Make haste slowly. Benjamin Franklin. We’re getting used to instant search, instant news, instant messages, instant updates, instant food, instant banking, and instant everything. In this world of instant gratification sometimes we need to take a moment and think is everything really necessary ‘now’?  Aren’t there things that need more time to be created properly, created beautifully?  We’re asked to comply or else they’d look for another vendor.  I’ll admit, we do comply with such requirements at times to keep clients within our fold. MORE >>

Normal. false. false. false. EN-US. By Joseph Suarez. PowerPoint-based rapid eLearning tools, such as Articulate Presenter and Snap by Lectora, allow branched navigation, meaning you can create a non-linear navigation path still controlled through the course player’s next and back buttons. But, did you know it’s also possible to add your own custom navigation buttons onto a slide? Not only is it possible, it’s really simple! There are just three steps involved. With your course open in PowerPoint 2007 or 2010: Create a text box, insert a shape, or add an image onto a slide. Normal. false. MORE >>

The hype about learning management software (LMS) has blurred the actual role learning systems can play in helping businesses do the right things to improve performance, effectiveness and productivity. An LMS can be very useful but corporate learning needs more. In this three part series on going beyond traditional learning approaches to connect employees with the knowledge they need to excel at their job, I will first look at what learning management systems bring to learning. What is Learning Management, Anyway? Here’s why. MORE >>

We're finding more and more ways to use our elearning simulations with 3D avatars. Just the other day we started working on a set of simulations that demonstrate the wide-ranging characteristics and preferences between the different generations in the workplace. These will be stand alone simulations, used in a live workshop. The client chose these simulations over the off-the-shelf videos they could have bought because we could customize them to specific needs within their organization. Most of us have completed some sort of DISC tool and gotten a pretty impressive report from it, right? MORE >>

My live blogged notes from Corporate University Week. Alice Muellerweiss, Dean at Veterans Affairs Learning University Trained 200,000 in the first 9 months of the learning organization. Veterans Affairs Learning University (VALU) started in 2008ish… Support over 20,000 Veterans Strengthen the way we serve veterans by employing more veterans – Recruit, Retain, Reintegrate our Veterans VA for Vets program: goal is 40% Veterans working within VA Diverse mission (still serving two family members from the Civil War!) Mission to transform the VA to a 21st Century Org. People will make the mission. MORE >>