Kapp Notes

JULY 29, 2014

The other day I had a chance to catch up with Duncan Lennox, the CEO and co-founder of a fascinating company called Qstream. Qstream is a mobile sales enablement and analytics company spun off from Harvard University to bring a unique and scientifically-proven knowledge retention and analytics methodology to a wider audience.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

The combined company represents the largest and most complete talent management provider in the industry supporting every industry and every market segment. GeoLearning is the leading provider of managed services and on-demand learning management software. What is the timeframe for integration of the two companies?

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MARCH 10, 2015

The Discovery Machine mission is to provide a methodology, technology and supporting services to enable organizations to capture and deploy expertise for better decisions and actions. The company has many direct implications to the world of learning and development and they’ve created a really interesting simulation program.

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

It’s got great game graphics and provides results of some research they conducted in an online community with adding gamification elements. Gamification in Enterprise Technology from Work.com – A Salesforce Company. The second was presented at a conference by Kyle Findlay and Kirsty Aberts.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

So now that I have added to my LinkeIn Profile that I am a co-founder of the company 2KLearning a number of people have asked some important questions about the company and about the Kickstarter Campaign so I wanted to take some time to address some of those questions. What does 2KLearning Do? What Problem are you Addressing?

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

The whitepaper describes how life science companies are effectively leveraging virtual worlds to successfully facilitate collaboration and training. Check out my newest whitepaper titled Compliant Collaboration & Learning in Virtual Immersive Environments.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2014

I’m an ISD working primarily with military clients and I would like to know how you perform your analysis on a company that would like gamification. Understanding how the potential learners relate to games and whether or not they do play games can provide some insight into how you will want to design your gamification learning event.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

Ayogo is an award-winning serious games company that uses game design to educate and motivate healthy behavior. Free resource now available that helps providers and training professionals wade through the oceans of e-Learning products available. So many products and companies to select from should be a good thing- and it is.

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AUGUST 27, 2012

It provides a new lens for the creation of all types of instruction, the lens of game-designer. Finally, most games provide continual, focused feedback. Adding these elements to instruction provides engagement, a context for which the learning takes place and a chance to apply the learning. What is the first thing you do?”There

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

The summit was a wonderful blend of international speakers, representatives from some of the largest learning companies and organizations in China and ATD leaders. The variety and range of speakers provided insightful and thought provoking ideas about learning in China and around the world. her company is Seven In Learn.

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MARCH 16, 2012

They provide a sense of engagement not possible in any other medium. ProtoSphere’s virtual environment provides an arsenal of business-focused collaboration and communication tools that give innovative companies an edge. A Spanish company called Virtway which released a virtual world platform for the iPhone and ipad.

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OCTOBER 17, 2010

Here is a short review: Gary Woodill, describes how mobile devices can provide effective learning in a variety of formats including location-based information, just-in-time training and the ability to provide on-demand documentation such as standard operating procedures (SOPs) when and where the employee needs the information.

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Mobile Learning Mobile Case Study Tagging 176

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APRIL 16, 2013

In your company, with your training personnel, which type of lecturing is the most common. points or provide full notes, nor do they use diagrams to show relationships, structures or processes. They rarely use aids to provide full notes but almost all exemplaries use aids to emphasize key points. References: Brown, G.A. &

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APRIL 9, 2012

It looks like EduNeering, the leader in compliance-based learning has been acquired by UL, a global independent safety science company offering expertise across five key strategic businesses: Product Safety, Environment, Life & Health, Knowledge Services and Verification Services. Looks like it is going to be a perfect fit.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Multiple choice math tests can only provide a list of possible answers and have no easy mechanism for determining whether the student figured the answer out properly or merely guessed well. These suggestions also provide a way of creating authentic assessments in the context of educational games.

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APRIL 6, 2011

The book spends a lot of time describing how companies can create “games” to attract and, more importantly, retain customers. This book focuses on the steps for developing a game and provides detailed information on game design for video games. This book covers game-based engagement methodologies through the perspective of marketing.

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JUNE 21, 2010

The session, held by the pharmaceutical company Merck was conducted in Photosphere and featured the opportunity for scientists to gather and interact with each other. We know the company has a lot of resources and, although they sometimes arrive late to the party (internet browsers, game consoles).once see Pfizer's $2.3

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OCTOBER 31, 2015

He also provided some examples of how they are implementing Hooptap solutions in various organizations. This allows companies to attract and maintain the interest of visitors and maximize the return of investment. Setting rewards linked to goals helps provide the feeling that you are cared for and valued. Kapp: What is Hooptap?

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Conversation Gamification Skype Integrate 100

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APRIL 21, 2014

One way to attract people who like to solve problems or challenges is to provide them with a difficult challenge; this is especially true in the “hacker” community. Will, gameplay or gamification become a standard part of the hiring/screening process for companies? Third, was motivation. but skills are the low hanging fruit.

