Happy Reviews

I really enjoyed today's session our trainer was welcoming and answered all my questions

I feel like this course lacked exercises in best practice for minute taking. We could have watched a well chaired meeting and taken minutes and then compared examples or been shown a couple of examples of best practice. Instead we did a succession of exercises designed to show that listening is hard. Ie listened to a fairy story, listened to Becca describe how to draw lines on paper, listen to each other talk for 2 minutes on any topic and listen to a badly chaired meeting for 12 minutes. Our only formal minute taking exercise was at the very end when 2 people of the group had to "minute" our discussions of what we had learnt and these examples weren't visually shared or reviewed. It felt more like training on how to chair a meeting as there was a lot of focus on what the chair should do to make things run smoothly, and not much focus on how the minute taker could deal with challenges. Think it would have been helpful to learn about new technologies for minute taking, and was unhelpful to be told to consider writing notes by hand.

Overall i did not get what i thought i would learn from this course. To me it didn't focus on minute taking and skills and was more focused on communication and listening skills. The Trainer was lovely though i think a little out of his depth with us as a class. He stated at the end that we were a big group (we were a group of 14 not that big) and someone had twisted his arm to deliver the training. I also found that the training didn't adapt to those with learning difficulties and as an online course found it very hard to stay focused and engaged with the day.

good course, step by step type tempo I liked

There was a lot to take in, but the training gave me a good overview of what can be done using the system. I have used the web based system because, and having to use it meant I was forced to learn it, however, without any training at all. With this training we will be in a much better position in future, but it is only through practice that I will really get the hang of it.

Very well structured and very attentive and adaptable

Ebeji was clear, friendly and competent.

even though joining instructions were very clear, it was unfortunate that we lost a few minutes trying to make sure that everyone was connected and able to use GoTo Training

Really great learning environment. Very good personalised training to what we needed.

Very well presented session. Paul was very welcoming and accommodating for everyones skills.