Fri.May 27, 2016

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Organizational Learning in the Age of Ideas

The Performance Improvement Blog

Most organizations are “locked in an industrial mindset.” They think of their workers as cogs in the wheels of progress, doing what they’re told, not smart enough to figure out how best to do their jobs or improve their organizations. Managers in these organizations are needed to tell workers what to do and how to do it. That “Steam Engine” mindset, as described by Jonathan Gifford and Mark Powell in their new book, My Steam Engine Is Broken: Taking the organization from the industrial era to t

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Your Brain Needs a Vacation

Learningtogo

After months of cold, windy, dreary winter, summer is finally upon us. Traditionally, this is the time to take a vacation, travel to new sites, take it easy, and break your regular routine. Neuroscience tells us that this change of pace is extremely valuable. Your brain uses these new sensations to build new neural pathways, and the break from routine stimulates higher, more creative thought while it reduces stress.

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7 After Conference Ideas: Don’t Lose the Momentum!

Learning Rebels

You’ve just returned from the end all, be all, of conferences. You plunked down cash with the hope of learning something new and meeting fabulous people. The glow of the conference is fading as quickly as the sun on the Rockies. Now you don’t want to let all the inspiration and renewed passion sit in the bottom of your abused tote bag. Right? Of course not!

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Three Rules for Supplying Memorable Content to Employees

Inkling

A knowledgeable and well-trained labor workforce is a productive workforce—an easy enough concept in theory. Yet, many businesses still house their internal content on papers within binders. Operational procedures and other critical knowledge presented to frontline teams are often static and dense, out of date, or simply impossible to find. Avoid these pitfalls by following these three simple rules to help you make more memorable content. 1.

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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ATD 2016 – Six Things I Learned From Our Visitors

Gyrus

Six Things I Learned. As a brand new and fresh face, I am anxious to learn all the ins and outs of the Learning Management Systems industry. So, it may come as no surprise while attending my first trade show with Gyrus Systems, I set out to accomplish just that. While nestled deep into booth 1129 I began my quest for knowledge by performing an informal poll with our visitors.

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Harnessing the Power of Mobile eLearning: A White Paper from the eLearning Guild

eLearning Brothers

The good people at the eLearning Guild have been hard at work on a 27-page report regarding the state of mobile eLearning and where it’s headed. This white paper proposal, titled “ Harnessing the Mobile Storm: The Power and Potential of Mobile Learning “, has many valuable insights into the changing face of the learning and development landscape, coming from experienced minds who know their way around the industry.

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4 Themes from #ATD2016

Axonify

#ATD2016 is the biggest learning and performance event of the year. With more than 10,000 L&D pros from across the globe in attendance in Denver, Colorado and an expo the size of 2 football fields, it certainly felt like it! Our Axonify team was on the move throughout the conference. Carol Leaman and I presented 4 ideas for restoring relevance to L&D.

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Employee Feedback: What’s the Buzz?

InsiderHub

The post Employee Feedback: What’s the Buzz? appeared first on InsiderHub.

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INFOGRAPHIC: Formal Learning vs Informal Learning

Growth Engineering

According to the 70:20:10 framework , formal learning accounts for only 10% of what we retain. This means that informal learning makes up 90% of everything we learn! Clearly, this is something worth tapping into. But before you can do that, you need to get a firm grasp of what exactly is meant by formal and informal. Luckily for you, we’ve put together a shiny new infographic on Formal Learning vs Informal Learning !

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HIA Technologies Turns a New Chapter in Interactive Learning

HIA Technologies announces the launch of Qvio™️ interactive video platform for learner-driven, AI-enabled, education. Viewers get instant answers to their questions directly from videos, interrupting when needed, and getting an author-validated answer!

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4 Steps For A Training Needs Analysis

PulseLearning

Is your organization experiencing performance or productivity issues? Perhaps your compliance requirements are not being met. Or maybe your training catalogue has “leaky boat syndrome,” whereby additions are made to plug knowledge holes. However, what you really need to do is stop the water seeping in and give it an overhaul! If you answered “yes” […].

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Case study: How to become a stock market martial artist

iSpring Solutions

0. Shared. Take a look at this success story from Alfa Capital on how they deployed a learning management system for all their employees and even personnel from partner banks. Now all staff members have access to 126 learning courses, available for viewing on computers and mobile devices anytime and anywhere. “Our goal was well-defined: we wanted to deploy distance learning for both our employees and partner banks’ workers.

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4 Steps For A Training Needs Analysis

PulseLearning

Is your organization experiencing performance or productivity issues? Perhaps your compliance requirements are not being met. Or maybe your training catalogue has “leaky boat syndrome,” whereby additions are made to plug knowledge holes. However, what you really need to do is stop the water seeping in and give it an overhaul! If you answered “yes” […].

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Interactive Videos Have Just Gone Viral! Here’s Why

Paradiso

Let’s cut straight to the chase, people are getting bored of information being bombarded on to them daily. This is mainly because the routine information is plain, stale and irrelevant. Let’s extrapolate this aspect of onslaught of lifeless information to people who are learners… think of the level of boredom they’ll face while at it… And we’ve not even broached the topic of e-learning yet.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Elevate your member education initiatives This eBook will explore: 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? You’ll discover why measuring content consumption is pivotal for program success and explore effective tactics to boost overall engagement.

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Interactive Videos Have Just Gone Viral! Here’s Why

Paradiso

Let’s cut straight to the chase, people are getting bored of information being bombarded on to them daily. This is mainly because the routine information is plain, stale and irrelevant. Let’s extrapolate this aspect of onslaught of lifeless information to people who are learners… think of the level of boredom they’ll face while at it… And we’ve not even broached the topic of e-learning yet.