Are you struggling to keep employees engaged in corporate training and L&D material? Here are 10 ways to improve learner engagement from HFX Training

1. Corporate Training
Quickfire: 10 Ways to
Keep Employees
Engaged
From HFX Training

2. Q1:
Are you struggling to keep
employees engaged in corporate
training and L&D material?

3. There is no silver bullet
when it comes to earning
engaged, motivated, and
invested learners...

4. ...But there are ways to
ensure that your training
promotes learner
engagement

5. learning retention
Participant satisfaction
training efficacy
Learner Engagement is
a key predictor of:

6. We’ll show you...
❏ 10 ways to delivery training
material that boosts learner
engagement
❏ How to ensure that employees
will feel that the training they
receive is worth their investment
Learner Engagement:
the degree of attention, curiosity,
interest, optimism, and passion that
learners show, which extends to the
level of motivation they have to learn
and progress in their career
development

7. #1. Know your
audience
Today’s learner can recognize one-size-fits-all training
content from a mile away, and, recognizing that it’s not
tailor-made for them, will quickly disengage. Learning
needs also change rapidly and are subject to company
environment, size, and turnover rate. This means you
need to update training content frequently, incorporating
feedback received from the most recent iteration.
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8. #2. Keep it Simple
Limit training sessions or modules to core topics –
keeping in mind that while attention spans today seem
shorter than ever, learner expectations are at their
highest.
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9. #3. Define Your Goals
Learn to develop content for your employees in
accordance with your organizational learning goals –
whether you outsource training materials, build them in-
house, or use some combination of the two, you’ll want
to revisit your learning goals often and ensure that
content development can be clearly linked to them.
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10. #4. Keep Material
Relevant
Early on in the training content, be explicit about how this
training will have an impact on learners’ daily tasks and
routine. Give them a reason to care about the training by
drawing a connection between the learning material and
their contributions to the business.
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11. #5. Make it Interactive
Turning training into an interactive experience can have a
huge impact on engagement. Gamification and simulations
are great ways to achieve this and instill a little healthy
competition. Social learning – through blogs, social shares,
and online forums – is also another way to let employees
engage through interaction and learn from each other.
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12. #6. Encourage
Teamwork &
Collaboration
Teamwork and collaboration have can have a direct impact
on a learners’ sense of responsibility, accountability, trust,
and openness. Fostering engagement through these social
bonds can have a positive impact on learning outcomes as
well as the broader organizational culture.
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13. #7. Embrace
Technology
As instructional designer Zsolt Olah explains, employees
are engaged. They learn continuously – through YouTube,
their personal social media accounts, and forums like
Quora and Reddit. It’s your job to make training content that
meets them wherever it is that they’re already learning
through technology. Make your training mobile-friendly,
make it cloud-accessible, wherever possible. We can’t say
this often enough.
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14. #8. Track Progress
Make learner progress visible and explicit – this not only
creates a sense of accomplishment but helps learners
internalize and take ownership of the new material, skills, or
techniques they’ve acquired.
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15. #9. Consider the
Company-Wide
Culture
Studies show that employees who are engaged with the
overall company will, in turn, be engaged in eLearning as
well. When creating and evaluating training programs and
learning goals, consider wider organizational culture values
and principles relating to engagement.
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16. #10. Recognize the
Importance of L&D
According to PwC, millennials will make up more than half
the US workforce by 2020, and as such, getting your L&D
strategies right is more important than ever. The millennial
worker expects to learn – in fact, the amount of personal
and career development opportunities available can be a
major determinant as to whether they stay with or leave a
company. This means that for today’s workforce, learner
engagement can’t just be a goal, it needs to become the
standard for all training content.
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17. HFX Training
provides tech-
supported,
simulation-based
training solutions
Used by Top 100
Business Schools &
major multinational
corporations to
improve strategic
decision-making
skills

18. Find out how HFX can help
you reach your training
goals
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