OpenSesame

MAY 12, 2014

This past week I had the privilege of attending my first ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) conference in Washington D.C. As an elearning company, we’ve seen increased interest in training from global companies and overseas businesses, proving human capital development is no longer only an American priority.

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Unboxed

DECEMBER 16, 2019

However you decide to spell it, using eLearning for employees is what matters most for your business. More and more businesses are investing in eLearning—not because it’s a trend—but because the benefits of e learning have proven results. Every good investment produces an ROI to prove itself as a viable business endeavor.

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Blended Learning Benefits Brandon Hall Corporate eLearning 52

OpenSesame

MAY 12, 2014

This past week I had the privilege of attending my first ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) conference in Washington D.C. As an elearning company, we’ve seen increased interest in training from global companies and overseas business, proving human capital development is no longer only an American priority.

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ASTD Conference News Compliance Training 53

The Performance Improvement Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2013

I was asked during my recent ASTD Webcast whether there’s data to show that managers, who are more involved in training and learning, ultimately receive more rewards and recognition than those who aren''t. One of these companies is Zingerman’s Community of Businesses. Manager''s Role in Learning and Performance Improvement.

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Webcast Management Compliance Training ASTD 199

Knowledge Guru

APRIL 28, 2014

Choose from a “retro” business theme, a “Person of the Year” business theme, a space alien theme, and a fairy tale theme. Expanded user roles and powerful new controls. See What Spring has Sprung at ASTD ICE. We’ll be showcasing the Spring ’14 release at the 2014 ASTD International Conference in Washington DC.

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Knowledge Player ASTD Games 259

Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 15, 2011

In my role as Vice President of Client and Staffing Services, I know that training may not always be the answer. Organizations such as PACT, ASTD, MNISPI, and the Digital Learning Forum get my creative juices going to generate new ideas and synergies. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Download the whitepaper » Blog this!

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Evalution Social Networks Social Learning Blended Learning 160

OpenSesame

JANUARY 19, 2012

Each year the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) surveys learning and development professionals and compiles their findings into the State of the Industry Report. This reflects business commitment to expanding capacity and encouraging employee growth through learning opportunities. More flashy technology tools?

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ASTD Report Industry Develop 40

Janet Clarey

MARCH 12, 2010

I traveled to Buffalo, New York (yes, on purpose ; ) last Friday to speak at the ASTD Niagara Chapter meeting about learning in the workplace through the social web. I came away with this: A business can not control the social web because employees are already using the very tools their employer wants to control. Thanks Dave.).

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Learning Visions

APRIL 23, 2012

These are my live blogged notes from ASTD Learn Now Session with Conrad. contextual (according to circumstance, specific roles and varying access needs. Anticipate the key and critical contexts: moment of need, job role, work flow, content access requirements, circumstance. a co-facilitator for this 1.5 Udell of Float Learning.

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Blended Learning Blended Cognitive SharePoint 154

Kapp Notes

JULY 28, 2011

As Tony Bingham, president and CEO of ASTD states, “Today, we actively pursue content based on search terms and our preferences [while in the future]…content will find you – rather than actively seeking it, your activities and interests will determine what finds you, be delivered how you want it, and to your preferred channel.

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Industry Social Networks ASTD eLearning 183

Web Courseworks

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

As the demand for training within organizations, professional associations, industries, and businesses continues to outpace the supply of formally credentialed instructional designers, individuals with diverse backgrounds and skill sets are often recruited or incidentally assimilated into the professional ranks.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 27, 2011

In my role as Vice President of Client and Staffing Services, I know that training may not always be the answer. Organizations such as PACT, ASTD, MNISPI, and the Digital Learning Forum get my creative juices going to generate new ideas and synergies. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Download the whitepaper » Blog this!

