Corporate Training

May 14, 2014

Assessing Return On Investment Of eLearning

One of the biggest challenges that eLearning professionals experience is demonstrating the return on investment (ROI) of their training programs. In order to attract project sponsors and to justify resources invested in the development of eLearning, projects need to prove that they deliver real benefit to an organization. This article discusses considerations that need to be factored in when calculating eLearning ROI.

by Marina Arshavskiy

April 16, 2014

5 Best Practices: Corporate Training for Retail Sales Associates

From onboarding to new product rollouts to customer service, investing in effective corporate training programs for sales associates is essential for retail organizations. Check out these five best practices from our extensive experience creating award-winning corporate training for this audience.

by Erin Krebs

April 14, 2014

How to Use the Science of Learning and Remembering in Corporate Training

If eLearning is a “check the box” activity, effective learning design does not matter. But what about when training directly affects business outcomes? When this is the case, instructional designers need strategies to improve both learning and remembering. Techniques such as spaced repetition, use of story, and feedback loops can help.

by Steven Boller

April 9, 2014

3 Onboarding Mistakes and How To Combat Them

Onboarding training is an important part of familiarizing an employee with the company practices and culture. However, it is not usually done in the most effective manner. The article shares 2 best practices of designing an effective onboarding program.

by Samantha Fam

March 31, 2014

Corporate Training Tips: Designing for Global Audiences

In today’s global economy, we often find ourselves designing corporate training — be it e-learning, m-learning, or classroom (ILT) — for audiences around the world. Keeping some important considerations in mind during the design process will ensure your training delivers on its objectives, no matter where your audience is located.

by Cindy McCabe

March 31, 2014

Can Your Training Sell?

Corporate training already breaks the bank. Is there a way to utilize courses to bring back the Benjamins? Consider customer training: it’s table stakes if your product or service has any sort of learning curve. Your customer training may be a cost center, but it doesn’t have to be.

by Randhir Vieira

March 31, 2014

The Evolving Role of Trainers in Corporate Learning

With the emergence of newer platforms of learning, the worth of one-to-one interactions in learning cannot be over-stated. The trainer plays a pivotal here – a role which is nevertheless evolving with the changing needs of the corporate learners. In the corporate scenario, the trainer now plays multiple roles to suit the needs of the modern workplace learner.

by Heena Nanda

March 21, 2014

Can Serious Games Spice Up Product Knowledge Training?

Product knowledge training has traditionally been difficult because of the large amounts of information learners must simply remember. Using serious games for learning and sound instructional design principles can vastly improve the amount of information adult learners can commit to long-term memory.

by Steven Boller

March 12, 2014

Inculcating Learning Culture In The Organization - Who’s Baby: Business Honchos or Learning and Development?

If businesses are to succeed, questions about organization’s knowledge must be asked in the boardroom. Learning and Development shows must be flocked by key executives, as much as by Learning and Development managers, trainers and gurus.

by Gireesh Sharma

February 24, 2014

How to Increase Training Engagement with Corporate Sustainability

Corporate sustainability and social responsibility (CSR) is making waves in Fortune 500 companies, so why haven’t HR and Learning & Development teams caught on? Don’t miss opportunities to infuse CSR messaging into training to increase engagement and impact. 

by Andrei Hedstrom

February 9, 2014

The 70-20-10 Model - Today, Tomorrow and Beyond

This is part of an exclusive interview that Charles Jennings gave to Learnnovators. In this interview, Charles shares his insights on the significance of the 70:20:10 Model for organizational development in today’s world. He also shares his advice to learning designers on the techniques to scale up to meet the challenges of designing learning interventions for this informal and social learning age. Equally valuable is his advice to Chief Learning Officers (CLOs) who wish to implement the 70:20:10 Model in their organizations. Charles’ foresights on the future of organizational learning are truly thought provoking. Read on…

by Ravi Pratap Singh

February 3, 2014

Level 4 Training Evaluation

Prudence dictates that investment decisions for any new project, whether it is commercial or non-profit in nature, must be predicated upon a solid business case of value delivery. While some social programs might be justified even though there might not be a monetary value to them, most initiatives in the business world are tied to demonstrable value, either in productivity or monetary terms. Corporate training initiatives fall within that category.

by Marina Arshavskiy