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.

Think about your most recent sales training or the last sales book you read. It was all about the sale, right? Closing the deal. Making it happen. Taking control. But things are different in 2017.

So you know the fundamentals of training evaluation. It's time to take it to another level. Never before has there been so much interesting in demonstrating the impact and return on investment in training programs as there is today. In fact, according to ATD/ROI Institute research, impact data and the financial ROI are the number 1 and 2 types of data senior executives want to see.

Adventist Health System is a faith-based health care organization headquartered in Altamonte Springs, Florida. A national leader in quality, safety and patient satisfaction, Adventist Health System's more than 80,000 employees maintain a tradition of whole-person health by caring for the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of every patient.

Let your content shine and get your online audience engaged with our crash course on designing creative webinars. Follow Becky’s simple steps and your audiences will remember more of your content, and they’ll have more fun along the way. By the end of this session, you will feel confident you can add excitement to your very next webinar.

Do we ever really manage time? It frequently feels like our work week manages us. The reality of effective time management isn’t to try and squeeze more and more productive minutes out of every day, but to find ways to focus energy and effort into those hours we allocate to work.

The number one focus in the learning field is workplace performance. And yet, too often, we default to old models of learning—even when we’re using the latest technologies. Even worse, we jump on the bandwagon of a new learning tool without aligning it to proven research-based learning methods.