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Marc My Words: Lessons From the Worst Training I’ve Ever Seen

LearningGuild

Marc My Words: Lessons From the Worst Training I’ve Ever Seen. marc-rosenberg. Tue, 05/08/2018 - 01:00.

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eLearning in the GDPR era: What you need to know

TalentLMS

After decades of relative neglect, online privacy concerns have become increasingly important in the last few years. This year, especially, has brought privacy on the forefront of public discussion, while a host of state and corporate initiatives have been launched to address the issue. Chief among them, the European Union’s “General Data Protection Regulation” (GDPR for short), which comes to full force on May 25th, 2018.

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Lessons in Leadership from Day One at ATD’s 2018 Conference

CLO Magazine

Leadership is hard. If there’s one message from the first day at the Association for Talent Development’s 2018 International Conference and Exposition, it was that obvious fact. The annual conference, which brought together an estimated 10,000 people, for a three-day event at the San Diego Convention Center, kicked off on May 7 with a packed house for the opening keynote speaker, President Barack Obama.

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What is Social Learning (And How to Adopt it)

Docebo

Social learning can help today’s organizations keep up with the pace at which their business moves. More and more, organizations are turning to social learning to deliver exciting e-learning experiences to their employees, customers and partners. The concept is more than just a buzzword, and is now increasingly used by forward-thinking organizations to foster collaborative learning and its application in the flow of work to drive organizational performance and the effectiveness of L&D activi

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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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The 5 steps of Instructional Design Thinking

Matrix

Training is a big part of any company’s L&D strategy. With e-learning becoming pretty much the norm these days, when a new learning intervention is necessary, designers most often take a look at the material they already have and build on that. It is one of the best features that online learning presents – the possibility to adjust, add and modify according to need.

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The Role of Today’s Trainer

Rapid eLearning

The other day I was at Costco about to buy something. But before I made the purchase, I got online to do some research… right there in the store. I learned enough to make an informed decision. In fact, I was so “informed” that I was able to provide some assistance to another shopper. Despite all of that, I’m no expert on the product, but I am expert enough to meet my own needs.

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Evolutionary Development: A Leadership Model for the Digital Era

Infopro Learning

Leadership development is a clear corporate priority, and for good reason. Your leaders are the foot soldiers of your company. Their impact on the bottom line cannot be ignored; leaders maintain the competitive advantage and growth of your business, drive innovation and productivity, capitalize on business opportunities and develop and retain top talent.

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3 cool ideas to steal for your training scenarios

Making Change

Looking for inspiration for your training scenarios ? Here are some ideas from the world of fiction that you could try. 1. Offer multiple levels of backstory. Branching scenarios often represent decisions that take place in a complex world. For example, let’s say your scenario describes a manager, Sarah, who has to decide what to do about a long-term employee whose performance is suddenly slipping.

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Lesson 1. Quickstart: eLearning Design And Content Roadmap

eLearning Industry

Find out how to increase your skills, create eLearning content easier, and avoid some of the roadblocks ahead. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Adaptive learning is possible – right now!

Axonify

Adaptive learning is possible. Today. Right now. In your organization. I recently read an article that bemoaned the challenge of implementing an adaptive learning strategy within an organization. The author stated it is extremely difficult to execute an adaptive learning program that has true value to the employee. I couldn’t disagree more. For the past 6 years, I’ve been talking about adaptive learning.

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The Guide to Evolutionary Development: Part 1

Infopro Learning

Preparing Leaders to Thrive in the Digital Era. Learning leaders are searching for new ways of thinking about leadership development – and for good reason. In the U.S. alone, companies spend more than $15 billion annually on leadership training programs. [1] Yet, 71 percent of organizations do not feel that their leaders are prepared to lead their businesses into the future. [2].

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ADOBE ROBOHELP: Stay Away Mighty Google

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Willam van Weelden, COTP.   I recently received the following email from a concerned RoboHelp user:   Our [help system] documents are available on the internet if you search for them. Is there a way to keep them private so they don’t show up on Google?   The issue here is that the RoboHelp user created content in RoboHelp and then published the output files to their web server.

