Intranet Training: Every Cube is a Classroom

Intranet Training: Every Cube is a Classroom

 New Strategies in Intranet Training

There’s a new strategy emerging for training employees in technical intranet procedures. I’m speaking, of course, about online training and support provided as a series of brief video snips. Bite-sized training modules that are easily searchable inside your existing intranet are proving more compelling and cost-effective than the traditional intranet training model.

Quantum Leap of Effectiveness

Several factors have come together to enable this quantum leap of effectiveness at a fraction of the cost of the previous classroom model.

The scenarios this allows are absolutely mind-boggling. The primary factor in the change of this model is the existence of the corporate intranet itself. Now, practically everyone in the organization has access to the company intranet, which means all they have to do is Search in order to be provided with a prerecorded answer to virtually any common question (and yes, anytime of the day or night).

Imagine rolling out a new sales promotion that depends on using a SharePoint workflow and being able to train hundreds or even thousands of individuals in a single day with 100% consistency. Now imagine them being able to refresh themselves anytime they need to, without having to bother anyone else.
  
This approach doesn’t just save money, (no planes, trains, automobiles or hotels to worry about) but makes it as easy as possible for employees to refresh the information at virtually no cost, so staying proficient in the program or process is easy. Better yet, it makes it even easier to train people in their native language, we discuss this shift in our upcoming

$60 Billion Will Be Invested in Intranet Training

Industry surveys indicate that over the next three years over $60 billion will be invested in intranet delivered video training and support.  Considering the level of investment, and the declining cost of high-quality video production, expect to see some very interesting advances in corporate intranet training and support. Every cube will become a classroom.