Sat.Oct 28, 2017 - Fri.Nov 03, 2017

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Teaching for Trying Times

Upside Learning

Let me tell you the true story of three companies… The first company is one of a large group of companies. This company competes in a segment that has remarkable potential, making this company significant for the entire group’s profitability. To capitalise on the opportunity, the group has defined a strategic shift for this company, […].

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Guide Three Levers of a Successful CLO

Infopro Learning

Levers that the leader of a learning organization needs to know. As the benefits of investment in Learning and Development continue to be signaled to the market, Chief Learning Officers will be taking center-stage in the transformation of their organization. With the spotlight on, these CLOs and other leaders of learning organizations will be measured across three core levers; transforming the business performance of learners, creating learning experiences that engage learners, and improving the

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The role of L&D in 2018

Jane Hart

I am frequently asked for my thoughts on the role of L&D in the future. Here is my take on the important work required for the short-term future.

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Doing Conferences Differently – How to Beat Post-Conference Depression

Learningtogo

Do you suffer from PCD? How many times has this happened to you? You’ve convinced your boss (or yourself) to pay up to $2,000 plus travel expenses so you can attend a conference in your field. You spent a few energizing, exhausting and sometimes confusing and frustrating days with thousands of strangers and maybe a few friends, learning what’s hot and what’s not in the learning and training profession.

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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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Develop and Deliver an L&D Strategy for Non-Profit Volunteers

TOPYX LMS

Non-profit volunteers often work long hours free of charge. They keep non-profit organizations afloat. With this in mind, developing a learning and development (L&D) strategy for volunteers should be high on a non-profit association leader’s list of priorities if it is not already. An L&D strategy and program is helpful for volunteers, giving them much-needed direction, standards, and a sense of purpose.

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LMS Security Matters

JoomlaLMS

Data security is one of the most important issues nowadays. Thousands of websites are hacked and blacklisted every day, losing their data, reputation and search ranking. In addition to the reputation damage, hacking causes financial harm, emotional distress and clients’ confidence loss. That is why so much attention is paid to the system security and reliability.

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Point-of-Work & ADDIE? Say It Ain’t So…

Living in Learning

My recent post “70:20:10 – Myth or Legend?” roused a few readers to offer up some really solid comments, and there were a few that left me feeling like I was at a NASCAR race and just shouted “Ford Rules!” Now if you’ve never been to a NASCAR race, let me tell you this about […].

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Designing onboarding experiences that increase employee retention

Kineo

For many companies, the most pressing goal when designing onboarding experiences is to get new hires trained on their job and company procedures as quickly as possible so they can hit the ground running. From the employee perspective, however, this approach may not align to what they really need and want. Of course, new employees want to learn how to do their jobs and do them well.

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Online Course or Membership Site? 7 Questions That Will Help You Choose

Client Engagement Academy

You are the expert, and now you want to share your knowledge with the world at large. But you are confused. You know you want to create informational products for your audience, but the question that’s bugging you is how to sell your products. Should I create an online course and sell it on my blog? Or […].

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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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Training Industry Inc’s 2017 Learning Portal Companies Watchlist Features Gyrus Systems LMS

Gyrus

Richmond, VA · October 31, 2017. Gyrus Systems , a leading Learning Management Systems (LMS) vendor, announced today it has been selected as a 2017 Learning Portal Companies Watch List by Training Industry.com. “This year’s 2017 Top 20 Learning Portal/LMS Companies List is comprised of key players driving the evolution of learning portals and learning management systems,” said Ken Taylor, president of Training Industry, Inc. “These organizations are striving to impro

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L&D: Chasing Right Outcomes With Wrong Outputs

Living in Learning

We cannot begin the effort by looking through a “training solution lens”. I can always build training IF NECESSARY. BUT…if emphasis is not first laser-focused on what solution output closes the performance gap(s) at Point-of-Work, the traditional default training solution may well be the wrong output.

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AR we ready for the future of learning?

Kineo

Apps like Snapchat, with its facial filters, and the Pokemon Go! game made AR a reality for the masses, but Apple’s ARKit goes way beyond that. Developers can now create AR experiences that offer a whole different level of precision, detail and interactivity - which, I feel is going to be HUGE.

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The True Story of a Virtual Classroom Meltdown!

InSync Training

Picture it: You’re a veteran virtual learning producer. You’ve arrived forty-five minutes ahead of a session, you’re well prepared…and everything goes wrong. Do you panic? Or do you put all your skills to good use? InSync Training’s veteran producer Kathy Piazza managed to keep her cool in a high-pressure producing situation, and managed to keep the session moving and the learners on track.

