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MARCH 30, 2023

Happy days are here again, oh happy days are here again; blah blah, blah blah.BLAH. I would sing the rest, but as you can see, I forgot the words, plus I’m lazy to look them up. Anyway, the day is here – the launch of FindContent.io , my newest platform, to help YOU find the right, best, and ideal content/courses for your learning system.

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Content vendor Course Learning System 74

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MARCH 23, 2023

If you have ever been unfortunate enough to watch my Dinner with Andre, you will recall it is two people across from one another talking. That’s it. Yes, I know, Academy Award material. Anyway, this won’t be that. I met up with GPT-4 earlier this week. The sun was out for our midday discussion. GPT-4 was on their game. No doubt had prepped for our meeting, which was really amazing, because I didn’t discuss ahead of time, my questions.

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Compliance Training Diversity Training Authoring Tools Skills 63

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Happy post Valentine’s Day or as many refer to it, Happy Card Company who created this billion-dollar industry. We can thank Coca-Cola for helping to create the image of Santa Claus, to this day! Yep, the world back then was in perfect harmony – according to Coke. Holidays, okay, the amount of money dropped on Valentine’s Day, always surprises me.

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vendor Association Learning Management System Learning System LMS 71

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JANUARY 11, 2023

It’s the new year, and that can only mean, one thing – early trends. Oh, and new terminology by vendors, because after all, you can’t roll out new solutions, without coming up with terms nobody understands or can figure out. For this post, one of the early trends will be covered, then the week thereafter, the “Perform” trend, will be presented in-depth.

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

What is about top 10 lists? Besides the fact that when you seek out the “best whatever” you can be inundated with top lists, all of which are affiliate links (the tiny words, “we may receive a commission” – which says in reality, “if you buy any, we have an affiliate link attached to it, and we make money” I never trust those things, and sadly, they are now appearing in major publications giving them extra credence they are legit.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Hits. These are the capabilities, ideas, components, even messaging that scored well in 2022. Some are truly the “score”, that will go forward in 2023, to I believe not just imitators, in one case, and I would be one who would follow suit, then there are “scores” which bounced off the crossbar or off another player and went in.

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

Going to get lab work done, for most people, is worse than going to the dentist. When you go and get labs done, you might get the inquiry, “Have you fasted this morning?” Now there are only two answers that are available – yes or no. That’s it. I bring this up because as with Enterprise, and how it is defined, it should be a clear response – and as the “Enterprise” past post noted, it never is so easy.

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Learning System Enterprise System Metrics 96

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Before diving into the forecasts for 2023, one must examine a few trends that appeared over the summer of 2022. A couple of vendors saw a couple of these trends, but for the most part based on numerous discussions, the masses saw pieces never realizing it was all, as they say – whoever came up with that phrase, probably came up with “it is what it is” Anyway, a few of those trends, which is why it is best to look at the summer of 2022, will impact – continuance in 2023.

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AUGUST 31, 2022

When I was working on a doctorate I had one class where there was a requirement for a term paper due each week (on a Monday). The professor made it clear that the minimum number of pages for each paper was 10. I never asked them why 10 and not say more. I figured out the less part, somehow they had deduced that to get your point across tied to data (hi endnote), the number was 10.

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RFP Informal vendor Templates 84

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AUGUST 17, 2022

For those folks under the age of 35, a library is a place where one goes to find this ancient things known as books. And Audio Books, and lots of index cards – do they still use them? Growing up, the only place to find and read books, magazines was to go to the library. Everything you needed – fiction, non-fiction, kids section, reference books and materials was at the library.

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Compliance Training Library Learning Case Study 67

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AUGUST 9, 2022

I remember the very first time. The first time that I saw myself appearing in ads in Mexico with some pretty spiffy bell bottom jeans, striped no less. Then there was the entire ensemble, shirt and jeans. I was only seven. A star in the making. Just as I remember those fond memories (okay, I don’t recall them, just remember seeing the ads when I was much older), I remember the day I said, there has to be more to this, when it came to seeing rankings of learning systems.

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AUGUST 5, 2022

What a week. The cohort-based learning (online) post gets published and readers and others reach out talking about they are going to install this their online learning, vendors – wrote about adding it too, and making sure everything is there. There were people who were already big fans of cohort-based learning, and this post, reinforced that idea, along with its potential success going online.

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Online Learning Online Learning Learning System 85

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JUNE 22, 2022

A lot of people think coaching is the same as mentoring, and that by having coaching in their learning system or buying a coaching platform will suffice for their employees. What if though, they are missing the bigger picture? What if they are unaware that they are two different modalities, with one truly empowering employee development more so than the other?

