Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 6, 2011

If you had to choose an eLearning provider solely on the basis of samples, and one gave you a module with just text, and the other gave you a module with text and a voice-over provided by professional talent, you’d be likely to think the latter represented the better product. And you’d be wrong. Download the whitepaper » Blog this!

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 6, 2011

Create custom written materials by integrating only the portions of the written materials that pertain to your training topics. Learn to be more specific, and customize any of your materials for precisely the right support. Be Tech Savvy; Be Creative. Outside of work I enjoy several hobbies including camping, travel and photography.

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Aptara

APRIL 23, 2024

This collaboration represents a significant step forward in the industry, merging Aptara’s expertise in ebook conversion, pre-press work, metadata creation, and production assistance with Bookwire’s cutting-edge technology and distribution network. About Aptara: Aptara enriches content for capitalizing on all digital mediums.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 5, 2011

In another post, Krigsman writes: Communications in [the context of ERP implementation] means explaining the business impact of technology decisions to a non-technical audience. That impact likely includes process changes that may affect employees in a variety of ways. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Liam McCoy: Thanks for this.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 19, 2011

So, when budgets are tight and the dollars can’t be found for more expensive tools – here are three freemium products I’ve recently discovered that can help get your enterprise training project rolling on next-to-nothing. Following some careful product reviews and some alpha-testing we settled on this system and never looked back.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 27, 2011

Instructional designers would be wise to become versed in basic video production, since its utility and ubiquity as a learning tool will only continue to grow. Like Marsha (above) I am a graduate student at Roosevelt University and focus on technologies like YouTube as an effective learning tool. Download the whitepaper » Blog this!

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 21, 2011

From a recent article at Knowledge@Wharton called Technology and Teaching: Flipping the Model : Khan stumbled upon the idea for his free web-based academy while trying to teach math to cousins in New Orleans. In an effort to bridge the time and distance gap, he started making 10-minute videos of math lessons and posting them on YouTube.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 19, 2011

So, when budgets are tight and the dollars can’t be found for more expensive tools – here are three freemium products I’ve recently discovered that can help get your enterprise training project rolling on next-to-nothing. Following some careful product reviews and some alpha-testing we settled on this system and never looked back.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 22, 2011

Tweets Follow @dashethomson on Twitter Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Liam McCoy: Thanks for this.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Supercomputer’s Win on Jeopardy: Little Comfort to Those Implementing Enterprise Computer Software → Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 28, 2011

YouTube is ( 2010 stats : more than 2 billion views a day; 3rd most visited website; over 5 million people have found and subscribed to at least one friend on YouTube; a broad viewer demographic: 18-54 years old.) Because video can be the virtual “over-the-partition” colleague. and to hear, “I’ll show you.” Liam McCoy: Thanks for this.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Tweets Follow @dashethomson on Twitter Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Liam McCoy: Thanks for this.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 23, 2011

The manufacturing manager wants a product that is easy to build. The first real issue is that few projects have just one stakeholder, and each stakeholder may have their own definition of success. As noted by William R. Duncan in Defining and Measuring Project Success : “The health and safety officer wants no injuries. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 18, 2011

View all posts by Jim → ← Give User Adoption the Respect it Deserves Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. Liam McCoy: Thanks for this.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 21, 2011

During that 4 hour hangover period, our decision making abilities, concentration, productivity and attention to detail are pretty much kaput. Passionate people are highly productive and motivated to become the best at what they do. Well, you might say, all that productivity could go in unexpected directions, get out of control.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 15, 2011

Tweets Follow @dashethomson on Twitter Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Liam McCoy: Thanks for this.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 30, 2011

My Favorite Things: Tools and Tips to Facilitate Content Development → Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. A link back would be great!

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 1, 2011

Tweets Follow @dashethomson on Twitter Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Liam McCoy: Thanks for this.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 19, 2011

Trent Batson wrote a great piece on technology adoption in the classroom a couple weeks ago entitled Faculty ‘Buy in’ – to What? He argues that technology advocates urge faculty members to go away from what they’ve been doing but don’t explain what they should go toward. Sad, but true. Do you know of any other road-builders?

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 2, 2011

→ Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Liam McCoy: Thanks for this. Ive been looking for some ammo t.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Tweets Follow @dashethomson on Twitter Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Liam McCoy: Thanks for this.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS eLearning Review: A Module for the National Security Arena by Jim on October 15, 2010 in Reviews , eLearning Most of the eLearning modules we design here at Dashe & Thomson are aimed at the corporate audience. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS eLearning Review: A Module for the National Security Arena by Jim on October 15, 2010 in Reviews , eLearning Most of the eLearning modules we design here at Dashe & Thomson are aimed at the corporate audience. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 11, 2011

Rx for SMEs → Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Liam McCoy: Thanks for this. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 7, 2011

The Lonely eLearner: Creating Social Learning Anchors → Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 5, 2011

→ Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Liam McCoy: Thanks for this. Ive been looking for some ammo t.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 25, 2011

Even with the help of the newest technology tools to communicate and educate including social media, wikis, and Google, we still need to transform our ILT classrooms and training sessions into integrated blended learning environments. Outside of work I enjoy several hobbies including camping, travel and photography. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 12, 2011

→ Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Liam McCoy: Thanks for this. Ive been looking for some ammo t.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 13, 2011

Where Facebook and LinkedIn serve mainly as social dashboards for our personal and professional networks, respectively, I see Twitter as a customized information portal. This is where you can create your customized information portal. Follow – Following people is a great way to start your Twitter journey. Liam McCoy: Thanks for this.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 21, 2011

Moving from Teacher to Facilitator → Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Liam McCoy: Thanks for this.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 8, 2011

The idea is to make useful information readily available to learners when they need it, even within some tight technological constraints. So, there you have it…my answer to this month’s big question. I’d love to hear your comments. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Liam McCoy: Thanks for this. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Using Wikis to Stop Brain Drain by Jolene on February 23, 2010 in Wikis In his December Training Magazine article Training in a Web 2.0 Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Liam McCoy: Thanks for this. Ive been looking for some ammo t.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Using Wikis to Stop Brain Drain by Jolene on February 23, 2010 in Wikis In his December Training Magazine article Training in a Web 2.0 Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Liam McCoy: Thanks for this. Ive been looking for some ammo t.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 29, 2011

Before I go any further, please note that propane is an extremely safe product when handled appropriately!) And, of course, safety considerations are paramount when training folks to work with a flammable gas that can give you instant freeze burns in its liquid state. So, no big deal, right? Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Great Survey Completion Rate Dilemma Solved (Maybe) by Jim on December 22, 2010 in feedback , marketing The holidays are upon us, which means gifts, family, services… and the end of the fiscal year. Liam McCoy: Thanks for this.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Great Survey Completion Rate Dilemma Solved (Maybe) by Jim on December 22, 2010 in feedback , marketing The holidays are upon us, which means gifts, family, services… and the end of the fiscal year. Liam McCoy: Thanks for this.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 14, 2010

by Jolene on December 14, 2010 in social learning Recently I witnessed a fabulous and fascinating display of social learning – a high school chamber music concert. Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Hey, That’s Social Learning! Download the whitepaper » Blog this!

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