Talented Learning

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In this environment, you’d think associations would be bursting at the seams with participants in member education programs. Not surprisingly, a 2018 survey of more than 1000 association members confirmed that career development is now the primary reason why most people join associations. However, only 53% relied on their association for those educational experiences. How can associations reverse this trend? What does this mean for associations?

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Talented Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

If you’re familiar with Talented Learning, you know we’re fiercely independent consultants focused on one goal – to help you choose the best extended enterprise LMS for your needs. The “Extended Enterprise” Worldview. What exactly do we mean by the term “extended enterprise” ? EXTENDED ENTERPRISE LMS AUDIENCES. WEBINARS – In-depth sessions focused on key extended enterprise LMS issues and related business strategies.

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Talented Learning

DECEMBER 26, 2018

So as you prepare for what’s ahead, join me as I reflect on topics that mattered most to the extended enterprise learning community in 2018. How do associations develop profitable learner-centered online education programs? 2 The Business Benefits of xAPI – with Mike Rustici of Watershed. And what business benefits should you expect when educating customers or others outside of your organization? When and how to use an RFP (or not).

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xapi RFP Gamification Consulting 64

Talented Learning

AUGUST 1, 2016

The vendors were competing for two unique, extended enterprise LMS opportunities. The second buyer is a non-profit healthcare association providing continuing education to members and non-members. Increase of revenue from the sale of accredited content to healthcare organizations and individuals and global expansion of the association are the key drivers of the new LMS purchase.

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Knowing Doing Gap vendor eLearning Consultant RFP 63

Talented Learning

AUGUST 1, 2018

Finally, I reordered the list to reflect the priorities of today’s extended enterprise market. In fact, for nearly a decade, LMS trends have been shaped by market demand for robust business solutions that extend beyond traditional talent management functions. Their solutions work and they’re making a measurable difference in every kind of extended enterprise scenario you can imagine. UPDATE: I should have started a recruiting business.

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Talented Learning

MARCH 25, 2020

Are you in the learning technology or content business ? The market clearly needs vendors who specialize in helping organizations efficiently move from one stage to the next – or through the entire migration cycle. • Offer a Path to Extended Enterprise Learning. As of today, they’re also in the extended enterprise learning business. Are you a training specialist working for a corporation, association or continuing education provider?

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Virtual World Diversity Training Virtual Classroom eLearning Consultant 63

Talented Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2019

So before we move on, I invite you to join me in revisiting this year’s most popular topics in extended enterprise learning. What Topics Were Most Popular in Extended Enterprise Learning? But I’m more interested in top takeaways from business-minded learning professionals. In addition to publishing weekly blog posts , we also produce monthly webinars and regular podcast interviews with experts from across the extended enterprise learning realm.

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RFP Open Source Totara eLearning Consultant 40

Talented Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Throughout the last month, I’ve reviewed 12 RFP responses for 3 different LMS business scenarios: association learning, commercial training and corporate channel/customer education. Determine viable models for their business and usage intent. The registration model makes zero sense for employee learning and development purposes but it can be advantageous for associations and commercial training providers. Making Sense of LMS License Models.

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WBT Systems

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Similarly, it’s usually at this time of year that associations and other organizations start to review their training requirements and inevitably their delivery of that training. For example, there are many different LMS solutions available, so you might want to consider the differences between an association and corporate LMS , to see which type of system will best meet the needs of your organization. Since January is a very busy time of the year this can be a daunting task.

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Janet Clarey

MAY 26, 2011

Original at Bersin & Associates. specific vertical markets like healthcare, unique needs like extended enterprise learning, and specialized delivery methods like mobile). Now if you’re a small or medium sized business shopping for an LMS to administer and track training and create and serve up e-learning you can use the following tips for avoiding long sales cycles and complicated comparisons. and “ What business problem am I trying to solve? ”

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iTunes LCMS Virtual Classroom Courseware 53

Talented Learning

JANUARY 9, 2018

It is real – backed by evidence from business scenarios. But we do have a ton of data from learning technology buyers and sellers and we have decades of experience in evaluating, recommending, marketing and implementing business learning platforms. Among the more than 700 vendors participating in today’s LMS marketplace, we continue to see a wave of learning solutions designed to solve “niche” business challenges. When and how to use an RFP (or not).

