Oct
23
Poka Face
We’re almost at the end of our inaugural Poker Room Training Academy application. Client slash partner slash friend Mark Bernberg had an idea. We brought it to life. And the first training session with Nashua is coming to an end next week.
The Poker Room is a unique and out-of-the-box environment that uses the metaphor of the strategic art of poker as a business training and teambuilding tool. The Poker Room Training Academy is an online learning institution that takes Mark’s company: The Poker Room – and raises the stakes in the strategic business and sales training arena. After a full 2 day workshop the trainees undergo an 8 week online course. The assignment material are published under 3 key areas: Sales, Poker and Product. At the end of each week the tests are opened allowing each delegate to complete the examinations in the own time over the weekend. Questions can range from simple text, to .PDF documentation and even video.
The system is completely managed via an administrative interface, allowing Mark’s team to pre-load all assignment material in advance – which is kept hidden until the allocated assignment date is reached. A leaderboard ranking facility allows delegates to view scores from an individual, franchise and region perspective. The results are all pulled and distributed to both delegates and managers alike – highlighting specific areas of strength and weaknesses for the stakeholders to act upon.
It’s been a great success – and an immense learning curve – for all of us. We’ve learn’t when to hold ‘em, when to fold ‘em and …. well … we haven’t walked away.