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Mentoring Learning Coaching Association LMS 61

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JUNE 16, 2022

There are a lot of pundits out there. Top that with analysts, then individuals with their own takes, and you can read or listen to a lot of perspectives. Whether it is crypto or inflation or whether greenhouse tomatoes taste better than those found on a street corner, there are a lot of people with lots of thoughts. It is the same way with learning systems, and yes, e-learning.

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Cornerstone SumTotal Compliance Training LMS 89

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JUNE 8, 2022

There is a wonderful ad out there from Expedia, where Ewan McGregor talks about how much we love stuff. And he is 100% right. I love stuff. Tech stuff. I buy way too much of it, most of it sitting somewhere at my home, in closets or storage. Show me some Los Angeles Rams stuff, and if the interest is there, zing – I own it. So much so, that I turned my office into a Rams Shrine, and another room in the house too.

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System Learning System Portal Association LMS 88

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JUNE 3, 2022

Certification Programs. Just the sound of the words “certification” can lead some folks to immediately think this is going to be challenging (it should) and equally worthwhile (it should). A certification program must benefit the person who is seeking to be certified. Whether it is for potential new job opportunities, financial rewards (current or next job), personal empowerment or business success.

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MAY 9, 2022

For those of you old enough to remember, you used to wait for the mail to arrive and there would be a lot of letters. Apply for a job? Go thru the newspaper’s Wanted Ads, check out the gig, circle it, then send them a letter. Most of the time, unless you lived in a large city, you would get the national papers or bigger city papers to look for said job.

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APRIL 8, 2022

It’s time. The Best of the Best Customer Education Bracket for 2022. To review last year’s amazing competition, take a look at the 2021 Results. I prefer a bracket because it adds some vibe and experience that is completely different than a grid. It tells a story, and well, is visible so there is no mistaking where X is versus Y, and why C is over there in G8, and not D3.

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Education Docebo Custom Association LMS 74

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MARCH 31, 2022

Let me tell you a little story, it is about this kid named LRS, okay, it’s a nickname. The real name? Learning Record Store. I’m sure you have heard of this kid, LRS. LRS is seen in a lot of places, various learning systems, heck even standalone. The funny thing about LRS though, is that what it was designed to do (wait, you didn’t know I wasn’t talking about a real child?

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Change Compliance Training LMS Learning System 84

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MARCH 22, 2022

Gloat is not a learning system; it is more of job opportunities and projects (jobs) within the company. It ties into skills for a better part, some mentoring and “learning,” which I’ll get to shortly. I wouldn’t place this solution as talent management because it relies heavily on the opportunities/projects angle. Gloat is quite popular, and I can see why that is, from a modern form of recruitment tapped into skills perspective.

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Productivity Product Mentoring Agile 72

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MARCH 7, 2022

I’m the worst when it comes to questions. I often will ask way too many questions to a vendor, regardless of if they are a learning system, e-learning solution, other providers or a 3rd party publisher. I will usually say, okay this is the last question, then follow-up with another question. Perhaps it is a question that just popped into my mind, or it could be based on what I heard with the previous inquiry.

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Content Providers Learner Course 72

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JANUARY 20, 2022

I love buyer’s guides. There is something about gaining insight and knowledge around various products or offerings when you either have limited or zero-knowledge around these items, but you want to purchase one at some point. The problem today is when you surf the web, you see all these guides written by content marketers, not experts in L&D or training or learning systems or even e-learning.

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Learning System Blended Learning Compliance Training System 79

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

I wasn’t sure what to expect. LinkedIn Learning was hyping the “Hub” to be a new experience, an LXP with Skills and Experts. The marketing for the Hub really told a story, to the point, that it will be something so original, unique and well, even better than LinkedIn Learning. I got the sense this would be a new platform, completely different than LinkedIn Learning.

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Social Networks LinkedIn Learning Productivity 67

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Let us take a trip back to the late 90s and 2000. After all, making one stop won’t be enough. For those of us who were there the first time around, we saw quite a bit with e-learning and the world for online corporate learning. Dinosaurs roamed. Dot.com was in full bloom. WebVan would go to a store, get you an ice cream bar and drop it off. Who knew this was not a good business plan?

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Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Authoring Tools 78

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Where to go. That’s where I was this morning, actually the day before. Normally, I have an idea of what to write. Other times, an epiphany that zings into my brain on the day of the post. Then there are “this is what I will write” only to change my mind at the last second. Never though a total conundrum. Should I write a follow-up to a webinar that I co-presented whereas nearly 500 people attended, even though webinar and online meeting fatigue has set in?

