Corporate eLearning

March 3, 2016

Using Elements Of Improv Theater For Virtual Onboarding: An Interesting And Effective Learning Tool

Face-to-face meetings, meeting in time-displaced blended settings like blogs, or meeting in virtual real-time like through video chat, or immersive 3D environments, all have their advantages and challenges. In virtual environments the non-verbal elements are limited. Whenever you don’t meet in real person, the lack of personal face-to-face communication is a gap that has to be overcome in all other virtual variations of get-togethers. So, organizations are now facing new challenges to virtual onboarding where it is essential to emphasize the interpersonal dynamics of virtual collaboration and establish practices for team building. This can be achieved by adopting some elements from Improv Theater.

by Heena Nanda

March 2, 2016

Corporate Learning And The New Knowledge Economy

Corporate learning is changing at a rapid pace making it more important than ever to be across all of the latest tools of new knowledge economy.

by Scott Cooper

March 2, 2016

Sales Training: Why Your Sales Staff Needs Continual Training

If your Human Resources department operates like most others, sales training is entirely focused on training your staff to sell your company's products or services.

by Roz Bahrami

March 1, 2016

How To Reduce Scrap Learning In Training: Take It From Librarians, We Know Scrap When We See It

When it comes to our collections, great public librarians are like great Instructional Designers: We keep them current, relevant, appealing, and responsive to our communities. Keeping our collections useful and looking good means we have to get rid of things though. That’s right: Public libraries throw books away. Here is how to reduce scrap learning in your training.

by Emily Schaber

February 27, 2016

6 Tips To Develop Competency-Based Online Training

Increasing proficiency and productivity is the primary goal of a competency-based online training initiative. But how can you integrate this approach into your online training strategy without completing overhauling your current online training program? In this article, I'll highlight 6 tips to develop a competency-based online training course.

by Christopher Pappas

February 27, 2016

How Mature Is Your Customer Training?

Here is a simple way to know where you are exactly regarding your customer training.

by Gilles Mattelin (Hiring)

February 26, 2016

The Learner Centered Approach: Moving From The Master’s Voice To The People’s Voice

The verdict is in and more proof is coming in to support it: The world of learning is shifting from a top-down paradigm (that of a mostly instructor-led/face-to-face and formal type of learning) to a not-only-more-informal and online one, but to a mostly digital, learner centered learning and employee-driven one.

by Elias Parlavantzas

February 26, 2016

Embracing A Fluidic Workforce By 2020: The CLOs' Challenge

CLO teams are once again pressed to prepare a workforce that extends beyond the employees: Moving from a structured, rigid personnel to a highly networked, fluidic workforce.

by Isha G

February 25, 2016

3 Ways To Differentiate Your Online Training And Standout From Your Competitors

All training organizations need to focus on standing out from their competitors. Why? Because with more competition entering the marketplace, it’s now harder than ever to sell courses. The only way to remain competitive (without reducing your prices) is to find ways to differentiate your online training.

by Steve Penfold

February 24, 2016

How To Use Informal Learning To Teach Soft Skills In 4 Steps

Do not disregard the importance of soft skills training for your employees. You can use formal and informal learning techniques to boost your employees and your business with just a few easy steps with a Learning Management System.

by Jeffrey Roth

February 23, 2016

6 Tips To Maximize The Online Training ROI

ROI of online training is a hot topic right now. What is really important to note is that measures to maximize ROI must not be handled in isolation. Instead, they need to be an integral part of the cycle that begins with your Training Needs Analysis (TNA), determining the training format (online, blended, or ILT), learning strategy, and evaluation.

by Asha Pandey

February 21, 2016

5 Ways Training Cultivates Healthy And Engaged Employees

These days, it takes more than increasing salaries to cultivate healthy and engaged employees. Although the financial reward is why most of us need to work in the first place, encouraging true on-the-job motivation and enthusiasm is a slightly more complex matter.

by Ashley Casey