The purpose of the survey and reference material  is to help you get a glimpse into your practices as a storyteller. The survey is an exercise for reflection. It is NOT a scientific instrument for gauging your attitudes or skill set. To learn more about survey, please click here.

As organizations strive to address their clients’ critical business issues, T&D professionals play a vital role in creating and implementing talent development solutions for their organizations. In a recent study by Deloitte LLP, human capital strategy is seen by many CEOs as one of the top priorities for growth, presenting an exciting opportunity for learning professionals. To address this crucial role of connecting talent development to an organization’s complex growth strategies, T&D must strategically go beyond the need expressed by one person, one department, or one executive and help to define what the business truly needs. After all, no one needs training . . . they need the outcomes of training.

Whether online or in the classroom, you’ve felt the pain. Training so lecture laden that you wish you had a magic wand to make it all go away!  

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How can you strategically innovate your training so that your learners develop new knowledge faster, become more deeply engaged, and have a greater impact? Emerging technologies are providing many new and different approaches for designing and delivering training ... but where to get started?

Learning analytics is changing learning and development (L&D) departments dramatically, and the departments that effectively leverage analytic processes will create substantial competitive advantage for their organizations.  This webinar focuses on defining new measurement needs and describing new analytic solutions that can dramatically boost the impact of talent development programs.  John will share insights based on CEB research and best practices formulated while deploying world-class learning analytics tools.  

The Consumerization of Learning Guide The purpose of this e-book is to help organizations, learning and development (L&D) professionals, human resources (HR) departments, and business leaders navigate today’s constantly changing work environment through the concept and idea of consumerizing the learning experience at work. Inside, you’ll find information about: • What the consumerization of learning is and why it is happening • How consumerization is impacting the learning landscape • A comprehensive guide to help leaders, L&D and HR staff, and organizations meet workplace challenges and succeed in a tough, but opportunity-rich, environment

In 2013 TechSmith ran a study with 1900 participants to learn more about video viewer preferences and what attributes make for effective videos. During 2016, TechSmith conducted follow-up research to see how these views have changed over the last several years as video has become more prevalent and more widely used.

An effective learning management system (LMS) engages your workforce, reduces training costs and elevates skills to maximize productivity. But if your system isn’t optimal, it’s not delivering these benefits.

Opening channels for collaborative communication is critical in today’s ever-changing work place.  Employers and managers risk drowning out valuable input and alienating employees if they simply push information out and dictate direction.  However, providing and managing invitations to participate can be challenging.  In other words, moving from monologue to dialog is necessary, yet difficult.  You must balance presenting clear information concisely - that is, commanding the room -- with facilitating input and innovation - in other words, collaborating creatively.

Mustering the courage to present confidently in front of others is hard enough, but when it comes to actually engaging an audience and managing their participation, nervous and novice presenters either usually freak out, forget to add interaction, or both. And there’s another, lesser-known but equally important issue: Audiences can struggle with interactions in presentations, too, feeling uncomfortable participating and not knowing what is expected of them. Why must engaging with your audience be so difficult?

Scenarios have been with us for so many years. Yet, a significant number of designers and trainers use these as a memorization tool or branching exercise. They forget that scenarios are supposed to recreate life situations.

Leadership support is critical to the success of a training program, but many are challenged in building that bridge and actually gaining the support that is necessary.

The 2016 Online Learning Conference is nearly here! The conference is loaded with great keynotes, xFactor experiences in Chicago, in-depth certificate programs, diverse breakouts, hands-on clinics and lots more.

Join Jesse Novak as he covers all the existing and new features in Adobe Captivate Prime.     

Join Dr. Allen Partridge, Sr. Adobe eLearning Evangelist, to learn how to set up and manage Adobe Captivate Prime LMS, in just 90 minutes. During this session, you will see a quick demonstration of adding users, creating modules, and assigning courses to the learners. You will learn how to leverage the gamification elements, badges, learning plans, certifications, and learning programs in Adobe Captivate Prime, to foster a learning culture in your organization. You will also learn about the unique learner experience and the different reporting and tracking options available in this self-service LMS.

If modern technology is so groovy, why do so many webinars put people to sleep faster than "The Monotone Silence" Symphony? Often, instructors neglect their participants’ learning needs. In this fun and interactive session, Pluth models activities and principles that convey content through a webinar format while keeping learners engaged, no matter the size of the audience. You’ll get to the CORE of Webinars with Super Closer, Openers, Revisiters, and Energizers.