Trends Changing the Face of Corporate Training

As I prepared to facilitate my very first training session, I stood nervously at the counter at Kinko’s waiting for the associate to print my carefully crafted overhead transparencies. It took me a week to create the transparencies; I really wanted them to have a huge visual impact! Once the printing was done, I carefully placed each transparency into a clear cover with three ring binder holes punched, I was ready to go!

Standing in front of the class, I pulled out my binder and placed my first overhead transparency on the screen. It was a proud moment when I realized everyone in the class was writing down exactly what I had displayed! Oh, the power of being the facilitator!

Believe it or not, that was about 15 years ago. It is shocking how far we have come in the past 15 years with what we can do to make an impact in our training classes. What is even more shocking is how many facilitators are still relying on PowerPoint presentations to be the visual interest in sessions.

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