InSync Training

JANUARY 26, 2023

Success in the modern virtual classroom is not dependent on the technology, rather, success is dependent on the strength of the relationships between all members of the instructional partnership. There are many individuals contributing to the success of virtual sessions: facilitators, learners, subject matter experts, instructional designers, just to name a few.

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InSync Training

JANUARY 24, 2023

The virtual classroom producer (also known as a virtual classroom ‘host’) is a key element in ensuring virtual training success. Organizations know that facilitators play a critical role in the success of live online training. But the importance of the producer often gets overlooked. Before writing off adding a producer to your roster as an unnecessary extra cost, consider the value they can provide to your content, your learners, and your training function.

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InSync Training

JANUARY 23, 2023

Most professional training has incorporated at least some virtual live instruction in the last three years – and a lot of lessons (good and bad) were learned by facilitators learning the virtual ropes. In our experience, the virtual classroom producer (also known as a virtual classroom ‘host’) is a key element in ensuring instructional success.

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InSync Training

JANUARY 16, 2023

It almost goes without saying that "good" virtual facilitators possess virtual classroom literacy, are technically savvy, and practice good time management skills. All three of these characteristics contribute to a solid foundational skillset. But taking your competencies from good to "great" involves an advanced approach to learner engagement, platform management, and content delivery.

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InSync Training

JANUARY 12, 2023

InSync Training Offers New Program Directed at Training Managers For Continuous Virtual Program Improvement. InSync Training introduces "Certified Virtual Learning Coach ™" – the first-to-market ANSI -compliant accredited course for training leaders directed at developing virtual learning excellence via team coaching. Training Managers responsible for virtual learning strategies are now able to effectively assess the quality of individuals supporting virtual facilitation, virtual instructional d

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InSync Training

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Our research identified that learner engagement turns on three factors: An emotional response to the training—How does the learner “feel” about the content and its presentation/treatment? An intellectual response to the training—Does the instructional experience require and involve the learner’s intellect? An environmental response to the learning—Do the learners interact with the learning environment and is the environment changed because of the training?

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InSync Training

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Mirror, mirror, on the wall. When the evil queen asks her magic mirror, “who’s the fairest of them all?” – she only wants to hear the best about herself in return. We all want a bit of that, don’t we? We want to look at ourselves and see mostly the good in us.

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InSync Training

APRIL 15, 2022

True learning can only occur in the virtual classroom when we design intellectually engaging debrief activities for adults that drive the point home.

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InSync Training

OCTOBER 10, 2022

5 Recommendations to Maximize the Learning Experience, and what Virtual Learning Experts® Need to Know. This is part of an ongoing column by Virtual Learning Expert® Jennifer Finan. She’s exploring trends that impact virtual classroom trainers and designers with the goal of improving learner engagement in the hybrid virtual classroom.

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InSync Training

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Complete your year-end professional development with InSync Training's Virtual Certification Programs. Click on the links below to get certified by the end of 2022.

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InSync Training

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The majority of organizations have moved from face-to-face classroom to the virtual classroom. But - how do you know if your hybrid learners are really thriving? Are you truly Hybrid Ready, Willing and Enabled? Read through our preparation checklist and download the infographic below to see if you’re ready, willing, and enabled. Your regular facilitator may be great in the physical classroom but may still be inexperienced in the live, online environment.

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InSync Training

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The InSync Training team includes a group of fantastic virtual classroom instructional designers. They make the material come alive by adding context to the content through teachable stories and engaging activities.

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InSync Training

AUGUST 12, 2022

A Glassdoor report states that having a robust and thorough onboarding program can improve new hire retention by 82 percent and increase productivity by over 70 percent. Today’s global workforce is increasingly remote. Hybrid work makes it easier for employees to change jobs, and training new employees is a very expensive investment. Increasing remote and hybrid employee retention rates starts with a solid virtual onboarding process.

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InSync Training

AUGUST 5, 2022

When the Fortune 100 Communications & Information Technology pioneer, with 66,000 employees in 70 countries all over the world was looking for world-class virtual training facilitation services across their entire organization, InSync Training developed a custom strategy to unify and streamline learning transfer and virtual experiences and deliver measurable results to exceed company training goals.

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InSync Training

JULY 20, 2022

How can learning leaders and other stakeholders better engage their global workforce? Gaining emotional and professional buy-in from employees requires a structured approach focused on communication. The language used to share corporate updates, train new skills, and clarify company values can fundamentally change how the target audience receives the message.

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InSync Training

JULY 12, 2022

The term “brain-science” is used to introduce new and improved approaches to instructional design and delivery. Experienced facilitators strive to create a psychologically safe environment where learners feel free to ask questions without judgment or ridicule from their peers.

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InSync Training

JULY 4, 2022

If you have little children in your life, you no doubt have experienced the joy (or chagrin) of seeing them imitate what you do. They pick up your mannerisms, your often-repeated sayings, and your likes and dislikes. Imitation is no doubt how you, yourself, learned how to dress, how to throw a ball, and how to take responsibility. This kind of learning continues throughout our lives.

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InSync Training

MAY 9, 2022

Learning from the best to be the best. take every opportunity to do so.

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InSync Training

MAY 2, 2022

President and Founder Jennifer Hofmann opened the virtual doors to InSync Training on January 3, 2000. The company began with an idea to Train the Trainer and has evolved to provide modern learning services, workshops, and accredited certificate programs globally, in multiple languages.

