Rotate Training Formats
There is no
question that building safety meeting around the same old safety talk, time
after time, will bore everyone to tears. You have to mix it up with a
variety of presentation formats! How about showing a video or creating a
PowerPoint presentation? For something even simpler, try creating some
safety related quizzes and games.
Invite a Guest Speaker or Find a Useful Recording
No matter how
great of a speaker you are, people will get tired of listening to you.
Form time to time, you have to consider providing a different voice.
Think about inviting a colleague to speak to your group or consider playing a
webinar recording for all of your safety meeting attendees.
Use Better Images and Reinforcement
In order to
engage people with key safety topics and help training participants remember
your safety talks you need to make you message inescapable. That means
that you have to reach your target audience through different ways at different
times. Multiple studies show that surrounding trainees with images,
posters, handouts, quiz cards, audio and video messaging before and after the
meeting will help them better retain the information and keep them engaged with
the topic.
Improve Your Presentation Skills
I think we’ll
all agree that quality training materials are a big part of successful
training. However, even if you have access to proven, engaging resources
on hand, you and everyone who delivers safety messages probably need some
practice using them. I am not advocating becoming a certified Toastmaster.
However, spending 20-30 minutes a week practicing in front of a mirror can go a
long way.
Encourage Employee Participation
The simplest
way to do this is to ask several employees to contribute to the safety meeting
and make it more interactive. From taking turns reading a safety talk to
interjecting you presentation with question and examples, active participation
from, at least, a portion of your audience will significantly impact
engagement. Plus, it may help create a greater sense of ownership and
responsibility among the trainees.
Tap Into the Recent News
Live examples
of important safety messages are all around us. The majority of people
read and watches the news. Your message will be much more effective if
you can relate to recent safety events, headlines or well-publicized
situations.
Start an Open Discussion
Everyone if
your audience has stories. You just need to bring them out into the open
and ask people to share. Interview or poll some of your training
participants beforehand, encourage them to share their own experiences on a
specific safety topic. Build engagement from within.
Change the Location
It may seem
obvious; but, many organizations hold their safety meetings or talks in the
same location every single time. Mix it up! Change rooms, rotate
tables, provide some visual reinforcement with posters or banners.
You can even rent an offsite room for a big meeting. Bottom line; try to
create a sense of something new to getter people better engaged.
Make Every Meeting a Learning Opportunity
People like to
learn, especially if it is something important. I guarantee you that not
everyone in your audience knows how to properly use a fire extinguisher or what
to do in an emergency. Keep people engaged by making sure that they walk
away from the meeting by learning something new.
Keep it Simple
Keep you
meetings and your messages short. If you find yourself talking for more
than 10 minutes nonstop then you likely lost a large portion of the
audience. It is better to have short meetings more frequently than try to
cram all of your important messages in one long session
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