It’s hard to find the perfect vendor in the oversaturated learning technology market (700+ LMS vendors alone). How do you know they’ll be the perfect fit without trying a demo? Who has the time to try hundreds of demos? What’s a Chief Learning Officer (CLO) to do?

You need a cheat sheet.

This guide will help you narrow down the musthave learning technology features to drive business growth. At the end of the day, you don’t need the perfect piece of learning technology, you need the right fit for your business.

Unfortunately, learning technology traditionally focused on only one business segment—employee education. But today, companies use education to build their brands, foster communities, or generate revenue. That’s where traditional learning technologies fall short: they won’t deliver results for these new business models.

There are three broad categories for education in the corporate learning space:

• Training companies and associations sell education programs to individuals or businesses to help them master professional skills, sometimes demonstrating mastery through a certification or credential.
• Extended enterprise is your network of learners who are not employees but require training on your products or services to be successful. This includes customers, channel partners, contractors, or franchisees.
• Employee education programs train the employees working for your business. This may include internally developed or off-the-shelf courses (or both).

With this guide, you’ll be able to identify the non-negotiable features your business needs to be successful.