Dear All,
The seven day ToT from December 8th to 14th, held in two legs at Sahaj Academy, Kolkata was sort of the first of its kind due to the scale and diversity of participation and also because of the length and the organization of the whole program which ensured learning with fun and sharing of knowledge and experiences with ease and openness.
In all, 49 participants from all the six Sahaj states, viz., West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, and Tamil Nadu, reported for the ToT.
As the CEO and COO were both away on work, the house was thrown open by an inspiring session taken by the CMO Major Ashutosh Srivastava who fervently deliberated upon the need to stick to the basics of a business operation and entrepreneurial mindset in order to deliver the company’ as well as the project’s mandate.
Thereafter, it was all a long and interesting journey into a close mutual association and interaction among the participants and the facilitators aimed at gaining valuable inputs and insights into various domains of our work such as CRM, IT, ITES, and network connectivity, Marketing and Sales, Products and services, Revenue generation and Business optimization, Material Management, G2C and online and offline services, Chaakri, role of a trainers, and much more. What has been most remarkable about the whole ToT process was it’s method to use a judicious mix of classroom inputs and on-field appreciative inquiry and recreational learning.
On the concluding day of the first leg of the ToT, the thought provoking and interactive session by the CEO Dr. Sabahat S. Azim was something like a straw in the hat as it dealt with the need to have a drive and passion for work for one’s own sake in the first place after which all other accomplishments follow in the trail.
During the course of the ToT, the idea which always remained in prominence was that how all of us in our own respective capacities could optimize revenue and business of the company so as to make it a profitable enterprise and to this end how best we could groom, handhold, and use VLEs who are a very important link in the whole business chain.
In spite of everybody’s best efforts and initiatives
behind organizing such a mammoth training program however, there must have been some areas and domains wherein we can legitimately go for further improvements and betterment- be it the initial training need assessment, pre training dialogue with the participants, structuring and scheduling of sessions, use of training methodologies and tools, supply of learning material, recess, logistics, and experiential learning opportunities.
If we can put across our ideas, views, or comments on any or all of these segments of a training program or on any other issues relevant from our own point of view within our experience of the recently held ToT, the purpose of putting on this blog would be fulfilled and we may have a stock of valid suggestions and inputs on how to make best use of our resources in organizing such
programs in future.
This will also help positioning Sahaj Academy as a well-meant business entity and a service provider in the areas of capacity building and skill development through delivering organized training and learning opportunities for in-house audience as well as for our clients.
All of you are therefore requested to be the first in letting others know what you honestly and positively have to say about this ToT.
The rules and periodicity of posting are mentioned.
People should try and post on every Friday. Please share experiences from the field related to VLEs and their business in their respective clusters by keeping in mind that this is not a platform at all for posting troubles and problems only, rather, we all can share the views and ideas as to how problems and troubles are being fixed by the participants of the ToT. How they are now managing in the field with VLEs with points and factors taught to them in four days in Kolkata. We should also ask and share if it is needed to keep ourselves clear and focused.
You are most welcome to come forth and join the blog……………
