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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

Karen O’Leonard from Bersin & Associates wrote an article last week entitled Corporate Spending on Social Learning. Cammy Bean’s latest blog post provides many ideas as well as real-life examples for Using Social Media for Learning. Go take a peek. The slow adoption of social learning is not localized to Minnesota and North Carolina.

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Why corporate wellness is an important part of your learning strategy

OpenSesame

A critical meta-analysis on the costs and savings associated with employee wellness programs revealed an average ratio of 6:1 return on investment. One survey measured about a 10 percent increase in productivity and participation due to corporate wellness programs that helped employees improve their diet and exercise habits.

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Training vs. Learning and the Role of Mobile Devices | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

Going forward, our retail associates can learn where, when and how they choose.” Through an interview with John Congemi, senior manager of retail learning and development, we learn that all training initiatives at Best Buy now center on the three pillars of ROLE: freedom, co-creation and a robust library of learning content. Properly d.

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Training vs. Learning and the Role of Mobile Devices

Dashe & Thomson

Going forward, our retail associates can learn where, when and how they choose.” Through an interview with John Congemi, senior manager of retail learning and development, we learn that all training initiatives at Best Buy now center on the three pillars of ROLE: freedom, co-creation and a robust library of learning content. Properly d.

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Banfield Pet Hospital slashes turnover with student debt relief

CLO Magazine

Rather than making assumptions about what financial support employees wanted, his team conducted a series of interviews, focus groups and surveys to determine what financial issues employees were facing and what would help them ease those burdens. By 2015, the average debt-to-income ratio for new graduates was more than two-to-one. “We

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Finally, Good News: Training Budgets Up Over 9 Percent, Survey Says

Mindflash

Each year Bersin & Associates surveys the training landscape, asking companies how much they’re spending on training, and distills the results into its annual Corporate Learning Factbook (an executive summary is available for free download here). It’s also meant a decrease in the ratio of learning pros to employees.

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4 Essential Employee Satisfaction KPIs To Evaluate Your Microlearning Strategy

Obsidian Learning

The conventional means of measuring satisfaction with a learning deliverable are satisfaction surveys and learner feedback. Engagement rate – pulse survey. The use of pulse surveys instead of annual surveys or formal surveys tied to performance discussions provides more accurate data. Likes and dislike rate.