Affordable tech training for your staff.

I have been the lead graphic artist and head of technology at my church for over six years now.  I am a self learner and I try to stay motivated to learn the latest trends in technology.  My problem has been that I’ve been a one-man show for a long time.  My quandary has been that many people are willing to join the team, but few have the professional training to accomplish what needs to get done and they look to me to teach them.  It’s frustrating to create curriculum, lessons, or tutorials to teach them the basics of the programs they need to use.  Plus, trying to get everyone’s time schedules coordinated these days is practically impossible, not counting my enormous lack of time to do training sessions.   Without proper training, they can’t produce the results you’re looking for.  It’s a vicious cycle.

Instead of trying to spend all of my time being the teacher, I decided to invest in an online tool that will meet my team’s schedule constraints and give them better training than I could ever dream of giving them.  I purchased them access to Lynda.com.  Lynda is great!  There are over 35,000 video tutorials covering hundreds of programs.  They can decide what they want to learn, when they want to learn it on their schedule.  With over 125 expert teachers, you get the professional training for your staff for a small monthly fee.  The cost is $25.00/month per user.   That may sound expensive to some, but trust me, it’s money well spent.   You don’t have to subscribe for an entire year.  If your budget is tight, subscribe for the summer months when your volunteers might have a bit more time on their hands to learn.  You can cancel anytime you wish.

I can’t list all of the programs they cover, but here are a few:  Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Blogger.com, Wordpress, Microsoft Office, Final Cut, Mac Operating System, Publisher, Quickbooks, and dozens more.   Go check out Lynda for yourself.  Investing in your staff means investing in the future of your church.  You don’t even have to teach them to catch the fish, let Lynda do it for you!  I’ve even started some of their courses on programming languages and I’m hooked.  It’s incredible.  I highly recommend it.