Successive approximation, rapid prototyping, agile methods… they all call for iterative development. With each iteration you take a product out to the learners and gather new input into your designs. Does this completely mess with everything we’ve learned about the ADDIE model? How do you know when to stop iterating? How do you convince your project sponsors to go along? Is this just an excuse for releasing shoddy work?

At some point, even experienced trainers, facilitators and managers find themselves standing before groups whose dynamics are all over the board.  Everyone is expressing an opinion, ideas are flying at warp speed, emotions are high, disagreement is rampant, and some participants in your group are shutting down - while others are rebelling against the process.  Wouldn’t it be great to have the tools that allow you to regain control and confidently lead your group to effective results?

Learn how to fine-tune your content, incorporate virtual tools and adjust your delivery style to improve your virtual presence, transform your online training and engage your audience.

What makes happiness at work so hard?  The truth is that happy cultures are difficult to build and sustain. First, organizations must change the powerful social scripts that inadvertently undermine positive environments and behaviors.  Second, business priorities must demonstrate a real commitment to happiness as a strategy for success.

There are a number ideologies and beliefs on how to best measure the impact of training.  As a result, it can be difficult to distinguish myths from best practices.  During this webinar, our prominent measurement experts will provide "practitioner-focused" solutions for the most common misconceptions about measuring business impact.

It's easy to get started with Adobe Captivate but there's a lot of power under the hood! Some features are not well known but the more you know them, the better your instructional design will be. Using the layers of sophistication of these features means you will save a lot of time, deliver more engaging and personalized learning, and be able to tap into resources more easily. Joe Ganci, a Certified Adobe Captivate expert, and Dr. Pooja Jaisingh, an Adobe Evangelist, will take you through the Captivate features you need to make the most of this powerful tool.

Stories in our brains boost learning.

Experts say we are now in our third generation of eLearning. During the first, we were able to upload PDFs and PowerPoint files and let our learners study online. The second generation featured rapid authoring software, which allowed us to breeze through and add narration and interactive elements, along with some other really cool stuff.  Now, for the third generation, we have an abundance of options ranging from blended, social, gamification, and cloud to TINCAN, among many others. 

Why can’t we all be happy at work?  This question, and more importantly, its answers and solutions, unlocks the key to the next big pay-off in the modern economy.

Have TONS of asynchronous learning out there that no one’s using? You’re not alone. There’s been a trend that more is better. And so over the years, we have "stuffed" the clouds and taken a "Build it and they will come" mentality.

This webinar is about a series of engaging and effective card games that deliver activities-based, results-oriented training. The games use a deck of 52 cards, each with a piece of practical advice related to a specific interpersonal skill such as building trust or leading a team. Each card is self-contained, evidence-based, and useful.

You know training events on their own aren’t enough to ensure lasting performance improvement, yet you are under pressure to deliver solutions more quickly and with fewer resources than ever before. What can you do when you don’t have time or support for full-blown performance consulting but want your training to genuinely enhance individual and organizational results?

There is a clear connection between engagement, performance and profit. It is imperative to drive performance results at all levels of the organization to seize market position and steer growth. Recruiting talented candidates is not enough; it's crucial that people are assigned to the specific roles where their talents will have the greatest effect on achieving company goals, and where they are most likely to remain fully engaged.

It should come as no surprise that mobile technology in training has been widely adopted by the professional learning audience - fundamental adult learning principles relating to relevance of material and timeliness of training are supported by mobile in ways few (if any) other platforms can. Mobile technology provides unparalleled access and flexibility of delivery to enhance learner outreach.

Mr. Sheridan will outline and quantify the importance of Learning and Development to building a culture of true Employee Engagement, where employees are so jazzed to get to work each day and deliver nothing less than superior results.

The classic role of a manager is to direct processes, projects, and people. Yet, behind the endless meetings and growing to-do lists hides the part of their role that - when done right - will accelerate success for your organization. The art of engaging and inspiring people is the game-changer that separates managers from leaders.

Have you been using the same evaluation form after your training programs for as long as you can remember? Are you struggling to get an acceptable response rate? Do you wonder what people REALLY think of your training? Are you certain that you are even asking the right questions?

"I'm a consultant!"  Sounds glamorous and important! It may be the key to the large income increase that you want.  And it would be great to be your own boss!  Or would it? Why do so many training professionals leave organizations, start their own consulting practices, and then end up in a different corporate job (if they can find one) within a year or two!

It’s 3:00 am and you are thrilled at the discovery that you can actually prepare beautiful graphics for your training. You never thought you could.  You are amazed with yourself. The following day, at the meeting, the boss asks: "Wow, how did you do all of this? You are a designer-trainer, and now you are also an artist and developer. How do you do it?"

Have you ever had an important meeting with your boss and diligently took notes as if you’re transcribing the entire conversation?  Have you ever anticipated taking notes at a conference keynote session because you were looking forward to the person speaking?  How often do you go back and read your own notes, though? Chances are we don't revisit our notes very often.  Why do we take notes if we don’t intend to do anything with them?  Our intentions and our motivation are there, but most often we end up looking hazily at our own handwriting trying to decipher a note.

Use this infographic in your organization to kick-start discussion on how to bridge the chasm of The Disengagement Canyon. For change to be successful, it must be clearly defined, aligned, understood and sustained. To do this successfully, address the 3 Critical Engagement Points in the infographic.

Engagement is what motivates people to not only feel dedicated to their job and their life, but also to feel rewarded by what they do and how they do it. It pushes people to look differently and go above and beyond not because they have to but because they want to.  With 68.5% of the US workforce identifying themselves as disengaged, resulting in $550 Billion a year in lost productivity, companies today cannot turn a blind eye to the importance of having a fully engaged team.  

"Getting by" calls for answering some age old questions in a brand-new year. As the American economy continues to try to recover, many workers begin to wonder if another round of layoffs will occur in their companies. While jobs are being added in the government sector, the growth of new jobs in the private sector has been slow.  Businesses, even those doing well, have shown a reluctance to invest when there are so many uncertainties.  

I’ve come to realize over the years that some of life’s best lessons are learned in some rather strange locations. One of the oddest places at which I’ve "gone to school" has to be the ice show at Busch Gardens in Tampa, FL. The teacher was a performer named Albert Lucas.