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Trends Learning System System Authoring Tools 89

Web Courseworks

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

John Leh runs a firm called Talented Learning and he is quite the talented guy when it comes to speaking about Extended Enterprise LMS. Talented Learning is a news, research and consulting organization dedicated to the advancement of all aspects of extended enterprise learning technology solutions. John helps organizations define their business case, identify requirements, short list vendors, write and manage the RFP and negotiate a great deal.

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Report RFP eLearning Consultant Case Study 184

Web Courseworks

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

John Leh runs a firm called Talented Learning and he is quite the talented guy when it comes to speaking about Extended Enterprise LMS. Talented Learning is a news, research and consulting organization dedicated to the advancement of all aspects of extended enterprise learning technology solutions. John helps organizations define their business case, identify requirements, short list vendors, write and manage the RFP and negotiate a great deal.

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Report RFP eLearning Consultant Case Study 151

Talented Learning

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Today, we discuss these questions and more with Dave Derington , Director of User Enablement at Azuqua , a cloud integration-as-a-platform (iPaaS) provider that makes it easy for anyone to set-up automated digital workflows across business applications. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Every business can benefit from educated customers. Well, we fit into the extended enterprise learning space by focusing on the customer education segment. They needed to streamline their RFP response process.

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Talented Learning

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Every LMS buyer has an unique, often undocumented set of business, functional, technical, professional service and support requirements. Aligning a buyer’s total set of requirements and business model with a vendor’s capabilities and license model is the critical key to finding the right LMS partner at the right price. We gathered LMS pricing from vendor websites, public RFP results, interviewed buyers and asked the vendors. “How much does an LMS cost?”

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License vendor RFP Cost 63

Talented Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Previously, we explored extended enterprise learning tech trends , and talked about how organizations can choose the best learning system for their needs. However, it’s not the instant slam-dunk that some vendors may want you to believe – especially for extended enterprise learning. Many of these solutions specialize in some form of extended enterprise learning. Extended enterprise learning systems offer varying degrees of “configuration.”

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Talented Learning

MAY 29, 2018

But since the LMS market is on fire, you’ve probably been too busy to notice. I hope you’ve been too busy winning. In fact, we just completed two concurrent full-scale LMS selection projects — one for a corporate extended enterprise client and another for an international professional association. Then we recommend 4 highly qualified, matching vendors to evaluate in a formal RFP process. LMS vendors, I owe you a post.

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eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 7, 2020

If I was considering Fuse for customer education/partner training, or for an association, and I needed e-commerce, I’d look elsewhere. Virtual ILT (vILT) is a necessity in today’s new business environment. It is quite popular with EdCast’s large enterprise customers.

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eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Perhaps toss in workforce management, that for sure, will get an professional association running – away. . They have clients and they do some solid things, but saying you are not in the content business (a few other learning systems say the same mantra), is befuddling. If your client has content – and they do, then you are in the content business. . Bonus – FindAnLMS now has a mini-RFP component. Mini-RFP within FindAnLMS, changes that.

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RFP Udutu vendor SumTotal 44

Limestone Learning

MAY 1, 2017

Align your online and offline enterprise-wide learning initiatives to skill, upskill and reskill your employees. Channel Insight polls indicate that 55 percent of channel managers expect double-digit growth through their partners, and 62 percent expect their channel sales to grow faster than their direct business. Real-world case studies from insurance, financial services and technology firms that have robust channel businesses. Explore business simulations for T&D.

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Webcast RFP Free Blended Learning 42

Talented Learning

JUNE 5, 2017

This model is great for employee learning programs, but it is not ideal for extended enterprise learning. Adobe Captivate Prime is a clean, modern, easy-to-use LMS that makes a lot of sense for small businesses on their first or second learning platform. Align all online and offline enterprise-wide learning initiatives to skill, upskill and reskill your employees. Small-to-medium businesses with basic employee compliance and skills training.

