Tue.Jul 18, 2017

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Why You Need to Invest More on Product Knowledge Training

Infopro Learning

I’ve got too much money and not enough places to spend it! Chances are, if you are reading this article, these words have never come out of your mouth. With demand for training outreaching supply by a widening margin, this puts tremendous pressure on L&D teams to invest in the right solution. An entire book could be written on whether this money should be spent on leadership , customer support , onboarding , etc., so we have decided to only focus on one item in this article: sales training.

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How to respond to “Make one course for everyone”

Making Change

“I’ve got a great idea!” says the new employee at Acme Tea Company. “Some people like iced tea. Other people like hot tea. Let’s make everyone happy by selling room-temperature tea!” The L&D equivalent sounds like this: “Everyone needs to be aware of this, so put a course on the LMS and assign it to all employees.” “Make a course about the new product features for the repair people, help desk, and sales staff.” “Everyone shou

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4 Reasons Why Mobile Learning is the Future

TOPYX LMS

Company decision makers and eLearning experts are finding that mobile learning is the future of L&D/corporate training. The question is “why?” Read on to find answers. 4 Reasons Why Mobile Learning is the Future of L&D/Corporate Training. For multiple reasons, mobile learning is the future of L&D/corporate training. This is because mobile learning….

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How Does CourseArc Make Your LMS Even Better?

CourseArc

With CourseArc, you can make the learning count and keep your students coming back for more online courses with engaging, interactive, and accessible content. If you’d like to see how CourseArc can help you extend the content creation abilities of Moodle, join our webinar with eThink Education where we’ll show users of the Moodle LMS what CourseArc can do.

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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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Here is All You Need to Start an Online Course Business

LearnDash

If you have been paying attention in the past few years then you probably have noticed a lot of hype around creating & selling online courses – and with good reason. Online courses represent a truly amazing opportunity for nearly anyone. You don’t need any special training to create an course in your area of expertise (although some coaching never hurts ) and the barriers to entry are nearly non-existent.

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4 Reasons Why Mobile Learning is the Future

TOPYX LMS

Company decision makers and eLearning experts are finding that mobile learning is the future of L&D/corporate training. The question is “why?” Read on to find answers. 4 Reasons Why Mobile Learning is the Future of L&D/Corporate Training. For multiple reasons, mobile learning is the future of L&D/corporate training. This is because mobile learning….

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LMS Implementation: A Concrete and Tactical Guide

ej4 eLearning

Most sales professionals feel that their job is done after the close. Me, I like to keep up with our new LMS clients, right on through implementation and early use. In talking with many of those clients, I’ve learned that the LMS implementation process itself can be a bottleneck, leading to unnecessary delays. Here’s what’s shocking about that: LMS implementation is really pretty easy and quick—if it’s built anything like our Thinkzoom platform.

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Get the most out of your daily work (30 day learning challenge)

Jane Hart

Most of what you learn at work takes place as you do your job; it’s just that most people are not aware of the learning that comes from daily work experiences.

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8 Questions to Ask Before Selecting Your New LMS

Lambda Solutions

You've decided to purchase a new Learning Management System. But where do you even begin? In this article, I'll share 8 questions that you should ask before choosing your next Learning Management System.

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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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Managing the Complexity of Branching Scenarios

Experiencing eLearning

On reddit, someone asked how to manage the complexity of branching scenarios and keep them from growing out of control. One of the issues with branching scenarios is that you can get exponential growth. If each choice has 3 options, you end up with 9 slides after just 2 choices, and 27 after 3 choices. This is 40 pages total with only 3 decisions per path.

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Winter is here

Learning with e's

Image from Pexels We are heading into the perfect storm. Students numbers are growing, and there aren't enough teachers. For the second year in the UK, secondary (high) school numbers have grown, and it's expected that over the next 8 years there will be a 19% rise in these numbers , with over 600,000 additional students. The sudden increase in births from 2002 onwards is largely responsible for this trend, and this was an expected rise.

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Training Budget 101: How to effectively manage your training costs

eFront

Well-trained employees are essential to the success of any company. Unfortunately, in a bad economy, a lot of businesses consider employee development to be an unnecessary expense. But while cutting your training budget can seem like the logical thing to do, stop and think about its long-term implications, as they can far outweigh the immediate costs saved.

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Mentor, Coach, Advocate: Why Leaders Spending Time with Their Employees Pays Off

eLearningMind

Spending time with employees pays off—not just for them, but for the leaders and the entire organization. The question of how much time can be explored in a Fast Company post, “Why Managers Should Spend Exactly 6 Hours A Week With Each Employee.” But here at ELM, we’ve found that it’s not necessarily quantified time that’s made the biggest difference—it’s qualified time.

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HIA Technologies Turns a New Chapter in Interactive Learning

HIA Technologies announces the launch of Qvio™️ interactive video platform for learner-driven, AI-enabled, education. Viewers get instant answers to their questions directly from videos, interrupting when needed, and getting an author-validated answer!

