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How do I even start? 5 first steps to building your first employee training program

TalentLMS

An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.” These are the words of Jack Welch , former CEO of General Electric, and they’ve never been truer than they are today. You don’t need convincing, though. You already know that learning is the key to happier employees and better business results.

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Why Is Learning Evaluation So Hard?

Watershed

I regularly speak with organizations about measuring the effectiveness of training. And I’ve noticed a common challenge among L&D teams— learning evaluation is difficult. But it doesn’t have to be. In this post we'll explore how asking one question can not only uncover gaps in your training, but also surface how to align your training in a more measurable way.

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Fill your Training Plate from the Online Training Buffet

CommLab India

Do you know all forms of online training? Read to know about different forms and how various online training formats can help in workforce training.

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Top 4 soft skills employees are developing in VR

STRIVR

Enterprise leaders today are faced with a unique and growing challenge around building soft skills in their organizations. . Around the globe, corporate learning experts are pushing the need for soft skills training. Josh Bersin in a recent article casts doubt on “reskilling” the workforce if there isn’t a strategic and targeted approach to build the right skills.

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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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Finding a Good Fit in Instructional Design

Experiencing eLearning

When you’re looking for an instructional design role, it’s important to find a good “fit.” A good fit means doing work you find satisfying, in an organization or with clients that value your contributions. Generalist or specialist. Generalists do a little bit of everything. This is pretty common in instructional design and elearning roles, especially in smaller organizations.

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How to quickly find the cause of a performance problem

Making Change

“Why” is a useful question when you’re getting to the root of a performance problem. But it has a more powerful cousin: “What for?” Here’s an example. Your client, Joe, wants ethics training. “People are lying when they file their performance reports,” he says. “They say they did more work than they actually completed.

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How to Collect Your eLearning Content

Tim Slade

When you’re starting the design and development of an eLearning course, it’s usually a good idea to start with a storyboard. But first, before you can start writing a single word, you need to collect your eLearning content! If you’re new to eLearning, one misconception that you may have is that your subject matter experts will provide you all of the content you need to create your course.

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How to Get Your Workforce on Board for Competency Management

Avilar

“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” – Henry Ford. Competency management is at the heart of workforce optimization and long-term success – if your employees are on board. When competency management programs struggle to get off the ground or maintain their momentum, it’s often because employees aren’t fully participating.

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4 eLearning Course Responsive Design Rules To Live By

eLearning Industry

The days of learning only using a wide-format desktop screen are long gone. In fact, with the proliferation of devices with multiple screen sizes, it’s hard to know exactly which screens a course designer should use. So, what should Instructional Designers do? The answer is: Use responsive design techniques for the best results! This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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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How to Measure the ROI of Your Training Program

Overnite Software

It’s been said that if you don’t have a goal, you’ll reach it every time. When it comes to your training program, the focus is on employee education and development. However, the end goal for your business is to achieve a profitable bottom line on your budget spreadsheet. Some aspects of employee training and development will provide more idealistic outcomes that are practically impossible to measure.

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Tips for a Stress-free Corporate Video Production

ej4 eLearning

Whether you’re creating your first or fiftieth video, I think you will find these tips helpful. It’s important to know upfront if you need to include a banana. (Banana? Yes, a banana. You'll get it if you keep reading!) And whether you hire a company like ej4 or create internally, we want you to have a successful corporate video production process. We have found that the more thinking and planning you do upfront, the smoother the production process.

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4 Reasons Non-Profits Should Develop Online Volunteer Training

LearnDash

Attracting volunteers is not enough. Here’s how to train them to be effective. Any non-profit that has experience working with volunteers knows that one of the greatest challenges facing them on a regular basis lies in training volunteers to do useful work. This can create significant logistic challenges, as training can be costly both in terms of expense, and the time and human resources involved.

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Different Ways To Test Learners In Your Online Training Courses

eLearning Industry

A vital step in training development is including various ways of testing employee knowledge and aptitudes. Read on to learn about different ways this can be done in your online learning courses! This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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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Social Leadership: Encourage, Support or Model? Pick One.

