Attending a training seminar or conference is a good way for employees to network with other professionals and learn new information. However, there are hundreds of seminars and conferences held around the world each year, so it’s important to send them to the best one for your needs and your business. Here are four tips for choosing training seminars for your employees to attend.
Choose the Right Subject
When sorting through the available training seminars, divide the choices into subjects and themes. There will be industry-specific seminars and those which focus on a subject. For instance, if your business is in the oil and gas industry, you can send your employees to training seminars only for oil and gas executives.
However, if there is a certain subject you want your employees to learn, then you should choose a seminar based on that particular subject. For instance, if you are choosing between management seminars, you could select one that helps them move from being an employee to management and learn what is expected of them.
Choose from Specific Speakers
Every year there are conferences and seminars that invite popular speakers to give speeches or workshops at their event. These speakers can provide inspiration or motivation, such as Tony Robbins, or it can be someone within your own industry that will speak about specific managerial topics in the oil and gas industry.
Choose Based on Costs
The bottom line is a consideration for any decision made in a business, including sending employees to training seminars. Choosing the best seminars available that are local or within a day’s drive of your company can help it save money in the long run. It allows the employees to return home in the evening, so that your business won’t need to pay for hotel rooms or transportation costs.
However, if there is an important seminar in another city or country that management employees should attend, then you will need to find the money to send them there. The information they learn could be invaluable to the success of their department as well as your company’s bottom line. You need to weigh opportunity costs with the actual costs of sending them to the event.
Choose Location
The location of an event is going to be tied to costs, but sometimes a valuable seminar may be in another city or another country entirely. Sending employees to conferences or seminars not located in your area allows them more time to network with their peers within their industry and meet others outside of it.
They can make good connections that can be helpful to your company or learn practical information by getting advice from experienced management staff members. Seminars can be a good training tool, and these tips can help you choose the best ones for your employees.
