Wed.Jun 21, 2017

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Disaster Preparation and Training Have Something in Common

Association eLearning

Disaster preparation and training often suffer from the same unfortunate flaw. You’re supposed to have them in place and ready to go for when they’re needed. That means they should be planned for in advance, not at the last minute. But how many people or organizations actually do that? Stay away from windows if there’s a tornado. In case of a building fire, keep low to avoid smoke.

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It’s a Wrap! ATD ICE 2017: It’s All About Connections with Chris Coladonato

Learning Rebels

Conferences are about building connections, and ATD ICE 2017 was no exception! . Whew, it’s been a busy few weeks since ATD ICE 2017 ( here’s my wrap-up post ) and I think Chris’s guest post here is even more relevant now that the dust has had a chance to settle. I’m STILL trying to play “connection keep up”! Here is Chris Coladonato, Learning Consultant with Farmers Insurance – with her wrap up thoughts about ATD ICE and connections.

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How Audio Can Improve Online Learning

CourseArc

As the methods for seamlessly including rich media assets in eLearning continue to improve, instructional designers are finding creative uses of audio and video to supplement their text-based courses. Audio-enhanced lessons help make the learning experience much more robust, functional, and accessible. How Audio Enhances Instructional Design. Audio is a powerful way to convey information and subtext at the same time.

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Tips on Using Videos in Your Online Courses

LearnDash

If you have an online course then there is a strong probability that you are using videos as part of the content. In some cases people use videos exclusively throughout their online courses. There isn’t anything wrong with this – people love videos. However, they only really like them if they are done “right” The way that we consume information is changing.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Elevate your member education initiatives This eBook will explore: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? You’ll discover why measuring content consumption is pivotal for program success and explore effective tactics to boost overall engagement.

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Upcoming Event: Creating a Culture of Learning at TLDC 2018 (Phoenix, AZ – Jan 29 & 30, 2018)

Learningtogo

Last year I was privileged to share Reflection Center duties with meditation and mindfulness expert Jennifer LeBrett at the inaugural TLDC event (The Learning and Development Conference). Conference Co-founders Brent Schlenker and Luis Malbas have put together a creative, intimate “un-conference” setting for 2018 in beautiful Phoenix, AZ, where I’m joining an impressive slate of speakers, including the folks you see here.

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ARTICULATE STORYLINE 3 & 360: New Tables Feature Added

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Kal Hadi, COTP. I frequently get questions from Storyline training  students about the possibility of inserting tables into a project (actual tables with cells, columns, and rows instead of screen shots of tables). Up until yesterday, my answer about tables has always been “I wish.” However, if you're using Storyline 3 or 360 you'll be happy to find an awesome addition to the Text group on the Ribbon: Table (shown in the image below).    If you're not familiar wi

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19 Learner Burdens

TOPYX LMS

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Small E-Learning Budgets? Create Your Own Training Videos

CommLab India

As a training manager, you are always faced with the conundrum of building an effective online course within a limited budget. Why not consider using videos in your online training courses? It is an effective way to communicate information quickly, caters to multiple learning styles and pairs beautifully with microlearning, to provide short, compelling content.

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Are You Ready to Deliver Microlearning?

ATD Learning Technologies

Microlearning is a hot topic in talent development, but it seems to be vaguely defined. Many in the field refer to microlearning as learning that occurs in bite-sized chunks. In Microlearning to Boost the Employee Experience (2017), Elise Greene Margol defines microlearning as “training delivered in small, short bursts.” What these types of definitions lack are the actual time limits microlearning should fit.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Why Blended Learning for Sales Training [Infographic]

CommLab India

Sales training, a crucial element for the success of an organization, has become even more challenging in the present competitive and dynamic marketplace. Due to increased product proliferation and rapid increase in the knowledge of customers, sales personnel experience a tough time influencing the buying decisions of customers. Companies need to adopt effective training methodologies to equip their sales personnel with the required skills and knowledge to enhance their performance and generate

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Better Inform Your Training Evaluation (Part One)

Riptide Software

Our community is filled with passionate and educated individuals who are true examples of problem solvers. It is without question that training employees is incredibly important to the business function and future of the organization as a whole.

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How Employee Analytics can help you Improve Talent Retention

TalentLMS

One of the highest impacting, yet mostly overlooked aspect of business is staff retention. With the number of job postings significantly fewer than the number of active jobseekers nowadays, it’s always easy to say that “there are other people who’d like to have that job” or “give the job to someone who wants it” every time an employee quits. . Moreover, the “If I’m unhappy, then it’s always better to leave” mindset on the part of the employee isn’t helping the cause of talent retention either.

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Discover Why More Companies are Choosing to Ditch Their LMS

eLearningMind

Once upon a time, the learning management system (LMS) was king. It was there that L&D professionals could produce, tweak, deliver, and manage employee learning. It seemed like a perfect solution until suddenly, it wasn’t. Huge, monolithic LMSs are going the way of the dinosaur in favor of more agile programming options. But why? As it turns out, the very features that were once the LMS’s greatest strength have become its folly.

