We ran a series of LIVE 90 minute webinars (from Mark Williams who is listed as one of the trainers in this application). These consisted of:
Pre-Webinar Coursework – delegates were requested to complete either an assessment, case study or prepare a piece of work prior to the session – this engaged them upfront
Pre-Webinar Objectives & Questions – webinar objectives were emailed to delegates and they could send in their specific scenarios and situations where they needed help with the most – this fed into webinar design and made it very specific
Engaging Images – the images were engaging not just words on a page
LIVE Chat Q&A – delegates could interact amongst themselves or ask questions via the chat to make it interactive
Delegates as presenters – delegates could “raise their hand” to ask a question LIVE – this made the session interactive and real to life
LIVE Polls – we always included at least 3 polls throughout the webinar to keep it interactive and to get feedback from the delegates on a particular issue
There was a 15 minute comfort break 45 minutes into the session to keep interest and attention levels high so they could get up, stretch and take care of critical needs
£15,000 Cost Savings – Training Fees – the 4 webinars delivered across 50 managers instead of additional 1 day sessions saved an estimated £15,000 in face to face delivery fees (5 groups x 4 days = 20 delivery days minus webinar development and delivery fees)
£20,000 Cost Savings – Travel Expenses –would have been 4 days x 50 managers x 2 (to and from training venue) = 400 travel expenses. Assumption of a minimum £50 claim; savings = £20,000
800 Hours Saving In Travel Time – 400 instances of traveling to and from the training venue. Average of 2 hours travel time = 800 hours travel time
800 Hours Saving In Classroom Time –4 x 7-hour workshops for 50 managers would have been 1,400 additional classroom hours. The webinar was 90 minutes and assume another 90 minutes for each delegate with pre-work and post-work so each webinar took 3 hours at a total of 600 hours.
Results – Virgin used their own internal evaluation system. All participants are measured against four levels of performance (Not OK, Growth, Good and Great).These are taken pre-training, then at 3 and 6 monthly intervals after the training to provide a comparison report across the programme.
