As a trainer and facilitator myself, I am aware that some people think that presenting a course is just about pulling some slides together and speaking about them in front of a group. Ruth is not one of these people. I attended her course on Shooting and Editing Video, run by the Local Enterprise Centre. I went with minimal expectation, hoping to pick up one or two new practical points about this topic. I knew after the first hour that Ruth was going to surpass my expectation in leaps and bounds!
Ruth’s course was not just about the content and topics covered, the class also benefitted from her skills of facilitation, inclusion, empowerment and inspiration. She didn’t just stand at the PowerPoint and say, “here’s how you do x”, she regularly went around the participants and checked in with them, asking how they could apply it to their own unique businesses, encouraging and supporting them if they sounded doubtful or anxious, facilitating them to come up with their own ideas or then making suggestions if they went blank or seemed overwhelmed. She also adjusted the course to meet the needs of the participants, she didn’t just assume that everybody was at the same level in using various social media apps, she checked. Thanks to Ruth, making little videos to promote various aspects of my own service won’t be something I will outsource!
If you are thinking about funding or attending one of Ruth’s courses, do it! You won’t regret it!