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Different Types of Lecturers –Not all are Good–Which Inhabit Your Organization

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In your company, with your training personnel, which type of lecturing is the most common. ” And, I suspect, that is the case in many other academic displines as well as in many different types of organizations. Take a look around your organization and note the type of lecturers providing information to your learners.

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Gamification in the Realm of Employee Training

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Interview training developed with the Thinking Worlds Tool. Gamification can play a key role in how organizations train employees because it does two key things. First, Gamification forces designers of instruction within organizations or supporting organizations to think through how to make learning more engaging.

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Training Industry Statistics

Kapp Notes

Here are some interesting statistics from TRAINING. Training Expenditures (including payroll and spending on external products and services) was $52.2 billion (a 7% decrease from last year) 41% of organizations plan on purchasing online learning tools and systems in the next year. Payroll was $32.9 Payroll was $32.9

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Interesting Virtual World News: 3D training for Clinical Trials

Kapp Notes

just announced an entire new way of conducting training for clinical trials using virtual worlds as the backbone of the solution. ProtonMedia and PPD to Introduce New Virtual Clinical Trial Training Solution. technologies, which are pervasive across life sciences companies today.”. ProtonMedia and PPD, Inc.

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Social Networking Not Corporate Enough for Your Company?

Kapp Notes

Now imagine what "dots" in your organization are never connected? What new training method or other new piece of information is currently lost in your organization because they are lost in an email? What new sales technique was just used to land the big account that is similar to 40% of your prospective clients?

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A Conversation with Anna Griffith of Discovery Machine

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She is the co-Founder and CEO of Discovery Machine, Inc, and has spent her career making cognitive science and artificial intelligence research usable and understandable for organizations and…she is wicked smart. Kapp: You are co-founder of a company called Discovery Machine, can you tell me a little about the company?

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E-Learning Seen as Bright Spot in Training Industry

Kapp Notes

The organization continues to report that the spending has fallen from $1,202 per learner in 2007 to $1,075 per learner in 2008. Training staff resources are also dropping: Companies overall averaged 3.4 training staffers per 1,000 learners, down from 5.1 It seems likely that the cuts are will continue in 2009.

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