Tuesday, November 9, 2010

First Draft Delivered - And Accepted

I just presented the rough draft of my project to my client.  Now, don't get too excited, I'm married to him, so he pretty much has to like what I do.  But, he really liked what I did!  Yea!  Better yet, he thinks it will make a real difference in our business!

I've created a new employee training tutorial for one of the most fundamental systems in our business.  Just in time, too, as we're experiencing major turnover and this is needed badly. Why, you may ask?  Because we don't have a solid piece of training that is not word of mouth or passed down from employee to employee.  So, guess what happens.  It does not take long for fundamental systems to get watered down when the starting point you have is the last person who did it.  Who knows if they did "it" the way "it" was intended to do. 

So, this is the first attempt to have something solid, written down and even jazzed up a bit for not only new employees, but all employees to review.  I'm really excited for Todd and for our business.  I think it is a great step in the right direction.  We were able to blend audio and video to create a multi-faceted experience for the learner. 

I have a few bugs to work out, like why in the world won't my transitions work?  But I am happy with the progress so far!  I'll try to share one of the segments once I have the guts to publish it and then figure out how to upload it to my blog . . .  I'm sure I have those directions somewhere!

5 comments:

  1. yay! It is always fun to have someone respond positively to your work.

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  2. Congrats! Hopefully the tweaks won't take long.

    It certainly sounds like this could have a large impact on the business, FANTASTIC!

    Thanks for sharing

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  3. Woo Hoo! Look at all you have learned and been able to apply. Would you have dreamed that in a few months you could learn to create something like this with audio and video... oh and free!! Nice job!

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  4. Awesome! I am excited for you. It is interesting how things like this - or lack of training, etc. can lead to turnover. We are experiencing something similiar in our Wholesale department. They are growing rapidly and the basic policies haven't even been documented. People are getting VERY frustrated and have started looking at other positions at other companies.

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  5. You know I"m all about business impact...so I'm delighted to hear this. (and, of course, extra excited to see the irony between this project and your blog title! HA! :-)

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