Why Our Online Training Works

My name is Darwin Sanoy, I am the Training Manager and a Trainer at DesktopEngineer.com

I know you've got a little money and even less time to sharpen your skill set this year.

Online training helps you get more for your time and money - but you have concerns about training in front of a computer.

So do I.  It's the same concern I have in our live traditional classroom classes - I want you walk away thinking "That was an excellent class - I really learned a lot."

So what is the core concern?

I think it comes down to staying engaged in the content.  You've drifted through webinars in the past - finding you don't remember the last 10 minutes because you've been engrossed in an email.

At DesktopEngineer.com we are using technology and teaching methods that help keep you focused on absorbing the content even though you are sitting behind a screen.

Here's some of what we're doing to keep getting your vote for "That was an excellent class - I really learned a lot!

Classroom Instruction - Crafted to Keep You Engaged

• Seeing someone face to face is critical in the negotiations that go on in collaborative meetings, but a row of bobbing heads does not keep you engaged in training content - so we do not use webcams.
• Audio interaction is encouraged and preferred over text chat for classroom discussion - it makes everyone feel more connected and it saves time over using text chats.
• We have many demonstrations and walkthroughs to show you the way.
• Super-fluid Whiteboarding keeps your mind engaged because it is narrative - your brain knows it's time to focus because missing a part means you may miss it all.  Whiteboarding right on instructional slides helps guide your personal note taking.  We've made some serious investment to make our instructor's online whiteboarding more fluid than the real thing.  In fact if you can whiteboard more quickly and clearly than our instructor - we'll send you a $25 Amazon gift certificate.
• Our online delivery includes printed course manuals because we've found out that our customers still take lots of notes during online delivery.
• Module review quizzes help reinforce content.  They are instantly graded and incentives are given for scoring well. 
• We employ mixers and games to help get your mind jumpstarted and help you feel more connected to the group.

Lab Exercises - Engineered to Work

• Lab exercises are completed while you are in the web conference room - so that you have quick access to the instructor for assistance.
• Virtual Machines are used to ensure that the run environment for the lab exercises is exactly the same as what we build and test them on.
• The lab exercises are very detailed and step-by-step - the same ones we use in our traditional classroom.  We construct them to ensure that students of all learning styles can follow them and that the instructor can quickly sync up with students when assisting them.
• Our lab exercises are printed so that you can make notes, check off where you are and answer questions directly in the exercises.

Classroom Environment - Designed To Emulate The Real Thing

• Our Course DVD contains everything you need for the class as well as hundreds of additional resources.  It also allows you to redo any of the lab exercise sets for later reinforcement.  We love it when we hear "The DVD alone was worth the price of the class."
• Our web conferencing provider specializes in training, delivery of full duplex, multi-speaker, VOIP and low bandwidth connections.  They've got all the essentials without clutter.
• We send you headphones that we know to be clear and work well with the conferencing software.

Surpassing the Traditional Classroom - Advantages You May Not Have Considered

• Our online classroom eliminates all of your travel costs (maybe even gas to get to your regular office) while also being cheaper than our classroom deliveries - helping you land your training even if money is tight.
• We encourage working from your home office to and prevent interruptions while still being available to your company in case of absolute emergencies.  Instead of jet lag, you get to ditch the commute!
• Our online classroom deliveries can be just the thing for special needs participants who have hearing, sight or mobility impairment.  Unlike a traditional classroom the participant's physical environment can be adjusted to accommodate a variety of special needs and existing specialized work environments can be used.
• Every seat of our training comes with a FREE Q&A web meeting which you can leverage for pretty much anything you wish - assistance with a concept, troubleshooting a package, help with decisions on Windows Installer policies, etc.

I'll Talk To Your Boss For You

I've been in the situation where I really think something can work for me, but my boss is not impressed with the picture I paint.  If you need a little help getting your boss to pay attention - contact me at Darwin@DesktopEngineer.com or 610.400.3020 x2 and I will help you present it to your boss - whether helping you with an email, helping you build your case or talking to them on the phone myself.