four tips for training your team remotely via video

for small-sized companies, adjusting to the new world of virtual working is vital. However, it's not without challenges: thinking about how to onboard and train employees, too.

What is the best way to welcome new employees by not walking through the company? Do you convey a sense of trust and autonomy without actually doing trust falls? What can employees learn how to be great at their job without shadowing the best employees?

This is how you can make use of video to remove the barriers to remote training and help your company's communications stick to the ground in a way that saves the time and energy.

1. Make it personal and remain honest

Can't meet in person? You're fine as that you keep it private. Don't dig out another old school handbook or one-size-fits-all guide to training. People want candid stories of the humble beginnings of their careers and an idea for the future you'll create together. To help new hires really get to know the culture of your company in person using video is key. (Not to mention it's much more effective than hours of solo reading.)

But here's the catch Try not to over script yourself during the course of training. If you were working in person, then you would not have scripted your the lines. So why should you do it now? Video best works when it is real. It's because it's real!

2. Step-by-step, explain it.

The best reason to use videos for your training is because it helps make you (and the things you already know!) scalable. Instead of repeating the same thing over and over for every member of the team they can simply explain or demonstrate something just once. Once it's recorded, it becomes infinitely reusable.

3. Organize and systemize

Ultimately, 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 assist or not. This may sound strange and unorthodox, but the idea is to be able to replace yourself by the most efficient way that is by educating others.

But you can't just assume your team is reviewing every piece of content that hits their inbox. This is why it's crucial to organize and systemize your video training content. How can you be sure that the training content was reviewed and retained? In the event that someone wants to refer back to the process how do they locate the information on demand?

4. Do not get too caught up in production

Repeat after me: don't overthink your video. That's part of the beauty of it! Talk to the camera as if you're conversing with a person and tell them what you think they'll need to know.