“In the topic areas I've been choosing, the lectures are much too long. You should have shorter lectures. I've had to sit through 3 hours of lecture just to get to the topic areas that interest me. Also, I'm tired of hearing about "no dabbling" in estate planning. I'm not trying to dabble, I'm trying to make it my primary practice. I want to learn, which is why I'm taking these courses. Why can't lecturers seem to understand this? Every single one of the courses I've taken so far has lecturers who are critical of beginners. It's very insulting. Just identify pitfalls rather than slam others.”
“I don't like that the hours are 10-5 for an all day course. I work 7-4 and don't enjoy staying late at work or staying late at the class and then hitting traffic. I would bet that most people would prefer an earlier start. Also, why only 5.5 credits for a 7 hour course? Why so much wasted time? In PA, PBI generally gives 6 hours per all day class which fits with PA's requirement of 12 credits per year.. 5.5 is awkward and two classes are insufficient for us to meet our requirement.”
“Way to caught up on watching the attorneys time in and out of the seminar. We all have calls to make and need bathroom breaks. I have attended some seminars where the attorneys stopped lecturing a half hour ahead of time and
that caused us to be short a half hour so we needed to attend another seminar.”
“Not sure how to submit a review for a seminar you cancelled. The fact that I received a computer generated review for a seminar which didn't occur indicates that somebody is asleep at the switch.”
“The venue was acceptable but you should train your table monitors to recognize the following issues:
1. several attendees reported the stifling heat in the room followed by cold
2. The middle speaker was as bad as it gets. Even with a boring subject
a good speaker is usually able to bring some life and humor
3. The room next door was used for a luncheon during part of our seminar
and it was very loud and disruptive. There were other same sized
rooms that could have been used to avoid this disruption.
Otherwise it was ok.”
“The Mini Law School for HR professionals wasn't what I was hoping for but the presenters were attorneys from respected employment law related law offices. Presentations were acceptable, I just simply was expecting more than a basic introductory presentation given the title. Finally, the person working the registration desk and handling the professional credits did not have a clue of what she was doing. The response to when will or how do I go about receiving the necessary cle documentation was: I don't know, I'm just a temp. The response to where is the nearest restroom was: I don't know, I'm just a temp. "I don't know, I'm just a temp" was the answer to any question asked. I likely will not attend future NBI training.”
“First the information was covered a break neck speed with limited time for questions and zero group interaction. Second, the information presented was what every principal, school psychologist or social worker already know and third the last presenter had horrible communication skills, it was painful to watch her mangle her presentation both factually and in her delivery. It's clear that the subject is not one NBI has expertise in otherwise they would put together a more have engaging conference.”
“The forms I bought access to on Oklahoma need to be embellished. I purchased what I thought were a large volume of forms. Even access to generic forms would be welcome.”
“I'm a CA attorney. I signed up with NBI instead of CEB because of the live in-person classes. I've attended a total of 4 days of live classes. The classes are only as good as the teachers (some are better than others). When my membership is up, I'll probably go with CEB so that I can get CA-specific classes since the live in-person trainings are not exceptional.”
“The rating would have been five stars but for the technical aspect. The requirement of adobe flash player prevented me from attending on a smart phone or tablet and forced me to find a PC while mine was unavailable. Adobe flash player is a dying app and there is no reason to continue to rely on it for web casts.
The substance of the program would have received five stars if listed separately.”
“The training course was very informative and I am grateful for the information packets and documents provided. However, the presenters went too fast or skipped around a lot which made it hard to follow. By the time I found where they were they were skipping around again or rushing through information that I thought was important. That was frustrating.”
“The first speaker at the training was late, yet she went over her time allotment, therefore, the latter speakers did not even get a chance to discuss the main topic for which I was attending the training. I was very disappointed. However, the materials that I received were good. Perhaps the individual from NBI who is monitoring the entire training could have maintained the schedule better so ensure that all topics were presented.”
