LinkedIn is the most powerful sales tool for today's sales professional IF you know how to use it effectively.  If you're still thinking of the old (2016) LinkedIn or you're not confident in your abilities as an expert in using the new 2017 version of LinkedIn, you're losing out to competitors who are.  

With video on the rise for online learning in organizations, it's time to ask the question: "Is my approach to video learning really up to snuff"?  Emmy-winning TV producer Michael Kolowich will take you beyond video and into the world of "Knowledge Hosting" -- a whole new way of looking at how we create, host, share, organize, and measure the impact of learning media.  This is your opportunity to pick the brain of a true pioneer in online media.

Today’s modern complex workforce and the current state of technology require a performance management process that enables employees to quickly communicate and adjust to changing business needs. With dissatisfaction at an all-time high, agile performance management is gaining attention for transforming performance management into a more agile, dynamic process.

With over 5,000 stores in 13 countries, Sally Beauty is one of the largest retailers of specialty beauty products in the world. Given this footprint, how are they effectively moving the needle on employee engagement and retention?

Join Dr. Allen Partridge for this overview of one of today's leading LMSs, Adobe Captivate Prime. In this session Dr. Partridge will show you how you can...   Deliver engaging, personalized learning experiences across devices Align your online and offline enterprise-wide learning initiatives to skill, upskill and reskill your employees Boost enrolment, engagement, and effectiveness with gamification elements and consistent playback across varied content types Discover how your LMS can help you stay informed about employee progress and the efficacy of training programs

Are learners disengaging themselves from long modules? Have you been thinking about creating chunks of high powered and engaging content which embraces higher engagement and better completion rates? Are you adopting video as a mode of training?

Micro-Learning lessons possess unique features to that ensure faster and easier learning at the least cost possible. Unfortunately, most designers and developers are accustomed to delivering "content centric" instead of "instant usefulness centric"lessons. The "instant usefulness centric" approach are lightweight, portable and rapidly accessible for within-the-workflow problem solving and improvements. 

Does your organization struggle to find a balance between mandatory and elective training?

Learn, apply and update yourself! Create applied training for the digital age. Business Simulations and Gamification used to be tools reserved only for the top Fortune 500® companies. This is no longer the case.

Like the famous drivers on the Indianapolis 500 track, we work in an environment that faces constant change placing us "near death" as we are riddled by surprises from co-workers, supervisors, our staff and customers.  Keeping our cool allows us to have the energy to win each of those ‘near death’ battles, much like the drivers.

Engaged learners are more likely to complete their training requirements in a timely manner and retain the information being conveyed. But how do you keep learners engaged in today’s multitasking work environment? Game-based learning offers an opportunity to get - and keep - learners engaged in your training initiatives.

Whether you are reporting progress, leading a meeting, or giving a sales pitch your ability to present is measured in large part by how well you communicate. How you say it is just important as what you say! Becky will share simple, creative methods to capture interest, lock in attention, and communicate value clearly. You’ll learn techniques to capture attention, motivate people to action and build productive working relationships.

In this age of instant information, does it matter if you or the people in your organization can’t recall information about your company and its products, services, customers, policies, or procedures?  Of course, it does! Every task or interaction we engage in depends on our ability to draw from our memory banks.

Animation can be so annoying! Animation can be so illuminating! Well, which is it?

"Gamification" and "Serious Learning Games" offer an intriguing promise: engaged learners working toward instructional goals in media-rich training modules. This is an irresistible goal for training departments that are accustom to boring, content-driven page-turners that are so often rejected by learners. But success seems elusive as designers try and fail to duplicate the appeal of popular online games. The problem is designers strive for superficial elements found in many games while failing to incorporate the underlying elements that create the feel and enjoyment of games. 

Does your LMS leave your employees dazed and confused?  Are you struggling to capture the attention of your global employee base?  Would you like your training to be more interactive and engaging?  

Critical thinking skills are essential for modern business. Join us for this online seminar to learn why and to discover methods to use for expanding the critical thinking skills of incoming employees.

Subject Matter Experts CAN be the perfect addition to your training department IF you know how to select and prepare them for success. If the strategy in your organization is to "Wind’em up and let them go!" then this workshop is for you!

This event featuring coaching thought leader Tim Hagen will cover very specific strategies associated with the art of building a positive workplace culture.. Participants in this session will emerge understanding seven specific strategies how training leaders and their managers can utilize these principles to foster greater trust, talent development, and employee retention.

Ever wondered what to do with your legacy content? Had a plan and a vision to deliver the same experience for your learners on their mobile devices as on their desktops?

The term 'blended learning' isn't descriptive enough anymore. Especially when we consider that learning takes place perpetually - even when the training department isn't looking! To become more of a partner with our business, we need make sure learning opportunities and content are where and when our learners need them. If they are not, our learners will turn to search engines to find the information they need and hope for the best. 

The success of any company program lies with management, especially when it involves them. Managers need to buy-into giving and receiving employee feedback. According to LinkedIn, managers who welcome employee feedback developed nearly 10 percent greater profitability. Yes, feedback improves the bottom-line.

As video becomes more integral to how businesses train, communicate, and share expertise and information, now is the right time to consider how your organization manages its video. So what are the right questions to ask in a video platform RFP?  

A substantial number of videos move us. We become amazed. We empathize. At times we cry. In fact, we realize that we learn a lot and relate to the messages of these videos.