Not going to lock horns with you, my friend.
Friday night let the jacks out of their boxes, sad we chose nothing better to do.
Confuse education with entertainment - (or something like that), so someone once said.
A valuable feature of any training programme is humour. Raises the endorphin in the brain, makes the electro chemical impulses more receptive to new ideas, and increases retention.
As usual with clowning - it goes too far, someone is always a target.
We don't all have the same 'savoir-faire'.
As for a useful contribution:
So far I cannot comment on Wfp as I'm not there...yet. For the rest, you say you've been in a business havily regulated which doesn't help business. So you are probably right to be anticipating tighter regulations on our work. It seems inevitable that as this business increases, and it is mushrooming, attention will focus more and more. So training workshops will also increase.
One of the main things that has appealed to me for the past nearly 20 years w/c is the freedom from legislative shackles, also it was such a relief when I started, to be out in the open, away from pressure sales, training boffins, demanding targets, just me and the next happy customer. So my starting point for your post is nostalgic.
As a popular song says "They called it Paradise, I don't know why? To call some place Paradise and kiss it all goodbye". Window cleaning business used to be so easy, that was the appeal, I know I'm wrong, but I'd like it to stay that way. If it gets too tough, I'll look for something easier..Maybe I'll become a trainer!! Yes I can teach.
You said keep off personal comments. These are my personal comments. As you may, or may not have read..I had a heart attack a couple of years back. I've now got heart disease and diabetes, no don't feel sorry for me, I'm fine, but it has been a life changing experience. I still get a little heated at times, but I keep off stress, when things start taking me down that road, I turn away. Nothing is that important.
All these sayings: 'some people live to work, others work to live' and so on.
Not to the point, or entirely a positive view of what training I want. I'm more in the category of: Hey maybe someone should be paying me 40k to train others!
Any help?