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 5, 2013

No surprise that some vendors are also waiting to see what happens. M-Learning with a native app – slowly trucking along, but I am hearing quite a few vendors who are either in development or getting going in 2014. One vendor is focused only on SaaS products including social media. Again, it is hot, hot, hot.

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Trends vendor Wiki e-learning vendor 77

eLearning 24-7

JULY 6, 2011

What about a payment gateway – does the LMS vendor assist you with this or do you have to find your own? Do they have any reports dedicated for the e-commerce functionality? As you can see, just saying e-commerce is not enough. A friend of mine, got a RFP template from a LMS vendor’s web site.

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Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS RFP 68

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 7, 2010

Start searching out LMS vendors that meet the list criteria, specifically the ones you must have/otherwise they are deal breakers. Once you identify your LMS potentials, you can create a RFP or RFI with specific details you need and additional information on the company, etc. Do not see a taped webinar.

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LMS RFP vendor Brandon Hall 53

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 3, 2019

1%, the pr you see, seems to indicate a massive upheaval in the M&A angle, especially in the learning system space. . Yet one of the items that is never mentioned are the customers and employees of the vendor who has been acquired. Some vendors will be flexible with you, and allow you to leave if you so desire, others less so.

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Support Scanning vendor Social Networks 49

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

eLearning 24-7

JULY 30, 2012

LMS vendors are continuing to add some very unique features in an effort to set themselves apart from the competition. Built in E-mail that blocks viruses, spam plus you can send out of the LMS. Desktop sharing (appears with a few vendors). Section 508 (still shocking at the lack of vendors that fail to offer this feature).

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Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS Portal 67

eLearning 24-7

JULY 2, 2012

With this knowledge comes the avalanche of hyper sales, vendors are exploring ways to gain your attention. Thus is should be a concern to every vendor who shows off a system that is stripped off its looks to entice buyers. The most common responses I hear from vendors are. What is such passage? LMS buying time. The WOW factor.

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LMS vendor RFP Bloom 75

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 20, 2022

Never assume that they know the terminology in the industry, nor assume that what you think one term means, doesn’t necessarily mean what the vendor thinks it means. In the Enterprise and Large Enterprise it is not uncommon to get pricing that is quite high, especially if the vendor knows procurement is involved.

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Learning System System Guide Blended Learning 79

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 23, 2013

Some vendors (and it is gaining steam) offer “active users” Active users – People who are taking at least one course during the month. There are a few vendors who will charge only when the end user completes a course (but this is rare). E-Commerce model – It is rare, but there are vendors who offer it.

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LMS vendor RFP Consulting 77

CommLab India

JUNE 23, 2017

Check this infographic for tips to write an RFP, to hire the e-learning right vendor.

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RFP vendor e-learning vendor Tips 61

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 17, 2011

I’m a big time fan of vendors who post their pricing on their site. Trust me, people are going to see what your competitors are doing, so the argument that we don’t want to tell you because of competition is lame, especially when there is never a problem listing your pricing on a RFP. One Other Note.

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Productivity Product Authoring Tools Slides 65

CommLab India

AUGUST 5, 2016

Let’s say a company wants to outsource its e-learning project to a vendor but the shocking stories of outsourcing experiences gone sour compel them to think twice. The first concern would be the expertise of the vendor in developing e-learning projects. Expertise and Quality. Confidentiality issues.

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