4 tips for training your team remotely using video

For small businesses, adapting to the new world of virtual work is crucial. It's not without challenges: thinking about how to integrate and train employees included.

How do you welcome someone to the company by not walking through the company? Can you communicate a culture that is based on trust and independence without actually doing trust falls? And how will they learn how to do great work without having to be shadowed by amazing workers?

Learn how to use video to tear down the barrier to remote education and let your company's communications stick to the ground, all while saving the time and energy.

1. Keep it private and keep it candid

Can't meet in person? That's okay, as that you keep it personal. You don't need to look through another school handbook or one-size-fits-all guide to training. People want candid stories of humble beginnings and a vision for the future you'll create with them. To help new hires really experience the company culture by firsthand the video-first method is crucial. (Not to mention, it's much more effective than hours of solo reading.)

But here's the catch Don't be too scripted during the course of training. If you were training in person, you likely wouldn't have scripted the lines. So why should be doing it now? Video is most effective in a way that feels authentic. Since it's real!

2. Let it be explained step-by-step.

The main reason you should use videos for your training is because it makes you (and the things you already know!) scalable. Instead of having to repeat your message over and over with each team member that you need to present or show something once. And once it's on video the video can be reused infinitely.

3. Organise and organize

In the end, you're trying to make sure everyone on your team is aware of what they should accomplish and how to go about it, whether you're there to aid or not. This may sound strange, but the goal here is to make yourself replaceable as efficiently as you can that is by educating others.

You can't simply assume your staff is reviewing each piece of content that hits their inbox. It's important to plan and organize your training video content. How can you be sure that your content has been consumed and remembered? If someone has to be able to refer back again how do they locate it on the fly?

4. Avoid getting too caught up in production

Repeat after me: don't overthink your video. That's part of the beauty of it! Simply speak to the camera like you're conversing with a person and then tell them what they should be aware of.