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Adobe Captivate Adobe Captivate Virtual Classroom 58

Talented Learning

AUGUST 17, 2017

What if your organization had a unique business use case? What’s more, most of these solutions are designed and developed for specific business uses and learner audiences. Rather than taking their chances on a solution designed to improve engagement and business results, they remain tied financially and contractually to their historical learning infrastructure. When and how to use an RFP (or not). It happens at least once a week.

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Petra Mayer

JULY 3, 2019

Business Goals. Typically, this is done through a “Request-for-Information” (RFI) process or through a “Request-for-Proposal” (RFP). crown corporation or government versus private enterprise), you might post your RFI to a Bid Platform or send it to system providers which you pre-selected, inviting them for their response. The ROI calculation compares the benefits with the costs associated to obtain those benefits.

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eLearning 24-7

JULY 30, 2012

One click SMB edition to Enterprise. Multi-tenet, multi-portal and extended enterprise (basically it is all the same thing). In my latest LMS directory with 425 vendors (yes, we lost some in the past month – either by switching to another business line “common”, folding or being purchased by someone else), the numbers are surprising. If you are going to do a RFP, remember the five golden rules: Should be no longer than 8 pages.

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PeopleSoft Portal SumTotal Streaming 55

Limestone Learning

MARCH 28, 2017

Tuesday, April 11, 2017, 10:00AM – 11:00AM PT: How to Leverage Your LMS Data to Make Better Business Decisions Research from Bersin by Deloitte shows that while the demand for data analytics among corporate organizations is growing, only 4 per cent worldwide are actually using it. How the analysis of your learning data can resolve your training challenges and empower you to make better business decisions. So what are the right questions to ask in a video platform RFP?

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Webcast Brandon Hall Blended Learning Diversity Training 40

LearnUpon

DECEMBER 15, 2016

I’ve seen these scenarios and sometimes when I read through a set of requirements or an RFP I am the first to say “This company needs a custom build, no LMS will do all of this off the shelf”. Assuming there is a real business need for implementing an LMS in the first place and at some level the L&D department expect to show a Return on the investment, then the sooner you can start delivering online courses to your learners the better.

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TalentLMS

MAY 27, 2015

Enterprises and professionals have blogs. She’s a passionate advocate for improving business performance by respecting and deeply challenging people. David Hopkins is an eLearning Consultant at Warwick Business School and author of 3 eLearning books. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the Association of Learning Technology, while he has been awarded the certification of accreditation to the Association for Learning Technology (CMALT).

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eLearning Guild eLearning Consultant Corporate eLearning eLearning Strategy 85

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

I see the system best suited for SMB, although the do support large enterprises too. However, at the association level, easily 50,000+ user base. In my LMS RFP template, Cornerstone LS scored a perfect 100 in the machine learning category, as well as mobile, including built-in scan for badges – but it requires the Tribridge Attendance Integration Module (AIM). BI stands for business intelligence. . For those who want my LMS RFP template, find it here.

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LearnUpon

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Here at LearnUpon, we’re all about helping businesses better understand eLearning so they can get better results from their training. It also describes the association of new information with pre-existing knowledge. By furthering their success, you are, in turn, facilitating the success of your business. Integrating your CRM with your LMS will enable you to pursue an extended enterprise learning program. EE (Extended Enterprise). RFP (Request for Proposal).

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eLearning Tools eLearning Strategy Corporate eLearning Blended Learning 61

Talented Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Then we’ve boiled-off the marketing fluff and scientifically compared solutions by tracking and evaluating hundreds of LMS product, service and business characteristics. In parallel, we have helped dozens of learning technology buyers carefully define their unique requirements, and we’ve introduced them to vendors whose solutions address their business challenges. We participate in LMS demonstrations , study RFP responses and interview customer references.

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