Tue.Aug 09, 2016

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2 Things Good Leaders Do to Create a Great Workplace

Infopro Learning

We all want to work in a great place. In our current 2016 jargon, this also is called striving for a “culture of employee engagement.” Articles and books abound in providing theories, research results and outcomes on productivity and profitability, motivating us to put certain practices into place. Expensive? Not really. Hard to do? Definitely!

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The Importance of Training and Development for Start-ups

Gyrus

The Importance of Training and Development for Start-ups and Small Businesses. With the hectic nature of start-up organizations today, one can easily make a claim that it is never too early to evaluate the effectiveness of a structured Learning, Training, and Development program. When starting out with a blank slate or attempting to move an organization into a direction in which they have never been.

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Authoring Tool/ Framework Selection for Responsive eLearning Development: Elucidat

Upside Learning

Our earlier posts looked at the features, advantages, and limitations of Adapt, Evolve, and Lectora 16 for responsive eLearning authoring. This time, we’ll take a look at Elucidat, an easy-to-use WYSIWYG tool for authoring responsive eLearning. Elucidat Elucidat is a true WYSIWYG editor, which means that what you see as an author is pretty close […].

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30 Day Brainstorm Challenge – Day 27: Dust Bunnies

Learning Rebels

It’s Day 27 of our 30 Day Brainstorm Challenge – Dust Bunnies! My office is driving me crazy. I’m not the most organized person, but now it’s straining even my easy-going nature. I suppose this is good news, I have a variety of projects and proposals that need attention. Therefore, my desk is scattered with notes, sticky notes, and other assorted pieces of paper.

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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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Using Curation to Make Sense of Content Overload

InSync Training

BYTE Session Recap. Today’s workforce is learning in new ways, and it’s deeply impacting the way Learning and Development professionals need to approach training. Not only do we need to design effective traditional learning programs, but we also need to provide structure to the informal learning taking place on a daily basis in our organizations. Recently, Sarah Danzl, Director of Enterprise Marketing and Communications at Degreed , provided a timely recommendation for managing this changing lan

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Webinar: Link Your LMS to Your CRM to Unleash the True Potential of Both

Docebo

Amplify the Selling Power of your CRM with LMS Based Training. In a recent webinar, now available online here, elearning analyst David Patterson of Learning Light showed the explosion of customer relationship management tools in recent years. The most popular CRM on the market, Salesforce, has grown to service more than 100,000 customers with over 5 million users in just a few years, but individual users are slow to adopt the CRM for meaningful use.

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Get a Degree in Instructional Design?

LearnDash

Anyone that has an interest in the elearning and mobile learning fields will soon discover that there are university programs specifically for this industry. In most cases they are degrees in Instructional Design. Recently I have received a few messages on LinkedIn from individuals that were interested in getting into the elearning field. While each had their own questions there was one that they both asked: Is a degree in Instructional Design necessary?

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Bullying at Work: EEOC Won’t Take It Anymore

ej4 eLearning

The term “workplace harassment” often conjures images of 1950s-style gender-based pestering where men made women feel uncomfortable and powerless through comments and touch that would not fly in today’s workplace – “Mad Men” style. The issue has become much wider than just gender though, and is recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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EDUCATE EVERYONE

Learnnovators

The post EDUCATE EVERYONE appeared first on Learnnovators.

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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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[Webinar] How to Build a Simulation to Pratice Communication Skills

eLearning Brothers

A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure to be on a joint webinar with iSpring Solutions, a company who has created one of the best add-ins for PowerPoint. We joined together to talk about the newest update to their add-in, the TalkMaster Simulation. Brian Tarr, iSpring’s very own System Engineer started off the webinar by diving into the process of creating a TalkMaster conversation simulation.

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What is the Best Microphone?

TechSmith Camtasia

Ever heard the saying, ‘Audio is King’? One of the most difficult parts of a video is getting quality audio, in my opinion. And, there have been studies that show that the quality of your audio affects your audience’s perception of the quality of your presentation more than the visuals. Poor audio = people think poor presentation. Kathy Sierra has a great blog post on the effect of sound on users that you can read here.

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Webinar: Templates and Camtasia – High Quality Video in Hours Not Days

eLearning Brothers

Anytime there’s a way to make a project look great with very little effort, we tend to jump on that. Camtasia is a simple video editor that does just that. With a mastery of Camtasia, we can make great projects very quickly. But what if you could streamline the finishing touches even more? Here at eLearning Brothers we support Camtasia’s simplicity and desire to help you make a high-quality video in hours rather than days.

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Stop the Dropouts! 12 Ways You're Driving Online Learners Away

SHIFT eLearning

Are workers dropping out your eLearning courses like the proverbial ‘hot potato?’ Are they finding them hard to finish? Giving them bad reviews? Telling everyone they know a crazed monkey designed them?

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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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5 Ways to Better Plan and Manage Your Trade Show

TechSmith Camtasia

Whether your job is dedicated to coordinating trade shows, or a show was just dropped in your lap yesterday, there are a few quick ways you can make the experience smoother for you and the staff attending the show. There is a LOT of planning that goes into a trade show and only the planner will know all the minute details. It’s important to find an easy way to share that information with those that will be staffing the show so you can ensure the show is a success.

