[Trainer-talk] training sessions with clients

[Brett Boyer]

Hi. Well for me, as of right now I am contracting through a company which is 
quite different than being a  independent. I get a flat per hour fee and I 
don't have to worry about paperwork or taxes or anything. I used to be an 
ISP and I had set my prices to include travel.
I know, for example, a place in Denver that charged 75 dollars an hour plus 
mileage.
hth
bb
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Ellet" <ericellet at gmail.com>
To: "List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology" 
<trainer-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] training sessions with clients


> Curious as to the different views on charging your hourly billing rate, a 
> travel time rate, a set fee for going to the client, or no charge for your 
> travel time. I am sure there are many different opinions as to how to make 
> the economics work when traveling to a client' to provide training. For 
> those who go to clients, versus those training in a center or virtually, 
> how do you charge for travel time.
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Eric Ellet
> Fort Wayne, IN
> ericellet at gmail.com
>
>
>
> On Jul 18, 2012, at 5:40 PM, "Brett Boyer" <bboyer202 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ok wel here is the deal. I'm just a little frustrated now so I thought I 
> would take this to the list. I don't know where else to turn.
> I have clients that live at least 50 or mmore miles away. In the past like 
> Denver I've always rode the bus or the paratransit was somewhat reliable. 
> It seems that here, the only way to get this done is a driver. The 
> driver's rates are 10 dollars an hour plus 55 cents a mile. My boss thinks 
> I should make my sessions 3 or 4 hours with a 15 minute break in the 
> middle. I am not used to teaching people for such a long period of time 
> given the nature of adaptive technology; it can be quite overwhelming, 
> confusing, and frustrating and 3 or 4 hours? I just don't feel it would be 
> effective training. He is setting up some kind of online remote login but 
> thats down the road a bit.
> Of course if I have more than one client in a particular area I can 
> schedule to be there longer. I know for him, with a driver, it's not cost 
> effective for a 2 hour session but if I don't have any other clients I 
> just don't know the right way to aproach this.
> If you want you can contact me off list but maybe this could help other 
> people in my situation.
> So what are your thoughts or personal experiences with something like 
> this? Should I try to find a better mode of transportation? Is there 
> anything I can do to make these sessions effective for everyone?
> Anyone's input is greatly apreciated.
> I sure miss training in a class room / lab setting!
> bb
>
>
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