1. Simple Tips for Teaching Realm Connect or The City

2. Snapshot General Trainings Group Leader Trainings Have Fun!
Ongoing Training Strategy
5 Topics to cover for both General Trainings & Group Leader Trainings

3. First Things First

4. First Things First Educate Yourself
Understand what & who you’re teaching
put yourself in their shoes: how will this affect me?

5. First Things First 2. Start with Why
Why is Realm/The City important to learn?
“People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” – Simon Sinek
Talk about Why The City is important for them to learn!

6. First Things First 3. Set & Remember Your Goals
What is your ultimate goal?
What do you want them to know?
What do you want them to do with what they know?
Essential vs Important vs Helpful

7. First Things First B=MAT (bjfogg.com) Ask:
What are our behavioral goals?
Do they have the motivation?
Is it easy enough to do?
How are we triggering them?
behavior happens when 3 things happen at the exact same moment: motivation, ability, trigger
“put hot triggers in the path of motivated people”
Behavior Example: Join The City

8. First Things First Show Personal Commitment First Person Approach
Give Personal Examples
Show Passion & Enthusiasm
Cast Vision
Example: Crawl, Walk, Run
Commitment is enhanced by relating your own experience, ideas & feelings
crawl, walk, run (tell example of TrueNorth video)

9. Get Ready!
Identify who is being trained, then:

10. Get Ready! Before Your Training Sessions: Promote Realm/The City
Create Group
Create Content
Invite Participants
Assign Homework
Ex: Accept invitation & watch intro video
DEMO: Community Group Leaders group on demo & lifechurch (content posted that includes homework, how to invite)
Could include “homework” in invitation message

11. General Trainings (all of this can build on each other)
DEMO: all (vision, overview, account settings, groups, content creation), briefly

12. General Trainings 5 Topics to Cover: Vision Brief Overview
Profile & Settings
Groups
Content Creation
(all of this can build on each other)
DEMO: all (vision, overview, account settings, groups, content creation), briefly

13. Group Leader Trainings

14. Group Leader Trainings
5 Topics to Cover:
Best Practices
Advanced Content Creation
Group Settings
Group Leader Features & Expectations
Inviting Participants
communicate vision, show your group around, initiating engaging content, give the gift of going 2nd
featured posts, advanced option, sharing, formatting tools
attendance, group health, group roles
Invite Participants: how and WHEN
DEMO

15. Have Fun!
How does your church have fun?

16. Have Fun!
Homework vs In Person
Make it a party!
Games with Prizes

17. Game Ideas Passport Contest Scavenger Hunt Speed Round Bingo
Welcome to The City package
Contest: every person in community group posts (bowling)
Highest engagement rate (free babysitting or house cleaning)
Raffle tickets on seats, announce winner on The City
*Mug giveaway- number generator

18. Task Examples Download App
Update Contact Info
Add Profile Pic
Change Notification Settings
Choose Privacy Settings
Send a Message
Create a Post
Attach a file to your Post
Edit a Post
Support a Post
Create an Event
RSVP to an Event
Create Event w/ Tasks & Items
Post a Photo
Can expand list by add (web) or (app)

19. Ongoing Training Strategy

20. Ongoing Training Strategy
Keep these technology personality types in mind as audience categories- different groups for training
Having an ongoing training strategy is key so that you don’t miss the early/late majority/laggards when they’re ready

21. Ongoing Training Strategy
“About 70% of a community will not adopt new innovations unless they hear clear reasons why, from trusted individuals within the community.”

22. Ongoing Training Strategy
What do you wish your users knew more about &/or used more on Realm/The City?
Actually ask this question for feedback

23. Ongoing Training Strategy
Realm/City Tips
Realm/City Info Booth
Realm/City Pros
Periodic 1 hour Trainings

24. Bonus Tips from Churches

25. Bonus Tips from Churches
Gradual roll-out with training to key groups
Ask them to be advocates for Realm/The City
Talk about why Realm/The City is a BETTER way for members to connect

26. Bonus Tips from Churches
Keep training sessions small
Offer trainings at various times
Make sure everyone has a laptop
Have 1-2 staff present to help
Offer one-on-one training to senior citizens or technically challenged

27. Resources

28. Outside Resources bjfogg.com (B=MAT) http://bit.ly/CityAdopt
Simon Sinek’s TED Talk: Start with Why

29. The City Help Resources
City Map
Group Leader Handout
Group Leader Guide
Getting Started with The City Guide
City Tips
Webinar Archive
Map & GL Guide good for “Welcome to The City” package
GL & Getting Started guide good for City Tips ideas

30. Realm Help Resources resources.realmchurch.com
wiki.acstechnologies.com
Congregant Guide
Leaders Guide