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JUNE 25, 2019

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APRIL 16, 2019

An instructional designer, a learning technologist, and a training facilitator walk into a meeting room. What happens next? Nothing! Because they’re missing an important member of the team. Someone who’ll lay the foundations for training to come. That person, of course, is the SME. But what does SME stand for? It stands for Subject Matter Expert. And what exactly is a subject matter expert?

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Imagine a world where training is like school. The bell rings at 8 am and all employees file into a boardroom. Once they’re seated, employees from the finance team to the HR team stare at a screen and listen reluctantly to a lecture about sales techniques. Of course, the accountants are uninterested in the topic, but even the sales staff struggle to stay focused.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Are you weighing your LMS options and need some help choosing between cloud-based and locally installed solutions? In this article, I’ll highlight 7 surprising benefits of self-hosted Learning Management Systems. 7 Self-Hosted LMS Benefits We Tend To Overlook. Instead of relying on cloud-based servers, locally installed LMS solutions are hosted right on your company’s server.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Are your drop-out rates soaring? Do your employees disengage before they even have a chance to absorb the takeaways? Let’s explore the top 6 reasons why modern learners click away from your online training course, as well as tips to retain them. 6 Reasons Why Modern Learners Click Away From Your Online Training Course. Continuously training your employees is one of the best ways to ensure that your business keeps up with industry trends and stays ahead of the competition.

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JUNE 26, 2018

Steve Jobs once said that “ Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people. ” And sometimes that team is bigger than you thought! We’re talking about your vendors, reps, consultants, franchisees, and customers. Your extended enterprise allows your business to succeed because of a strong network of external partner relationships.

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MAY 3, 2018

Is your sales staff having trouble hitting their monthly targets? Have they mastered the fine art of negotiation? In this article, we’ll share 5 tips to facilitate persuasion skills in your sales online training course. How To Facilitate Persuasion Skills In Sales Online Training. Persuading employees to persuade others feels a little like a fox chasing its tail.

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MARCH 13, 2018

We truly live in the golden age of information. All kinds of data fight it out every day for our attention, and tons of them actually get it – and usually not the best ones. It’s no wonder that we have a problem remembering all those things that we actually need to remember. Even more so, the work-related knowledge that’s necessary for our every day lives.

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MARCH 6, 2018

While much attention is paid to learning and development opportunities in general, comparatively little is given to the more specific issue of learning and development for recruiters. Like any employee, a recruiter needs access to training opportunities to perform at their best and grow as a professional. If you want to create a killer training program for your company’s recruiters, make sure it incorporates the following four elements. 1.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Soft skills are just extras, right? Those “nice-to-haves” with no serious impact on the bottom line. Wrong! If you believe that soft skills aren’t important enough to prioritize in training, you’re in the (misguided) majority. According to a survey by Udemy for Business , 72% of respondents admit to only providing training directly related to employees’ roles.

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JANUARY 11, 2018

Don’t let typos and inactive links diminish the value of your eLearning experiences. In this article, we’ll share 8 common errors to be on the lookout for when revising eLearning content. Revising eLearning Content: 8 Common Mistakes To Consider. By the time eLearning course revision rolls around, most eLearning professionals are worn out from the eLearning design and development process.

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JANUARY 9, 2018

Whether you are a business owner or an entrepreneur, productivity is key for your success. Habits, lifestyle, discipline, and technology matter. Here are some productivity tips to become more efficient: 1. Create a To-do List. List your tasks, organize them in order of priority and set deadlines. To-do lists will give you a structure, and a plan to stick to.

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JANUARY 8, 2018

eFront is, unarguably, a mature enterprise training LMS. It’s our longest standing product, with several major releases and a number of big revamps. These include a full rewrite a few years ago, aiming (and succeeding) to future-proof the platform, and our last year’s turn towards providing the most adaptable, feature-full and secure enterprise LMS.

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DECEMBER 21, 2017

In this article, we’ll highlight 7 challenges that may compromise your eLearning development timeline. I’ll also offer tips to keep your next eLearning project on track. How To Overcome 7 Obstacles That Compromise Your eLearning Development Timeline. Everything is going according to plan until disaster strikes. Some proactive planning and forethought may be able to save you from missed deadlines and unhappy clients, though.

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

After another creative year, eFront has switched colors but remained innovative and powerful, on par with an advancing eLearning industry. To celebrate that, let’s reflect on our most read articles in 2017. 1. What are the Most Common Training Challenges and how do successful managers overcome them? Small-scale or large, setting up a corporate training program is a staple in today’s competitive environment.

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

Measuring the customer experience is of utmost importance to companies in today’s age, and routinely cited as the number one way retailers expect to compete moving into the future. But. The post Why context and benchmarks are essential to your CX strategy (Video) appeared first on ForeSee.

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DECEMBER 19, 2017

Why do we train our employees? Well, it depends on who you ask. Some people believe that the purpose of training is to motivate employees or to reward high performance. A few will train just to meet their training quota, and then there are those who train their employees to create a reputation of staff development. Most of the time, though, employees themselves don’t even understand why they’re attending training. .

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DECEMBER 14, 2017

In some ways a company of friends is not that different to a commercial company. Sure, the latter involves getting a salary and waking up early, but both have you close together with other people, sharing big and small moments, helping and encouraging each other, and (hopefully), having fun while doing so. In some very real way, your employees are a kind of extended family — which makes Christmas the most festive of all festive seasons, the best time of the year to celebrate this bond and

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

At the end of any corporate online training program or course, there should always be a training evaluation report based on learner feedback. This report not only tells you how well the program was received by the learners, but it also gives valuable insight into your program’s effectiveness. At the end of the day, the learner’s feedback regarding your training program is one of the measures of how successful it is.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Enterprises pay a lot of attention to measurable, attainable goals. You can always hear managers rant about metrics and key performance indicators. And it’s definitely true that tangible results are the biggest indicators of an enterprise’s success. There are, however, other intangible contributors and indicators, too, which we shouldn’t neglect. Company culture is one of them.