The Simple Shift

Three ways leadership can advance social in their organization are through encouragement, support, or modeling. Let’s say if you have to have leadership pick only one, which would it be? I’d argue it’s modeling. Here’s why. By the very connotation of the word, Leader, Leaders lead the way. They go first. They don’t direct, they […].

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3 Things We Learned About Engaging with a Global Workforce

InSync Training

Virtually There Session Recap. How can learning leaders and other stakeholders better engage their workforce? Gaining emotional and professional buy-in from employees requires a structured approach focused on communication. The language used to share corporate updates, train new skills, and clarify company values can fundamentally change how the target audience receives the message.

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Cultural Comment Shift

Clark Quinn

I’ve been blogging now for over a decade, and one thing has changed. The phenomena is that we’re seeing a cultural comment shift; comments are now coming from shared platforms, not directly on the site. And while I try not to care, I’m finding it interesting to reflect on the implications of that, in a small way. When I started, people would comment right on the blog.

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5 Strategies To Upcycle Your Corporate Learning

eLearning Industry

Upcycling is rated as ''the word of the year for 2019'' by Cambridge Dictionary. It's time we upcycled our learning content. Here are 5 proven strategies to give your corporate learning new life, without starting from scratch. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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!

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Tips to Work Effectively with Subject Matter Experts

B Online Learning

At the start of our eLearning Design Essentials workshops, we ask our attendees what are the challenges they face when designing eLearning courses. […]. The post Tips to Work Effectively with Subject Matter Experts appeared first on B Online Learning.

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Virtual Learning 101: Learner Engagement and Session Scheduling

InSync Training

A few weeks ago, I responded to a number of fundamental questions about virtual learning. And in the process of reviewing the inquiries my team frequently receives when working with modern learners , new clients, and in established programs, I realized that much confusion remains around this learning environment. Like the answers I recently provided to three common blended training questions, these answers also focus on practitioner core competencies and technology basics.

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How to Create Mobile Learning Platforms With Ease

Docebo

As learning managers, you have the unenviable task of trying to please everyone. While other departments have just one team to look after, you have numerous – both inside and outside of the organization. A common pain point is the time it takes to set up learning programs, and with the recent surge in mobile activity , admins now need to not only build a desktop version of their learning materials, but another suited to learning on the go.

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How To Boost Corporate Training ROI Through Microlearning

eLearning Industry

There is a saying, "the bigger, the better." Well, that might not be true in all cases, especially in the eLearning industry. In the latest trends in corporate online training, smaller is often considered a better approach to delivering top-notch training. How? By boosting your corporate training Return On Investment (ROI) through the microlearning approach in eLearning.

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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

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Close the Retail Skills Gap with an Online Learning Platform

TOPYX LMS

Retail skills are critical to the success of both a retail worker and a company, but many people lack these skills. This has created a skills gap in the retail sector. The NRF Foundation acknowledged the retail skills gap and launched a training and credentialing initiative designed to provide individuals with the skills they need to obtain retail jobs. 1 Company leaders can follow suit and begin to close the retail skills gap within their own organizations by delivering and managing retail trai

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THE DUMMIES GUIDE TO DEVELOPING ONLINE LEARNING

Spark Your Interest

Has your organization reached a size or stage where you’re struggling to keep up with the training demands? Or are you looking to reach a new audience in a more modern way? Then developing online learning or an e-learning course might be your solution. Yet, where to do you start? What do you do, more importantly, what shouldn’t you do? And how do you know that developing online learning is the right solution for you?

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Extend Your Reach With a Proactive Virtual Coach

Docebo

I don’t know about you but getting myself to the gym is a struggle. The weather is either too nice to be inside, working out, or the weather is too bad to leave my apartment. Either way there’s an excuse. And when I do manage to drag myself there, I have a few routines that I go through, but I don’t know exactly what I should be working on and what machines I should be using.

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7 Benefits That Highlight The Importance Of Soft Skills In The Workplace

eLearning Industry

Active listening, non-verbal communication, and empathy are just a few traits employees must possess in the modern workplace. But what benefits do soft skills training bring to your bottom line? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Powering Learning Platforms for Personalized Learning Journeys with Generative AI

Explore the transformative synergy of education and technology in 'Powering Learning Platforms.' Uncover the magic of Generative AI shaping personalized learning, revolutionizing your educational journey.