Talented Learning

JUNE 19, 2019

But preparing RFP responses can be brutal – especially if you blow it with unforced errors. What’s Wrong With This RFP Response? You rally your team and spend many hours developing an RFP response. So why are you losing at the RFP stage? But vendors have more control over RFP outcomes than you may think.

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Paradiso

APRIL 7, 2017

Now that you’ve zeroed down on using Moodle for your training needs, next step would be to hire the right Moodle service provider. And we know it’s a daunting task, given the proliferation of Moodle service providers. Be aware of such service providers! Draft a good RFP (Request for Proposal). How would you do that?

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 18, 2024

Stage Two Creating the RFP document These are the typical routes people go when creating the RFP (BTW, save time, use my template that said) Put in 90% that every vendor already has – but you are unaware. Write an RFP that is massive in size. Use Nobody loves or likes creating an RFP/RFI or whatever you do. It

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eLearningMind

MARCH 2, 2023

In this simplistic example, you would never receive service without the intervention of the server. For instance, when you make room reservations at a hotel via a travel agent’s website, it is an API (between your travel agent’s website and the hotel’s database) that interfaces between the two service providers to deliver your service.

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Frooxl

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

Choosing a service provider can be daunting. With many services, you can turn to Yelp or Angie’s List, and peruse a few dozen reviews. With many services, you can turn to Yelp or Angie’s List, and peruse a few dozen reviews. When choosing an e-Learning service provider, however, it’s not quite as easy.

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eLearning Industry

DECEMBER 23, 2018

Free LMS selection services give you the opportunity to whittle down your top choices and simplify the process. This post was first published on eLearning Industry. But how do you determine your price expectations beforehand so that you can get more accurate LMS recommendations?

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eLearning Industry

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

In this article, I discuss 5 ways to vet LMS vendors after employing free LMS consulting services. This post was first published on eLearning Industry. Now that you have a list of recommendations, how do you find the right people to work with?

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PDG

MAY 15, 2023

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. Yes, detailing features and benefits are essential, but the message should be the future state of what your product/service will help them achieve.

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eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 11, 2023

It isn’t used when your postal carrier talks about the mail service, but it does exist as a term. But money drives the industry, and I mean who cares, right? I really like Thought Industries, but one of my biggest gripes was the lack of a mobile app. What industry are many of you in? Hence snail. Sad really.

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eLearningMind

APRIL 19, 2022

They’re available as an end-to-end subscription-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering or as a public/private or hybrid-hosted service. Like VCR and DVD devices, the best eLearning authoring tools in the industry support a range of industry-standard eLearning formats. Next steps—Request for Proposal (RFP).

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AMVONET

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Organizations are starting to use agile principles to reinvent the outsourcing selection process, with some excellent resultsOutsourcing IT is a $300Bn industry – and yet studies show that up to 25% of clients are dissatisfied with their suppliers. Clients issue an RFP. Consider, for a moment, the traditional contracting process.

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eLearning Industry

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

This article features 7 notable benefits of using LMS consulting services to find a system that offers the best value for money. This post was first published on eLearning Industry. Are you thinking about enlisting the aid of an experienced LMS consultant to guide you through the LMS selection process?

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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. Now, even the most security-conscious organizations such as governments and financial institutions embrace software as a service (SaaS). So what features should you look for in your LMS?

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Training Orchestra

JANUARY 31, 2024

According to a recent talk with Fiona Leteney of the Fosway Group , extended enterprise training will continue to grow as companies across the globe expand their services and the breadth of their products. Globally, software and technology usage is set to increase 300% by 2027, meaning customers and partners will need a lot more support.

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eLearningMind

MAY 10, 2022

Organizations often delegate key services, such as office maintenance, talent sourcing, and public relations, to qualified outside contractors. Outsourcing training is yet another service strategy that uses external suppliers to deliver a broad range of training-related services. Create a Request for Proposals (RFP).

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Talented Learning

MARCH 4, 2020

As you may have read in my annual industry trends analysis , the pace of acquisitions and strategic equity investments has been accelerating for several years. When speaking with industry analysts, Cornerstone emphasized 3 key benefits of this deal. I’m sure my take is a bit different from other learning tech industry observers.

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Stratbeans

AUGUST 21, 2017

There are millions of vendors to look out for but among these millions, you have to list down only those few that are specific to their services because too many offerings sometimes take away the real motive. You can take free demos or hire an expert Industry Analysts or organize conferences highlighting your LMS requirements.

