Wed.Jul 20, 2016

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The Challenges of Short Training Programs

Infopro Learning

As professionals who want to provide true skill-building, we’re often challenged to ensure our target audiences achieve learning goals in far less time than in past years. We’re asked to develop “mini” programs, replacing ILT with webinars , eLearning or blended solutions. So how do we ensure that our target audience is truly engaged and receives all the essential learning content?

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Partner Problems – 5 Common Challenges Channel Networks Face

Docebo

Five common complications faced by channel partner network managers, and how to avoid them. Partner channels provide a cost-effective way to globalize your business by pairing with aligned organizations to sell products and services. However, these partnerships can present challenges that must be addressed to ensure a mutually beneficial relationship.

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30 Day Brainstorm Challenge: Day 9 – Puppy Support

Learning Rebels

. It’s day 9 of our 30 Day Brainstorm Challenge – Puppy Support. Well, I’m back home and my furbabies are quite happy! Ollie and Jack! Always there with puppy support and encouragement. Their undying puppy support and encouragement is what inspired this last vlog. The world needs more encouragement and support. People in our industry need our encouragement and support.

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Little and often: the learning diet that advocates bitesize nuggets at regular intervals

Kineo

It’s long been advised that learning should be split into bitesize chunks that are easier to digest. But what about when we should consume these? The combination of short assets and a spaced practice to digest them is becoming de rigeur in learning circles. So what does this mean for how we design learning programmes?

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Experience the Benefit of Fully Trainable AI-Powered Learning Companions

As a training manager looking to amplify your team's results, Knowledge Avatars are the next level. Beyond mere chatbots, Knowledge Avatars are companions, interactive tutors ready to educate the urgent information your team needs to excel in their roles. Knowledge Avatars are versatile and adaptable personal coaches! They can be customized with your company's knowledge via a simple upload of your data.

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The How and Why of Attending Conferences

Administrate

The conference ticket alone costs £100. The flights are coming in at £150 and the hotel’s going to be another £120 on top. Don’t forget expenses and, of course, the cost of your time in attending. Justifying going to conferences, both in time and money, is a common corporate challenge. With Read More Published on July 20, 2016.

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The wrong basis

Clark Quinn

Of late, I’ve been talking about the approach organizations take to learning. It’s come up in presentations on learning design, measurement, and learning technology strategy. And the point is simple: we’re not using the right basis. What we’re supposed to be doing is empirically justifiable: doing investigations into the problem. identifying the root cause. mapping back to an intervention design. determining how we’ll know the intervention is working. implementing

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Little and often: the learning diet that advocates bitesize nuggets at regular intervals

Kineo

It’s long been advised that learning should be split into bitesize chunks that are easier to digest. But what about when we should consume these? The combination of short assets and a spaced practice to digest them is becoming de rigeur in learning circles. So what does this mean for how we design learning programmes?

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The Difference Big Data Can Make for eLearning

eLearning Brothers

I wouldn’t say I’m a numbers person. In fact, I’d say I’m the opposite: I much prefer words over numbers. However, when it comes to getting the right content in front of the right people, I’ve realized that numbers and data are critical to the success of training and development. Thanks to technology we are now able to capture amazing—maybe even overwhelming—amounts of big data, which Wikipedia defines as: A term for data sets that are so large or complex that traditional data processing applica

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Webinar on Gamified Onboarding : Cash on the Hot HR Trend Right Now!

Paradiso

>> Join us for a live webinar on gamified onboarding << >> 2nd August, 2016 at 12:00 pm IST << Why Attend? You should be attending the webinar, if you-. 1. Are an HR, who wants to make onboarding more than just an information dumping experience for the new hires. 2. Want to seamlessly align onboarding of new hires with the organization’s overall business goals. 3.

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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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Pokemon Go: Does this mean augmented reality learning is a thing?

