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ContentGuidelinesforAgileDojo
Thepurposeoftheseguidelinesistoensurethatyouasacontributorgetthemaximumnumberofviewersofyouronlinecontentbutalsoahighlevelofengagementwiththatcontent.Thisshould,inturn,equatetomorepotentialclients,moreattendeesoflivetraininglikewebinarsand“inperson’eventsandideallymorecustomersforyourbusiness.Theseguidelineswillgiveyouaformatthatisproventoworkandalthoughnot‘castiniron’,we’dencourageyoutofollowthemaswellasyoucan.
Whywouldyouwanttogetinvolved?Therearefivemainreasons:
1. Firstly,yourcustomersneedlearningthatisconvenient.Ofcourse,they
willattendtrainingcoursesinpersonbuttheneedfore-learningsolutionsisgrowingrapidly.
2. AgileDojoisacommunityhub.Ourvisionisthatitbecomesthe“goto”placeforlearningandcollaborationfortheAgilecommunity.Thismeansmoreconsumersofyourcontent,morepotentialcustomersandideallyaregulardriverofnetnewbusinesstoyourdoor.
3. Youneedtobewherethemarketismovingto,andaccordingtoDocebo“TheeLearningmarketispredictedtoexperiencesignificantglobalgrowthoverthenextfiveyears,largelydrivenbyadvancesintechnology,evolvingbusinessneedsandanumberofemergingLearning&Developmenttrends.”
4. Offeringthiscontentisaneasyandeffectivewayofbuildingrapportandtrustwithmultiplecustomersatonce,withouthavingtoleaveyouroffice.Potentiallymakingitmucheasiertoopendoorswithnewclients.
5. Usingthisplatformisalsoalessriskywayoftestingandmeasuringnewideasfortraining,gettingreal-timefeedbackwithoutinvestingsignificanttimeinmoney,toolsorstrategiesthatmaynotberequired.
TheFiveMainTypesofContent:1.LearningPathways:Imagineyouhaveastandardonedayorhalf-daytrainingcoursethatyourunon‘AgileLeadershipFundamentals’andithasbeenvideoedinthepast.OrpossiblyyouhavecreatedtrainingvideosthatcoveracoresubjectofAgile.Anidealwaytodeliverthatcontentonlineistochunkitdownintoaseriesofsteps,whatwe’vecalleda“LearningPathway”.Eachstepcouldlookasfollows:
Eachvideoisideallynomorethan10minuteslongandyoucanaddadownloadableworkbookinPDFformattoincreasetheimpactandperceivedvalueofthecontent.Thisisanexamplevideo.
• Eachvideobeginswithaquickintroductiontothetopic(thisiswhatI’mgoingtosharewithyou)
• Thevideothenrunsthroughtheactualcontent.• Thevideoconcludeswithabriefsummary(thisiswhatyou’vejust
learned)andacalltoaction.(Forexample,pleasedownloadthePDFnowanddotheexercise)
• Attheendofthatvideoyouintroducethenextvideocomingup,sothattheclientiskeentokeepmovingtothenextstepinyourlearningpathway.
Pleasenote:We’daskthatyoudonotincludeacompanylogoatthebeginningofthevideosasitbecomesveryconfusingfortheclient.Insteadbyallmeansaddlinksbacktoyourcompanywebsiteinthevideodescriptionsummary.ContentDescriptionandTitle:Apartfromensuringyouhavealinkbacktoyourownsiteinthecontentdescription,don’tforgettoincludethespecifictopicofyourtraininginthetitleANDdescriptionsoitclearlyresonateswithyouraudienceandtheyknowexactlywhatthey’regettinginthevideoandsecondly,canbepickedupeasilyforSearchEngineOptimisationreasons(SEO).ForExample:FiveEasyWaystoApplyKanbaninanAgileTeam2.QuickTips,ToolsandTechniquesImagineyou’realeaderinacompanyandyouhaveadifficultscenarioyouneedtohandlequickly.It’soutofyourcomfortzoneandyouneedsomehelp,butyoudon’tfeelcomfortableaskingsomeoneinternally.Ormaybeyou’velookingforsomeinspirationtoimprovehowyou’redoingthingsandyou’rekeentohearfromsomeonewithreal-worldexperience.Thatisthepurposeofthesequicktips,toolsandtechniques.Thesecouldbehighlyinformativeblogpostsyou’vewritteninthepast,justsendthemtousastheyarewithanyassociatedimagesthatwerepublishedwiththearticle.Itmaybeashortpodcast,ifsopleasesendtheMP3filewithacleardescriptionandimagethatwecanincludewiththeaudio.Itmaybeatool,suchasaPDF.Onceagainsendtheinformationtouswithacleardescriptionthatwecanincludeinthesite.Itmaybeacombinationofthingssuchasatrainingvideo,withadownloadablePDF(whichisperceivedasveryhighvaluecontent).Hereisanexamplebelow.
3.CertifiedTrainingInversion1ofthiswebsitewewillsimplyincludelinkstoexistingpageswithintheAgileBusinessConsortium’smainsitetocertifiedtrainingcoursesandthepartnerswhoaredeliveringthatcontent.
4.LiveTrainingThelivetrainingpageisadynamicpagethatpro-activelymarketsanylivetrainingthatyoumaybeundertakingthroughouttheyear.Thiscouldincludeeverythingfromone-offwebinarstoquarterly‘in-person’trainingcoursesthatyoumayholdregularlythroughouttheyear.Allwe’llneedis:
A. AgreatimageforthetrainingB. AgreattitlethatclearlyexplainstoapersonwhatthetrainingdoesC. AcompellingdescriptionthatwouldencouragepeopletoshowupD. Acleardate/timeandlocationincluding,forwebinarsspecifically,alink
tothewebinarsignuppage.5.GroupTrainingIfwereceiveviaAgileDojo,arequestforgrouptraining,thatinformationwillbecollectedviaastandardformandthenamemberoftheAgileBusinessConsortiumteamwillfollowthatupdirectlywiththepotentialclient.Thereisnoneed,atthisstage,foryoutosendinformationaboutgrouptraining.Thiswillbedevelopedinthenextphaseofthesite.
DeliveryofContent:Tomakethisprocesseasyforyouandforus,couldyoupleasedothefollowing:Pleaseloadyoucontent(video,PDF,MP3’s,blogpostswithacleartitle,descriptionandlinkstoyoursite)intoDropbox,oranyotherfilesharingapplicationyouuse(ensuringwecandownloadeasilyatourend)andthene-mailusalinkorseriesoflinkstothatcontent.
e-mail:[email protected],checkalliswell,thenuploadittooursiteandvideoservers.We’lltryandmakethisprocessaspainfreeaspossibleandonceitislivewe’llletyouknow.Itisassimpleasthat.
Ifyouhaveanyquestionspleasecontactourcontentcoordinatoron