Hosting classes, seminars, workshops are a great for 2 simple reasons: 1. you get to know who your PSA's are; 2. your PSA's get to know who you are.
Some ideas are as follows:
Host information sessions on a regular basis. These sessions would be scheduled on the same day of the week at the same location so that members know there is an open invitation to go to a training session to improve and develop their SFI businesses.
Be sure your location is accessible to all your affiliates - you stated that you wish to host off-line sessions so be sure to consider your location. Your location is important as if it is too far to reach, not accessible by transit nor easily accessed by personal transportation you will see participant numbers drop. Be sure to host in places where everyone is comfortable and is able to arrive safely and go home safely.
Offline classes need to have a theme so be sure you prepare each session around a theme so as not to get distracted with off topic ideas. Having a theme for each session will help participants to come prepared with questions or share experiences that fit the theme.
Venue ideas may include a local coffee shop - be sure to ask the manager about doing this as your in-services; local library that has a meeting room that you can book for your meetings; a local community hall that may have space for your team meetings, or even in team members homes rotated on a regular basis.
Be mindful that everyone's time is valuable so be sure to plan your meetings to start and end on time. This is being respectful to others and enables predictability for how long each session will be. You may design each session to be 45 minutes, 90 minutes or 120 minutes. If you see the need to host longer sessions, then be sure to offer and see what participants agree to commit to.
Training is part of the work for SFI so encourage regular attendance from your team members. Achievement does not happen without putting in time to work. Off-line meetings are a great way to support all SFI affiliates who live in the community, city, or near by townships.
One final consideration is to be sure that you ask for feed-back and ideas on what participants hope to gain from attending your off-line sessions. The more meaningful your sessions are to participants the more engaged they will be. Don't e afraid to ask for ideas from affiliates so that each session will truly benefit them immediately after they attend.
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Hosting classes, seminars, workshops are a great for 2 simple reasons: 1. you get to know who your PSA's are; 2. your PSA's get to know who you are.
Some ideas are as follows:
Host information sessions on a regular basis. These sessions would be scheduled on the same day of the week at the same location so that members know there is an open invitation to go to a training session to improve and develop their SFI businesses.
Be sure your location is accessible to all
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