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Social Networks Blended Learning Social Learning Blogging 140

Learning Visions

APRIL 23, 2012

These are my live blogged notes from ASTD Learn Now Session with Chad Udell (@visualrinse) of Float Learning (www.floatlearning.com). Build a business case. It's an aggregator role. Load up your ipad with ways you can help your business? Mobile -- nearly pervasive devices. Aspects of mobile learning: mobility.

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Mobile Learning Mobile Wiki Mashups 140

Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 7, 2014

The 2013 ASTD State of the Industry report includes a wonderful table with the twelve most common content areas found in corporate training. Why not use a role playing game to give learners situational practice? But if you’ve never designed a game before, or tried to include a game in your training, where do you begin?

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Games Corporate Learning Compliance Training Content 229

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Over the past three years become far more connected to the business. Stay…Strive speaking positively about the org…intense desire to be a member of that org…to contribute to the business How do we design/dev learner that drives engagement? In addition to general orientation, provide role orientation (e.g., in each room.

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Corporate eLearning Culture Blended Learning ASTD 140

LearnDash

APRIL 18, 2013

In the past, employers often had a difficult time defining the roles for instructional designers. This is big business. However, today ID is very prominent, with many institutions offering advanced degrees in the area, and a handful of professional societies offering additional accreditation.

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Learning Visions

MAY 7, 2014

These are my live blogged notes from a concurrent session (W104) at the ASTD International Conference & Expo, this week in Washington, D.C. We have to choose to take the disruptive, high road of business partnership instead of the easy road. What will be the ultimate business criteria for program success? Chain of Evidence.

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Evalution Effectiveness Case Study Kirkpatrick 157

Connect Thinking

DECEMBER 28, 2011

ASTD’s December 2011 T&D Magazine features a discussion on Self-Service Learning (by Patricia A McLagan), and the role of L&D to “help learners make learning more effective, efficient, productive, innovative and fun” (pp 37). We need to train our staff on the skills required in learning self-service.

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Services Instant Messaging ASTD Predictions 111

Marcia Conner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

With the popularity of my stats to make the case for social tools in business , post I realized others may also appreciate information on where to find data about learning at work. From the ASTD 2012 State of the Industry (full report available to ASTD members, non-members for a fee): More than $156 billion was spent by U.S.

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Blended Learning ASTD Budget PeopleSoft 103

The Training by Nelle Blog | Corporate Training and Consulting

MAY 12, 2020

And this is exactly the reason why you need to make a strong business case for L&D. ASTD findings show that almost all organizations (92 percent of respondents) use the first level of evaluation which measures participant reaction. You need to give your employees as many tools and resources as possible to help them in their role.

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Metrics ASTD Evalution Social Networks 52

Performance Learning Productivity

MAY 1, 2014

ASTD data suggests US companies spent $164billion on employee learning and development in 2012 saying that ‘ despite a continuously changing economic environment, organizations remain committed to training and development’. In the words of a famous English football manager “it’s much, much more important than that”.

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Diversity Training Compliance Training Training Train 225

Learnnovators

MARCH 15, 2014

Ability to analyze a business situation and the learning context, and recommend appropriate informal/social learning solutions to address them. Skills to design, develop, and deliver effective informal/social learning applications that can meet business objectives. ATTITUDE: 8.

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Social Learning Informal Social Blended Learning 172

TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Join us for a free webinar about using ideas from the flipped classroom model in businesses and training. This is true in formal education settings, and for business and corporate training. Businesses just like schools can find benefits in terms of saving time, money, improving consistency, higher levels of engagement, and more.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 15, 2012

In a recent post I made this comment about rapid elearning tools: Rapid elearning played a role in the evolution of elearning mostly because it took course creation out of the hands of a few programmers and placed it into the hands of anyone who wanted to create a course. Operating at the Speed of Business. July 31: Austin, TX (ASTD).