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Learning System vendor Learner White Label 81

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The First Time. Something new for my blog, something new for my readers – long-time and first time. A roundtable like no other. Featuring top executives from a variety of learning systems. Systems that focus on Large Enterprise and Enterprise. Systems focusing on Small Business and mid-market. Systems whose target audience are employees (first and foremost), a combo (employees and customer ed) and customer education only.

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Blended Learning Learning System Compliance Training Diversity Training 95

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AUGUST 8, 2021

If anyone has had a concussion and then suffered through post-concussion, you will likely bounce over onto the internet and see all those “medical experts” Apparently, it can be resolved in one month. Wait, no, three months. Hold on. Perhaps a year or more. For me, it has lasted nearly three months, which allows one to do a lot of pondering.

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Learning System System Learning vendor 105

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JULY 19, 2021

I moved several months ago. I didn’t know what to expect in my town. I fell in love with the mountain views, having the extensive property in the desert. I was anticipating the summer, the intense heat (which actually isn’t that bad), I knew what I thought I knew. Then the deer started to appear. Next, a few bobcats, roadrunners, and quail.

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Docebo Learning System Integrate Learner 102

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JULY 10, 2021

Which came first? The chicken or dinner at KFC? Knowledge or Skill building and development? Skills today are super hot and as a few readers mentioned the other day on LinkedIn, it is not new. Yes, there has been systems with skills frameworks and skills tied to career development (but I’d argue more with TM/PM and less with learning systems – although you could always do that yourself in the system – long story).

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Skills Learner Taxonomy Learning System 105

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JUNE 23, 2021

I learn something every week. I’m sure many of you do as well. Just as many of you, okay more than enough, pick up various factoids. For example, did you know that Coca-Cola makes a special blend of their Coke just for McDonald’s? This is why, the taste is never the exact same as anywhere else. Or did you know that there are rock bands from the 70’s and 80s who continue to make new albums and perform those songs at concerts, where the attendees only want the hits from the 70

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Blended Learning LMS vendor Learning System 64

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JUNE 11, 2021

Routines. We all have them. It may be as simple as drinking coffee each morning, watching the news. Perhaps, it is having tea, reading the latest news on the Internet or in the newspaper. We can’t seem to break this routine. We may try to mix it up, and there are days where we can’t maintain our routine due to other commitments, but we really would prefer to follow our routine.

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Knowledge Skills Develop Communities of Practice 66

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MAY 13, 2021

Before diving into this topic and then seeing all the folks rant on LinkedIn about how ILT is great, will survive, e-learning is awful, and the moon is definitely made of cheese, I wanted to let folks know (who are not aware), that I have a podcast! Oh, the delight. It is called the “ Amazing E-Learning Roadshow ” and you can listen in on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, and many other places.

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ILT Blended Learning Classroom Training 64

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APRIL 22, 2021

LXPs. They continue to muddle up the learning system space. Not by their choice mind you, rather by the total amount of confusion among potential buyers, prospects, businesses, etc. There is a lot of information to digest here on the whole LXP space, what they do, what they do not do. What they are and what they are not. What makes the unique, and what is common.

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Metrics Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS 124

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APRIL 15, 2021

The Future of Skills. I’m sure you have heard this phrase. It’s everywhere. Some sites provide the answer to the question – “What are the skills of the future?” ” Yet, that shouldn’t be the question. What should be the first question – “What do skills of the future mean?”

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Skills Virtual World Learning PowerPoint 115

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JANUARY 29, 2021

Jus t when you thought there couldn’t be any more niche segments in the learning system space, I’m sorry to say, “nope, there is one more.” But this new segment, while niche today, by 2025, will be the second biggest segment in the learning system space. Niche today. Behemoth within four years. Talent Development Platforms are made up of three core components, and if thus if someone says we are a talent development platform and lacks any of the three, then no, you are not

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Platform Develop Compliance Training LMS 105

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JANUARY 22, 2021

One of the areas that always gain interest and usage are open source systems, that is to say, free open source code (some are not), to which any organization, company, educational setting, government and so forth can build their own system (often noted as home-grown) and do what they wish with it. The usual arguments for building your own, includes you own 100% of it, scalability without the incurring cost (i.e. user seat costs), it’s free, and is configurable in such a way that connecting

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Open Source Moodle Open Association LMS 134

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

It’s that time of the year, when perspectives from all types of entities are published, reviewing 2020, from insight to best of this or that to why, your local sanitation person continues to leave a trash item in your can, after they supposedly emptied it – a travesty, I say, a travesty. . I always found it disturbing on the number of people who send out those “What we did in X year” reviews.

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Compliance Training Learning Association LMS Association Learning Management System 116