Employee Training with Podcasts

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Podcasts can be downloaded and listened to later on a regular computer, tablet, or smartphone. This makes them an excellent training tool in a corporate environment, since no special equipment is needed.

To create your own podcast, you do not need special resources, training, or experience.

Your employees will also be able to work with it easily, since most of them have probably already used one.

How can you use podcasts for staff training?

When considering the idea of using podcasts in your training, keep the following tips in mind:

• Sound quality is extremely important. Never neglect it!
• Make a plan, but do not create an overly detailed structure, as the conversation will lose its conversational tone and may start to sound like a prewritten script.
• Organize your podcast archives. This is especially important if you use them as a training tool. Your employees should be able to find them easily and use them when needed.
• Analyze. To understand what you are doing right and which topics are the most interesting, pay attention to which podcasts are listened to the most.
• Your podcast can be directly integrated into e-learning or a distance learning system by adding a download link.

Why use podcasts in your training?

• It will make training more personalized and give it a friendlier tone.
• Learners will be able to stay in control, since they can choose what to listen to and what not to.
• With podcasts, you can make the more boring parts of your training more interesting and engaging.
• An alternative to large blocks of text. Instead of reading several pages, your employees can listen to a few-minute podcast.
• You will save time and money, since podcasts are relatively easy and inexpensive to produce.
• They help create a personal connection between company leaders and other employees.

 We can help you create training. Contact us by phone: +359 878 685 304, e-mail: office@nitbg.com.