<!-- image--> <!-- end of image--> Learning objectives are a key part of effective training materials. Create them and use them correctly, and you're well on your way to helping your employees learn the knowledge, skills, and attitudes they need. Neglect to use them, or misuse them, and you're setting yourself at a serious disadvantage right out of the gate. At the bottom of this

We've got two new courses available in our Pulp/Paper/Tissue/Corrugated training libraries! The first, Introduction to Paper and Board Machines, is a helpful, introductory overview of the machines used to make paper and board. And the second, Carrier Ropes--Procedures and Maintenance, covers proper use and maintenance procedures for carrier ropes, which are used to thread a narrow section

People who are new to learning management systems (LMSs) sometimes assume that an LMS can only be used to deliver, track, and report on online training. You know, things like computer-based training courses--or maybe you call them online courses or e-learning courses. But that's not true. At least it's not true with the family of Convergence Training LMSs. We believe that the best training

We've got a total of nine new courses available in the following training libraries: Equipment Safety Training Library Hazardous Materials Training Library Operations and Maintenance Training Library Let's take a look at the new courses in each of the libraries, shall we? You can view previews of each new course below. If you want more information or want to request a demo of the full courses

We just wrote a post about visuals for effective training that appears on the blog of our friends at OpenSesame. The post gives some great tips for using visuals to help your employees learn more during their trainings--and who doesn't want that? This time, we focus on the importance of reducing realism in training visuals. Plus, it includes some cool examples from the Convergence Training

By now, you've no doubt heart of the Heartbleed bug that has affected many sites on the Internet. And if you're a customer of Convergence Training, using one of our cloud-based LMSs, perhaps you've wondered if your training data was secure. The short answer is, everything's A-OK. We use a different solution that isn't vulnerable to Heartbleed. So rest assured that your secure data is still

Today's workers have to learn many abstract concepts. And trainers struggle to find the best way to facilitate that learning. One way to aid learners is to use visuals that represent abstract concepts in a more concrete manner. We just wrote a post on the blog at OpenSesame that gives a bunch of tips on how to do just that. Here's where to go to check it out. The post gives some great tips

<!---image---> <!--end image--> Each year OSHA publishes their list of the top 10 most cited workplace safety standard violations. While there are always some shifts in ranking, the standards on the list remain remarkably consistent, year after year. To help trainers and safety representatives address these consistent problems, we've put together a list of resources to use while training

<!----> The new courses just keep on coming. We're in the middle of a year-long push to produce over 200 new paper manufacturing training courses. We're releasing about 50 new courses each quarter until the end of 2014. The first 50 courses, which include our new Introduction to Paper and Board Machines, Recausticizing Fundamentals, and Continuous Cooking Introduction courses, are available now

If you're currently using, or considering using a learning management system to help deliver and administer your workforce training, you've probably come across applications so stuffed full of features that you can't possibly imagine using them all. In this post we'll cut out all the fluff and focus on the six LMS features we feel are essential for effective workforce training. If