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APRIL 30, 2012

He provided a balanced and well described critique of the book. Next Karl Grieb of the ASTD Philadelphia eLearning SIG provides a description of the content of the book. The panel included myself, Jason Brozena of Caronet which is a hosting company that provides data center services to organizations, including numerous game companies.

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Gamification Blogging ASTD Compliance Training 154

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

John has been in the L&D space for his entire career, and joined a company called mLevel almost 2 years ago now. What is the company about? Deligiannis: mLevel is a casual learning platform that makes it easy for companies to build and deploy game-based learning solutions to their employees via their desktop or mobile device.

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Conversation Compliance Training Case Study Metrics 100

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APRIL 30, 2013

These two students have started an innovative company called Sploops.com which is for all you sports fans out there to give a 15 second rant about your favorite sports team. Wearing a differnt hat…every year, twice a year, the graduate program in which I teach provides a mini-conference.

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APRIL 2, 2012

SAP—an inter-enterprise software development and implementation company—needed to provide their project managers with a learning experience to address a specific challenge—managing teams whose members were scattered across the globe. The simulation provides the learner feedback throughout the execution stage.

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Simulations Games Enspire SAP 145

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JANUARY 31, 2017

This report provides a status of the current self-paced eLearning industry and it doesn’t look healthy. Competing with those companies and those types of resources would be difficult. If you work for an eLearning company as an instructional designer, will you still be needed in this extended downturn of self-paced eLearning?

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NOVEMBER 1, 2011

As a student in my class, Anthony had to go through an exercise where, as part of a mock company, he had to research an elearning solution and, as part of a team, write a response to the elearning RFP and then present with his group the recommendations contained in their proposal to Bloomsburg’s Corporate Advisory Council. .”

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

The challenge this semester was to respond to a Request for Proposal from the fictitious pharmaceutical company, Skendrie. On the first day of the event, our CAC members provide presentations to the students to show them examples of what is happening in the field. Mark Burke talks about teaching young students how to be entrepreneurs.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

As a faculty member and the assistant director of the Institute for Interactive Technologies I am proud of the accomplishments our students have achieved and of the partnerships developed with local organizations, companies and social service groups that I have helped to build over the past 12+ years.

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Instructional Design Community Instructional Instruction 105

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APRIL 2, 2010

The FDA regulates what pharmaceutical companies can say in magazines, newspapers, television and even doctor's offices. I've worked with Pharma and Device companies and some are hesitant to use social media for fears of potential issues. The next frontier, it appears, is social media.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Here is an interesting and thought provoking article by Maria Korolov over at Hybergrid Business which provides some ideas on dressing for success.virtually. Try to dress for your target audience, research the company a little bit before you decide what to wear.It is a casual company, then slacks (and, apparently, shoes).

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NOVEMBER 23, 2015

When I was at Learning2015 , I met some wonderful people and one of the people I had the privilege of spending some time with was Louise Pasterfield of the UK company Sponge, UK. Last year, we were named Elearning Development Company of the Year at the Elearning Awards. Here is some of our conversation. Public Service Example.

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JULY 21, 2010

And the company known as the Electric Sheep Company has had the browser-based WebFlock platform for a few years and continues to integrate it into corporate and entertainment venues. The move away from 2D to 3D may explain why Unisfair is reporting a 60% year over year growth. Read the press release here.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

GamEffective was established in 2012 and works to change the way companies motive employees and the way managers align their teams with company goals. Second, they want to provide the right learning at the right time. Now let’s assume the company also has a sales or service tracking system in place.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

An educational or not-for-profit institution that is currently under contract with us will be able to renew early (or purchase additional regions) and continue to receive the current 50% discount on land maintenance provided that the renewal takes place prior to the December 31, 2010. Contact Name. Contact Email.

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APRIL 9, 2012

It looks like EduNeering, the leader in compliance-based learning has been acquired by UL, a global independent safety science company offering expertise across five key strategic businesses: Product Safety, Environment, Life & Health, Knowledge Services and Verification Services. Looks like it is going to be a perfect fit.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Unfortunately, the state of many training organizations within companies is that they have multiple inefficiencies; no understanding of how all the training fits together, no handle on all the training employees are required to take and no direct link between training outcomes and organizational goals.

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DECEMBER 3, 2010

Since Forterra was purchased by SAIC a while back, I had been curious about what the company was up to and how they were doing since they were purchased. Since then, we haven’t heard much in the press about SAIC and its flag ship software, how was the transition to SAIC and what has that meant for the company?

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Simulations Virtual World Cognitive Portfolio 140

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Top US Search Providers October 2009 ) There are more than 85,000 active contributors working on more than 14,000,000 articles in more than 260 languages at Wikipedia. Alexa, the Web Information Company) At LinkedIn, the average age is 41 with an average household income of $109,703 with over 50% having an income of $100k plus.

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