Do you have goals?  Have you even thought about it?   Have you set new ones for 2015? These questions may start you thinking about this more seriously.  Howver, the good news is that we all have goals either consciously or sub-consciously. They are based upon our expectations of ourselves, our desires, and the ‘wish to meet’ expectations that others have of us.    

If you are then make sure you call into see us on stand 143 to take a look at our Course Manager training management software.  The annual Learning Technologies exhibition, held at Olympia London later this month on 28th and 29th January is a must for learning and development professionals.        

We all know that the secret of a good training session is preparation.  A professional trainer will leave nothing to chance.  The subject will be familiar, the presentation honed and the delivery unquestionable.  But what about the delegates?

He’s all over my Facebook newsfeed, my Twitter timeline and my Instagram feed. So why is the silver haired, channel 4 newsreader everywhere I look lately and why does everybody suddenly think that he is the biggest hunk since Brad Pitt in his prime?  Oh, a different Jon Snow? My mistake.       

Today marks the final day of Administrative Professionals Week, the week that celebrates all office professionals for the hard work and tremendous effort that they put in to support their organisations. We asked the social media community ‘what are you most thankful to your administrators for?’. Here is a roundup of the top 6…

As a provider of training management software, it seems logical that we put a great deal of emphasis on training and supporting our customers.  We do this in a number of ways, but one of our most popular resources are shared customer training days.    

Training is training, and whether you manage in-house training or your organisation sells training, the way you manage the administration surrounding courses often takes a poor second place to the actual course content. 

You’ve got your shiny new CRM up and running. It’s great for keeping on top of your ever increasing amount of leads and prospecting new ones but now you’re having trouble with the administration of the courses that you’re pitching. The main issue with a CRM for training providers is that delegate information is often out of context and not logically linked to the courses that you run.

Apparently we are consuming more natural resources than the planet can possibly sustain. But is it really a surprise?  Today, Friday 5th June is World Environment Day, a day aimed at raising awareness about the decline of natural resources and encouraging us to do something about it.        

As a training management software house I’m always keen on any valid research undertaken with training businesses which identify what triggers the need to streamline business processes. Software Advice, a software selection and review website, talked to 385 companies searching for a learning management system LMS. The research is really interesting although there were no real surprises, particularly on how many companies still rely on standalone spreadsheets! Here are some of the key findings:-