Sat.Nov 07, 2020 - Fri.Nov 13, 2020

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Onboarding New Employees: Strategies for Better Performance and Retention

Infopro Learning

Improving the employee onboarding process has recently become a high priority for many organizations and it is not surprising if you consider the benefits. Quality onboarding can lead to significant improvements in employee performance and employee retention rates. These also happen to be two common challenges modern organizations deal with today. However, not all onboarding programs are effective and provide these kinds of results.

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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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The Failure of Time Management Training

TLNT: Training and L&D

As an HR professional, you may often hear complaints from managers about decreasing employee efficiency, a challenge that’s generally rooted in people feeling overwhelmed and burned out. As a result, you might look to time management training to increase employees efficiency and time management skills. .

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The Magic of Articulate Storyline 360 for Rapid Authoring

CommLab India

Are you looking for a rapid authoring tool to create interactive courses? Have you tried Articulate Storyline 360? Here is a blog that’ll help you decide if Articulate Storyline 360 is your tool of choice.

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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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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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ID and eLearning Links 11/10/2020

Experiencing eLearning

As I read online, I bookmark resources I find interesting and useful. I share these links periodically here on my blog. In this post, I share links on branching scenarios, capturing video use data, PowerPoint productivity, and more. Branching scenarios. Branching Scenarios: Yes, No, Maybe? – The H5P PB Kitchen This is another post about Alan Levine’s branching scenario built in H5P and Pressbooks.

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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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Software Adoption Training with a 3-Tier Strategy

Infopro Learning

As technology continues to change the way we work and interact businesses in every industry are integrating new software to keep up. Adopting new software and technology is essential for any business that wants to thrive in the continuously changing market. Unfortunately, many companies that try to integrate new systems have low rates of user adoption and a new system no matter how effective will not work if you can’t get your employees to adopt it.

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Blog Roundup: Instructional Design

LearnDash

Wondering where to get started with designing your course? These posts will take you through some best practices. So, you’ve purchased LearnDash, installed it on your website, and now you’re ready to start making courses. The only question is: where do you begin? This may sound like an odd sticking point for an online educator, but it’s a situation we encounter every day.

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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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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.

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Best Practices for Remote Onboarding

Dashe & Thomson

If you have any experience in the L&D field, you probably know that successful onboarding is one of the most important steps to ensure new hire success. Onboarding provides an array of different benefits to new employees, from helping them align with company culture to getting them performing in their roles sooner. Previously, onboarding was often intertwined with other new hire norms, such as meeting coworkers around the office and attending in-person meetings.

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How Sales and Service Teams Can Drive Customer Retention During a Crisis

TOPYX LMS

2020 has been a year of crisis that has brought great stress and uncertainty not just to individuals, but also to companies. McKinsey & Company stated, “Uncertainty can be measured in magnitude and duration. By both measures, the extreme uncertainty accompanying the public health and economic damage created by the COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented in modern memory.” 1.

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Learning Culture: A framework and ambition for L&D

Docebo

We often think about learning in terms of alternative or opposites: formal vs informal, in-class vs digital… But all these ways of learning actually co-exist and complement each other. And the glue that holds everything together might well be the organization’s own Learning Culture. Different learning moments: not so different after all. The glory days of the 70-20-10 model are over.

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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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Back into lockdown? Don’t forget your frontline!

Axonify

The United Kingdom and France are back under nationwide lockdowns until the beginning of December. Germany has closed bars and restaurants. The United States is now reporting single-day records for new COVID-19 cases. Hundreds of thousands of businesses—big and small—will struggle to survive during what’s supposed to be the busiest time of the year.

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New eBook – The Learning Gauge: A Guide to Measuring the Business Outcome

Upside Learning

Will the training initiative lead to any concrete outcome? Do we need to measure learning when no one bothers? Do we have any mechanism to measure learning, in the first place? If we do, which is the most promising solution? If you are also plagued by such questions then I suggest you look at our […].

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Remote Training Best Practices: 3 Ways to Drive Employee Engagement

TOPYX LMS

Eighty-eight percent of businesses globally either mandated or encouraged their full workforce to work from home as a reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, reported a contributor to Review 42. 1 “Furthermore, about 97% of the organizations immediately canceled all work-related travel,” this source stated. It’s vital that workers are offered high-quality remote training that engages them, helps them retain information, and ensures they are appropriately skilled.

