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Learning Management System is a powerful tool to help organizations streamline, create, deliver and track and organize all kinds of training and talent development. Make sure to stay ahead of the curve in terms of learning management system technology or industry trends.
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Younger Employees’ LMS Experiences and Preferences
In the coming three to four months, employers across the nation will welcome thousands of summer employees, interns and recent graduates into their ranks. This means that for many organizations, it is now time to scale up training initiatives. Adopting a Learning Management System (LMS) is one way to quickly and efficiently scale up training […]
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How to Implement an LMS, Part 7: Final Steps
In this seventh article about How to Implement an LMS, it’s time to take a look at the remaining steps of implementation, which include Systems Integration, Course and Data Migration, User Acceptance Testing, and Going Live. Without further ado, let’s dive right in! Also, remember you can get a free consultation on how to implement […]
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How to Implement an LMS, Part 6: Roll-out Planning and Configuration
In this sixth article on the series of How to Implement an LMS, I’ll be diving into the details of the roll-out planning process. This is where the rubber really meets the road in your LMS implementation. It is also where failure is most likely to occur, and I’ll explain why. Get a free consultation on […]
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How To Implement an LMS, Part 5: Contract Review
Now that you’ve made it through the organizational analysis and vendor selection process, you’re still not quite ready to begin what most people think of as the implementation of the LMS. Before you start rolling it out in your company, you need to finalize the LMS contract, and this is where many companies let important […]
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Spotlight On: Boeing Employee Training
Ranked by Forbes as #82 on its list of the World’s Most Valuable Brands, this Chicago-based aerospace and defense company was founded in 1916 and has been leading the way in its industry pretty much since then. So what exactly does Boeing do? They manufacture commercial jetliners as well as equipment and vehicles for defense, […]
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Preventing the Risk and Threat of Phishing Through Employee Training
Phishing is one of the biggest cybersecurity threats in today’s workplace, yet it’s one going largely ignored by employers. Phishing refers to the use of email and websites which aim to steal money or private information. In August the FBI spoke out about phishing in the workplace and the threat it poses. The FBI reports […]
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LMS Overview – How to Make the Leap to an LMS
This is a general LMS overview as you decide to make the switch to an LMS. While many workplaces have already taken the leap, many more businesses—especially those which fall into the small or family-run business category—have yet to adopt a learning management system to meet their training needs. The advantages of moving from traditional […]
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How to Implement an LMS, Part 2: The Analysis Phase
In the first article of this series on How to Implement a Learning Management System (LMS), Part 1: Laying the Groundwork, I went over the basic case for why you should even bother with an LMS in the first place, what signs may be present that indicate it’s time to make a switch in LMS […]
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Giving Thanks for Work-Life Balance
Today, most Americans are off work and many won’t return until next Monday. This shouldn’t make headlines but in fact, Thanksgiving is one of the few times that US workplaces completely shut down and workers actually take more than two days off work. In addition, it is one of the few times a year when […]
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How In-N-Out Burger Managed to Top Glassdoor’s List of the Best Employers
In the current business climate, it can be challenging to see how In-N-Out Burger was able to top a list of best places to work in the U.S., but it did.
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Is Google’s Smart Reply Smart Enough for Your Business?
It’s finally here—the email program that not only receives your email but also automatically generates responses and not simply with the standard out-of-office reply. Smart Reply, at least in theory, is smart enough to generate responses to the emails we don’t have time to respond to ourselves. Sound good? Perhaps, but Google’s Smart Reply also […]
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Expressing Compassion Without Opportunism
Following the devastating attacks in Paris, private companies around the world responded. A black ribbon appeared on the Google homepage. A French flag and the words “Solidarité” appeared on the Amazon home page. Expedia quickly posted the following message: “On Friday 13th there were a number of shooting incidents in Paris resulting in casualties. Our […]