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Wake Up Your Customer Education Strategy With a New Approach to Content Sharing

Speaker: Tammy Rutherford, Ian McConnell

You invest a lot of time and energy into building training courses for internal use and for your customers and partners. As your reach grows, so does the number of LMSs you need to deliver training to, often both externally and internally. And chances are, you want to deliver that content in a way that’s compatible with every LMS, manageable for administrators, and easy for learners to access.

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Putting the Emphasis on Articulate Storyline Animations

eLearning Brothers

We all love Articulate Storyline, but one of the few features missing is the ability to create “emphasis” animations. Storyline provides tons of options for Entrance and Exit animations. But what if you need to draw the learner’s attention to an object in between entrance and exit? Check out this demo where I use emphasis animations to give the learner a hint about what items to click.

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Why Author eLearning Content to Industry Standards?

OpenSesame

At OpenSesame, we receive inquiries from subject matter experts and content authors who have developed training programs but are unsure about how to monetize them in the today’s online world. They have valuable content (a training video, a Powerpoint presentation, or a book) that they want to share with the world and hopefully make some money along the way.

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Coding Responsive Design in Easy Steps by Mark Lassoff

LearningGuild

Authoring tools may offer some responsive design support, but in a code-based project, responsive features are harder to implement. Here’s how to handle them.

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How to Choose the Best E-Learning Vendor for Your Organization

Designing Digitally

Outsourcing your e-learning requirements to the right vendor helps your organization deliver world-class training to your employees. If you want effective e-learning that will enhance your employees’ performance, then you should choose an e-learning partner carefully.

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The DNA of Online Learning

This white paper examines how organisations can get the best out of online learning, via a deep dive into how it works and how to apply it in order to achieve specific objectives.

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How to Pick the Best Authoring Tool to Convert Legacy E-Learning Courses

CommLab India

A legacy e-learning course refers to an online course developed using Flash, Dreamweaver, XML/HTML, JavaScript or earlier versions of rapid authoring tools. These tools are dated and cannot meet today’s high technological standards. No matter what technology is used, it takes considerable time and effort to develop an e-learning course, not to mention the high costs involved.

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CoreAxis Named a Top 10 Corporate Education & Training Company by Enterprise Services Outlook

Coreaxis

We’re thrilled to announce that CoreAxis Consulting has been named one of the Top 10 Corporate Education & Training Companies in 2017 by Enterprise Services Outlook Magazine! The list highlights some of the most prominent organizations of the industry who are capable of leading clients towards excellence by supporting them beyond an advisory level.

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Learning Management System: The Sine Qua Non for Effective Compliance Training by Amit Gautam

LearningGuild

In a well-structured corporate training environment, compliance is not only a necessity but a significant responsibility, both legally and operationally. It helps in alleviating risks, safeguarding organizational reputation, and ensuring there are no unnecessary legal tussles and penalties. Here are nine tips to ensure effective compliance training with an LMS.

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Mentorship Program: Help Employees Find their Mentor

Growth Engineering

Business leaders everywhere (including me) love mentors! Join me to find out why, and discover how to create a mentorship program straight out of personal development heaven! ‘Will you be my mentor?’ These five words can be about as angst-inducing as asking someone on a first date! So, is the search for your mentor worth the effort or will it end in heartache, and a lot of awkward emails?

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7 Steps to Consider When Implementing a LMS

How Do You Choose the Right Learning Management System? Choosing the perfect Learning Management System can be complex for organizations. Initially, you might ask questions like, "When is the right time to adopt an LMS?" or "Which LMS is the best fit?" Once you've made your LMS selection, your next query is likely, "How do I go about implementing it?

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Are You Ready to Deliver Microlearning?

ATD Learning Technologies

Microlearning is a hot topic in talent development, but it seems to be vaguely defined. Many in the field refer to microlearning as learning that occurs in bite-sized chunks. In Microlearning to Boost the Employee Experience (2017), Elise Greene Margol defines microlearning as “training delivered in small, short bursts.” What these types of definitions lack are the actual time limits microlearning should fit.

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Help me Obe Adobe, you’re my only hope

Adobe Captivate

Been working in Prime today and have encountered various issues. Please see below. Thank you please advise. Files not loading in to Prime from Captivate. Switching between Author and Admin view today, saw these screens. BTW, tried to access [link] from Chrome, Doesn’t like Chrome.

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Trainers Unavailable? Try Microlearning for Just-in-time Learning!

CommLab India

How can L&D professionals and training managers design training programs that appeal to the workforce of today? While classroom training cannot be done away with, it has become essential to support classroom training with just-in-time learning modules. Also, there are times when a dearth of trainers make corporates look for other viable options for training their employees.

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6 Essential Steps for Rapid Conversion of Instructor-led Training

CommLab India

Many assume converting Instructor-led Training (ILT) into eLearning is moving their PowerPoint slides and other training resources online, using authoring tools. Some also dump all their classroom resources in a learning management system (LMS) and call that web-based learning. These stereotypes have to be broken when it comes to conversion of ILT to effective technology-enabled learning.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr