Paradiso Solutions

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Find the Right E-Learning Vendor with an Awesome RFP. If so, you might think about developing an eLearning RFP (Request for Proposal). It will be much easier to make sure that e-learning suppliers bidding to work on the project give you the information you need to make the best choice if your RFP is clear and comprehensive.

RFP 52

RFP Blended Learning Compliance Training Authoring Tools 52

Lambda Solutions

JULY 5, 2023

Resource evaluation: Assess the available resources, including budget, infrastructure, technical support, and training requirements. Vendor Selection Phase: Research and shortlisting: Explore different LMS vendors and solutions based on your needs and budget. Address any identified issues or usability concerns.

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LMS RFP Case Study Guide 130

Association eLearning

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Submit a Request for Proposal (RFP) outlining your association’s goals and needs. Have the finalists provide you with a demo and, if possible, a free trial so that you can answer the board’s questions about the platform with confidence. It is critical to have your vendor’s support in the implementation of your learning program.

Association Learning Management System 100

Association Learning Management System Association LMS Education LMS 100

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 18, 2024

It’s not a typical word that comes up when you decide to purchase whatever type of learning system, whether it is an LMS, LXP, Learning Platform, Talent Development Platform, Employee Dev Platform (a tiny market, but it exists), or whatever a vendor spins their learning system as. Write an RFP that is massive in size. 

Learning System 69

Learning System System RFP vendor 69

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Reporting customization (back then, you had to pay for customized reports – including drilling down to the specific chapters of an online course and getting that data back, which is crucial for employees and even customer training). Today, Today, very few vendors offer this depth. Vendors expect use cases.

Enterprise 78

Enterprise Learning System System RFP 78

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 31, 2022

One item, that people who are looking for a learning system often perceive is that the RFP will be the key deciding factor on selecting or at least narrowing down their list for a learning system. It is why vendors get inundated with them, from folks who have never looked at the learning system, initially.

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RFP Informal vendor Metrics 85

Paradiso

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Research Vendors. Once you have identified your needs, it is time to research potential Learning Management System (LMS) vendors. Once you have identified the LMS vendors you wish to include in your tender, it is time to prepare the tender document. Request A Demo. Prepare the Tender. What’s in an LMS Tender?

Association Learning Management System 91

Association Learning Management System LMS Learning Management System RFP 91

Absorb LMS

JULY 31, 2012

They copied most of these features into a RFP and sent it to vendors. If the organization that issued the RFP gets ten similar responses from other providers, they’ll need to wade through about 1500 pages of material… just to create a short list of systems to evaluate further. ” Why is this so bad?

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RFP LMS Learning Management System System 168

eLearning 24-7

JULY 12, 2023

Let’s face it – RFI/RFP documents sent over to learning system vendors are massive tomes that confuse, challenge and even baffle some vendors. Then you have RFP/RFIs that lack substance. The fact of the matter is nobody loves creating RFP/RFIs. They can be 25 pages. 50 pages, even 100 pages or more.

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Templates Learning System System RFP 59

WBT Systems

JUNE 26, 2018

Ask around for request for proposal (RFP) samples and send one of them to a dozen LMS vendors? You know the answer already if you read last week’s post : an LMS RFP is not the first step of the selection process, it’s the result of the first step. Narrow down the field before sending out an RFP. What’s in an LMS RFP?

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RFP Association Learning Management System Association LMS LMS 41

Talented Learning

MAY 29, 2018

LMS vendors, I owe you a post. Then we recommend 4 highly qualified, matching vendors to evaluate in a formal RFP process. Learning systems buyers are always more successful when they invest time upfront qualifying vendors for their specific business situation). Do they seem fully prepared for demos?

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vendor Association Learning Management System Learning System LMS 68

Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 25, 2007

Continuing on from my earlier posts: LMS Selection Presentation Reformulated LMS Selection Team and Stakeholders LMS Selection Process From several comments and from looking at my list of issues, I realize that writing a good LMS RFP is challenging and it's easy to make lots of mistakes. The list in this LMS RFP went on and on at this level.

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RFP Association Learning Management System LMS Virtual Classroom 104

Avilar

JULY 31, 2018

Having vendors demo their products offers you the chance to discover the benefits it will bring to your organization. While LMS vendors may be more than happy to show you everything the software is capable of, they usually don’t have enough time in their schedule to do so. A demo is many things to many people.

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LMS Productivity Product vendor 40

Talented Learning

JULY 31, 2019

If you’re a learning systems vendor , this scenario should sound familiar. Your sales team recently crafted a strong proposal in response to an LMS RFP , and the buyer has given your company a thumbs up. That’s because you’ve been asked to compete with other vendors in a software demo “bake-off.”

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Software LMS vendor RFP 40

Petra Mayer

JULY 3, 2019

Typically, this is done through a “Request-for-Information” (RFI) process or through a “Request-for-Proposal” (RFP). The role of demos, walks-throughs and product tests. Many LMS providers will offer a product demo. Suppliers might offer a demo as a recorded overview or a private walk-through session. Price models.

Association Learning Management System 40

Association Learning Management System LMS Study Association LMS 40

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 26, 2023

The majority of vendors will continue, regardless of what you espouse. Now, if you want employee learning only, and you go to a vendor who only does customer training, then the initial “use case” rejection (politely) is understandable. The vendor is Skill Jar. The way this happened? The way this happened?

Learning System 63

Learning System System vendor Association Learning Management System 63

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Once a darling of vendors who used it to show their demos, now? In fact, in 2019, I did not see one demo from a vendor on Adobe Connect. Personally a vendor can call their system whatever they want, but there are a few factoids to remember about micro-learning. Cumbersome? Not so much. To connect to your memories.

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RFP Micro-Learning vendor SAP 65

eLearning 24-7

JULY 19, 2023

And if you as a learning system vendor is thinking or using GPT Model, and GPT-4 and are exploring adding the PDF extraction angle, then you are in for a real treat. The Vendors – With GPT-4 (I used as plugins) AI PDF – The web site, you can do nothing with it. As such, if someone was to spring for the fee-based GPT 3.5

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PDF Analysis Solution Summary 61

Talented Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

However, it’s not the instant slam-dunk that some vendors may want you to believe – especially for extended enterprise learning. To learning systems vendors, it suggests that you want to change the underlying software code. 6) As an LMS selection consultant, do you ensure that vendors deliver what they promise?

Association Learning Management System 92

Association Learning Management System Association LMS LMS vendor 92

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 21, 2023

If they were a vendor who played in EdTech (K-12, HE) but also played into corporate and did so, not just by having clients find them, but actively through marketing, they were considered too. Strictly If the vendor was a custom shop building a system, off say Moodle or whatever code they are using that is open source? Strictly EdTech?

Learning System 69

Learning System System Metrics Compliance Training 69

Inquisiq

APRIL 30, 2020

Whether selecting your first LMS or a replacement for the LMS provider that’s not meeting your requirements, consider this brief outline: A ssess your internal requirements, what you need and/or are not satisfied with in your current implementation, as well as your budget and training/support expectations. Half probably won’t even reply!

RFP 40

RFP LMS Instructional Design SCORM 40

Paradiso

APRIL 7, 2017

Now that you’ve zeroed down on using Moodle for your training needs, next step would be to hire the right Moodle service provider. One that would best meet your training needs and specifications. Draft a good RFP (Request for Proposal). Next, download an RFP template! Yes, there is a proper format for an RFP!

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Moodle Services Providers RFP 70

Talented Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2016

In years past, the same dozen or so vendors competed for all the LMS market share. Nearly every vendor earned its bread and butter by selling to employee-minded buyers in HR. Now, more than 700 solutions claim at least some piece of the LMS pie — and for most of them, employee training is not a mainstay.

Association Learning Management System 0

Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS LMS 0

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Vendors saying “have you looked at XYZ” (which is their system). plus all the vendors will be found in FindAnLMS), I do have systems I can recommend based on various criteria. Yet, as I have often noted, it is rarely pushed upon in an RFP, let alone a demo. And I ask it often when talking to vendors.

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LMS Metrics SumTotal RFP 69

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 19, 2011

For some people, creating a RFP can be an exciting experience unmatched in the annuals of time. It is a necessity to identify the vendor that is going to provide you with the best system for your solution. When people need a RFP, they think “Internet&#. RFP is another word for lots of pages. Three letters.

