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Using Digital Credentials to Close the Skills Gap: Webinar

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Today’s workforce is caught in a relentless skills gap that grows wider each year. Join Talented Learning CEO and Lead Analyst, John Leh, and WBT Systems CTO, Linda Bowers, as they explore six digital badge fundamentals. The post Using Digital Credentials to Close the Skills Gap: Webinar appeared first on WBT Systems.

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Associations: Solving the Skills Gap with Digital Credentials

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skills gap ” problem. What is the “Skills Gap” Problem? These persistently unfilled positions are attributed to an unfortunate and somewhat ironic phenomenon called the “skills gap.”. Skills Gap” Solutions. Associations can lead the way and solve the skills gap. According to the U.S.

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Best LMS? 2016 Talented Learning LMS Vendor Awards

Talented Learning

That’s why we founded Talented Learning, an independent research and consulting firm for learning technology buyers and sellers. Within these suites, talent and learning modules share data that influences content recommendations, skills and competencies development, succession planning and performance reviews. WBT Systems.

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2017 Talented Learning LMS Awards: Best of the Best

Talented Learning

They typically include skills and competencies tracking, workflow management, audit trails, electronic signatures, strong ILT management, facilities and resource management, broad content support and powerhouse reporting. Small and medium-sized buyers often think the complexity and cost of these systems are overkill. SumTotal Systems.

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What to Do If Your Association’s Online Course Failed

WBT Systems

Employers told you they need people to develop the skills taught in the course. But do people know they need these skills? Is there a gap between what skills employers need and what people think they need ? The survey said members want to learn the skills taught in the course. Optimize your course descriptions for search.

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Remember the 3 E’s When Marketing Educational Programs

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With the continuing need for people to develop new skills for new kinds of jobs, for-profit companies with deep pockets will also get in the game. Management consultant and business professor Gary Hamel says you need to unleash your organizational imagination. So how do you compete? He describes four ways to do that.

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Flipped Learning Increases the Value of Conference Education

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Instead, session time is devoted to strengthening skills, discussing challenges, solving problems, and putting knowledge into context—that’s how adults learn. Conference marketing consultant Donna Kastner said: “ The smartest people aren’t always on stage. The session room becomes a workshop, not a lecture hall.