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Rapid eLearning Course ASTD Articulate 86

Web Courseworks

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Admit what you don’t know, and seek out a “left-brained” numbers person to help you organize and present the nitty gritties of the business plan. Gather as much information as you can so you can make informed decisions on how to build your eLearning business plan. Determine Your Product Value and Pricing Model.

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ROI Diversity Training eLearning Strategy eLearning 147

Enyota Learning

MAY 22, 2019

Therefore, training improves the company’s competitive edge by enhancing performance levels and preparing employees for future roles. A company depends on its employees for ideas and implements suitable methods that support the business model. Scaling up a business requires a company’s competitive advantage to be sustainable.

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Training Train ASTD Companies 60

Upside Learning

AUGUST 31, 2009

In the fifty years since, his thoughts (Reaction, Learning, Behavior, and Results) have gone on to evolve into the legendary Kirkpatrick’s Four Level Evaluation Model and become the basis on which learning & development departments can show the value of training to the business. You can download the paper here. registration required).

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Kirkpatrick Metrics eLearning Consultant Evalution 174

Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 26, 2019

Note that ATD used to be known as ASTD, the American Society for Training and Development.). Businesses need the training and are more likely to have dedicated training departments where instructional designers have a place in the process. These roles have different responsibilities than IDs doing workplace training.

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Organization eLearning Guild Instructional Design eLearning Consultant 45

Litmos

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

In Revolutionize Learning & Development , I included as appendices the Learning and Performance Institutes’ list, the Toward Maturity list, as well as the one from the Association for Talent Development (previously ASTD). Then there is the business aspect. Which is really just good business, but that’s another aspect.

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Webcast Performance Support Write Blog ASTD 81

Mindflash

JUNE 12, 2012

Develop subject matter experts in these areas and refocus the learning curriculum around the most significant or most challenging skills instead of on generic business skills (like communication, time management, and customer service). This elevates educators into the role of profit driver. He is the author of Fire Up!

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Mentoring Training Train Creative Commons 85

CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Here are a few things I’ve noticed about our industry: CLOs’ evolving roles: CLOs have to balance the demands of the C-suite with talent management. Why is it that when we ask CLOs where they search for leading-edge practices, they mention the top business schools, and not one mentions a graduate school of education?

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ASTD Journal Masie IBM 52

Mindflash

OCTOBER 15, 2010

What will be a huge shock is that training directors, trainers, and instructional designers must develop new skills in order to stay relevant in 21st century business. The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) has recently updated its competency model to include the use of social media. Big shock, right?

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Skills Wiki Social Media ASTD 111

The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

He writes: An isolation score of zero, on the other hand, seems to me to be the perfect solution: it means the organization has figured out a way to drive a desired performance improvement and resultant business result solely by manipulating the performance system, so there is no need for any training at all.

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Solution Performance Support Simulations Score 212

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

A landmark study by ASTD and IBM interviewed CLOs and CxOs at 26 leading companies across 11 industries (see The C-level and the Value of Learning , T+D magazine, October 2005). CxOs saw learning as the major investment in driving their businesses forward. It has to build the platform to enable us to change the business.”.

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Scanning CLO IBM ASTD 68

Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Steve talked about how they wanted learners to understand business and project management, and Karl talked about the internships they use to ground their classes. The need to move up to thinking at a higher level is easy to proselytize, but hard to accomplish in practice. Closing Session.

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TechKnowledge Instructional Design Conference Mobile 162

Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Elearning courses play a role in your training initiatives. While you don’t need an MBA in business, you should be familiar with performance consulting at some level. Tidbits: I’ll be doing a workshop for the Lincoln ASTD and then a free Articulate jam session. October 25: Baton Rouge, LA (ASTD)—Webinar.

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Rapid eLearning Authoring Tools Help ASTD 80

Learning Visions

OCTOBER 30, 2009

You might find the right guy to play the role of the client in your story, but there’s only three shots of him and he looks like a goofball in one of them. They are normal looking people, dressed in business casual, shot from multiple angles. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr.

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