TalentLMS

The real world has never been enough. Sure, it’s enough for tigers, eagles, elephants, panda bears and their animal friends, but it has never been enough for Homo Sapiens (that’s us). We always tried to improve upon it or, at least, alter it to be more to our tastes. From the invention of fire to the invention of air conditioning, we’re constantly expanding upon what nature gave us.

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How to Design Attention-Grabbing E-Learning

E-learning Uncovered

Every time I sit down to watch a movie, I hear the same opening music that studios have been using for decades. Upon hearing these few measures, I let out a breath, put away my phone, and give the story my full attention. I’ve spent so many years enjoying movies, it’s almost Pavlovian at this point. I tune out everything else. I think it’s safe to say that e-learning has to work a little harder than a movie to get people to tune in.

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Barriers to E-learning Implementation [Infographic]

CommLab India

You analyze your business challenge and the training needs of your employees and decide to implement e-learning in your organization to reap its benefits. But you observe that the results are not as expected. You observe your employees, rather than embracing the new age learning solutions, are apprehensive of taking the online courses. Why? They might be unwilling to embrace a new form of learning or might be facing technical issues trying to access the course.

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Time for your corporate learning strategy health-check?

CrossKnowledge

In our 21 st Century’s business environment, it’s essential that L&D delivers to the pace & direction of the business. As the global environment and business are rapidly changing, it is important to shape a learning strategy that aligns with organizational goals and delivers learning that boosts employee performance while improving business results.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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It’s Time to Squash the eLearning Myths

OpenSesame

Whether your opinion on elearning is positive or negative, I’m here to squash the myths that you may have once heard. If you have yet to take an elearning course, stop and read these five myths before you listen to another one. 1. Online training is expensive, making it a burden to small companies. Any company, big or small, can easily purchase and access online learning.

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Using Rapid Development Tools to Build Mobile Learning

ATD Learning Technologies

In this Q&A podcast , I speak with Sarah Gilbert, who facilitates ATD’s Essentials of Mobile Development Using Adobe Captivate® and Mobile Learning Certificate. Sarah Gilbert specializes in training strategy, design, and development at meLearning Solutions. In her PHII Academy director role at the Task Force for Global Health, she leads a team to create global solutions for public health informatics training challenges.

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Do You Know How to Lead from Behind?

CLO Magazine

In a world filled with leaders, Nelson Mandela stands out as one of the most effective and admirable in history. There are certainly many lessons we can learn from his example, and one of those is how to lead from behind. In his autobiography “Long Walk to Freedom,” Mandela wrote, “It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur.

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Raise the Bar: Eight Reasons I Hate Your Screencast by Mark Lassoff

LearningGuild

Screencasts—digital video recordings of computer screens, often with audio narration or added video of an instructor—have. been a staple for teaching developers and software users. But many screencasts are ineffective or even counterproductive. because of poor planning and execution. Here are eight common faults of screencasts, with ways to improve the quality of. your productions.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Unlock the full potential of your educational initiatives with the 11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption eBook. You’ll uncover: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? Discover the secrets from leading experts in the field, distilled into practical tips that promise to elevate the quality of your educational offerings,

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CLOs Help Veterans’ Translate Military Competencies into Private Sector Skills

CLO Magazine

With an estimated 1 million service members expected to enter the civilian workforce in the coming years, chief learning officers can play an important part in supporting successful transitions by ensuring that formal development programs are in place, not to mention facilitating onboarding and career development. But it shouldn’t stop there. Many veterans seeking private-sector jobs are challenged because the military language used to describe certain competencies, skills and experiences is dif

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It’s Time to Squash the eLearning Myths

OpenSesame

Whether your opinion on elearning is positive or negative, I’m here to squash the myths that you may have once heard. If you have yet to take an elearning course, stop and read these five myths before you listen to another one. . 1. Online training is expensive, making it a burden to small companies. Any company, big or small, can easily purchase and access online learning.

