The Virtual Training Team Podcast Club

In this week's podcast, we discuss Learning Science Weekly's Episode 12 where host Julieta Cygiel , who has a PhD in Customer Experience discusses the topic with community leader Sumeru 'sumo' Chatterjee. Themes to discuss: We all agree that we learn from failure. Why don't we want our customers to fail, why do we bother educating them? “Educating is everyone's job.” – we all have different roles in this: How can sales educate our clients before they become clients? How can you set them up for success? Design Studio – as the people who create the product, what can we do? Who else is involved? 3. Community - They mention in the podcast that they have this slack channel for customer education professionals with people from diverse background, and this seems to be a very beneficial thing for them, they learn a lot from each other. Are there any communities like this in the L&D space or perhaps communities relating to your role, e.g. Business Development, Instructional Design? Why are they beneficial? We're a small company, which means we really interact with the whole team. As a consequence, we get to collaborate with people with different roles and background. How has this impacted your own learning and development? 4. Creating a movement – what do we as a company stand for and what don't we stand for? (example from podcast: learning needs to be scientific.)

The topic for this episode was Adam Grant's TED discussion with Arianne Huffington - co-founder of The Huffington Post on WorkLife with Adam Grant.  The episode we listened to was "When work takes over your life"  The podcast discussed various topics related to work life balance and how to set healthy boundaries. One of the first concepts that was discussed, was the distinction between segmentors and integrator. So a segmentor keeps their life very separate from work. They have clear boundaries. Integrators on the other hand don't have such clear boundaries and it's all one big thing. You can watch our Youtube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBq8nw_nFqo You can read our PDF transcript here: https://info.thevirtualtrainingteam.com/hubfs/Wills%20stuff/Podcast%20Club%20-%2024-04-2021_otter.ai.pdf Here's where we live - https://www.thevirtualtrainingteam.com​ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thevirtualtr...​ Twitter - https://twitter.com/SuperVirtuals​ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-...​ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/virtualtrai...

Welcome to the first VTT podcast episode with Abi and John. Today, we talk about Claes Janssen's Change House Model and how it can be especially application at the moment, as we finally head to the end of 2020. Enjoyed this episode? Well, we have more where that came from - we are going to be releasing podcasts about loads of different L&D models and how they are helpful through 2021.

Recently, we held a virtual conference. You might have heard.  If you missed it, then don't worry! We recorded the panel discussion between our host, Catherine and her guest speakers; Beth Maguire from HubSpot, Kapil Arora from TransFunnel, Kathrin Kroenig from Intao and Pilar Orti from Virtual Not Distant.  Check it out to hear them discuss in 25 minutes how each company is responding to the rising demand for remote workers in their own ways from inclusivity to onboarding and recruitment. 

Competition Time again! The Virtual Training Team has decided to test our training colleagues on their L&D knowledge and try to win £250 for their chosen charity! The winner will be decided and announced on the 20th December 2019, so the donation can be made in time for Christmas. Our last challenger is the absolutely wonderful Katy Walton from BGL. She did so brilliantly, we think you will agree. She is fighting for charity Build It International! Here's where they live - https://www.builditinternational.org/ Please leave us a comment! We'd love to hear from you! And if you've enjoyed what you watched, please smash the subscribe button. :)

Competition Time again! The Virtual Training Team has decided to test our training colleagues on their L&D knowledge and try to win £250 for their chosen charity! The winner will be decided and announced on the 20th December 2019, so the donation can be made in time for Christmas. Our seventh challenger this week is the vibrant Dyfrig Jenkins! Off to a rocky start, but he definitely pulled it back in the end! He is fighting for charity Cancer Research UK. Here's where they live - https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/ Think you can beat Dyfrig's score? Did he get some questions wrong that you knew the answer to? Time is running out, if you think your training trivia knowledge is up to scratch! Hurry and email us at hello@thevirtualtrainingteam.co.uk to put yourself forward to be on the next quiz!

