Learning Management & Talent Development Insights
Latest trends, ideas and reports in the world of talent development, learning management and edtech
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The Essence of Gamification
The Essence of Gamification for E-Learning Game mechanics are employed to engage users, create extended periods of interaction and to reward engagement in order to ensure loyalty. This is the essence of gamification. We encourage you to utilize these game mechanics when you are designing or creating any training or e-learning content applications:
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May 2014 E-learning Survey Results
Our May 2014 PowerPoint and Spreadsheets survey results are in and they are an eye-opener into how organizations utilize tools like PowerPoint, Excel, Spreadsheets, LMS’s in conducting training. We continue to be surprised at the number of respondents who do not track their training efforts but are encouraged that companies are putting forth creative ideas […]
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Efficiency as a Leadership Quality, and How it Helps a Business Become More Productive
When the average person reflects on the word “leadership,” he or she will often think of sports figures and military commanders. The most obvious reason for this is how these leaders are depicted in the media, as well as other entertainment sources. For instance, countless Hollywood movies depict passionate speeches by football coaches, Army generals […]
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Be Proactive and Invest in a Leadership Development Program
How many times have you heard the phrase “leaders aren’t made, they’re born”? Probably plenty, as this expression is common in our society. What this maxim alludes to is that leaders become leaders because they have a specific personality that others will follow. However, that does not mean leadership development is impossible. If leaders were […]
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Big Courses Delivered In Small Chunks: Hottest 2014 Training Trend
While breaking big courses down into small chunks is one of the hottest e-learning trends in 2014, the concept originated nearly 60 years ago. In 1956, George A. Miller, a cognitive psychologist at Princeton University, suggested in a research paper that the average human can retain seven items in his or her working memory at […]
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Why your Company Needs a Chief Learning Manager
American companies spend more than $130 billion a year on training their staff. Despite efforts by employers to give their workers the chance to learn new skills and absorb more knowledge, only 30 percent of U.S. employees describe themselves as “engaged at work” according to a recent Gallup study. What is even more disconcerting is […]
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Why Cross-Training Through E-Learning Makes Corporate Sense
Today’s companies must respond quickly to sudden influxes of business and rapidly changing markets. Because of this, an increasing number of businesses are using e-learning to cross-train their employees so they are able to perform several jobs within the organization. The trend started in service-oriented businesses such as restaurants and bars where three waiters or […]
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Storytelling: E-Learning’s Hottest Trend
The Choose Your Own Adventure book series, which many adults may remember from childhood, involved the use of branching logic to engage readers. The books posed a scenario. It could be something as simple as stepping outdoors and making observations about the weather and the wildlife around us, and then seeing two paths ahead. We […]
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How E-Learning Can Fill the Soft Skills Gap
The bulk of training dollars is spent on teaching employees job functions, such as how to use specific equipment or follow set processes to create products and services. And yet, when asked what makes their employees valuable, most business owners cite a completely different skill set than straight technical and functional skills. In fact, in […]
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Why Analytical Skills Training Is Growing
We live in the information age, when data flows freely and in all directions at a finger’s click on a keyboard. But as more and more businesses are discovering, having great data is not the same thing as using great data effectively. That’s why an increasing number of corporations are delivering analytical skills training through […]
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Why Your Business Needs Compassion Training and How to Deliver It
Angel Cabrera, president of George Mason University, believes that employees who think business is nothing more than making money are short-changing their corporations. In a recent panel discussion reported by Monica Tanase-Coles on Forbes.com, Cabrera says: “At its very heart, a business is the beauty of bringing together people and things to make the community […]
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Employee Training and Startups: Start with Function
Sir Richard Branson doesn’t mince words about the importance of training in startup businesses. In a blog posting called How to Train Your Employees published on www.entrepreneur.com, the founder of Virgin Group with its 400 companies around the world lays out his strategy: “The first goal of any new business is simply to survive. One […]
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