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Adobe Captivate 2017-In Product Project

Adobe Captivate

With Adobe Captivate 2017 fluid boxes, auto responsive and typekit integration are features which are being used extensively by the community. When you download the trial version of Adobe Captivate 2017 you get access to projects and resources, one of these is the Adobe Captivate 2017 training project which makes use of all the above features and is a tutorial in itself to use the features(including assessments).

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Corporate L&D Institute Features Session on Caveo Maturity Model

Caveo Learning

Ray Valenzuela, a senior learning strategist with Caveo Learning, is among the presenters at the 2017 Corporate L&D Institute , September 17–19 in South Carolina. The event, to be held at the Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa, is hosted by the International Performance Management Institute. Valenzuela's presentation is titled, "Using the L&D Maturity Model to Improve Your Learning Department and Deliver More Measurable Value.

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How To Edit Video- Normalize Audio Clips & Volume

TechSmith Camtasia

Have you ever watched a video where the music was so loud you couldn’t hear the voice over? What about the other way around? “Mixing” as it’s referred to in video production, is the art of blending your audio tracks to deliver a seamless audio experience, which can be achieved when you edit video. In fact, big time Hollywood productions have teams dedicated to all different facets of sound.

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If You Build It, Millennials Will Stay

CLO Magazine

Job-hopping millennials are seeking significantly more stability than before, making way for employers to train more talent — and keep them. Researchers from professional services firm Deloitte surveyed 8,000 young workers in 30 countries and found a significant drop in the number of workers planning to leave their company within the next two years.

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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How to Equip Sales Reps With the Necessary Business Skills to Land C-Level Buyers

OpenSesame

Unfortunately, all too often sales representatives rarely achieve those desired C-level sales. A recent Forbes article explains, “ eight out of 10 executive buyers consider the sales meetings they take to be a waste of time” and believe that representatives do not demonstrate an adequate knowledge of their buyers business. Perhaps this is not purely the inherent shortcoming of the sales representative, but an indication of a more insidious issue of sales reps not being adequately trained with t

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Is Rapid E-learning Development the Answer for Training Needs?

CommLab India

This blog gives an insight to training managers on the ways in which rapid eLearning development addresses training needs.

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How to Equip Sales Reps With the Necessary Business Skills to Land C-Level Buyers

OpenSesame

Unfortunately, all too often sales representatives rarely achieve those desired C-level sales. A recent Forbes article explains, “ eight out of 10 executive buyers consider the sales meetings they take to be a waste of time” and believe that representatives do not demonstrate an adequate knowledge of their buyers business. Perhaps this is not purely the inherent shortcoming of the sales representative, but an indication of a more insidious issue of sales reps not being adequately trained with th

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Online Learning for Career Progression

PulseLearning

Online learning is an important tool to further your career and gain new skills that enable you to climb the corporate ladder within your current organization. Well-structured courses are in the best interest of employees and employers alike, both of whom stand to benefit enormously. Committed employees, who are driven to succeed within their company, will be the future of their company.

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Understanding Scope Creep

Project managers are now spending more time managing strategic projects where the scope is susceptible to changes as the projects progress. Scope change control is now becoming a critical component of project management requiring project teams to become more active in solving problems and making decisions. Scope change control will require collaboration with stakeholders and possibly government agencies.

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How to Convert Static Slides into Interactive E-Learning

Rapid eLearning

A lot of e-learning content starts with existing PowerPoint slides. And a common challenge is converting all of that PowerPoint training into interactive and engaging e-learning. Today we’ll look at a few considerations that will help make the conversion to interactive e-learning successful. Understand Why the E-Learning Course Needs to Be Interactive.

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These Are The Secrets To Keeping Your Training Department Relevant in the Digital Age

SHIFT eLearning

A lot has changed with the advent of the World Wide Web in general, and smartphones in particular. We now each have access to a mini-supercomputer in our pocket, with a vast potential for learning. This technology and the wealth of information it can provide by linking to the Internet has fundamentally changed the nature of education and training. Is it any wonder that learners can’t stay focused when the course being offered is a series of PowerPoint slides, delivered by an instructor in a dark

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The 7th Habit of Highly Effective eLearning Designers & Developers

Adobe Captivate

In Stephen Covey’s book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, the seventh habit is to sharpen the saw. Sharpen the saw means spending time working on you. i.e. the carpenter needs to spend some time making sure his or her equipment is functioning properly. I submit to you that one of the best ways eLearning designers and developers can sharpen their saws is to attend the Adobe Learning Summit in Las Vegas on October 24th, 2017.

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Seven Tactics to Boost Learning in the Workplace

Everwise

Successful organizations emphasize ongoing professional development and gaining new knowledge. A learning culture benefits companies by enriching the employee experience, boosting productivity and innovation, and curbing turnover. It is an essential priority to remain competitive in today’s rapidly-changing landscape. Employees must be prepared to learn and adapt to rapidly changing conditions and new technologies.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!