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Listen: Discover Financial Services’ Jon Kaplan on tuition assistance programs and the importance of building trust among your learning team

CLO Magazine

Like many bosses, Jon Kaplan thought he was a good leader. He worked his way up from aspiring academic to public school teacher to corporate instructional designer and eventually into the top learning job at Discover Financial Services, a Chicago-area firm with 17,000 employees. The results seemed to prove it. The only problem?

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Putting People First

CLO Magazine

When it comes to learning, Jon Kaplan truly understands the importance of emotional engagement. I was able to pay attention to social cues, and I learned how to cheat on multiple-choice tests.”. “I I was able to pay attention to social cues, and I learned how to cheat on multiple-choice tests.”. The Road to L&D.

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Webinar Summary: A Practical Approach for Supporting the Modern Learner

Axonify

Over the course of an hour, JD entertained and enlightened us with some hard-hitting truths about the state of corporate learning today. He also spent a good amount of time walking us through how he and his team at Kaplan are tackling many of the challenges that modern learning environments are facing. .

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Webinar Summary: A Practical Approach for Supporting the Modern Learner

Axonify

Over the course of an hour, JD entertained and enlightened us with some hard-hitting truths about the state of corporate learning today. He also spent a good amount of time walking us through how he and his team at Kaplan are tackling many of the challenges that modern learning environments are facing. .

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After EI, DI?

CLO Magazine

That pretty much sums up our experience at Kaplan of working exclusively remotely this past year. While this is invaluable work, at Kaplan we felt there was something missing from a career development perspective. Consequently, we have to take on new skills and new knowledge to operate in this new world. We thought we were prepared.

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Top Chief Learning Officer Conferences of 2019

Continu

John, Human Capital Media; Jon Kaplan, Discover Financial Services, Mike Prokopeak, Chief Learning Officer Magazine; Nicole Hajdrowski, US Foods, and Skip Marshall, DXC Technologies. The CLOI Forum is a yearly conference that focuses on learning and development for senior decision-makers in corporate learning.

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A Conversation with Bryan Austin of mLevel

Kapp Notes

We discussed the evolution of the mLevel game-based learning platform and how it has helped a number of companies increase the effectiveness of learning in their organizations. Bryan has had a distinguished career in corporate Learning & Development, including leadership roles with Skillsoft, Kaplan, AchieveGlobal and NETg.