Learning Rebels

APRIL 20, 2016

You’ve just been informed that you’ve been signed up for “training” What is your immediate thought? Maybe the training experience won’t be so bad. I always get something out of training sessions! ” Through drips and drops – we, L&D, are responsible for giving training a bad name. .”

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Learning Rebels

JUNE 20, 2022

Tik-Tok dispersed their ENTIRE training department , a hundred people. The competition may be in a rotation of poor hiring, stagnant training, and knee-jerk “performance management”, by helping the business plan for the future they get a jump in long-term recruitment and hiring planning. I hear you. But people the future is now.

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Learning Rebels

MARCH 19, 2020

(First posted on Linkedin) As the need for widespread social distancing increases, the need to move from traditional training to a virtual learning program is becoming more the norm. We know (or should know) that preparing for a virtual learning program (VLP) is quite different from planning for Instructor-led Training (ILT).

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Learning Rebels

JUNE 22, 2023

The Art and Science of Training by Elaine Biech You can’t go wrong with any book produced and edited by Elaine Biech. If you find yourself in an instructional design role without formal training, this book is your go-to resource. Telling Ain’t Training: Updated, Expanded, and Enhanced by Harold D.

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Learning Rebels

MAY 6, 2020

Since the beginning of time, companies have relied on instructor-led format for training their employees. In short, blended learning is any formal training/development program in which a person learns in part using technology, with some element of control over time, place, path, and/or pace. Blended Learning Strategy.

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Learning Rebels

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Why Being Agile Is Important Mastering Agile skills is more than just creating nimble training programs; it’s about being an agile partner within your organization. Statistical Analysis: Statistical analysis is crucial for understanding the current state of your training programs and learner engagement.

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 17, 2023

As we all know, creating another training program often does not address the organizational challenges your business is trying to solve. Does your sales team really need to sit through another training program on how to “upsell” or do they need help or guidance? Is something not working? Or not working the way it was planned?

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Learning Rebels

MARCH 17, 2020

People are simply not interested in participating in training that is boring. Make sure you’re aware of the types of issues your virtual training platform is most likely to experience so that you can prevent them from happening or if they do happen, how to quickly react to them. Solution: The 2 P’s! Practice and planning.

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Learning Rebels

MARCH 13, 2020

There is understandable concern about travel and traditional instructor-led training and virtual learning is again a topic of conversation. We all knew virtual and self-directed training were appropriate methods of delivery and could be just as successful as any F2F event, but change can be slow until your hand is forced.

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Learning Rebels

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Between designing workshops, crafting engaging training materials, and nurturing employee development, finding time to breathe, let alone be productive, feels like a pipe dream. Collaboration: Real-time document editing: Collaborate on training materials, workshop outlines, and other documents simultaneously.

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Learning Rebels

MARCH 28, 2024

Performance Support: Performance tools that are readily accessible at the point of need and support the person after training is completed. Focus on Continuous Learning: Moving away from the old-school approach of standalone training sessions to a more fluid, ongoing learning journey is not the future. It’s the now.

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Learning Rebels

JANUARY 4, 2019

We doom the HUMANS in our organizations to training without context. To training without purpose. To training that has no hope of success. To participate in training that ticks a box for someone else. . Doom ourselves to be the department that produces crappy training. Produces training without meaning or context.

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Learning Rebels

JANUARY 14, 2021

11,703 different groups dedicated to Training and Development. For example, I found a Chicago-based “Training and Development Group” and it’s probably worth checking out. Contact Learning Rebels to learn how we can make your training stick! Being part of a group is a give and take relationship.

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 4, 2016

For some reason, this lead me to think of compliance training. Compliance training, the most dreaded training of all. Why aren’t we creating compliance with the same thought and effort as we do leadership development or sales training? We have compliance training for a purpose, design to that purpose.

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Learning Rebels

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

During our Coffee Chat in February, “Helping Managers Support Workplace Learning” topics such as activating managers earlier in the process of training development came up. As did reaching across departments through creating a steering committee to sense-check training programs against workplace disruption.

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Learning Rebels

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Have you ever been in front of a group of training “captives”? Either people were told to be there by the boss, or perhaps the training is part of some punitive action (You turned left instead of right…now you MUST go to training!)? Let’s share and set our training “captives” free!

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Learning Rebels

JULY 31, 2014

The New and Improved Training Toolbox – Part 2. Communication Kaizen Leadership Learning Rebel Motivation Rebel Social Learning Tips Accidental Trainers ASTD ATD Blog Guest blog L&D Learning Sharing Sharing is Caring social learning status-quo Training Training Toolbox'

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Learning Rebels

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Training activities should not only engage the body but the brain. Enter to receive a chance to receive one of two copies of “101 Ways to Make Training Active” by Elaine Biech. Make Training Active Book Giveaway. Most notably in content design and facilitation skills. Design activities to achieve a purpose.

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 9, 2016

2 binders from a supervisor training program from a position a DECADE ago. Many different versions of the same training program that I created and presented. Anywho, this lead me to think about training shelves and files everywhere. I find this to be particularly true for sales training. 5 versions to be exact.