Competition Time again! The Virtual Training Team has decided to test our training colleagues on their L&D knowledge and try to win £250 for their chosen charity! The winner will be decided and announced on the 20th December 2019, so the donation can be made in time for Christmas. Our seventh challenger this week is the wonderful Simon Rollings! He was a great sport. He is fighting for charity the Lullaby Trust, who are putting in tonnes of research into preventing cot death in infants. They do wonderful work, please check them out! Here's where they live - https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk Think you can beat Simon's score? Did he get some questions wrong that you knew the answer to? If you think your training trivia knowledge is up to scratch, email us at hello@thevirtualtrainingteam.co.uk to put yourself forward to be on the next quiz!

This week, Catherine is interviewing Lorraine Charles from Na'amal, about the huge possibilities for refugee workers if soft skills to work remotely were made more available to them. Here is where Na'amal lives: https://naamal.org/ Here's Lorraine's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorraine-charles-94545214/ There are links to Lorraine's articles and the announcement with Workplaceless as her learning partner. If you want to contact Lorraine directly about anything you've heard here, her Na'amal email is lorraine@naamal.org. Make sure you mention the video! Here's a bit about Na'amal: Na'amal provides soft skill training for refugees and other marginalised populations to be remote workers, linking them to companies who are interested in hiring them. Na'amal will further support graduates in their entry into remote work via mentorship, continued training and linking them with the remote work global community. Na'amal's learning partner, Workplaceless, which provides certified learning programmes to successfully transition individuals to remote work, will provide a training programme specific to the context of the beneficiaries, that takes into account the challenges that they potentially face when working remotely. Na'amal's language partner will provide individuals who need to improve their English with a personal tutor who will guide them through an individualised curriculum aligned to the Common European Framework. Please leave us a comment! We'd love to hear from you! And if you've enjoyed what you watched, please smash the subscribe button. :)  

Competition Time again! The Virtual Training Team has decided to test our training colleagues on their L&D knowledge and win £250 for their chosen charity! The winner will be decided and announced on the 20th December 2019, so the donation can be made in time for Christmas. Our sixth challenger this week is the vibrant Noel Woodgate! He was very funny and great value. Wearing his lucky headband, he is fighting for charity School of Hard Knocks who work hard to teach young people about the impact of words and actions on other people. Here's where they live - https://www.schoolofhardknocks.org.uk Think you can beat Noel's score? Did he get some questions wrong that you knew the answer to? If you think your training trivia knowledge is up to scratch, email us at hello@thevirtualtrainingteam.co.uk to put yourself forward to be on the next quiz!

Competition Time again! The Virtual Training Team has decided to test our training colleagues on their L&D knowledge and win £250 for their chosen charity! The winner will be decided and announced on the 20th December 2019, so the donation can be made in time for Christmas. Round 5! Our next competitor is the fabulous Jenny Flintoft, fighting to win the competition money for local Yorkshire charity QYork! Here's where they live - www.qyork.co.uk Think you can beat Jenny's score? Did she get some questions wrong that you knew the answer to? If you think your training trivia knowledge is up to scratch, email us at hello@thevirtualtrainingteam.co.uk to put yourself forward to be on the next quiz!

Catherine from the Virtual Training Team is talking to some of her long-term connections in the world of L&D about their individual areas of focus and passion. Join us for this series of enlightening, interesting podcasts based around people who love to help others learn. This week, Catherine was talking to Martin Garrity from Your Career Reimagined about a host of topics, from 121 coaching, the volunteer work he does, to how Your Career Reimagined can help people who have been made redundant, or are facing the world of work for the first time, or who just need some guidance. As mentioned, Martin's LinkedIn Profile is here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/martingar... Your Career Reimagined lives here - https://www.yourcareerreimagined.com/ Unfortunately, Toby doesn't have a website yet, but if he ever does, we will add it in here! We hope you enjoyed this video. Please leave us a comment! We'd love to hear from you! And if you've enjoyed what you watched, please smash the subscribe button. :)

Competition Time again! The Virtual Training Team has decided to test our training colleagues on their L&D knowledge and win £250 for their chosen charity! The winner will be decided and announced on the 20th December 2019, so the donation can be made in time for Christmas. Round 4! Our next competitor is the brave Tim Roberts fighting to win the competition money for the mental health charity Mind. Here's where they live - https://www.mind.org.uk Think you can beat Tim's score? Did he get some questions wrong that you knew the answer to? If you think your training trivia knowledge is up to scratch, email us at hello@thevirtualtrainingteam.co.uk to put yourself forward to be on the next quiz!

