PDG

MAY 15, 2023

Procurement plays a significant role in driving down vendor costs. Create a Sales Scorecard Before chasing every RFP that lands in your inbox, develop a scorecard that evaluates the likelihood of winning a potential piece of business. Budgets are more scrutinized, and every dollar spent is put under a microscope.

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learnWorlds

MAY 29, 2023

Our Request for Proposal (RFP) checklist narrows down all the key questions you must ask LMS vendors, so you can identify the one that meets your requirements without ending up wasting money on a platform that has too many features you don’t even need or too few that will jeopardize the effectiveness of your program.

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Cloudshare

JANUARY 8, 2020

Chris White, author of The Six Habits of Highly Effective Sales Engineers , defines the role as, “Engineers and technical experts within a software company that give product demonstrations in the context of a sales opportunity.”. Vertical industry knowledge. Ability to contribute to the RFP process. Job descriptions vary too.

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Absorb LMS

APRIL 4, 2016

As an analyst a decade later, I wrote industry reports about learning management systems, authoring tools, and other technologies. In my current role with Absorb, I help organizations reduce the effort associated with managing learning by demystifying LMS technology. So what features should you look for in your LMS?

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eLearningMind

MAY 10, 2022

The two industry models include Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Out-Tasking: BPO typically entails an organization hiring a third-party contractor to manage and operate the entire corporate training process. Create a Request for Proposals (RFP). Evaluate responses to your RFP from qualified training outsourcing companies.

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Training Industry

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

As noted in last month’s blog, this edition will focus on the key ingredients for developing a request for proposal (RFP). First, when do you utilize a RFP or a request for information (RFI)? The lynchpin of any RFP is a well-defined scope of work (SOW). Also, the RFP process in itself is a learning experience.

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Good To Great

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Recently, I worked on my first project brief as a client and, with no rigid template to keep to, I decided to think back to my previous roles which involved responding to RFPs and produce the kind of thing that I would have liked to receive. When preparing an RFP… First of all, be fair with the deadline.

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ICS Learning

AUGUST 26, 2013

As with any relatively new industry, things have indeed changed and evolved. Many new products and technologies are available and, in general, the industry has matured. Of course, the classic three parameters; quality, cost, and schedule will also play a determining role. Developing the Content In-house.

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eLearning 24-7

JULY 21, 2015

There is way too much misinformation in this industry. This is an industry where assumption should be tossed in the trash, along with that old posted from the 80’s – sorry RATT is not making a comeback. Understand that this is an industry where spin dominates. Meet my friend, the RFP. I see it daily.

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HT2 Labs

OCTOBER 25, 2018

As the industry is adapting to a new breed of learning tools, including Chatbots, Virtual Reality and Learning Experience Platforms (LXP), a lot of focus is still on the functionality that these new tools bring, such as in a recent LXP RFP I’ve seen.

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eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 14, 2022

This is a company that has raised quite a bit of funding (40M USD alone, Series C in March 2022), which proves that you a)never know what someone is considering when buying a system, and b) the industry continues to get a lot of funding. Data visualization plays an important role here – not for buying a Pinto, for the metrics.

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eLearning 24-7

JUNE 26, 2023

From our industry, including learning systems, learning technologies, content providers and so on, I have never in my 23 years in the e-learning industry, let alone training, ever had to go through a pre-qualified approach. Getting out of a contract in our industry is very difficult. “How dare you,” you think.

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eLearning 24-7

MAY 9, 2022

They are still the most dominant player in the industry, and many are cutting edge (and more than 10 yrs old). However, talent development – opportunities, career mapping, content tied to job roles (as a key piece) with a full skills library and job role for that matter would be. LXP – Learning Experience Platform.

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ATD Learning Technologies

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

If I offer to assist with analysis, and the prospect has not already chosen a solution, they may suspect bias—and I risk disqualifying my product from the RFP. My commitment to using a specification like Experience API (xAPI) plays a key role in looking forward—to where we all want to go in education and training.

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WBT Systems

JANUARY 3, 2017

A still relevant blog post by industry analysts Talented Learning outlines their top five reasons to invest in association learning technology. This post on eLearning Industry outlines “ How To Create An Effective Online Training Strategy “ Though written for a corporate audience, the tips are useful for associations also.

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Talented Learning

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Mike Rustici , one of the chief architects behind xAPI, talks about how this emerging standard is redefining learning measurement and advancing training initiatives for businesses in all industries. #1 What role does learning technology innovation play in franchise business success? When and how to use an RFP (or not).

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Talented Learning

MAY 14, 2020

The realities of 2020 have accelerated their transformation at every stage of the learning systems life cycle from business case, requirements definition, RFP, contracting, deployment, content development, improvement – everything. Many associations are discovering they are now behind their for-profit competitors. CE Management. Conclusion.

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eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 21, 2023

If you like, then RFP it. Not Each of us has different experiences in the industry (mine – corporate wise has been since 2000), my experiences also included running training in numerous companies and verticals which always included e-learning, and thus a learning system involved.  Not the other way around. 

