Knowledge Guru

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

For others, it’s about retention ; learners do not remember what they learned after completing training, therefore wasting its value. With large volumes of content and training going out in many different locations, a platform must be selected that can continuously grow with organizational needs. Take a Research-Based Approach.

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Knowledge Guru

JULY 26, 2016

In addition, managers must put people over process and make time for things like coaching, mentoring, training and creating a positive team culture. A great sales manager can be the difference between a high performing rep staying or going. Get your training right. But what if the training stinks to begin with?

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Knowledge Guru

AUGUST 22, 2017

But while mobile works great for many learners, some of us still want (or need) to complete training on a desktop or laptop. About Bottom-Line Performance. The Bottom-Line Performance team launched the Knowledge Guru in 2012. We created our newest Knowledge Guru app, Drive , to be a mobile-first experience.

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

How confident are you that learners really remember what they learn from training delivered in your organization? So how do you combat this all-to-common problem with training? Sharon Boller is the president of Bottom-Line Performance (BLP). Steven Boller is the Marketing Director at Bottom-Line Performance.

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Knowledge Guru

APRIL 13, 2017

Bottom-Line Performance (BLP) is the proud recipient of four awards in the 2016 Horizon Interactive Awards competition, including one ‘Gold’ distinction. The new app is a training reinforcement tool for sales reps. “And if you forget – you might as well not have ever taken training in the first place.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Lots of companies take their top performing sales reps and turn them into sales managers at some point in their careers. Give reps the tools and technology to assess their own performance. Sales training is a big budget, high visibility endeavor in many organizations. The solution? Can’t reach their busy reps .

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Knowledge Guru

MAY 9, 2017

Speaking of Drive… We added the Drive training reinforcement app to the Knowledge Guru platform in late 2016. Players take a short confidence assessment, then receive short, daily mini-games based on their individualized training needs. About Bottom-Line Performance. Get a tour of Drive. Get in Touch to let us know!

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Serious games are worth a look when you want to improve performance in an organization, but one size does not fit all. Your new hire training is boring and ineffective: Most people dread the obligatory courses and presentations they must endure when starting a new job.

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 19, 2014

Retrieval Practice alone can provide improved recall performance by as much as 10-20%. [2] As long as 8 years after an original training, learners whose practices were spaced showed better retention than those who practiced in a more concentrated time period. [5]. 2] When combined with Spaced Retrieval the effect is multiplied.

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Knowledge Guru

APRIL 11, 2016

Bottom-Line Performance (BLP) is the proud recipient of two awards in the 2015 Horizon Interactive Awards competition. The Horizon Interactive Awards competition has always been about excellent design” said Sharon Boller, President of Bottom-Line Performance. About Bottom-Line Performance. Learn more and register here.

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Knowledge Guru

AUGUST 21, 2013

Location Performance Report. See how each location is performing. Get a quick idea of the overall impact of your training. Sometimes, this indicates a gap in your training materials. Easily see the highest score each user has posted in normal game mode and the grab bag mode. Question Overview Report.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 7, 2014

But if you’ve never designed a game before, or tried to include a game in your training, where do you begin? The answer, of course, depends on the type of training you are developing. The 2013 ASTD State of the Industry report includes a wonderful table with the twelve most common content areas found in corporate training.

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Knowledge Guru

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

While this is Bottom-Line Performance’s fifth straight year exhibiting at DevLearn, it’s only my first. Knowledge Guru’s New ‘Drive’ App: Training Reinforcement that Adapts to Each Sales Rep. If you have employees who work remotely and struggle to access training, this session is for you. Learn more. Learn more.

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Knowledge Guru

JUNE 10, 2016

Players have always been able to assess performance by monitoring their score within Knowledge Guru, but now they can get detailed feedback on their performance on each learning objective associated with the game. This task is performed at the system administrator level, not at the game author level. 2) Player-Facing Reports.

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Knowledge Guru

AUGUST 23, 2016

Unfortunately, some corporate training struggles to even provide an adequate user experience! When it comes to training, are you giving learners what they want? And if you aren’t, is the performance of your employees getting your organization the results it needs? Where are you at on the adoption curve?

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Knowledge Guru

APRIL 9, 2014

In some organizations, training is a “check the box,” “we’ve always done it this way” activity. The white paper is available as a free download in the Learning Center on our Bottom-Line Performance website. That may work in some situations, but what about when remembering really matters?

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

I was speaking to a client the other day who said only 10% of her workforce completes the training they are supposed to take on the LMS. She thinks training completion is low because the content isn’t engaging and wanted to know if a learning game could fix it. A strategy that drives measurable results? Know your audience.

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Knowledge Guru

JUNE 11, 2014

Some of this learning is directly related to job performance, while the rest is based on finding the right information, following the right processes and understanding the “company vernacular.” Our company, Bottom-Line Performance , has experienced nearly 100% growth in the last 2.5 How We Fixed Our On-boarding Program.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 26, 2017

You also might include links to the game and to the native app within an existing training portal or intranet. Send your game out to learners after they have completed an eLearning course or instructor-led session to help them remember content covered in the training. Use reporting and adapt the training.