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

We’ve seen one too many enterprises fail because the focal point was merely producing results. While this is a given to any business that wants to achieve long-term goals, the saying “the end justifies the means” just isn’t the right way to conduct business. Achieving results at the expense of employees is a quick shortcut down the path to failure. And enterprises have now come to a realization that they are nothing without their employees.

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

There aren’t many who would argue against the importance of organizational culture, or employee engagement, or workflow, for that matter. But today, there are many who would argue that each of these on their own is not enough. Why? Well, think about it. We operate in a digital age , where people, ideas, and behaviors are all exposed and connected. Social media , online communities, intranets and enterprise systems are creating a new level of transparency inside and outside of the workplace.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

There will always be what we call ‘skill gaps’ – at any workplace, in any industry. However, for result-driven businesses – where leveraging on employees’ performance is of the utmost importance – skill gaps are the biggest detriment to attaining business goals. And when it comes to employee training and development, the most important concern is how to properly identify skill gaps, and coming up with interventions to address those.

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

Just a few years back, everyone was at the mercy of schedules, availability, and even circumstances to get any type of service. TV schedules dictated entertainment. The chance of a cab passing by was what determined whether or not somebody got a ride. Classes had to be scheduled in advance so learners will know when and where the session will be. With today’s advances in technology, on-demand services have been integrated into almost all aspects of everyday life.

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OCTOBER 17, 2017

When we traveled to Norway for the H5P Conference , we had the chance to get closer to the whole community and decided it was high time we asked the Founder of H5P, Svein-Tore Griff With, all about H5P. We were particularly keen to get to know the technology and the team behind H5P as well as finding out how they came about putting this revolutionary idea into practice and to make sure that you can use it to its full potential.

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OCTOBER 12, 2017

Getting out of bed on a cold Monday morning is hard. Making it to the office without becoming just a little grumpy about the traffic, is hard too. But the really hard part starts when you get to work. Because there seem to be a few common business challenges , a few pains in your side, that just keep popping up. You’re struggling to find and keep talented employees, they’re resisting training, and you just can’t see how the business is going to achieve its strategic goals this year when there

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

A client, who had recently moved to an online sales system, asked to review an interactive technical training course that they had developed to train employees on the new tool. Apparently, during the 7 months or so that the course had been in use, it had failed to deliver the technical learning experience the client was expecting. As a result of thorough analysis, what was found was an eye-opener about interactive technical training program development and some of the things that instructional d

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

‘Learning campaign’ (or campaign-based learning) – another relatively new term that has found its way into today’s learning lexicon. Even though it sounds like it involves a tremendous amount of knowledge or requires a colossal effort to execute, it’s really not that complicated. It still follows the usual methodologies of modern instructional approaches; however, there is a paradigm shift in terms of getting learner buy-in.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The learning professional’s repository of training and development approaches just keeps on expanding. Now, with technology also being added to the equation, keeping up to speed with recent developments and current trends can be quite a struggle. Still, it is no excuse for a professional to be uninformed. We already covered some of the must-know training techniques available to the modern eLearning professional in our previous article , so here’s the next installment. 4.

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AUGUST 31, 2017

A near impossible challenge it would be to find a business owner or manager who is totally confident in their workforce development strategy. Why? Well, because the most common approach to employee development is reactive, is forceful, and is inadequate. But this approach makes about as much sense as eating a double chocolate cake in spinning class.

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AUGUST 29, 2017

We live in a world where everything personalized sells. Just take a look at your social media feeds. Algorithms track every post that you ‘like’ or comment and fill your feed with posts (or ads) that you would most likely engage in. Entertainment has also become on-demand and customized: you, the user, are presented with suggested content based on what you’ve previously watched or listened to.

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AUGUST 24, 2017

Within the last thirty years, the landscape of training and development has been drastically changed by advances in both research and technology. Before, it was classroom training that has always been the standard when it comes to employee training techniques. The early ‘80s introduced approaches like hands-on learning, making employee learning and development more effective and relevant.

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JULY 25, 2017

Purpose is what drives us forward – both in personal and professional plans. So how come so many companies fail to factor in its importance? Organizations spend money on branding and developing their mission and vision, but only a handful can tell you their values. And here lies the problem. If they are unable to do that, how can they motivate and direct their employees?

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JULY 20, 2017

Research conducted by the American Psychological Association has long endorsed the belief that learning approaches should be adapted to individual learners in early educational settings. However, for a long time, corporate trainers never fully understood the power of the adaptive learning approach. Many organizations still develop training programs based on “standard” company policies.

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JULY 18, 2017

Well-trained employees are essential to the success of any company. Unfortunately, in a bad economy, a lot of businesses consider employee development to be an unnecessary expense. But while cutting your training budget can seem like the logical thing to do, stop and think about its long-term implications, as they can far outweigh the immediate costs saved.

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JULY 13, 2017

Does your online training course provide the perfect emotional atmosphere? Do employees feel empowered and inspired by your online training content? In this article, I’ll share the 7 best practices to create the ideal online training conditions. How To Create The Perfect Online Training Conditions. When we talk about online training conditions, we’re talking about everything from the training course layout to the multimedia you incorporate.

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JULY 11, 2017

Big businesses have big demands. And it is not some kind of posturing to scare off competitors, or because they forgot how to operate efficiently — it’s a natural result of doing things at scale. It’s like how you can easily prepare a nice meal for a family in a small kitchen, but it would be a total nightmare if you had to cook for, say, forty patrons in the same space, especially if everyone was to order a different dish.

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