Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 25, 2007

Continuing on from my earlier posts: LMS Selection Presentation Reformulated LMS Selection Team and Stakeholders LMS Selection Process From several comments and from looking at my list of issues, I realize that writing a good LMS RFP is challenging and it's easy to make lots of mistakes. In other words, any solution is acceptable.

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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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eLearning 24-7

JULY 19, 2023

Sounds great, but surprise – each ran into issues with that – the highlighted text didn’t align to the question, and twice the page to which is corresponds to (based on the question) was wrong. RFP/RFI Templates : The guide provides two RFP/RFI templates, one for employees and the other for customer learning/education.

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Spark Your Interest

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Define the business problem AND the performance problem. The instructional designer is uniquely qualified to help you solve these problems. Asking for a course is not getting to the real problem, it’s like picking a solution before you know what to solve or whether that choice is actually a solution.

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Training Industry

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

The RFI should be a short document you issue to a larger list of suppliers that specifies what information you seek from them. This is a wonderful way to have suppliers come in and present their capabilities prior to issuing an RFP. An RFP (request for proposal) is the most common document used in the sourcing selection process.

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Abila

OCTOBER 25, 2018

With more than 700 learning management solutions in the marketplace, choosing the right one poses a unique challenge. They suggest starting by identifying and clarifying objectives and asking what opportunities you’d like to take advantage of and what problems you’re trying to solve. Develop and issue a request for proposal (RFP).

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Cloudshare

JANUARY 8, 2020

More often than not the word “engineer” is used, as in presales engineer, sales engineer , or solutions engineer. I don’t believe anyone would take issue with the idea that SEs give demos, however, experts are also prone to broaden the definition. Ability to contribute to the RFP process. Job descriptions vary too.

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Trajectory IQ

DECEMBER 5, 2017

This isn’t just a problem in Ottawa, it’s an issue at the Provincial level too. It’s great that there’s at least an internal federal report that confirms the issue at hand. They’ll insist that they are under the same rigid procurement or Request For Proposal (RFP) process as any small/medium IT company in Canada.

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Trajectory IQ

DECEMBER 5, 2017

This isn’t just a problem in Ottawa, it’s an issue at the Provincial level too. It’s great that there’s at least an internal federal report that confirms the issue at hand. They’ll insist that they are under the same rigid procurement or Request For Proposal (RFP) process as any small/medium IT company in Canada.

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Talented Learning

MARCH 4, 2020

Many different solutions are coming together – and each deal is driven by unique factors. All large companies have deployed a talent management solution. But that’s a problem because this segment doesn’t consider integrated talent management important. In other cases, a purchase can eliminate competition.

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eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Why would I want a SaaS solution over hosted on my own servers product? SaaS eliminates the need for IT on your side, less headaches and thus the responsibility of any issues being handled by the vendor. Organizations who recommend the value of RFPs and either have a link to an RFP template or how to do a RFP.

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eLearning 24-7

JUNE 26, 2023

Plenty are surprised, and state they haven’t found any, which isn’t surprising, since there are so many out there, and it would not be unexpected for folks to look for all of them – rather to focus on the ones they are aware of, or someone said you should check them out – and that solution is known.

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Janet Clarey

MAY 26, 2011

We also know that we primarily see this in three overlapping spaces: (1) integrated talent management suite providers (the fastest growing space, especially for large organizations and where we are also seeing mega LMS/TMS mergers ), (2) social learning platform providers, and (3) providers specializing in niche solutions (i.e.,

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Avilar

JULY 31, 2018

The more the representative knows, the better they can explain how their product will resolve your issues. Administrators, content developers and facilitators could be valuable in identifying a problem, or a potential opportunity, that could easily be overlooked by a user with a different role. 6) Decide Next LMS Buying Steps.

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 7, 2009

But, in our Advanced ID class students apply that theory to a problem in the field. We also have a game course where they create interactive games for learning to solve the needs of a client (again the students interact with external clients and produce a solution to their problem).

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Limestone Learning

MAY 1, 2017

Finding this constraint out after you build will cause tremendous problems! You’ll learn how to engage and increase the effectiveness of channel partners of all types—distributors, resellers and even customers—using modern learning solutions. How to identify resources and solutions that can facilitate the sales certification program.

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eLearning 24-7

APRIL 24, 2017

What makes this a horrific trend is that these folks are selling learning platforms or solutions to consumers, who are unaware that these people have zero experience. The problem though, at least what I am seeing, is that they are not willing to do so. Why is this an issue? Topic: LMS RFP Criteria. The flaw you ask?

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eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 19, 2019

LXPs have this problem. Thus, the segment of the learning system space has a branding issue, but within the LXP moniker, some people can recall a couple of systems, by name, not by type of solution. It is no wonder, LXP vendors are receiving LMS RFPs and LMS vendors are receiving LXP RFPs. Recent Spin includes.

