Training your team in 3 mins #RestaurantTraining #TeamEngagement #SmartLeadership

12 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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A short YouTube video (created/uploaded by Donald Burns, Jan 12, 2026) where two speakers discuss using very short, engaging training pieces for restaurant staff: biweekly pop-quiz videos (~3–4 minutes) and interactive micro-videos (examples: a counterfeit-money ID guide from the Reserve Bank site; a truffle-farm clip showing dogs finding truffles). The format emphasizes quick, accessible learning that works for teenagers and adults and ties content to menu knowledge.

Questions this video answers

About every two weeks.

About three to four minutes.

Like we do this pop quiz that Ruth creates every, say, two weeks. Oh, cool. And it's a little three minute. It takes about three, four minutes. It might be a little video or a little, you know, like the one that just went up this week was about. Because it was on a counterfeit money running around in Australia at the moment. Right. Is it really? Oh, wow. Yeah, yeah.
So I try and make it engaging for the 15 year olds, the adults. Yeah, everyone. And so this week was just about going to a reserve government website, reserve bank and how to identify counterfeit money. Well, everyone can learn from this. It's a really interactive. It's really cool. Three minutes. The one last one was about truffle. We went out on a truffle farm last year and took a bit of a video and actually showed you how the dog finds the truffle and they dig it up and then. So it just took three minutes. And then the question was after they, you name three items on our menu that has truffle.
Oh, that's cool.
So all of a sudden they're all learning. Just. Just three minutes.
Just. That's where you get that learning.