It doesn’t matter how great of a class you teach or presentation you give, there is no substitute for good training materials.

The philosophy that I follow is to provide step-by-step instructions with lots of large screen captures to students. The success of training is measure, in my opinion,

in how well the student is able to put the new information to use.

If the student is so busy taking notes that he cannot keep up with what you are showing or in trying to follow along on the computer, then the experience is not going to be successful. If you can provide good material to the student, then when he returns to the office and attempts the new process the material can help to help find the right dialog box or setting to use.

For this reason, I normally write my own material and usually share what I write with AUGI by teaching the same (or very similar) material in an AUGI ATP online class.

If you are planning on attending training or are searching for classes, be sure and inquire whether you will be given material such as this or a generic book of exercises.

The other important factor that I believe in is that we all learn in different ways. For this reason, I always provide a list of resources whenever possible for fixture design, books, websites, webcasts, blogs, and any other medium that I think would be relevant to the subject.