Training Microfinance Staff: The Key to Reaching Scale (Discussion Summary and Transcript)

Speakers Corner #8: Training Microfinance Staff: The Key to Reaching Scale. This event took place on March 7-9, 2006. Leslie Zucker, trainer and vice president of exchange, a microfinance training and technology company, led this online Speakers Corner.

This Speaker’s Corner was the first on this topic. The objectives were to collect baseline data on the current state of training in the microfinance industry, compare and contrast challenges and successes in scaling up staff training, and stimulate creative thinking and problem solving on the common goal of reaching scale in providing high-quality training to microfinance staff. Topics covered included: gathering baseline data, Challenges and Successes in “Scaling Up” Training, Creative Problem Solving for Reaching Scale.