In L&D, when we are approached with a training request, it's our job to do a little research for ourselves about training audience needs.

Often, the time you have to do this research is limited. Your capacity and the capacity of your subject matter expert is limited, and you may not even feel like you have the expertise to do the analysis. So how can you validate the audience's needs with limited time, capacity, and expertise?

On this episode, I’m sharing three ways you can identify training audience needs.

▶️ 3 Ways to Identify Training Audience Needs 

▶️ Key Points:

00:58 The need for a training needs assessment

01:34 Identifying training audience needs at a micro versus macro level

03:04 3 Ways to identify training audience needs

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