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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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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. How to spot a self-service system? DON’T.

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eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Yet, as I have often noted, it is rarely pushed upon in an RFP, let alone a demo. You the consumer can use the support card as part of your RFP process, which I strongly recommend. . Unicorn LMS, ideal for the financial services space and even anyone looking for an LMS targeting compliance and regulatory, provided their Support Card.

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Association eLearning

MARCH 28, 2012

The “Dirty Little Secret” About RFPs. Often, organizations choose a vendor by sending out a Request for Proposal (RFP). When the vendors receive this RFP, they are expected to “check the box” to indicate if their system provides that feature or not. But there is a charge to use this service! Vendor Selection. Live Demos.

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Petra Mayer

JULY 3, 2019

Typically, this is done through a “Request-for-Information” (RFI) process or through a “Request-for-Proposal” (RFP). Service and tech support (for learner or administrator support). A structured process for conducting your research is absolutely necessary. Depending on the type of organization (e.g.

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eLearning 24-7

JULY 19, 2023

It also emphasizes the importance of understanding industry terminology and the fact that there are no refunds in the industry (Page 2). The guide discusses pricing models in the industry, particularly the popular “Monthly Active Users” model. It explains how this model works and what to watch out for (Page 9-12).

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Cloudshare

JANUARY 8, 2020

While the salesperson’s role is to build relationships, develop trust, and ultimately, execute deals, the presales person’s role is to show a potential customer how a product or service solves a problem. Vertical industry knowledge. Ability to contribute to the RFP process. Sales engineers do more than demos.

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Talented Learning

JUNE 7, 2016

Have you read the industry’s most reliable blogs , online reviews , case studies or paid reports like the LMS Almanac ? Have you been to an industry tradeshow lately? Buyers quickly get to the point where they must send the RFP or potentially run out of time for selection and implementation in the budget year.

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Talented Learning

JULY 11, 2016

Know Your Prospect, Industry and Situation – Never initiate a first interaction with a prospect without doing homework on the company and the individual contact. Minimize “Boiler Plate” Errors – You wouldn’t believe the boiler plate copy-and-paste mistakes I see in formal RFP responses.

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eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

I’ve also learned firsthand, how to make it work in any vertical and any industry. The average time that it takes a consumer to cancel their credit card for services/products on a monthly charge is nine months – and that is across all consumer products/services. During the past 14.5 Without just jumping around.

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Training Industry

JUNE 18, 2014

Recently a gamification RFP landed on my desk that started me thinking, “How can branding, applied to a ‘gamified’ solution, help enhance emotional engagement with learners?” However, the client asked for a creative approach for a series of mini-games (“gamelets”) to teach its customer service model to a demographic that is not game-oriented.

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Infopro Learning

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The fixed-only pricing model gives rise to significant challenges: It is difficult for L&D teams to determine up-front which services will be needed for a given project. If services are scoped for a project but not used, this wastes money as you are under-utilizing resources for which you still need to pay.

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Petra Mayer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Lessons for the RFP process. There were a lot of lessons that will help to develop a more detailed RFP (Request for Proposal). For example, it would be beneficial to incorporate into an RFP: Keep all criteria of your requirements separate and provide a templated response form for the vendors to complete.

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eLearning 24-7

JUNE 26, 2023

I tried to think of any other service out there, where you have to go thru pre-qualified with a person, before you can even get to talk to the salesperson. Getting out of a contract in our industry is very difficult. The vendor is Skill Jar. The way this happened? For the longest time, I was stumped. Then it dawned on me.

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Talented Learning

JULY 31, 2019

Your sales team recently crafted a strong proposal in response to an LMS RFP , and the buyer has given your company a thumbs up. For example: Update discovery findings – One of the biggest mistakes you can make is assuming that research from the RFP phase is still accurate in the demo phase. Congratulations!

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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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WBT Systems

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Recently, eLearning Industry invited WBT Systems to contribute to the publication of a free eBook which addresses one of the biggest concerns faced by organizations – the complexity and difficulty of Learning Management System implementation.

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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. By using APIs, we can rapidly and securely expose services to share and make connections between the systems within the enterprise ecosystem. Think: check the RFP box.)

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Talented Learning

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Most associations are naturally positioned to succeed with reinvented member education programs because they’re already widely known and respected in their industry. In many industries, credentialing programs help professionals gain the skills and competencies they need for employment without a formal academic degree.

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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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