When to Update Your Training Program: 5 Questions to Ask | Ep 22

Not sure if your training needs a fix or a full redo? Five questions to decide, and to make the case to your board. Renee just delivered her first live webinar, and instead of guessing whether it needs work, she walks through the decision out loud. It's an honest look at how a learning designer decides what to change in her own training, with a simple five-question tool you can use on your volunteer orientation, staff onboarding, or any program you run every season. In this episode: The difference between evidence and an itch, and why it matters before you touch anything Why the want list is long and the need list is almost always shorter than you think The annuals-and-perennials test for an update versus an overhaul The two costs most people miss: changing it, and not changing it Why Renee is dropping the word "mistakes" from her own webinar How your five answers become the case you bring to your board, ED, or funder Timestamps: ~0:00 Is it worth changing my training? ~0:55 Welcome ~1:25 When you're also the board ~2:05 Question 1: Evidence or an itch? ~5:05 Question 2: What do I want to change? ~6:50 Question 3: What do I need to change? ~7:55 Question 4: Update or overhaul? ~8:55 Question 5: The two costs ~12:10 My verdict ~14:10 Your turn: the five questions ~15:00 Bonus: your answers are your case to the board ~15:40 Homework + next webinar (Nov 19) Resources mentioned: Free live webinar, How to Build a Nonprofit That Runs Without You, Thursday, November 19 at 12 PM ET: https://www.kosterlearningdesign.com/optin-page Newsletter: reneekoster.com/newsletter Mentioned: Episode 19 (annuals and perennials, the handout Renee never made as an advisor) If this was useful, follow the show and leave a quick rating, and join the newsletter at reneekoster.com/newsletter so new episodes and tools land in your inbox first.