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Organizations Need to Level Up Efforts With Virtual Meetings, Webinars, and Training

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Virtual work is here to stay, which means virtual meetings and training are here to stay too. It's time for organizations and business leaders to get serious about improving engagement in the virtual space and make sure their meetings, webinars, and training efforts deliver valuable impact. To help support this, the Association for Talent Development (ATD) has released a new book, Interact and Engage, 2nd Edition: 75+ Activities for Virtual Training, Meetings, and Webinars, authored by master virtual trainer Kassy LaBorie and Tom Stone, a senior research analyst for the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp).

Key Points: 
  • While virtual training and meetings occasionally happened at many organizations prior to the pandemic, the reality of mandatory shutdowns shifted the importanceand frequencyof those virtual engagements.
  • Eighty-three percent of i4cp's survey participants said virtual training comprised 80 percent or more of their instructor-led training since the onset of the pandemic.
  • "Now that virtual training has become nearly ubiquitous, there is no excuse for boring, lecture-style live online training, webinars, or meetings.
  • Prior to launching her consulting practice, Kassy was the director of virtual training services at Dale Carnegie Training, a consulting service that partnered with organizations to help them develop successful online training strategies.