Note from Marcia: More than a decade ago, I was editor of an online magazine focused on the promise of learning in the new economy. We assume we know the logical connection between present and future without even thinking about it. This gap helps explain self-destructive behavior: the failure to connect present and future. The business leader keeps doing what worked last quarter, denying that conditions always change. I didn’t know what to prepare for. MORE

Note from Marcia: More than a decade ago, I was editor of an online magazine focused on the promise of learning in the new economy. We assume we know the logical connection between present and future without even thinking about it. This gap helps explain self-destructive behavior: the failure to connect present and future. The business leader keeps doing what worked last quarter, denying that conditions always change. I didn’t know what to prepare for. MORE

magazine’s Best of 2014 and Best of 2015. Austin: Corporate learning functions are often stretched too thin by the business’ increasing demand for learning programs coupled with the increasing pace of change. Either the learning program development backlog will increase (delaying the time to deployment), or the programs’ quality will have to be watered down to meet the required delivery date to the business. What do you feel sets you apart as a learning solution? MORE

Monday, June 4, 2018, 10AM – 11AM PT: The Well-Connected Employee: Networking Competencies That Foster Engagement, Collaboration, and Business Results (Free for ATD members) In a survey of 2,000 employees from many different organizations, only 20% said, “Yes, I have the network I need to get the job done.” Unconnected employees hurt your business when they fail to see the big picture, don’t know how to uncork bureaucratic bottlenecks, and don’t contribute to enterprise-wide results. MORE

Training managers have a lot to do. Why do I need to do that? We already ensure that elearning is available on multiple platforms, including learning management systems and mobile; we focus on learning and performance (not just learning and development); we align training outcomes with business goals. What can we do? This guide will provide business reasons and practical approaches for building accessibility within your online training program. MORE

Mind the Skill Gap. You’re going to have the right technology if you do everything correctly around AI, but unless you have a workforce that’s prepared to design, implement and then manage the results of your artificial intelligence, you’re going to be in trouble.”. Businesses are still in the early stages of integrating the technology via automation, but LaVelle said they haven’t moved away from the novelty of the technology. They expect to do the same at work,” she said. MORE

magazine’s Best of 2014 and Best of 2015. Austin: Corporate learning functions are often stretched too thin by the business’ increasing demand for learning programs coupled with the increasing pace of change. Either the learning program development backlog will increase (delaying the time to deployment), or the programs’ quality will have to be watered down to meet the required delivery date to the business. What do you feel sets you apart as a learning solution? MORE

Sahana Chattopadhyay Senior Consultant at Zensar Technologies What does a Learning Consultant do? What are some of the primary and secondary functions that a business expects from a learning consultant? I am interested in finding out if there are any defined set of tasks that a learning consultant would do to enable organizational learning. But there would still be some baseline tasks that a consultant would do in this respect. MORE

Training managers have a lot to do. Why do I need to do that? We already ensure that elearning is available on multiple platforms, including learning management systems and mobile; we focus on learning and performance (not just learning and development); we align training outcomes with business goals. What can we do? This guide will provide business reasons and practical approaches for building accessibility within your online training program. MORE

Note from Marcia: More than a decade ago, I was editor of an online magazine focused on the promise of learning in the new economy. We assume we know the logical connection between present and future without even thinking about it. This gap helps explain self-destructive behavior: the failure to connect present and future. The business leader keeps doing what worked last quarter, denying that conditions always change. I didn’t know what to prepare for. MORE

Dreams do come true, kids. We know that with great power comes great responsibility. Games deliver lots of actionable data to measure effectiveness, both individually and through group learning, showing gaps and areas to optimize for a continuous cycle of improvement. This session will explore the business value behind learning ecosystems. About key business drivers for a learning ecosystem. About the business impact of use cases in multiple domains. MORE

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But learning how to do so effectively is one of the most critical skills a CLO can learn. In this episode of the Chief Learning Officer Podcast, Greg talks about the perspective his background as an organizational development professional brings to the work of employee development and what learning executives can do to set aside the busy work and do more of what’s meaningful. Justin Lombardo: Hey Mike, how you doing? Mike: I’m doing well. MORE

Note from Marcia: More than a decade ago, I was editor of an online magazine focused on the promise of learning in the new economy. We assume we know the logical connection between present and future without even thinking about it. This gap helps explain self-destructive behavior: the failure to connect present and future. The business leader keeps doing what worked last quarter, denying that conditions always change. I didn’t know what to prepare for. MORE

Learn how education entrepreneurs can transcend a crazy busy lifestyle with executive career and mindset coach Elizabeth Pearson in this episode of the LMScast podcast with Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. Elizabeth works as a speaker, success coach, and author of the forthcoming book I’m Too Busy, and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves That Keep Us Stuck. In 2016 Elizabeth launched her coaching business part-time while leading a skincare company as a C-level executive. MORE

In the December 10, 2007 edition of The eLearning Guilds Learning Solutions magazine, Reuben Tozman (President and founder of edCetra Training ) gets into this topic in The Next Generation of Instructional Designers. Reuben on the downside of rapid e-Learning tools: The emergence of "easy-to-use" authoring tools, however, has tempted us to believe that the instructional designer can do it all! Do you think instructional designers should be able to use the tools? Who knows? MORE