Here are some interesting statistics from TRAINING. 2009 U.S. Training Expenditures (including payroll and spending on external products and services) was $52.2 billion (a 7% decrease from last year) 41% of organizations plan on purchasing online learning tools and systems in the next year. Payroll was $32.9 billion, about a $1 billion dollar overall loss from 2008. 47% of organizations surveyed reported a decrease in training budgets this year. Companies spent $1,036 per learner this year ($1,075 in 2008). of companies are using social networking or mobile training methods. MORE >>

Lately I've posted a number of entries related to statistics for video games, Web 2.0 Learning Statistics Video Games, Education and Entertainment Statistics Learning Statistics from ASTD 2009 State of the Industry Report Random Web 2.0 Statistics Training Industry Statistics _ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content Guide. and the learning industry. Here are a list of the entries. MORE >>

When comparing numbers, statistically valid methods such as Analysis of Variance are required to get significant results. evaluation data experimental design L&D learning outcomes measurement science statistics trainingEvaluation is notoriously under done in the corporate sector. And who can blame us? With ever increasing pressure bearing down on L&D professionals to put out the next big fire, it’s no wonder we don’t have time to scratch ourselves before shifting our attention to something new – let alone measure what has already been and gone. Not quite. MORE >>

So, what these statistics tell us, while the initial cold call is important, it’s even more important to get to at least a fifth contact with a prospect (remember, almost half don’t get to a second contact). corporate training ej4 eLearning Learning Strategy Sales eLearning sales team training Sales Training Selling Skills Thinkzoom Training & Development cold calling cold calling statistics improving your sales sales training sales training habits sales training online sales training techniquesWhen you say “Cold Call” to your salespeople, do they start to sweat? MORE >>

The open learning platform SCoPe is starting a Massive Online Course (MOOC) on Learning & Knowledge Analytics 2011 – LAK11 – is an open course that will be offered from January 10 – February 20, 2011. LAK11 serves as an introduction to the growing field of analytics in teaching, learning, training, development, and organizational knowledge. There is no fee to participate. The course will include synchronous (Elluminate) and asynchronous (blogs, moodle) interaction. This course will be facilitated by George Siemens, Jon Dron, Dave Cormier, Tanya Elias, and Sylvia Currie. am in! MORE >>