November, 2020

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LMS and Virtual Learning Environments (VLE)

Gyrus

Technology has changed the mode of delivery of education or skill training drastically. Especially in the current times of COVID-19 pandemic, companies are looking at the use of Learning Management Systems to aid their Training and Development (T&D) activities.

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How to leverage Product Knowledge Training for Increased Sales

Infopro Learning

Today the customer experience is one of the top factors consumers consider before making a purchase. This is one of the many reasons why improving customer service is a high priority for many modern organizations. However, providing quality customer service now requires that your sales reps know more than just facts and features. To truly provide quality service your sales team must have a deeper understanding of the products and services your business offers.

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Customize New Hire Training: 5 Reasons To Partner Up With A Vendor For Your Onboarding Program

eLearning Industry

Your employees might not have the time or specialized skills to convert an existing in-person onboarding program to a virtual one or to create such a customized new hire training program from scratch. Partnering with a talented vendor might be your best bet for designing a customized program that reflects the culture and values of your organization.

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The Ins and Outs of Augmented Reality (AR) for Corporate Training

CommLab India

Augmented Reality (AR) is the bleeding edge technology that has redefined user experience of immersive computing. Want to know how AR boosts corporate training?

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From Predictive to Agile: How to Choose the Right Project Management Methodology

Our profession is undergoing a transformation, moving away from rigid, one-size-fits-all methodologies. Instead, project managers are embracing dynamic and adaptable frameworks that carefully consider project and product variables to determine the most suitable development approaches and project life cycles.

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Questions to Ask SMEs for Branching Scenarios

Experiencing eLearning

When you create branching scenarios, you probably work with SMEs. They’re the ones with the expertise, after all. However, sometimes it can be a struggle to get good stories and concrete details from SMEs. You can use this list of questions to ask SMEs to gather the information you need to write branching scenarios. In one or two hours of interviewing a SME, you can gather a significant amount of important information.

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ThriveCart Integration With Order Bumps and Upsell Support!

LearnDash

Maximize your course revenue by using ThriveCart’s powerful marketing tools! Today we’re excited to announce the release of our newest add-on, ThriveCart, giving you the ability to use this popular e-commerce shopping cart to sell your LearnDash courses. What is ThriveCart? ThriveCart is an online shopping cart solution that has a variety of features, including: Order bumps and up-sells support A/B testing Discounts and coupons Automatic retries for failed payments And much more!

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How can Artificial Intelligence aid Human Capital Transformation for Modern Organizations?

Infopro Learning

The future of work is here, and automation is growing more popular every day. Although the term artificial intelligence sounds futuristic, it is already a big part of our everyday world. Artificial intelligence (ai) is no longer a work of science fiction or a trend to look forward to in the future. There are many business challenges technology can solve.

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6 Reasons To Outsource Microlearning Content Development For Fast Results

eLearning Industry

Outsourcing content development sounds expensive, and whether or not to outsource can be an overwhelming decision to make. The development process you choose will have a big impact on the project turn around speed, the amount you spend, and the quality of the program. Before you make the big decision you should consider these 6 reasons you should outsource your microlearning content development.

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AI and Meaningful Practice

Clark Quinn

Again, a video of an idea I want to talk about. This time about AI and Meaningful Practice (just around 2 minutes). I welcome your thoughts. By the way, I’m experimenting with video as a blog mechanism. A colleague mentioned that no one remembers the author of an article or post, but they do remember the speaker in a video. And much as I hate to do it, I do want people to associate my ideas with me!

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The Best Skills Analysis Tools for Upskilling

Faster than ever, the world is shifting and shaping how people work, exposing and creating deep skill divides across industries and around the world. As a result, business and HR leaders are scrambling to “upskill” employees. If you’re scrambling to upskill your employees but don’t know where to start, make skills analysis a routine part of your decision-making process.

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Normal. Ish.

InSync Training

I don’t remember what prompted this tweet in January, 2012, but I feel it even more strongly now than I did then.

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Scaling Up

E-Learning Provocateur

In Roses are red , I proposed definitions for oft-used yet ambiguous terms such as “competency” and “capability” Not only did I suggest a competency be considered a task, but also that its measurement be binary: competent or not yet competent.

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Best Membership Plugins for WordPress for 2021

LearnDash

Planning to launch a membership website for e-learning in 2021? Here are your best options. One of the most common use cases we have for LearnDash comes in the form of membership websites. Instructors want to create an experience where their learners can pay an ongoing subscription to have access to certain sets of courses, along with various other privileges.

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5 Steps to Create High Quality Custom eLearning Experience

Infopro Learning

Today many organizations have found that a one size fits all approach to learning and development is no longer a truly effective strategy. Current trends and events have made custom eLearning solutions an increasingly popular option. Custom eLearning helps employers remove barriers to training and development while providing a more personalized learning experience.

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.

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Corporate Learning: The Shift To Custom Remote Training Delivery In Unprecedented Times

eLearning Industry

Corporate learning delivery systems are changing. Executives and learning professionals have much to consider, but the first and foremost is how to deliver quality training in the shifting sands among onsite, completely remote, and blended learning. How do you make this shift to custom remote training delivery? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Flow, Workflow, and Learning

Clark Quinn

On LinkedIn, a colleague asked “ Why do people think that integrating content in the flow of work equals learning in the flow of work ?” ” An apt question. My (flip) response was “because marketing” And I think there’s a lot to that.