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Training Industry

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Lineup: In order to get to the Super Bowl, each and every member of the team has to understand both the strategy and their role in that strategy, otherwise the game will be over by half time! Before you put your lineup into negotiations, each team member has to understand both their role and their impact on the overall strategy.

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LifterLMS

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

But the e learning industry is also huge and there’s there’s different worlds there. And WordPress could be playing a bigger role. In the e-learning industry. You’ve probably heard it is the LMS industry has a lot of TLAs, three letter anacronyms or whatever. So the, with the LMS industry in WordPress.

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Talented Learning

JANUARY 23, 2018

Digital innovation is making it easier than ever to support commercial training strategies, so companies of every size and industry segment are discovering how learning programs can fuel growth and profitability. Barry Kelly, CEO of Thought Industries , joined me in tackling this topic. #2 When and how to use an RFP (or not).

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Training Industry

JULY 18, 2016

Without strong relationships, the role as a professional seller would be difficult, if not impossible. In my example, that opportunity presented itself down the road when my contact transitioned to another company and into a leadership role. My company was asked to participate in the RFP process.

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Talented Learning

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Every LMS provider has a unique pricing or license model based on a secret recipe of guesswork, functionality, industry, definition of user or usage, number of users, bandwidth consumption and overall service level agreement. We gathered LMS pricing from vendor websites, public RFP results, interviewed buyers and asked the vendors.

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eLearning 24-7

MAY 16, 2023

We created this system because we talked to people/people told us/we looked at the industry and saw that something needed to be done/changed. Biz Skills, that vendor again (Biz Library) metrics tell me part of the story, but the content to the job role to skills mapping ahead of time really sets it apart from everyone else.

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eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 19, 2019

Media plays an important role – the system can auto-transcribe a piece of media, with an ouput of a “text transcript” or the use of a search function that an end user can type in the text and it goes to the video point – or a combination of both functions. Other amazing terms are industry use. Skills platform.

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Limestone Learning

MAY 1, 2017

Regardless of your industry, workplace role, or interest in training, you’ve probably noticed something about the general pace of change: It’s getting faster. The process has been used by companies in eight different industries, and every organization realized a one-year increase in employee engagement between four and 11 points.

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eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Filter by Industry. To RFP or not RFP. Thought Industries * – Very strong system, lots to like here. Is that role playing? I guess if my role is to be talking head, then yes. My learning system search engine is designed to provide an optimum experience each and every time. 100% FREE. . Keyword(s).

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Talented Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Check our collection of resources from some of the best minds in the industry! #2 And going forward, what kind of role should they play? When to issue an RFP (or not). 2 Customer Training Pricing and Packaging – What’s the Best Strategy? Customer education is all the rage – and with good reason.

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Association Learning Management System Authoring Tools Association LMS Enterprise 52

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Seek additional resources before just either blasting a RFP out to everyone or picking up the phone, because you saw their name. And let’s go back to that RFP for a second. Talk to anyone every looking for a LMS, regardless of their job role or department and they will tell you the first thing they look at is the price page.

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Talented Learning

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

But what role does customer education play in this process? Together with industry colleague Adam Avramescu , he recently co-founded the CELab Podcast as a knowledge-sharing resource for anyone interested in this discipline. We know it’s been there and we’ve talked about it for years, especially in the software industry.

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Talented Learning

APRIL 26, 2017

The basic model awards 1 credit for each 1 hour of content completed, but for some industries the model is much more complex. What is Technology’s Role in Continuing Education? It’s wise to map out all the interrelated parts of your CE selling process and use as the foundation for your LMS requirements and eventual RFP.

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eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It involved looking at the industry, studying the trends, and picking out the nuances that pointed towards this or that, and then pushing it out. The Rise of Workforce Management – The latest buzz word to enter the lexicon of the learning system industry, for systems targeting heavily towards employees. Forecast System Types.

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eLearning 24-7

JULY 6, 2018

While I have conducted random sampling (as you would have with any polls out there), and data collection as part of my LMS RFP Template (New version now out), I believe it needs to be expanded. When folks spout “We HATE X”, repeatedly and when asked why, surprise, surprise, support plays a major role. The Ratings.

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eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I didn’t provide extensive details, with various scenarios based upon a set of roles, from the blue-collar employee (if they are at your company), to the new employee, to the established manager, the recently promoted manager, the senior executives, the employees who are in this department, which might be different from that department.

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eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Mobile used to play a bigger role, not so much, although honestly it should be the key piece to the pie – Mind Tickle! These systems have a place in the industry, depending on your needs and requirements. The content curation piece plays a massive role in an LXP, so under this section, they should have it all. 360Learning.

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Learning System System Metrics Compliance Training 65

Talented Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2016

From where we stand on the LMS front lines, these changes are signs of a vibrant, sustainable industry. We participate in LMS demonstrations , study RFP responses and interview customer references. Thought Industries. Finding the Best LMS in a Complex World. But they also create complexity and uncertainty. eLogic Learning.

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Acorn Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The two talk about why designing with a digital mindset enables you to scale your learning at speed, how you can empower stakeholders by thinking of learning data as a conversation with learners, and the important role digital learning plays in capability building. And what's the role of learning in it?

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