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RFP vendor Apple Site 63

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

What is this training management thing I’ve heard about? For whatever reason- okay to try to set themselves apart – some vendors have created the term “training management” Honestly, they could call it “online authoring system with a few reports and no frills” and it would be the same thing.

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RFP Compliance Training Association Learning Management System vendor 68

eLearning 24-7

JULY 21, 2015

Out of the Gate – Vendor Experience and Expectancy. Feel confident that any LMS vendor who was won an award from E-Learning 24/7, was selected based upon a multi-set of criteria without any sway by one vendor versus another. A vendor who wins an award from E-Learning 24/7 is rated high and recognized as a top tier system.

LMS 40

LMS RFP vendor Firewalls 40

WBT Systems

MARCH 13, 2018

They know what questions to ask during the requirements gathering process to elicit the information needed for a request for proposal (RFP), including questions you’d never think about asking. Consultants help you create a Request for Proposal (RFP). After evaluating proposals and demos, the consultant makes their final recommendation.

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Association Learning Management System Association LMS Consulting LMS 44

Talented Learning

APRIL 18, 2017

An LMS sandbox is a hands-on demo environment for prospective customers who want to try before they buy. 2) Vendor Identification. 5) Vendor Qualification. 6) Request for Proposal (RFP). Why Sandboxes Keep Traditional LMS Vendors Up at Night. The LMS Sandbox: Blessing or Curse? 3) Discovery. 9) Reference Gathering.

Association Learning Management System 81

Association Learning Management System Association LMS LMS vendor 81

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 26, 2014

But what you rarely hear, is something I have often been hearing, which isn’t going from any spirit, rather it is coming from some LMS vendors. Your demo is vanilla – In the trade this means it is a generic demo, without your skin on it or at least some colors. Rather than then showing those items as important (i.e.

LMS 71

LMS vendor RFP e-learning vendor 71

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The third market are learning platforms – these are folks who have many of the standards, include training/learning components, but are not an LMS (and often are more streamlined). A training management system for example, would slide under learning platforms, same as a training operations system. Learning Platforms. .

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Learning System System Saba SumTotal 94

eLearning 24-7

MAY 8, 2016

Regardless if you create a RFP, use my LMS RFP template or choose to just ask inquiries and select; an initial call with the LMS vendors of interest is a must. The term used in the industry is a “Discovery Call” My Favorite Vendor Inquiry during the Discovery Call. Oh, and you sell B2C. . Thankfully yes.

LMS 40

LMS vendor RFP Oracle 40

eLearning 24-7

MAY 8, 2016

Regardless if you create a RFP, use my LMS RFP template or choose to just ask inquiries and select; an initial call with the LMS vendors of interest is a must. The term used in the industry is a “Discovery Call” My Favorite Vendor Inquiry during the Discovery Call. Oh, and you sell B2C. . Thankfully yes.

LMS 40

LMS vendor RFP Oracle 40

WBT Systems

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Similarly, it’s usually at this time of year that associations and other organizations start to review their training requirements and inevitably their delivery of that training. Once completed the RFP is sent to those that the organization believes will meet their needs.

Association Learning Management System 40

Association Learning Management System Association LMS LMS WBT Systems 40

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 23, 2018

Now, lately what I’ve seen are some vendors hitting the mark, but others showing off very slick graphs via circle donuts as we say, or compass looking things. A “showroom” experience – and you will see it with some of the booths (vendors pay for that size of space and it is expensive), is part of this approach.

LMS 40

LMS vendor RFP xapi 40

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 14, 2015

The big elephant in the room that we hear so many times and vendors love to pitch (to get you to their system), but rarely the vendors themselves will admit to – many have only themselves to blame. Sometimes, it is the client’s fault and sometimes it is the vendor’s fault. Why, Oh Why do I lose the love?

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LMS vendor RFP Issue 40

Talented Learning

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Almost daily, new statistics highlight the need for effective skills training and professional development. Vetting every vendor is impractical. As independent LMS selection consultants , we continuously evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of all vendors in the association market. When to issue an RFP (or not).

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Association LMS Association Learning Management System Association Education 92