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3 Easy Steps to Create Scenarios Using Articulate Storyline [Infographic]

CommLab India

Articulate Storyline is one of the best e-learning authoring tools to create scenarios. You don’t need any programming skills to work on this tool. It has built-in characters in around 47,500 combinations – both real and illustrated. We have characters with different poses and expressions. In addition, we can customize the expressions of these characters using simple triggers.

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How to Avoid Instructional Design Mistakes That Kill Engagement

Trivantis

Today, we’re sharing an excerpt from our most recent eBook, 5 eLearning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them. This free eBook is adapted from original content by Joe Ganci of eLearningJoe. Here’s one way from the eBook that Joe recommends to avoid instructional design mistakes—especially those mistakes that kill learner engagement. Be Efficient With Rapid Prototyping.

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Book Review: Curate This! by Steve Rosenbaum

David Kelly

Curation is a field I am extremely passionate about. I find it to be a critical need in an age of ever-increasing information, and I think it’s an incredible opportunity for those that work in the field of education, be it in an academic or organizational setting. I’ve spent the last few years exploring the world of curation and applying it to my work in the field of education and learning.

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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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What Does Social Learning Look Like? Pokémon GO

bozarthzone

This month's "Nuts & Bolts" column examines social learning as it happens naturally, organically, as people go about their day: It’s not about ‘doing social.’ It’s about supporting workers as they work by giving them the time and the right space to talk about it. It’s about listening. And it’s about using social tools to support conversations and performance already in progress. upporting workers as they work by giving them the time and the right space to talk about it.

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Tip of the Week: Want to track learners’ activity for your Raptivity interactions?

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Enhance eLearning Assessment to Maintain Learner Engagement

WBT Systems

One way to improve the learner experience is to aim to improve engagement in our eLearning assessment by addressing the variety and format of the questions and answers we use. We tend to spend the bulk of our time in creating engaging content with varying fonts, graphics, colors, calls to action, multimedia and considerable instructional design investment, before often presenting a bland final assessment which leaves our learners with a less than ideal impression of the amount of effort we put i

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Finding the Right Authoring Tool for You

ATD Learning Technologies

I’m often asked the same question: What is the best authoring tool? Giving an answer would be like trying to answer the question: What’s the best car? I love my Mini Cooper, but it would be a really bad choice for a family of five, the person who drives the carpool to work, or the professional event planner who always has to haul stuff. Finding the right car—and the right authoring tool—is all about knowing what’s right for YOU.

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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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Keep Design Focus on User Experience by Pamela S. Hogle

LearningGuild

User-centered design engages learners in all stages of design, development, and testing of eLearning products. This. approach can help eLearning developers and designers avoid costly mistakes, achieve better design, and produce usable, successful eLearning modules.

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Meet LearnUpon at ASAE Annual 2016

LearnUpon

We’re delighted to announce that LearnUpon, a cloud based LMS for associations, will be exhibiting at the ASAE Annual Conference and Expo. This year it take place in Salt Lake City from the 13th to the 16th of August. ASAE Annual is the go-to association management event of the year. With keynotes from NASA Astronauts, Captain Mark and Scott Kelly, and Derreck Kayongo and over 100 educational sessions, there’s something here for every association professional.

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Learning Organizations Have Critical Value … It's Time to Prove It! by Jeff Carpenter

LearningGuild

Learning leaders rarely get the credit due for impacting employee performance and bottom-line results. But we must share the blame. We often fail to communicate our successes, and our goals don’t always align with what the business has in mind. We make assumptions that interfere with demonstrating the impact of learning to the business goals. Here are steps you can take to change all that!

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Sales Enablement Gaps White Paper

Count5

Is your sales enablement. system preventing sales? First there were sales portals—in theory, a great idea for putting sales collateral and other selling tools in one easy-to-access repository. But no one used them. Sales enablement tools followed closely behind, with the compelling promise of an intelligent software platform that would bridge the marketing-sales divide once and for all.

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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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How to Avoid Instructional Design Mistakes That Kill Engagement

Trivantis

Today, we’re sharing an excerpt from our most recent eBook, 5 eLearning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them. This free eBook is adapted from original content by Joe Ganci of eLearningJoe. Here’s one way from the eBook that Joe recommends to avoid instructional design mistakes—especially those mistakes that kill learner engagement. Be Efficient With Rapid Prototyping.

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Innovation and Technology for Onboarding – Offer an Exciting Start

CD2 Learning

As we walked into the grocery store, my young niece let out a squeal, "Oh.school supplies!" There it was, a bright shiny display full of promise and fresh starts. Because her "Frozen" backpack was sooooo last year, we shopped for one fitting her expectations for the 6th grade. When I questioned whether this stylish bag could hold all her books, I was reminded that this year her school will supply tablets with downloaded textbooks.

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We’ve been shortlisted for three Training Journal Awards, along with House of Fraser, Steinhoff and GAME

Growth Engineering

Awards season is in full swing, and the efforts of our wonderful clients aren’t going unnoticed. The Training Journal Awards shortlist has just been announced, and our retail clients have had a whopper of a start to the contest! House of Fraser, Steinhoff and GAME are all up for gongs, across different categories. It’s not all that surprising since they’re using the world’s #1 LMS for retail ( according to Craig Weiss ).

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