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Knowledge Guru

JULY 23, 2015

Games that leverage additional performance challenges within the game allow players to ‘do’ the process (and make mistakes) before they talk to clients. Performance challenges can be particularly effective as reps are able to contextualize the process into their everyday sales world and conversations. Your CEO will be so proud.

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Knowledge Guru

MAY 12, 2016

Presented by Sharon Boller, Bottom-Line Performance. Essentially, the learning content (the output) changes based on the performance of the learner (the input). A great example of adaptive learning that also uses gamification is the brain training platform Elevate , available for free on iOS and Android. Session Link.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Sharon Boller , creator of Knowledge Guru® and President of Bottom-Line Performance, has authored a new white paper on using game mechanics and game elements in learning games. About the Author: Sharon Boller is the president of Bottom-Line Performance, Inc, an Indianapolis-based learning design company. Download the White Paper.

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Knowledge Guru

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

So much “training” organizations create is really just a “check the box” exercise in company communication. When job performance and retention do matter, you should consider game-based solutions. Behavior Change… or Check the Box? In these situations, are games and gamification really needed?

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 7, 2015

You want to include a serious game in your training… but can you use an inexpensive game template or do you need a more expensive custom game? If you simply want a quick “energizer” to break up a long training day, a game template can be a fast, easy, cheap way to quickly put together a game. Pretty cool!

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 10, 2017

Two of them are presented by Bottom-Line Performance team members: one on mobile learning and the other on learning game design. Unfortunately, some corporate training programs struggle to even provide an adequate user experience. The conference will commence Wednesday, January 11th and end Friday, January 13th. Learn more.

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Knowledge Guru

MAY 16, 2017

Unfortunately, some corporate training sessions struggle to even provide an adequate user experience. This session shows how the design principles of the increasingly mobile web can make training more effective and improve learner adoption rates. And while mobile learning adoption is speeding up, many organizations still lag behind.

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Here’s the definition for games Sharon Boller includes in her presentations: A game is an activity with a defined goal or challenge, rules that guide achievement of the goal, interactivity with either other players or the game environment (or both), and feedback mechanisms that give clear cues as to how well or poorly you are performing.

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Knowledge Guru

JULY 10, 2013

We’re on a mission to educate the Instructional Design community and the decision makers in Training and Development about game based learning and its true potential. “Gamification can lead to positive businesses outcomes such as innovation, employee performance management and customer engagement.

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Bottom-Line Performance President Sharon Boller and Dr. Karl Kapp share real examples of in-person and online games and offer an online game for you to try as you read. The Gamification of Learning and Instruction: Game-based Methods and Strategies for Training and Education. Play to Learn is here to help. You can order a copy here.

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Knowledge Guru

DECEMBER 4, 2013

They want their training to be more game-like and fun for learners. In this way, the game is providing feedback to players for the performance. Many of our customers are first drawn to Knowledge Guru because they are looking for a serious game. Points are awarded. Depending on where they are in the game, achievements are earned.

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 26, 2014

Here’s the definition I always give when asked to define what I mean by game: An activity that has an explicit goal or challenge , rules that guide achievement of the goal, interactivity with either other players or the game environment (or both), and feedback mechanisms that give clear cues as to how well or poorly you are performing.

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 15, 2016

They also run the risk of focusing more on completion of activities than the quality of performance when doing those activities. Their weakness can sometimes be that people tire of them fairly quickly if they are intended to last for long periods of time. Create an immersive game or simulation. Produce mini-games focused on reinforcement.

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

I interviewed Bottom-Line Performance President and industry thought leader, Sharon Boller to learn more about current game-based learning trends and where this learning strategy is headed in 2017. Sharon has been writing and speaking about game-based learning since at least 2008. Where is game-based learning headed in 2017?

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Knowledge Guru

MAY 23, 2017

I assume you are reading this post because you are a training manager, a sales manager, or some type of learning and development professional who produces learning games or learning solutions for others. How to create a learning game experience that gets performance results. Who needs to see this data and how will data be used?

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 11, 2015

At Bottom-Line Performance (owners of the Knowledge Guru platform), we have a “learning game design peer group” that meets a few times per year. The basic game goal, regardless of version, is to score the most points by executing the most lucrative train routes. We explored mechanics that made this game a bit different.

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Knowledge Guru

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Bottom-Line Performance won two Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology gold awards for its Knowledge Guru Game-Based Learning Platform. The other award, gold for Best Advance in Sales Training Online Application , recognized BLP and Cisco Systems, Inc. ABOUT BOTTOM-LINE PERFORMANCE, INC. BLP is a certified woman-owned business.

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 14, 2017

Yet stakeholders and designers make choices every day that hinder training efforts and result in wasted dollars that produce no result. Learners take a training course, but don’t apply what they learned because they don’t remember what they were taught. If it’s so easy to forget, how do we get people to remember?

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