A short presentation on planning a TB action step by step, taking into account all elements efficiently in order to get the optimal output. This action can be a part of an annual training plan or just be implemented as part of a more improvised solution to cope with training needs in a whole company, or in a certain department, etc.
2. Planning
Context Analysis
Context Analysis Decisions
Decisions Follow-up
Follow-up
Logistics:
Logistics: Assessment:
Factors:
• Venues
• Materials
• Micro • Agendas - timetables • Impact on job
• Budgets - order forms TB
• 5-level (Kirkpatrick)
• Mezzo • Facilitators - trainers Day
• Participant groups • Short, medium &
long term impact
• Macro Parameters: • ROI
• Theoretical frameworks
• Goals & methods
• Ratios - durations, ...
months days, weeks
months before during!
& weeks before & months later
3. Analysis of the context
• individuals react differently to a same stimulus
Participants
• same stimuli have different effects in a single group
c ro • stable traits (personality): emotional intelligence,
i group time management skills, personal styles,
M Facilitators experience, intrinsic motivation, preparation & resources
• dynamic traits: status within the organization, mood
Organizational culture & structure
Managerial support
zo
ez Optional vs obligatory activity
M Expected say and involvement of participants during preparation
Expected outcomes
Business context & markets
Economy
ro
ac Legislation
M Politics
Culture
4. Decisions
Logistics
Logistics
• indoor/outdoor/blend setting
• "adventure“: sports, tent, paintball ground...
Training venues
• "relaxed“: park, woods, beach, salon, gaming room
& spaces • "unusual“: swimming pool, stadium, disco, theme park
• "work“: tables & chairs, auditorium, office, classroom
• boards (white, pin, SMART Boards, projection screens,...)
• writing (whiteboard & permanent markers, pens, pencils,
rubbers,...)
Materials • hard copies (A5, A4, A3, A2, colour/b&w, coloured sheets,
shaped post-its & labels, stickers, icons & symbols / graphs /
according words / texts, reading materials, "further info" reference
to activities sections,...)
• objects (balls, sticks, boxes, handkerchiefs, strings,
Styrofoam & wooden objects, clothe accessories,...)
• ICT (beamers, screens, connected computers, printers)
Agendas - timetables
Budgets - order forms
Facilitators - trainers - speakers
Composition of participant groups
5. Decisions
Actvity Parameters
Actvity Parameters
• Theoretical frameworks
• Types of activity
Tubbs’
• Learning methods System Model Fisher’s
Tuckman’s Group
Theory
• Goals and objectives Development
Model
• Contents Richard Beckhard’s
Belbin’s Team Effectiveness Model
• Training styles
Team Inventory McGrath’s
• Ratios TIP Theory
Drexler/Sibbet
• Durations Team Performance Model
6. Follow-up
Types
Types • Assess impact on job positions
• one day after
• 5-level (Kirkpatrick) • one week later
• Short, medium & long term impact • one month later
• 3 months later
• ROI analysis • 6 months later
• 1 year later, …
Tools for follow-up
Tools for follow-up
• Polls & anonymous surveys
• 1-to-1 informal conversations with participants
• Business & ethnographic research methods
• Report with critical conclusions and time scaled suggestions
• Tools for further dissemination of results in the organization
7. and do not forget…
the spirit is not a content to be filled
but a fire to be sparked
Plutarch
II century AD