Feb 24

If you run a training business…dealing with the slow economy

If you run a training or consulting business and have been watching your income erode over the last months, no doubt you are feeling pressure. We all are. It’s good to consider that the poor economy isn’t going to last forever, and that you have options,particularly if you have enough financial strength to that you can ignore current lower revenue, and build for increased revenue when things improve.

It is an ideal time, particularly if you have less work, to start looking at new product/service lines. Introducing innovative products and services can place you way ahead of the game come the recovery. So build your “infrastructure” for the long term.

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May 03

Is it wise to record training sessions for later use?

Someone asked the following:

> A department in my company is interested in recording all of their
> training sessions for future people to use. They would like to build a
> library of these training sessions so if there is a need to train one
> person they can pull the recorded session for review. I am not sure what
> would be the best avenue to go as far as recording devices or media. I
> thought of having a camera set up in the room to record the session and I
> would like to have some feedback about how to best set that up.

Heather, the department may want to reconsider. I don’t allow recording of my training sessions unless there is an individual who requires same as a result of some form of disability.

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