Corporate Training

May 3, 2016

Empowering Learners With On Demand Online Training

Here is how an on demand online training model can empower learners by placing them at the center of the educational experience.

by Ashley Casey

May 2, 2016

5 Tips To Create Effective Video-Based Learning For Corporate Training Within Available Budgets

While it is an established fact that videos are a powerful training tool, on the downside videos are not always easy to create. To create an effective video-based learning, you need good actors, appropriate settings, lighting, and so on. It also takes considerable time as well as moneys to shoot and prepare an impactful video. However, when time and moneys are both constrained, there are ways to create impactful videos within available means.

by Heena Nanda

May 2, 2016

A Blended Training Mix Is The Answer To Good Boss Vs. Bad Boss

Bad bosses cost US companies around US$360 billion each year in health costs. But, what can be done to help these managers become better bosses? In this article, I will explain why a blended training mix is the solution to help support modern managers.

by Steve Penfold

May 1, 2016

5 Ways To Build A Workplace Culture Of Continuous Improvement

Continuous improvement is based on the idea that even though you may be doing fine, you never rest on your laurels. If you stop improving, someone else will overtake you. Instead, institute a workplace culture of small, incremental improvements in order to be consistently making new progress.

by Adrienne Erin

April 29, 2016

Organizational Trends In Learning And Development

This article highlights organizational trends around cost, time, modality, and content in the field of Learning and Development based upon ATD’s 2015 State of the Industry report, the latest available. In addition to presenting data, the article posits theories about what may drive certain metrics.

by Chris Straley

April 29, 2016

4 Techniques To Fuel Employee Participation

You can have the best designed course with the most amazing content in your industry, but if employee participation in learning what you offer is low, what do you do?

by Roz Bahrami

April 28, 2016

3 Techniques To Improve Memory Retention: An Elephant Never Forgets, But Trainees Do

As an Instructional Designer, I build in ways to help the learners in my courses improve their memory retention of core concepts. Otherwise, I know that if they’re anything like me, most of them will forget older concepts as we move through the material.

by Eric Kean

April 28, 2016

Instructional Designers + Introspective Thinking

Understand our gift for looking within and your job will be easier and your results better. To begin: What could introspective thinking or looking-within possibly have to do with Instructional Design?

by Alex Terego

April 28, 2016

7 Simple Zen Principles To Improve Your Online Training

Here are 7 simple Zen principles you can put to use in order to improve your online training courses.

by Anand Timothy

April 26, 2016

5 Ways To Maximize Instructor-Led Training

In the wave of technology, you might think that Instructor-Led Training (ILT) has had its day. However, instructor-led training still has a place in many training programs and, in some cases, can provide a more effective means of presenting new or complex information than eLearning.

by Ruby Spencer, CTDP

April 25, 2016

Mobile Learning Technologies On The Rise, But Is Learning And Development Ready?

According to the 2015 CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personal Development) annual report, three out of four organizations are now using learning technologies. Especially mobile learning technologies are becoming increasingly prevalent inside most organizations.

by Steve Penfold

April 24, 2016

5 Tips To Induce A Learning Organization

Corporate training is not for individuals any longer: The entire organization learns and qualifies with in-company training. Team managers create courses to distribute throughout the company. Here are 5 tips for an effective knowledge exchange in a learning organization.

by Annika Willers