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eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

MOOCs are growing at a continued pace, but they still have problems answering some basic questions. How will privacy issues come into play? It’s funny because in my LMS RFP template (a new version will appear with my report), vendors who I know do not have a modern UI will state they do. Trends in the Trees.

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eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 23, 2019

What is also frightening though to me, and people who know me can attest, very few haunted or creepy stuff scares me, are the amount of bad systems, bad content, erroneous information being presented to folks, looking to find the right solutions for the learning and training needs in the exciting world of e-learning. To RFP or not RFP.

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 2, 2019

But for the masses out there, those amazing VR solutions haven’t been met. But the problem is more than just the headset, rather it getting buy-in from the C-level folks that this is a must for your budget, especially when you just received the green light to drop 50K on a new LMS. Browser agnostic is a misnomer.

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Web Courseworks

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

CIOs, CTOs, and other technology executives are often saddled with problems that their staff hasn’t demonstrated an ability to solve, either due to a lack of knowledge, resources, or drive. Lack of forthcoming solutions can limit the business’ bottom line, and it can even have a negative impact the careers of the technology leaders.

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eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Internet: If your solution is going to be hosted on the vendor’s site, and you plan to have your end users access at work or at home: you still most ask yourself the questions in #2 for the workplace and then even at home. Again, what about the Mac issue? Home/Work Computers: Do they have Flash installed? What about Shockwave?

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eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Internet: If your solution is going to be hosted on the vendor’s site, and you plan to have your end users access at work or at home: you still most ask yourself the questions in #2 for the workplace and then even at home. Again, what about the Mac issue? Home/Work Computers: Do they have Flash installed? What about Shockwave?

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eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 4, 2019

That said when it involves your employees (and retaining them) and your customers (and increasing sales), you may wish to think of another way to solve the problem, rather than just acquiescing. You have to be the winner here, otherwise, you will end up, being the loser, when this system fails to solve the problem/problems. .

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Talented Learning

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

They needed to streamline their RFP response process. This is a meaty problem. I can look for indicators that detect when you’re having an issue. 5 areas of innovation unique to customer LMS solutions. We also offer a portfolio of common use cases. But the point is to save time and resources. And the media?

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eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Don’t worry folks, I have no problem sleeping at night. What is your support process, how are issues assigned, what is your follow up process, once a day, once every other day? From a free open source standpoint it is still the best one out there, but I would go with one of my top 10 fee based solutions over Moodle any time.

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eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

We are extremely interested in SAAS based solutions, but we have expectations that align to the entire LMS industry. One vendor asked if you wanted to learn more about their product and sent you to their help desk to notify them of errors or issues with their system (hmm, not likely to buy one from these guys). LMS Vendors.

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 20, 2022

The problem today is when you surf the web, you see all these guides written by content marketers, not experts in L&D or training or learning systems or even e-learning. A Learning System is any system or platform whereas learning/training (via e-learning aka online learning) is the core of the solution. Learning System Types.

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LearnUpon

JULY 14, 2016

If the manifest file isn’t located in the root of the zip, the course isn’t a valid SCORM content package at all and you will likely run into issues importing it to your LMS. Problem Based Learning: A learner-centred approach that’s similar to Scenario Based Learning.

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Talented Learning

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Troy is a “triple threat” learning innovator with deep expertise as a content development practitioner, solutions consultant and technology vendor. New tools are emerging that promise to overcome key content availability issues without requiring organizations to abandon or replace existing learning systems. Unfortunately.

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 23, 2013

businesses would allow their employees’ learning move from their solution into another, without their consent? Compliance issues and privacy. It opens up real security issues. I’ve done it many times – as a training director/manager – and haven’t had any problems. How many clients -i.e.

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Limestone Learning

MARCH 28, 2017

The presenter will demonstrate and explain the basic principles, and provide simple methods to help you jump-start mobile solutions in your organization. So what are the right questions to ask in a video platform RFP? Explore listening as a relationship-building and problem-solving tool. This session will: Test listening skills.

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LifterLMS

AUGUST 28, 2021

Groundhogg is a CRM solution for WordPress where you can host your email list inside of WordPress instead of on a system like MailChimp or ActiveCampaign. Adrian is the CEO and co-founder of Groundhogg, which is a marketing automation and CRM solution for WordPress. Adrian Tobey: We have an RFP process.

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learnWorlds

MARCH 30, 2022

Try our platform today for FREE to make sure you will offer the best training solution to your customers! He likes to back up his intuition with data to drive continual improvement, tackle new problems with both creativity and practicality. Feature fatigue and the risk of overcomplicating RFP technology with features.

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LearnUpon

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

This approach prompts learners to read, discuss, and solve problems in order to synthesize course content. Examples of active learning activities include practical tasks and problem-solving conducted in small groups. It’s a problem-solving approach to learning used by instructional designers with a focus on engaging content. .

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