Studies suggest that within an hour of learning new information, people will forget approximately 50% of it. After 24 hours, that goes up to 70%. When training your staff, this could be quite detrimental to your company. So how can you increase information retention and improve profitability within your company?

1. Spaced Learning: This is a learning methodology where learners are given bite-sized chunks of content and are then presented with situations that require the learned information to repeatedly be used in different, creative situations. This reinforces what has been learned and increases information retention.

2. Create a Learning Culture: Create a learning environment by running frequent training events. Doing so will help reinforce training and increase the amount of knowledge that is retained.

3. Make It Relevant: The human brain is selective as to what information it retains. That’s why, when training your team, help them to understand why the information is relevant. Understanding the relevance and value of what they are learning will help increase information retention.

Coming up with content to train your team can be quite overwhelming and time consuming. Here at Reets Drying Academy, we’ve created an online training course so that you don’t have to! With a video library boasting over 150 videos each about 10 minutes long, you can educate everyone on your team on an individual basis or together during team meetings. Schedule your water restoration technician classes with us today! We truly believe that education is one of the most important steps to building a successful business.