Competition Time again! The Virtual Training Team has decided to test our training colleagues on their L&D knowledge and win £250 for their chosen charity!   The winner will be decided and announced on the 20th December 2019, so the donation can be made in time for Christmas.    Our next competitor is the fabulous Karen Sigalas and her chosen charity is a strand of the British Lung Foundation charity for children with interstitial lung disease.   Here's where they live - www.blf.org.uk/support-for-you/childrens-interstitial-lung-disease-child   Think you can beat Karen's score? Did she get some questions wrong that you knew the answer to?   If you think your training trivia knowledge is up to scratch, email us at hello@thevirtualtrainingteam.co.uk to put yourself forward to be on the next quiz!

Catherine from the Virtual Training Team is talking to some of her long-term connections in the world of L&D about their individual areas of focus and passion.   Join us for this series of enlightening, interesting podcasts based around people who love to help others learn.   This episode features Tracy Gunn talking about her work in L&D, mostly through her work with Mumager; a company which offers practical and tangible support to Mums, Working Parents and Managers. Being a working mum herself, Tracy shares insights on the balance between work and home and how sometimes, we all need that helping hand to get it right.   Mumager lives here - https://mumager.ie/   The report mentioned is here - https://info.thevirtualtrainingteam.co.uk/hubfs/HR%20DataHub%20Gender%20Pay%20Gap%20Report%20September%202019.pdf   We'd love to hear your comments and stories about this topic. Maybe you've been off work for family? How did you find transitioning back? What do you think of the ideas posed in the interview?

Competition Time again! The Virtual Training Team has decided to test our training colleagues on their L&D knowledge and win £250 for their chosen charity!   The winner will be decided and announced on the 20th December 2019, so the donation can be made in time for Christmas.    Our next competitor is Paul Tran and his chosen charity is Children with Cancer UK. Here's where they live - www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk   Think you can beat Paul's score? Did he get some questions wrong that you knew the answer to?   If you think your training trivia knowledge is up to scratch, email us at hello@thevirtualtrainingteam.co.uk to put yourself forward to be on the next quiz!  

John and Catherine from the Virtual Training Team are talking to some of their long-term connections in the world of L&D about their individual areas of focus and passion.    Join us for this series of enlightening, interesting podcasts based around people who love to help others learn.   This episode we have Jen Rolfe. She works in L&D with her business Practically Positive and also spearheads "Not Just A Princess" which is about raising the profile of successful women across different industries.    Please check it out, it's amazing work and the more awareness we have, the faster we can make changes - https://www.notjustaprincess.co.uk Also check out the Festival of the Girl here - https://www.festivalofthegirl.com/   The Mental Wellness campaigned mentioned is Every Mind Matters and can be found here - https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-... The Women in Leadership roles infographic mentioned can be found here - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Competition Time! The Virtual Training Team has decided to test our training colleagues on their L&D knowledge, to find out who is best among them and win £250 for their chosen charity!   The winner will be decided and announced on the 20th December 2019, so the donation can be made in time for Christmas. Our first competitor is Freelancer Tom Laughton and his chosen charity is Fifth Sense. Here's where they live - www.fifthsense.org.uk   Think you can beat Tom's score? Did he get some questions wrong that you knew the answer to?   If you think your training trivia knowledge is up to scratch, email us at hello@thevirtualtrainingteam.co.uk to put yourself forward to be on the next quiz!    