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Dr. RIMA GHOSE CHOWDHURY WALKS THE POSH TALK WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

Dr. RIMA GHOSE CHOWDHURY WALKS THE POSH TALK WITH LEARNNOVATORS. ABOUT Dr. RIMA GHOSE CHOWDHURY: As EVP and CHRO, Dr. Rima Ghose Chowdhury leads Datamatics HR functions globally, with operations in the US, India, Middle East, Europe, and the Philippines. A seasoned HR leader and practitioner with over two decades of experience in Corporate and Academia, Dr.

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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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What’s the difference between an LMS and an LXP?

Axonify

LMS, LXP, LCMS, LRS, VR, AR, AI…SOS! There’s definitely no shortage of technology acronyms out there in the learning market. Perhaps just as challenging as decoding each acronym is figuring out what each platform does well. With more than 800 vendors on the market in dozens of categories and a sea of acronyms, figuring out … Continued. Copyright © 2020 Axonify Inc. - All rights reserved.

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Resources for Parents Teaching at Home. from Your Employer?

ej4 eLearning

Nothing is stressing out parents more right now than the uncertainty around school reopenings. While many schools are now meeting in-person (with precautions), the vast majority are still doing either virtual learning or some sort of hybrid model. While a few parents relish this time with their families, the majority of parents teaching their kids feel unprepared and underserved.

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Must Have L&D Tools for 2021 and Beyond

Wisetail

Online learning skyrocketed in 2020, but what new tips and tricks are likely to stick around? We took a close look and found the trends and tools you need to know to stay ahead of change in 2021. The post Must Have L&D Tools for 2021 and Beyond appeared first on Wisetail LMS.

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7 Can’t-Miss Tips To Improve Your User Survey Response Rate

Lambda Solutions

Increasing your survey response rate is an invaluable way to get the invaluable feedback you need, but how do you actually get users to participate in an age when privacy and data security concerns are top of mind?

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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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Holiday retail isn’t a game: prepare your associates for the Xbox Series X/S and PS5 releases

Axonify

This week is the official start of the holiday shopping season! Retailers have already converted Black Friday from a single day into a two-month cycle of ongoing promotions and virtual door-busters. But the shopping calendar is typically marked by the release of the “must-have” gift. Remember when parents got into fist fights over Tickle Me … Continued.

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Webinar Summary: Designing for the Modern Learner

Origin Learning

Introduction Hosting thought-leaders, for thought-provoking discussions, is a regular affair at Origin Learning. Over the past several years, we have. The post Webinar Summary: Designing for the Modern Learner appeared first on Blog - Originlearning.

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Digital Transformation is mainly about People Transformation

Docebo

What do people really mean when they talk about Digital Transformation? After analyzing some of the most popular studies on the subject to date, it turns out that half of the terms that most often arise are about people and not technology. Word cloud of the most frequent words in Digital Transformation studies. (W ord size depends on its frequency, yellow terms being those directly related to people/HR/learning).

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Three Questions Answered About Post Traumatic Growth (PTG)

Allen Interactions

“There is a delicate balance between being a beacon of hope and a floodlight of authoritarian deafness.” – Christina Barss, PhD.

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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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5 skills your frontline needs right now

Axonify

Health and safety was the primary training focus on the frontline between February and June 2020. Traditional priorities, such as compliance, onboarding, and product training, were pushed aside. Employees had to stay healthy so businesses could stay open and people could get the supplies they needed. Plexiglass went up. Physical distancing markers went down.

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Top Employee Training LMS Platforms In 2020

eLearning Industry

Do you want to improve production, cut time spent on creating your product or service, or even improve employee skills? Then you must be considering employee training. An LMS tool helps build confidence in your workforce while creating a better working environment. But which is the best LMS for your needs? Read on and find out how we ranked the top systems for 2020.

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Learning Culture Fuels All HR Missions

Docebo

Learning Culture is all the rage. While not new, Learning Culture has never been so popular among organizations feeling the urge to rethink their learning system to adapt to ever-changing skills and technologies. Silicon Valley has taken the lead with the most iconic example being Google. For these companies, enabling permanent learning has become a CEO’s agenda and not just a CHRO’s issue.

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