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5 ways you can give thanks for the frontline this Thanksgiving

Axonify

Thursday is Thanksgiving in the United States. People all over the country will be Zooming and Skyping and FaceTiming with their friends and family to keep everyone safe and healthy. Many families will prepare a traditional Thanksgiving meal with all of the trappings, just for smaller groups. Some will skip the turkey and opt for … Continued.

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Learning Culture or Cancel Culture: You Decide

ej4 eLearning

When an employee acts in a way that goes against your company’s values, the results can be costly. With the prevalence of mobile phone viral videos, and access to social media, companies around the world have found themselves the victims of being “cancelled”. A learning culture, as well as the type of employee training you offer, can create a corporate environment that may inoculate your company against the behaviors that would result in an organization being examined under the microscope of can

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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How to Design Courses that Keep Learners in the Zone

LearnDash

Courses lose learners when they are either too hard or too easy. How can you stay in the sweet spot? One of the greatest challenges for online instructors is to keep their learners motivated after their initial burst of excitement. Many learners sign up for a course excited about what they will be learning, but once they get a week or two in, they become fatigued and drop out.

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Allen Interactions Recognized by eLearning Industry as 2020 Top Custom e-Learning Provider

Allen Interactions

eLearning Industry (eLI) recently released its 2020 top content providers for custom e-learning and Allen Interactions is humbled to be included in this list. eLearning Industry selected top custom e-learning companies that can conquer organizational learning and development challenges for getting measurable results that optimize individual and team performance and productivity.

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8 Topics To Cover In Your New Marketing Leadership Training Programs

eLearning Industry

Marketing takes many different forms in the corporate world. However, these 8 topics are crucial for marketing leadership development. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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The Future of L&D? A pitch

Clark Quinn

I was talking with a colleague the other day, and got a wee bit dramatic. I also thought it was an important point. So here, for your dining enjoyment, I’ve roughly recreated the pitch (in 3 mins and 30 secs): I hope this makes sense. I welcome your thoughts and feedback. The Script: Hi, I’m Clark Quinn, of Quinnovation, and I’ve been around the elearning for well-nigh forever, and around L&D for the past couple of decades.

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What Is the Actual Cost of an Open Role in Your Company?

In today's tight labor market, hiring and retaining top talent is more challenging than ever. Every day a job remains unfilled means lost productivity and revenue. But vacancies can affect much more than your revenue. There are multiple direct and indirect costs, and it's crucial to adapt your recruiting strategies to prioritize the most costly open roles.

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Microlearning is more important than ever

Axonify

Microlearning has been a popular subject of debate within the training profession for years. What is it? Does it work? How long should it be? Is “microlearning” even a real word? Microlearning was so popular that business leaders were asking for it without even being able to explain what it was. They were on the … Continued. Copyright © 2020 Axonify Inc. - All rights reserved.

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How to Practice Mindful Communication at Work

ej4 eLearning

Mindfulness is a popular practice in yoga and meditation but it also applies in the workplace, specifically with mindful communication. Think about being more present and multitasking less. Be more thoughtful about the tone you use. Develop empathy for your coworkers, customers, and suppliers.

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Selling Memberships with LearnDash

LearnDash

You’ve built your membership site, and now it’s time to start selling courses. Here’s how to start. Membership sites are some of the most popular use cases for LearnDash. They’re a great business model for anyone who wants to sell access to a series of courses, build a long-term community, or take advantage of a subscription pricing model. However, setting up payments for subscriptions requires that businesses are able to connect a few different systems, and if the settings are off, it can affec

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Scenario-Based eLearning Example: Personalization without Programming

dominKnow

The Scenario Builder feature in dominKnow | ONE makes it easy for any author to create multi-branching conversation scenarios without needing any programming skills. This article looks at how our team used the Scenario Builder feature to create an engaging Onboarding elearning course, for an employee's first day at their new job.

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Accelerating Change in the Insurance Industry: Why You Need to Invest in Talent Strategy

This whitepaper brings together research, expert opinion and industry trend data to help senior leaders understand current challenges and future-proof their businesses. Inside you’ll find insights on: The big challenges: From automation to onboarding, we explore the big challenges facing the sector. Onboarding: You only get one chance to make a first impression.

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12 Rapid Custom Training Development Tips For Your Remote Workforce

eLearning Industry

The learning needs of your remote workforce are nothing like before. In this article, we examine 12 rapid custom training development best practices to help you deal with your remote employees. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Free color contrast checker for PowerPoint

BrightCarbon

One of the most common mistakes, we see when it comes to accessibility in presentations is poor color contrast. When there isn’t enough contrast between the colors on your slides, your presentation becomes less accessible to a whole range of people. Luckily, while this is a common error, it’s also a very simple thing to fix. If you are wondering how to determine the best color contrast for PowerPoint, it’s your lucky day!

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Is WhatsApp putting your retail operation at risk?

Axonify

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown just how critical frontline communication is in retail. Health and safety guidelines changed by the day. Store policies changed by the hour. Traditional tactics, such as bulletin boards and pre-shift huddles, proved insufficient. Retailers that had already prioritized digital frontline communication were able to respond more proactively to disruption and … Continued.