You’ve heard the story.  A key staff member left suddenly to work for a competitor.  It’s easy to get mad at the competitor, but no one leaves a great place to work without a reason.  So, what is preventing you from engaging and retaining your top talent?  What is preventing you from getting rid of the others?   

As training leaders look ahead and assess new technology, a big question is on the table. How can companies create a learning environment where employees become a competitive advantage? Many look to technology to provide that advantage. However, survey results show strong dissatisfaction with HR technology.   A 2016 Brandon Hall technology survey indicated that 47% of respondents were dissatisfied with HCM technology Only 9% of HR professionals believe that HR technology has revolutionized their businesses according to a 2015 SilkRoad survey Download this article and learn of new approaches to overcome the challenges of old school learning solutions and new solutions that truly serve business goals.

A lot of people are comfortable designing their courses for the desktop. However, designing for mobile is very different. Whether designing either a web application being viewed on a mobile device or designing a mobile application, it is significantly different that designing for a desktop. Is your content being viewed on the phone being held in landscape or portrait mode?  Did you know that knowing if the learner is right or left handed can impact on the user experience?  

The expenditures for learning and talent development have grown significantly in the past two decades. Few leaders would argue that learning is critical for organizational growth. Investments in programs have generated mixed results. On the one hand the volume of programs is increasing; on the other hand, the business impact is less evident. Learning professionals try to measure their way to results; that is, to implement a measurement strategy to capture evidence of value. Overall, however, this attempt to capture value is not working.  Learning and development practitioners must move from a value capture focus to a value creation focus, which means using design thinking to drive results.

Evaluating programs using the ROI Methodology can be as comprehensive or as simple as it needs to be, depending on the program, resources, and timing. Regardless of the scope of your evaluation project, technology can help. Unfortunately, there is so much available technology, one can quickly become overwhelmed. In this webcast, you will be introduced to a few of the tools being used to implement the ROI Methodology and a simple process to help you decide which tools will work for you.

Grab this opportunity to learn some great tips and also get a sneak preview of what it will be like to join us at Training's Online Learning Conference in New Orleans.  Each speaker will present a 15-minute condensed sample of their OLC content.  Listen fast and you'll learn plenty of useful tips even during this brief preview!   This preview focuses on the Effective Gamification for eLearning track.  Click here for more OLC preview tracks.

Instructor-led training (ILT) continues to be a force when it comes to delivering training--on average some 41 percent of training hours were delivered by an instructor in a classroom setting last year, according to Training magazine's 2016 Training Industry Report. ILT does not come cheap, but technology can help not only to keep costs in line but actually increase profitability.

Here at Allen Interactions, we love sharing the performance-focused, creative, and engaging elearning we create with our clients. And we often get feedback that when we share design strategies, tips, and best practices, the favorite part is when we share actual examples to illustrate concepts. So, we are doing something different...

In this fast-paced, interactive webinar, you’ll explore how to put the point back into PowerPoint. From high-tech to low-tech ideas, experience different ways to make this tool work for you. Give your slide deck the makeover it deserves so you can present with polish like a pro!  

We’re often required to move an entire company at the same time. But how do we provide the right information, at the right time, to the right people, to step each person through the training and communication in a way that is best for them? 

Click & Reveal - Interaction

Copy Room - Scenario

Drag & Drop - Interaction

Office - Scenario

Outside - Scenario

Treasure Map - Scenario

Conference Room - Scenario

Millionaire - Game

Click & Reveal Interaction

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Join Adobe eLearning evangelist, Dr. Allen Partridge for this practical guide to the hottest new technology for creating mobile eLearning.  Now you can simplify your project layout, and easily create content that adjusts and adapts to every screen using fluid boxes. Fluid boxes rearrange themselves to dynamically adapt to different screen sizes and shapes - and you have control over how those layout changes occur. 

With the proliferation of learning delivery innovations throughout organizations it can often be difficult to for cohesion of all the independent interventions. If this complexity creates challenges for your or your company come join our session. We will provide first-hand experience and recommendations in how to have all of these independent learning delivery innovations work seamlessly and aligned to common human performance outcomes...  

Self-discovery is one of the bedrocks of effectively guiding individuals to a desired outcome. Trying to move people forward without a proper appreciation of where they are can have negative consequences.   Another obstacle in the way to outstanding coaching results is the challenge of establishing rapport between coach and coachee. How we rue those painful hours when the communication just does not work. It is like you are speaking different languages.