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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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10 Ways to Turn Your Learners into Zombies (Throwback to 2013!)

Learning Visions

This was probably my favorite webinar/slide deck ever. And while it's now four years old, the concepts and ideas still hold true today. So, are you a zombie hunter or what? Ten ways to turn your learners into zombies from Cammy Bean Thanks to @espencedalton for unearthing this relic on Twitter. Happy Halloween!

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Use Quora to Market Your Online Course

LearnDash

After creating your online course you may be wondering how to market it. You have probably heard all of the usual advice when it comes to building an online business. You know, stuff like: Validate your course idea first. Content marketing is king. Facebook ads are great for quick results. All of this advice is sound and wouldn’t be given if it didn’t work.

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Designing onboarding experiences that increase employee retention

Kineo

For many companies, the most pressing goal when designing onboarding experiences is to get new hires trained on their job and company procedures as quickly as possible so they can hit the ground running. From the employee perspective, however, this approach may not align to what they really need and want. Of course, new employees want to learn how to do their jobs and do them well.

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Why I’m Getting Tired of All These Stories

Learningtogo

That clever little story may not be as engaging as you think it is. When neuroscientist Paul Zak discovered the power of a compelling story to stimulate the production of oxytocin in the same manner as “real life” interactions, he unleashed a new best practice for leaders, speakers, trainers, teachers and everyone else. It is nearly impossible to miss his influence at professional conferences and YouTube sales videos, where almost every speaker begins the presentation with a story that is meant

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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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Imagining the Future of Work

KnowledgeStar

We have been talking about the rapid inevitable change from labor-intensive managing hands type of work, to the mind-intensive managing minds work most of us perform. We too often imagine it happening in offices or manufacturing environments. Truth is it’s happening in places we would never imagine, from pizza parlors to coal mines to … […].

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Your LMS Needs to be Micro-Content Ready

LearnDash

I have said it before and I will say it again: micro-content is quickly becoming the next big thing in e-learning. Knowing this, is your learning management system prepared for it? You may not think it’s a necessity at present but it will be in the next one to two years as learner expectations evolve. There are some simple things you can do now to make your content more in-line to this approach (regardless of your current LMS).

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Establishing Our Own Learning Pathways

InSync Training

In previous blog posts, we have established that we are all modern learners. As we explore and build our own modern learning pathways , let’s stop for a moment to consider where we are and what we are picking up along the way. All of our learning choices are personal. The process we go through to select, evaluate, and use learning assets is, in fact, the process of designing our own personal learning blends.

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Let Your Inner Rockstar Out and Get Rewarded

eLearning Brothers

We had so much fun giving away free eLearning Brothers t-shirts to all you rockstars at DevLearn 2017 that we thought “Why not keep that fun going?”. So we’re going to have a little contest. Share a photo of you rocking your eLearning Brothers t-shirt and tag us, @eLearningBros on Twitter or Facebook for a chance to win some rockstar SWAG! Our swag manager is putting together mystery swag packs for our winners.

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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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Custom vs. Off The Shelf Training: Which Should You Choose?

Dashe & Thomson

You've finally completed your training needs assessment and have discovered your salespeople need training on effective negotiation skills. You're familiar with off the shelf training courses for sales teams and wonder whether general training on sales closing techniques would be suitable. Or, is custom training the route to take?

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Sales Accelerator for WooCommerce

LearnDash

WooCommerce is a powerful way to sell online courses, and now reporting has just gotten (a lot) better. Many of you who are using LearnDash are doing so in order to generate revenue from your knowledge. If you are in fact selling courses then there is a strong possibility that you are using WooCommerce. The benefits of selling courses with WooCommerce are many and have been discussed multiple times on this blog.

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Rules for AI

Clark Quinn

After my presentation in Shanghai on AI for L&D, there were a number of conversations that ensued, and led to some reflections. I’m boiling them down here to a few rules that seem to make sense going forward. Don’t worry about AI overlords. At least, not yet ;). Rodney Brooks wrote a really nice article talking about why we might be fearing AI, and why we shouldn’t.

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More Than Just Fun & Games: How Gamification Works

eLearning Brothers

Gamification has been a buzzword for some time now and it’s not going away anytime soon. In fact, we’re seeing gamification pop up in even more, incredibly relevant, training areas. At the beginning of 2017, Unilever unveiled a new digital recruitment program that uses gamification to eliminate unconscious bias from its hiring process. Global brands such as Google, Uber, Marriott and more are already using gamification in their recruiting as the drive to attract top talent is more competitive th

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.