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Custom E-learning: Delivering Affluent Learning Experience [Video]

CommLab India

Organizations began to use online training solutions for training their employees, many companies started developing off-the-shelf courses that provide the general training needs of the organizations. Some specialize in certain areas and others specialize in general topics. But do they precisely address the training needs of the organization? Not 100 % because off the shelf courses are created, keeping in mind a larger target audience.

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ELM Expert Series: These 3 Things Are Vital If You Want Your Sales Training To Be Relevant In the Future

eLearningMind

Most sales training is still implemented by sales managers and directors. Businesses take their most successful salespeople and hope they can sprinkle their secrets across the entire sales force. The issue with this way of thinking though, is that most successful salespeople are not necessarily the best teachers. Teaching is not the easiest thing if you’ve never taught before, and sales leaders are most likely not thinking about the benefits of including adult education practices into their lear

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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What is AICC?

Growth Engineering

AICC is one of the most important terms you’ll come across in the world of online learning. It stands for Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee. That’s a big mouthful, but unfortunately it doesn’t really help you much in figuring out what exactly it means! That’s why we’ve put together this handy guide, explaining everything you need to know about AICC.

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Check out our new eLearning glossary.

Roundtable Learning

We’re excited to launch our eLearning Glossary, designed specifically to help you learn more about the common terms and phrases used in the eLearning Industry. We toss around a wide variety of terms, phrases and abbreviations on a regular basis, and it’s important to us that you understand them. Check out our new eLearning Glossary!

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Awards News: Steinhoff Shortlisted for Excellence in L&D Award

Growth Engineering

At GEHQ, we’re treating ourselves to some victory ice creams today – we’ve just found out that one of our clients, Steinhoff UK Retail , has been shortlisted for an award! Personnel Today’s Excellence in Learning & Development Award recognises organisations who deliver outstanding performance in their training programmes. Last year’s shortlisted entries were hailed by judges for creating robust training initiatives that align with business objectives.

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Developing Alternative, Non-Management “Guru” Tracks

Everwise

Climbing the corporate career ladder is inextricably linked to management roles, as well as higher pay and more attractive job titles. Management, however, is its very own skill set. New managers will find themselves having to do things well outside of their previous jobs, and they’ll also have to learn the language and techniques of management.

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10 Questions to Ask Before Buying an LMS

Find your perfect LMS. Choosing the right Learning Management System (LMS) is crucial for your business's success. With so many options available in the market, how do you ensure you make the best choice? This guide is your key to finding the ideal enterprise learning platform for your business. Compiled by industry experts, these questions will help to clarify your needs, prioritize your most essential features, and guide you through the evaluation process.

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ELM Expert Series: 3 Fundamental Pillars to Sales Training Success

eLearningMind

What’s Your Foundation? Organizations are currently spending billions of dollars a year on sales training without seeing a lasting impact to their programs. As a sales training professional, I believe we can do better. By developing programs with a solid foundation, sales training can shift from being just a required organizational function to a strategic sales partner that provides direction and helps grow revenue.

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Instructor-led Training and Online Training: A Perfect Blend for Sales Training!

CommLab India

What was the last thing on your mind before you slipped into sleep last night? Product Sales training? Are you in a dilemma whether to hire a sales skills trainer or to go for an eLearning course? Don’t let it haunt you like a nightmare. Take charge! A blend of Instructor Led Training (ILT) and online training can be ideal to provide product sales training and product training to your workforce.

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Foot in your mouth again? Polishing ‘soft skills’ is the difference between a sale or no sale

Learnkit

We’ve all met that guy—the one who always says the wrong thing, makes an off-color joke or just doesn’t take the hint—the lone wolf who doesn’t fare well on teams. Or maybe you are that guy? Time for a reality check: anyone with poor human interaction intuition needs help, and needs it now. Well-documented research has proven that we can substantially better our “emotional intelligence,” otherwise known as “soft skills,” through training.

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