Three reasons why Friday afternoon’s (or in fact any afternoon in some industries!) may not be a good time to run a training course. Does this ring a bell?
You’re invited to attend a training course or a workshop on a Friday afternoon; what are the things that go through your head?
- I have so much to finish off and wanted to clear my to-do list before the weekend
- With the weekend coming up, I’ll be relaxed and better able to concentrate on the course
- I guess now is as good a time as any but let me get another cup of coffee
- What are my plans for this weekend?
- Oh, wait what application is this, when are we going live?!!
Many believe that Fridays are a terrible day to run a training session:
- Studies show that up to 70% of training content is typically forgotten within 24 hours; running the course on a Friday means that by Monday, the content will be a distant memory. Putting the newly acquired knowledge to good use will have to wait and this is a wasted opportunity because many individuals learn by doing
- Fridays tend to be used to consolidate and complete the week’s activities – most people use a Friday to complete tasks ready for the weekend. Using this time for a training course denies individuals the opportunity to do this. As a result, there’s potentially less focus on the training and more distraction on the “Friday things” that should have been done.
- After a busy week, individuals are often fatigued on Friday’s and thus, not particularly receptive to knowledge transfer.
Naturally, this could even be true for running training sessions 6, 5 or even 4 weeks before going live with a new platform
So, the next time somebody suggests a Friday for training, training that’s way out before your new system is live, think again.
Consider a Digital Adoption Platform such as Apty – this solution delivers help, guidance, and training content to millions of users around the world. Apty’s approach is on-demand and at the point within the application where needed. This will form a series of insights into Apty, why we think this platform is easy to use, administer, adapt, and monitor the performance of your next implementation.
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All of which means users have a no-stress-Monday; no trying to recall the content of that Friday afternoon training session!