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InSync Training

MARCH 31, 2022

The new hybrid work force brings many opportunities for virtual trainer, including global virtual classrooms. Learner engagement can be enhanced by finding ways for all participants to collaborate and learn from one another. After all, if we teach people to collaborate effectively in a hybrid learning environment , then we are also preparing them to work in this new global hybrid economy.

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InSync Training

MARCH 29, 2022

Sometimes, it’s the small things in life that can make the biggest difference. The pause. is one of those things.

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InSync Training

JANUARY 31, 2022

We all know that the learning environment has vastly changed as a result of the pandemic. Hybrid learning, combining virtual with face-to-face instruction, is becoming common. It’s easy to think that hybrid is the best of both worlds – and combining them should be easy. But what you may not realize when transitioning to hybrid is that it isn't just bolting on virtual with face-to-face instruction -- it's a completely new ball game that only those in the know will be able to survive (and thrive)

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InSync Training

JANUARY 27, 2022

Effective adult learning goes beyond how adults learn and puts theory into practice in the digital classroom. The shift to the digital classroom promises greater flexibility, the opportunity for more frequent interaction, and works to reduce travel costs. But the approach of simply transferring what used to work for in-person training doesn't create a digital experience that leads to effective adult learning or performance improvements - it simply doesn't fit the virtual space.

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InSync Training

JANUARY 19, 2022

The advanced techniques that virtual instructors must implement for success. Adoption of virtual classrooms for training delivery has become a critical component of an organization’s learning strategy. Unfortunately, we’ve been delivering one-way webinars for so long, it is difficult for a virtual instructor or a facilitator to make the transition to a more collaborative instructional approach.

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InSync Training

JANUARY 6, 2022

The pandemic may have caused a massive shift in L&D, but for the better. Throughout the first year or so of the pandemic, The Learning Guild – often in conjunction with Megan Torrance of Torrance Learning – solicited information about how organizations, and specifically L&D departments and workers, were faring. The Guild membership is comprised largely of instructional designers, trainers and facilitators, eLearning developers, and tech support staff like learning management systems (LMS

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InSync Training

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Uncover five types of modern teaching techniques in education with this instructional strategies list. We have explored some new language of learning definitions this week, so let’s continue our exploration by defining a few different modern approaches; an instructional strategies list that we use on a regular basis to design, develop, deliver, produce, and facilitate our modern learning campaigns.

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InSync Training

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Over the last two decades, our team has grown to over 140 practitioners, modeling learning best practices from their home offices all across the globe. As we look forward to continuing to design, deliver, and manage impactful training programs long into the future, we asked the InSync team to look back. What have they learned about learning during their careers?

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InSync Training

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) announces the line-up of speakers for the 2nd Annual Continuing Education and Training conference being held September 21-22, 2021 in Reston, VA.

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InSync Training

AUGUST 25, 2021

What makes a virtual classroom facilitator good at what they do? Clients and learners ask us this question regularly. Heck, we ask ourselves this question regularly since it speaks to the fundamental value we deliver through our work! Because facilitators deeply impact the overall blend, our answer addresses technical expertise AND those fuzzy soft skills.

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InSync Training

AUGUST 19, 2021

We might not be face-to-face, but we are still people-to-people. We have learned a lot through the pandemic from how to rely on others to offering much grace to each other in today’s workforce. Yes, it has been a hard transition, but a lot of positives have come out as well. As humans, we learned we can “do” anything that is put in our path. We can persevere.

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InSync Training

AUGUST 15, 2021

Upskilling the “new normal” virtual world is no longer a “nice to have” but a matter of survival. Many facilitators learned the hard truth that virtual live instruction demands a higher degree of preparation and a broader set of skills to keep learners engaged to achieve best outcomes, and every platform requires different techniques to take advantage of its capabilities.

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InSync Training

JULY 28, 2021

The pandemic, among many of its impacts on the learning and development community, mandated a rapid shift to virtual live learning. The past year’s experience has proven that virtual classrooms are an effective part of an organization’s training strategy. Moving forward, we need to be able to reach learners wherever they are with meaningful, effective learning experiences, and the virtual classroom helps make that happen.

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InSync Training

JULY 23, 2021

This post is part of an occasional series “Advice from the Virtual Trenches” where we share real lessons learned when virtual and blended learning didn’t go as planned.

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InSync Training

JULY 14, 2021

Jennifer Hofmann, Founder and President of InSync Training, will present a session on “ Scenario-based Learning in the Virtual Classroom ” at the Virtual Training Online Conference presented by The Learning Guild on August 4-5, 2021.

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InSync Training

JULY 6, 2021

When facilitating a virtual event, the facilitator has three jobs: Foster environmental engagement by creating a place where people can and want to learn. Stimulate intellectual engagement by encouraging learner curiosity and emphasizing content relevance and applicability. Foster emotional engagement by enabling learners to feel good about the experience.

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InSync Training

JUNE 16, 2021

We have mentioned the role of a virtual classroom producer in several previous posts. As the support person on the delivery team, the producer is an invaluable resource before, during and after a virtual training event. He or she is there to support the facilitator, the participants and the technology.

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InSync Training

JUNE 1, 2021

Since March of 2020, learning and development teams have been rushing to move their face-to-face content to virtual platforms like Zoom, Webex, MS Teams, and Adobe Connect. At first, this wholesale conversion to virtual was a stop gap measure. The focus was getting the content online temporarily - just for the few months while we were working at home.

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