Knowledge Base Content Coaching
Partner with a ScreenSteps Content Coach to create reliable knowledge base articles employees turn to
Onboarding a new software at your company can be overwhelming. If your team has historically used Word, Excel or SharePoint for knowledge management, switching to ScreenSteps may be intimidating. That’s why we offer tailored, one-on-one content coaching with our team of experts.
ScreenSteps Content Coaching helps you learn the ins and outs of ScreenSteps’ authoring as well as basic best practices for writing knowledge base content. It’s the first step to empowering your team with easy-to-follow help guides that help employees avoid mistakes.
We typically recommend a 3-month coaching program to help you get your knowledge base together and prepare for launch.
Best writing practices
Author & content training
Launch preparations
Writing knowledge base articles isn't the same as writing an email or a school essay. It requires a different skillset that many managers haven't learned yet. It’s difficult to know what to include in your knowledge base, how to present that information, and make it accessible to the end-users.
With ScreenSteps Content Coaching, our experts train your content authors the best practices for writing knowledge base content. This results in clear guides that your end-users can easily follow.
Learning to create content with ScreenSteps is incredibly simple. However, ScreenSteps offers features that many companies have never seen before and new authors may not be aware of how to utilize those features to create “dummy proof” guides.
Your coach will train your authoring team to take full advantage of what ScreenSteps offers so that they can build clear, user-friendly guides.
Ramping up to introduce a software change into a new company can be challenging. When you use our coaching services, our coach is there through all implementation phases to ensure you have a successful launch. Consulting areas include:
Knowing how to effectively use ScreenSteps is critical to the success of your knowledge base.
Think of it like Photoshop. Sure, you can take online courses and watch YouTube videos all about Photoshop. And you’ll probably become 60% proficient in the tool. But with tailored Photoshop coaching, you’ll be able to become 100% proficient.
That’s what ScreenSteps content coaching is like. We’ll make sure you not only know each and every feature available but know how to apply each and every feature to your specific use case.
And, yes, we still offer courses and videos for refresher training and helping you train your users to understand the tool.
The coaching process begins with a kickoff meeting to establish goals (e.g. measurable metrics) for your ScreenSteps project. Once we have established your goals, we develop a roadmap that includes activities, milestones, and launch dates.
Each week (or every other week) your team will meet with their coach to discuss progress and roadblocks. Also, your team will learn how to apply the ScreenSteps tools and methodology to create a knowledge management approach that transforms your business.
At the end of your coaching engagement, your team of authors will be highly skilled at crafting professional-looking guides that can transform your operations. You’ll also be able to confidently launch ScreenSteps into your business in less time and see significant results (e.g. training time cut by up to 90%, mistakes go down by up to 90%, etc.) within three months of launching.
You need to have a manager who is going to be responsible for the successful launch of ScreenSteps and at least one author who will be able to create the content. If you do not have somebody who can dedicate that much time to this project, that is okay — but that will likely impact your launch schedule.
If the managers and trainers on your team are used to traditional training approaches (e.g. using PowerPoint, creating guides in PDF), or they don’t have a lot of experience writing scripts and procedures, then coaching is recommended.
No. Every company that purchases ScreenSteps software receives a one-hour onboarding call as well as access to setup videos to help you implement the software into your company.
Check out this blog for more information on the ScreenSteps customer support options available.
“All feedback from our reps has been beyond positive. My reps appreciate the step-by-step process and describe it as ‘dummy proof.’ Thank you for helping me bring my vision for our protocol revamp to life.”
Yasmin | Supervisor, Call Center
“When I first started, there were only a couple of articles. And now we have at least 1,500 to 2,000 articles. We're constantly adding new ones. ScreenSteps is used on a daily basis. It's an incredible tool.”
Colin Slade | VP Customer Success & Services, Cloudbeds
“The fact that you have so many features at your fingertips and the fact that you can actually USE all them, make ScreenSteps the best product on the market for training. We've loved it here and it has brought us much better results than what we were doing beforehand. It's a great product with a great customer service department and they keep delivering value.”
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If you’re interested in working with a ScreenSteps content coach, request a consultation today. We’ll help determine the right solution for you and your team.