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Learning Rebels

MAY 18, 2018

There are times when we are thisclose to our training designs and ideas, and can’t see new ideas – then BAM! The talk about using video in training was hot at #ATDICE2018 this year. However, I do also suggest that you leave moments for serendipity to strike. You never know when that ONE session will get the ideas flowing.

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Learning Rebels

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

There were 73 different learning/training titles. Shoot, we are still debating between ourselves over whether or not we should be called training, learning, talent, performance… yada, yada, yada. You are only as good as your last training initiative. Good grief. ” That’s great, yet delusional, thinking.

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Learning Rebels

JULY 19, 2016

I may never know the answer to that life mystery – but I can take a stab at why people act the way they do when they interact with a piece of training. It is my belief that a person’s true personality comes out when asked to participate in a training session. I don’t know why people act crazy in airports.

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Learning Rebels

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Conducting a training session? I talk to learning professionals from all over who work in a wide variety of business sectors, and there are certainly some who are burying their heads in the sand with in regards to the “traditional training model” and others who have such control issues it’s scary. Stuck in meetings?

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Learning Rebels

JANUARY 29, 2018

Reflecting on the environment can help pinpoint where the train ran off the rails. The Art and Science of Training, Elaine Biech. 101 More Ways to Make Training Active , Elaine Biech. Unpack it, and understand how you can replicate the results. Feeling confused or overwhelmed by a project (or by life)?

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Learning Rebels

DECEMBER 10, 2015

This may mean developing training that may not be your proudest moment. If you have worked in any training capacity within the walls of a corporation – you have created training courses on the fly. Remember the 80/20 rule – deciding what is worth your time for the best result. We have all been there.

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Learning Rebels

APRIL 20, 2015

” Then act all shocked and surprised when leadership says training doesn’t add value. I know, the argument to this is always – organizations are quick to say “training” fails and assess blame, but are unwilling to give credit when “training” is successful. appeared first on Learning Rebels.

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Learning Rebels

JULY 29, 2016

When asked about informal learning and how they progressed their own knowledge of the training industry, the room got silent. The people in my group all admitted they are update within the business industry, but not training. Why was training, half of the job, out of sight – out of mind? It was a week where ideas flowed!

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Learning Rebels

JULY 14, 2016

See Day 3: Blueberries and Training here. Take a listen and let me know your thoughts about eliminating the weight in the comment section below. It’s not too late! See the original 30 Day Brainstorm Challenge post here. Check out the variety of participants on the Learning Rebels Facebook page here.

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Learning Rebels

MAY 29, 2015

Training has changed so much. It’s fun to work with a group of dedicated training professionals committed to changing the future of training. We all work very hard at helping those who want to clean up their training act. We get an opportunity to chat with the wonderful people of the training industry.

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 3, 2016

“How could they not know what to do, we just ran a training class last week. I don’t believe she’s alone in that thought, I think a lot of people leave a training session wondering how they could have improved their experience. Why put people through training that, at the end of the day, will have little or no impact.

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 30, 2016

The training world? We give out all these “no’s”, so then the participant begins to think…”This training had better be worth it!”, We’ve “trained” them to expect this, so now what? This prevents the bowling shoes from walking out the door (pun intended). Eroding Trust.

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Learning Rebels

JULY 8, 2016

It doesn’t matter what the thoughts are…from training to cute puppies. Remember, your writing (or video) doesn’t have to be training related. This may lead another person to think about “different strokes for different folks” in the training world. This challenge is for everyone. You can do this.

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Learning Rebels

MARCH 29, 2016

I’m always asking some poor produce person, “How were you trained to know a carrot from a turnip?” Just because we need rapid development, does training need to be mind-numbing? Training wasn’t the solution. Your training analysis process may turn up an operational issue, not training.

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Learning Rebels

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

In the training world, it is not uncommon to hear: “Yeah, but…” and it’s time to put an end to this unhealthy relationship. We are all looking for answers to the same training problems, yet when an answer is presented, we “Yeah, but…” our way out of it. I hear the same questions.

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Learning Rebels

JULY 29, 2015

Then there is the “Learning Industry” We as learning practitioners, have turned training/learning into a Rube Goldberg Machine, only without the fun. My question then becomes, if these issues are so critical, so important, and so urgent – why are we making people play the Mouse Trap Game to get to this critical training?

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Learning Rebels

JANUARY 30, 2015

Even if it is about Ladder Safety, because even compliance training deserves some sizzle. Believe me when I say, if your compliance training is boring, you have only yourself to blame.). As we know, critical to learning design is reaching not only the mind, but the heart of your audience. Allow for Questioning.

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Learning Rebels

JANUARY 20, 2015

Dress code – I worked for a company that required people attending “training” sessions to be dressed in business formal. Change Culture Kaizen Learning Rebel Technology Tips ATD breaking rules classroom training Learning status-quo Tools Training Toolbox'

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