How a Storyboard Helps You Plan Your Learning Experience

You’ve decided your staff need training.

Now what?

If you are creating training for your staff, you need to make sure you have a plan in place before you begin.

Follow these three steps to create your learning plan.

Three Steps to Plan Your Learning Experience

Step 1: Create a strong foundation.

• Map your training needs to the organization’s strategic plan.

• Focus on the actions you need your staff to take to achieve your organization’s strategies.

• Perform an audience analysis so you are certain of their needs.

Step 2: Set your direction.

• Create learning objectives that help you focus on the most important actions.

• Ensure your objectives are measurable and have a plan to measure them.

Step 3: Give life to your vision.

• Create a storyboard that visually shows how the training will progress.

Creating a Storyboard

Let’s take a closer look at step 3.

A storyboard gives you the chance to clearly see and communicate your vision for the training. It allows you to make “messy” progress and get early buy-in from project sponsors and subject matter experts. A storyboard also provides you with a visual map for how you want the training to go.

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Storyboard

Watch this video to get a behind-the-scenes look at storyboard.

A storyboard is one of the final steps in your planning phase, and it acts as a bridge between learning design and development.

Key Takeaways

If you want your training to be successful, you need a clear plan to make it happen. Planning includes creating a strong foundation so you can ensure the training actually helps move the needle in your organization. Planning includes writing strong learning objectives so you know the direction of the training. Planning includes creating a storyboard so you have a vision for the training.

Do you want reassurance that your plan is solid? Or support in creating a storyboard? Let’s chat and see if we might be a good fit to work together.