How to pick the right contract trainer?

Posted by Rachael Jones on Jan 5, 2022 9:30:00 AM

How to pick the right contract trainer?

When first starting out on a training project, we hear all too often clients say that they’d ideally like to use their internal trainers to do the job.

The problem is that many training departments are already operating at full capacity. Imagine an unscheduled project - like a new technology rollout or some other large change initiative! Your training department may struggle to keep up.

It’s important to know how to pick the right contract trainer so you can get the most out of your training investment and time spent. Since you are going to the effort of hiring a contract trainer, you want to ensure the person you hire has the right skills and expertise to deliver and manage effective training classes, both online and virtually.

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Grow Your Learning Consultant Team without Hiring New Employees

Posted by Lora Boiago on Apr 4, 2013 10:02:00 AM

Grow Your Learning Consultant Team without Hiring New Employees

Today's business environment calls for employers of all sizes to remain flexible. Among other things, this means the ability to increase or decrease the number of team members quickly and efficiently.

According to TrainingIndustry.com, scalability refers to an organization’s ability to handle a large increase or decrease in users, workload or transactions without undue stress. Many companies are able to enjoy the flexibility inherent in the scalability of engaging contract learning consultants. This is especially true for functional areas, such as learning, training and development, which often operate in a project-based environment and may be structured as a separate cost- or profit-center.

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Contract Instructional Design: 4 Stages Of A Change Initiative

Posted by Rachael Jones on Aug 27, 2012 10:31:00 AM

Advice from an Instructional Design Consultant: 4 Stages of a Change Initiative

Organizational change initiatives carry the burden for assuring the entire team understands and respects the new rules.  When mergers or acquisitions are on the horizon, change can create organizational confusion and this disharmony may result in organizational fallout.

Hiring contracts trainers to create training materials can facilitate changes during the life cycle of change initiatives.  Especially because contract instructional design consultants have a deep understanding of training methodology and can create training programs that will reinforce the new behaviors of the change initiative.

Understanding how change affects individuals psychologically and having the process in place to support and negate negative process can assure a smooth transition to new behaviors and activities.

The four stages of change include:

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Inc. Magazine Unveils America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Posted by Jody Raines on Aug 23, 2012 11:48:00 AM

TrainingFolks Named to the 2012 Inc. 500|5000 List, with Strong
Three-Year Sales Growth

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Resources List For HIPAA 5010 Training And Finding Contract Trainers

Posted by Jody Raines on Aug 1, 2012 10:47:00 PM

Resources List For HIPAA 5010 Training And Finding Contract Trainers

TrainingFolks Healthcare Performance ImprovementInsight : With changes to HIPAA encompassing HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 there is a requirement that healthcare providers are in compliance.  The regulation change includes:

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