In this podcast episode, John and Catherine discuss if work is 'good' for you as a human.  If you won millions, would you work? How would you occupy your time?   As always, please like, share and subscribe!

Today, John and Catherine talk about Conflict in the Workplace; a very serious and scary topic. Or is it?  Can conflict be good? Are there positive and negative forms of conflict? Let's discuss. Like, share, subscribe!

In this holiday podcast, John and Catherine discuss the importance of holidays and really taking breaks from work.... While working. On holiday. Hypocrits.   Enjoy and please comment, share and subscribe!

In this podcast, John and Catherine are talking about creativity; how it manifests and what makes a creative person.

In this episode, John asks Catherine questions about interaction and challenges in her day to day as one of the world's leading experts in Virtual Training.   

In this spring has sprung podcast, John and Catherine talk about Designing Material for Online Delivery and Virtual Workshops.  They discuss where to start and the challenges faced when designing content for a virtual interactive session.  As always, please comment, share and subscribe!

In this episode, John and Catherine are doing their walkie talkie in Morocco.  They talk about entitlement and privilege; how we forget how lucky we can be and how it impacts on our world around us.

In this episode, John and Catherine talk about feedback and how it can make a person feel.  Are you a balloon or brick wall kind of person? Does feedback help you or hinder you?

In this episode, John and Catherine discuss Personas; how they are used and what benefits there can be in creating them.  They also give an overview of the different Personas that The Virtual Training Team are currently using, including a two brand new ones. Please comment, share and subscribe!

In this podcast, John and Catherine talk about meetings. Are meetings a waste of time or do they help to energize and inspire the workforce?  How many meetings have you been in? How many do you feel were worthwhile? As always, please comment, share and subscribe!

In this podcast, John and Catherine are talking about Confidence; what defines a confident person, how others perceive you and how you feel in yourself. 

On today's late night Walkie Talkie episode, John and Catherine discuss Flexible Working; the benefits and challenges of mobile working.    As always, please comment, share and subscribe!

In this Walkie Talkie,  John and Catherine discuss the Social Media Guru Gary Vee and the topic of empathy.   https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/podcast/

On this podcast, John and Catherine walk and talk about creativity, where it comes from and what to do with it. 

In this slightly blustery episode, John and Catherine talk about what they do, and could do to reduce their carbon footprint further.

Catherine shares what happened on VTT's first ever open virtual TTT programme, upskilling experienced virtual trainers.  John and Catherine also introduce their 6 guiding principles for designing and delivering virtual training.

Catherine tells John about a recent project where she delivers training virtually from the UK to a face-to-face group in Mumbai.

John and Catherine talk about how the way change is introduced, and how we perceive a change, especially in a business context, is a pre-curser as to how we will experience it.

John and Catherine discuss what work-life balance actually means and how it is different for different people.  They also talk about how getting this right or wrong can significantly impact upon our wellbeing.   Please comment, share and subscribe - thank you!

John and Catherine discuss how important it is to feel motivated in the work we do.  They draw upon the work of Dan Pink and Simon Sinek to muse upon how do we create the best environment for us to be ultimately motivated at work.   Please comment, like and share... oh and of course, subscribe!  Thank you!

John & Catherine talk about the challenges of growing The Virtual Training Team today, compared to growing Red Training 17 years ago.  They discuss how advancements in tech and social media have been a complete game changer.

Following on from their last Walkie Talkie, John and Catherine talk about strategies and actions to take to help counter the effects of procrastination.

John and Catherine talk about the causes and impact of procrastination.  Catherine has some admissions to make about her own problems with procrastination too.     Please comment, subscribe and share!

John and Catherine talk about the challenging of managing our time, being active vs productive and David Allen's Getting Things Done model.   Please subscribe and share!

John and Catherine embark on their first ever podcast episode in what they have called a walkie-talkie.  They walk together most days and use this time to catch up on business, share thoughts on psychology and soft skills. In this first episode they set the scene on the plan for this podcast series and introduce you to their world.   Please subscribe and share!