In addition to training materials, the subject matter experts on your team are a primary source for an online project and any follow-up questions you have. But often they’re at their day job and can’t help you immediately if you have a major concern, such as about incomplete or inconsistent content. Such an issue might even prevent you from going any further with the project for a day or two. But SMEs become experts by doing what they’re good at. They don’t have the luxury to sit with you until you have everything you need or to keep helping you until you understand a difficult concept. Sometimes, you can consider research into the subject matter, making yourself an “honorary” SME for a brie
If you're thinking about working with an outside curriculum development company to help you build an online or in-person training program for the first time, you may feel lost without a clear direction. But have no fear: In this series of blog posts, we're outlining how to get the most out of your training partner by breaking down the process into five steps. The previous post gave a high-level overview of all the steps, and this post will focus on the first step: getting your curriculum and source material together. If you still haven’t read Part I yet, please do so then return to this post. Curriculum vs. source material So, let’s talk about getting your curriculum and source material toge
