Web-Based Training An Innovative and Cost-Effective Approach to Training Nancy Larson Training & Education Coordinator SmokeFree Wisconsin

Session Outcomes Identify the benefits of web-based trainings focused on tobacco control initiatives. Understand the steps to organize web-based trainings for tobacco control initiatives. Explain the process of implementing and evaluating web-based trainings on tobacco control initiatives.

Web-Based Training What Is Web-Based Training/Conferencing? – Format and Process Why Web-Based? – Benefits and Challenges Evaluation, Feedback & Lessons Learned Web-Conferencing Partnerships & Companies

What Is Web-Based Training/Conferencing Format & Process

Session Format Telephone and internet connection Upload PowerPoint into system on website Presenters & participants log on and call in Presenter advances the slides Participant& presenter interaction Average length of sessions - 1 ½ hours Average 20 participants, 3 presenters

Registration Process On-line Confirmation with call-in and log-in info Link to handouts and Power Point

Types of Web-Based Sessions Local Clean Indoor Air – ( ning/handouts.html) Local Tobacco Control Coalition Development – ( Tobacco Related Disparities – ( ing/handouts.html)

Why Web-Based? Cost Effective Increase In Participation Convenient Fun

Benefits Don’t have to leave your desk Eliminates travel time and expenses for participant and presenter Can utilize National presenters without the travel expenses Eliminates facility and food expense Can hold one session instead of multiple sessions on a regional basis

Benefits (cont.) Takes less time to conduct a series of trainings Don’t have to worry about travel conditions Materials are available on-line ahead of time People can participate in groups – opportunity for networking and planning Can record sessions to make available on-line or on CD

Challenges Difficult to know if participants are retaining anything or engaged Distractions ( , co-workers, paperwork) Not as stimulating for some Technology can fail (one phone line, internet service is down, etc) Interaction

Evaluation, Feedback & Lessons Learned What we learned…

Types of Evaluation Instant feedback - online Follow-up evaluations – Poll questions (pre/post) - online Mid-session evaluation - phone

Things They Liked Convenience – didn’t have to leave their desk No travel – saved time and $ Materials available before the session Access to National presenters/contacts Could submit questions without interrupting the presenter Times of session (usually over the lunch hour)

Lessons Learned Need to have multiple presenters (3) Interaction is critical Opportunity for Q&A between presenters Visuals are important (slides, text boards, polls, application sharing – web tours)

Web-Conferencing Partnerships and Companies How to connect…

Partnerships Cancer Information Systems (CIS) – Matching goals for tobacco control and prevention – Provided service at no cost – Contact your Regional Partnership Program Managers

NameTitlePhone Axel Moseley, Michelle Partnership Program Manager California (700) Baldwin, Barbara Partnership Program Manager Rocky Mountain (700) Ballard, Denise Partnership Program Manager Mid-west (700) Briant, Kathy Partnership Program Manager Pacific (206) Civallero, Linda Partnership Program Manager South Central (700) Domlesky, Janine Partnership Program Manager Coastal (305) Duffey, Maureen Partnership Program Manager North Central (700) Gonzalez, Evelyn Partnership Program Manager Atlantic (700) CIS Partnership Program Managers

NameTitlePhone Higuchi, Paula Partnership Program Manager Hawaii (808) Kelder, Tami Partnership Program Manager/Assistant PD Mid-South (859) Leshne, Russell Partnership Program Manager New England (617) du Levitas, Betsy M. Partnership Program Manager Southeast (700) McFarlane, Anita Redrick Partnership Program Manager New York (700) Minor, Becky Hartt Partnership Program Manager Mid-Atlantic (804) Rarick, James Partnership Program Coordinator – Pacific Island Liaison Hawaii (808) Turner, Sharon Partnership Program Manager Heartland (700) CIS Partnership Program Managers

Web-Conferencing Companies Conference Depot (Information Logistics) – Basic (Power Point) $0.18 – Advanced (Application Sharing) $0.25/minute/line.25 x 90 minutes x 20 participants = $450 WisLine Web (rates for agencies outside WI) – Non-profit, Governmental or Educational Organizations $0.29/minute/line.29 x 90 minutes x 20 participants = $522 Lots of Others… – Ex. MCI*All the above include web & phone connection*

Contact Information Nancy Larson Training & Education Coordinator SmokeFree Wisconsin 329 W. Wilson Street, First Floor Madison, WI