter • https://www.mentimeter.com • Interactive presentations with live polls, word clouds, and Q&A

7. Mentimote (Mentimeter mobile) • https://www.mentimeter.com/app • Mobile app for joining Mentimeter presentations

8. Microsoft Forms • https://forms.microsoft.com • Free polls and surveys with real-time results

9. Microsoft Teams Polls • https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams • Integrated polling for Teams meetings

10. Miro • https://miro.com • Visual collaboration platform with polling

11. Padlet • https://padlet.com • Collaborative boards with voting capability

12. Pear Deck • https://www.peardeck.com • Interactive presentations with Google Slides integration

13. Poll Everywhere • https://www.polleverywhere.com • Real-time audience response system with PowerPoint integration

14. Slido • https://www.slido.com • Live polling and Q&A for webinars and meetings

15. SurveyMonkey • https://www.surveymonkey.com • Comprehensive survey platform with analytics

16. Turning Technologies • https://www.turningtechnologies.com • Audience response system with clickers or apps

17. Typeform • https://www.typeform.com • Conversational, beautifully designed surveys

18. Vevox • https://www.vevox.com • Live polling and Q&A for large events

19. Webex Polling • https://www.webex.com • Built-in polling for Cisco Webex meetings

20. Wooclap • https://www.wooclap.com • Interactive education platform with 20+ question types

21. Zoom Polling • https://zoom.us • Built-in polling feature for Zoom meetings and webinars

Becky's Recommendations:

Budget-conscious: Mentimeter free, Google Forms, Zoom Polling

Professional training: Poll Everywhere, Slido, AhaSlides

Enterprise: Vevox

Quick & dirty: DirectPoll, Microsoft Forms

Gamification: Kahoot!, Crowdpurr, C3 Softworks

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Bob Pike Group is the industry-leading firm to train your trainers and design your training programs.

What’s worse — a good coder with no communication skills or a leader who can’t use a spreadsheet? The truth is, you need both tech skills and soft skills. The top skills people need are human-centric, but they need to be paired with technical literacy. Becky shows us how to integrate the two skill sets.

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Bob Pike Group is the industry-leading firm to train your trainers and design your training programs.

AI is good at spitting out words, numbers and following rules. What it’s not good at is judgment. There’s a big difference between following rules and using judgment. Becky talks about how you can train people to exercise judgment and stop people from being human robots.

Laureate Daniel Kahneman 2024 book Noise

World Economic Forum 2024

Medical Errors Can Cost Lives

Rushed Judgment

MIT The Future of Workplace Learning

Purchase Becky's new book here

Podcast available on iTunes here:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-training-techniques/id862555469?mt=2

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Bob Pike Group is the industry-leading firm to train your trainers and design your training programs.

Health care organizations are hemorrhaging nurses. Turnover is happening at hospitals and elsewhere because of the lack of career growth opportunity. Becky says the secret weapon companies can deploy in the war for talent is an internal mobility program. She outlines how companies can overcome departmental people hoarding and drastically reduce turnover.

Gallup research (2024)

SHRM and Workwolf

Linked In Workforce Report

Gartner 2024

Purchase Becky's new book here

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Bob Pike Group is the industry-leading firm to train your trainers and design your training programs.

Do you really need an expensive degree? Big companies don’t require degrees, they require credentials. That’s because companies have recognized that what you can do is more valuable than what you were taught. Becky describes how trainers can step in to help people build skill-based portfolios faster and at lower cost than a university degree.

Research Links:

Why Fewer Employers Are Requiring College Degrees

Linked In Workforce Report

Recent College Graduates Feel Underqualified to Enter the Workforce

Pearson VUE releases employer-focused analysis as part of its ongoing Value of IT Certification research series.

Purchase Becky's new book here

Podcast available on iTunes here:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-training-techniques/id862555469?mt=2

On Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/2L5Ej7fMWOijhAwTlJUVUd

And on the web here: http://www.bobpikegroup.com/Resources/podcasts-and-videos

Bob Pike Group is the industry-leading firm to train your trainers and design your training programs.