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How To Create An Online Course – 10 Practical Lessons

eLearning Industry

Want to create professional eLearning courses in a snap? Join us for an expert webinar series and go through the whole process from A to Z. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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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Corporate Training: It’s time to enter a new frontier

Axonify

How to measure, understand, and continuously optimize the business impact of learning. Here’s the startling truth: Business leaders spend $140B globally on training each year, but they have no idea whether or not training is moving the needle on any business initiative. Ridiculous? Yes! There’s no way in heck this lack of accountability would fly in any other functional area of the organization, so why does this happen in corporate training?

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Supporting professional self-development at work (Workshop)

Jane Hart

Next public workshop runs: 14 May – 10 June 2018 Providing individuals with the opportunity to take charge of their professional self-development in the workplace is not only one way to build a constant learning mindset, but it also gives employees choice, flexibility and ownership of their learning.

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Barack Obama #ATD2018 Keynote Mindmap

Clark Quinn

The official opening event to kickoff ATD’s International Conference, was our 44th President, Barack Obama. Prompted by questions from Tony Bingham, he eloquently addressed education, values, and more. Thoughtful, witty, and ultimately wise, an inspiring session. The post Barack Obama #ATD2018 Keynote Mindmap appeared first on Learnlets.

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Lesson 2. SMEs, Stakeholders, Roles: Where You Fit Into All Of It

eLearning Industry

Learn about Subject Matter Experts and other roles in an eLearning project. See what's your true role as a content developer and how to manage expectations. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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PERFORMANCE SUPPORT:  Start with a Learning Performance Assessment

Living in Learning

LMS Market Trends revealed 48% of organizations desire a "new or different learning technology" and nearly half (47%) are at least seeking to "revise their current learning strategy". Why does dissatisfaction exist? Why revise learning strategy? Given the report was focused on LMS I wondered if “learning technology” was code for LMS and performance support technology would remain separate and apart from learning strategy.

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Overcoming Buyer Hesitations for Your Course

LearnDash

When someone’s hesitating to buy your course, how can you help them commit? Sometimes, everything in your marketing seems to align: you’re attracting a lot of visitors to your site, people seem interested in your course, but you can’t seem to land a sale. Or maybe you just have a lot of buyers on the fence: they’re 90% of the way toward making a purchase, their fingers are hovering over the “purchase” button, but something keeps holding them back.

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How Sandler Training Re-Engaged Users & Increased Revenues with Lambda Solutions

Lambda Solutions

Enterprise customers with locations scattered across the globe and an international learner base face complex challenges when it comes to training. Sandler Training tackled this challenge head on to get its Sandler Online platform back on track to be able to deliver online courses to tens of thousands of international clients from over 275 local training centres.

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TEACHING ONLINE: Get People Talking

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Jennie Ruby, COTP. People like to hear themselves talk. I don’t mean that in a bad way. What I mean is, people like to express themselves and feel heard. Feeling heard helps us feel connected to the others we encounter, the people we interact with, and—here’s my point—the people we learn with. Feeling connected with the instructor/facilitator and the other students/participants plays a huge role in our engagement with an online class.

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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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4 Ways an LMS Drives Workplace Collaboration

TOPYX LMS

A study by Work.com indicated 97 percent of executives and employees agree that collaboration has a big impact on the outcome of a project.¹ When an organization’s culture isn’t sufficiently collaborative, many goals may go unmet, and a company may never reach the level of success it is destined for.

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MWL Newsletter No 63

Jane Hart

Posts, articles and news about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) for the week 29 April – 5 May 2018. Bumper edition this week.

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Marcus Buckingham #ATD2018 Keynote Mindmap

Clark Quinn

Marcus Buckingham, in a passionate and witty presentation, skewered many beliefs from a valuable perspective. He exhorted us to look at the positive, and emphasize what we do well, and value your uniqueness. The post Marcus Buckingham #ATD2018 Keynote Mindmap appeared first on Learnlets.

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Behind the Scenes of Yoast SEO Academy

LearnDash

In the world of SEO there is one name that almost everyone knows and trusts: Yoast. The Yoast SEO WordPress plugin is one of the most popular WordPress solutions today. Millions of websites trust in it for search engine optimization. Granted, the plugin is only the tool. You still need to educate yourself on SEO best practices so that you can use the tool effectively.

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Understanding Scope Creep

Project managers are now spending more time managing strategic projects where the scope is susceptible to changes as the projects progress. Scope change control is now becoming a critical component of project management requiring project teams to become more active in solving problems and making decisions. Scope change control will require collaboration with stakeholders and possibly government agencies.