Nomadic - remote, hybrid, dispersed, Gig - workers are here to permanently stay. The nature of their work has changed. The way they learn is different from the usual methods. But many learning specialists - designers, developers, leaders - continue to think of the nomadic learners as employees that they must train using dated and old-fashion methods that do not meet the demands of success.

Are you caught in the eternal struggle between deadlines and quality? You want to create fun and engaging learning experiences but, burdened with work overload, there is never enough time. In this webinar, two learning solution engineers from ELB Learning will share proven methods, tips, and tricks that you can quickly implement to become the next eLearning superstar.

Game-based learning has proven to increase employee participation, training enjoyment, and knowledge retention. But what if your strategy is off and you’re not seeing the desired results?

Microlearning is one of the least understood trends in workplace training today.  Everyone wants to go micro and many of us have already done so.

We know you do amazing things with employee training and development all year long. Training magazine’s Training APEX Awards program offers the opportunity to showcase that excellence to your customers, employees, potential new hires, and senior leaders. It also helps you benchmark the effectiveness of your organization’s employee training and development—all applicants receive a feedback report and qualitative scorecard and can do a Training APEX Awards feedback call.  

Are you making the most common training and evaluation mistakes that threaten the success of your mission-critical initiatives? Find out the truth in this informative webinar.

When crafting eLearning materials, many people use a storyboard to help the client begin to visualize the created content and shape the script. Most people use only one storyboard style, but using multiple types can solve a variety of client communication issues.

Does your current learning technology give you the data you need to crack the case for eLearning success? Does it leave you insightful clues about what’s working, what’s not, and what your learners need to succeed? Or is all of that a mystery to you, a case yet to be solved?

From the ongoing pandemic to the "Great Resignation," front-line workers are facing more pressure than ever. On top of these external pressures, front-line staff often lack organizational support as well, leading to poor productivity and a negative company culture. Research shows that 40% of front-line employees only receive training once a year or less. As a learning and development decision-maker, you have an opportunity to innovate and positively impact front-line employee training to motivate, educate, and retain essential workers. 

To be successful in a global environment, leaders need to broaden their mindset to sidestep cultural bias and other pitfalls. Multinational workplaces require an amplified skillset to navigate across cultures with agility and to leverage the diversity of teams, organizations, clients and partners. Failing to unlock the competitive advantage of a multicultural workforce is synonymous with missed opportunities and mediocre performance.

Your organization invests a great deal into learning and development programs. Do you know if your programs are working? Worth the investment of time and other resources? If your programs are meeting their goals, do you have insight as to why? Or, if they’re not performing well, do you know what they need to succeed? 

PowerPoint, some people shudder at its name. If you are someone who does that, I would challenge you to take a closer look at this incredibly powerful tool.

You wouldn't trust YouTube with a video that held your personal credit card information. But right now, a quick YouTube search turns up 815,000 videos for "internal meeting," 310,000 more for "product roadmap," and 168,000 for "confidential training". Hopefully, none of those are yours.

During this webinar, five specific strategies will be taught to help sales organizations launch sales coaching practices for success in 2022. Sales coaching is not a new industry or endeavor, rather due to recent times the practice of sales coaching has dramatically changed and provided unique opportunities.

Training materials with a voiceover element are versatile, engaging, and effective, but creating them is time consuming, expensive, and disruptive. How do you find voice talent? What if they’re busy when you need that urgent update? What’s the best way to create 10 versions of similar material?

Instructional designers say, "It’s not the tool you use that creates interaction, it’s good instructional design that leads to interaction." When it comes to effective engagement in live learning sessions, the tool matters. Adobe Connect 12 provides structure and uniformity for consistent experiences while offering extreme flexibility for custom activities.

A recent Fortune/Deloitte survey found that 71% of CEOs are anticipating that this year’s biggest business disrupter will be a skills shortage - costing businesses trillions of dollars by the end of the decade.    Finding the right kind of training to address the skills gap is a huge challenge. The marketplace is awash with traditional programs intended to boost a standard array of skillsets. But many of these won’t complement the specific transformation you’re looking to make. Especially as L&D teams are increasingly challenged to align learning programs to their organization’s strategic business goals.  How you choose to train your teams has never been more important. Learn why work-based learning is superior to traditional training and 6 key reasons businesses are embracing it to future-proof their business.

As a leader, you’re barraged with problems every day, and sometimes it’s easier to take the path of least resistance. You don’t speak up because it might rock the boat. You procrastinate on a decision or don’t try that new idea because you’re afraid of failure. Or, you don’t invite feedback because you might not like what you hear. In these moments, you’re missing opportunities, you’re wasting money, and you’re eroding your team members’ trust.

Every employee can build belonging from wherever they sit in an organization because the energy of belonging is built or destroyed one human interaction at a time. Harness the power generated from feeling connected to, respected, and protected by your peers and leaders.

Recent changes in today’s business landscape led to distinct challenges by different Industries. Industries such as Healthcare, Automotive, Retail, Banking & Financial Services, Public Sector, Manufacturing - are all required to adjust to the ever-changing needs of today’s businesses. The L&D community are key pillars in identifying methods to support these business challenges.

Have you ever wondered if conducting Level 1 evaluations are worth the effort? Or if you should stop using them altogether? If you’ve had these thoughts, you’re not alone. According to a 2019 Association for Talent Development (ATD) research study, 83% of organizations evaluate some learning programs at Level 1. Yet, only 35% view the data they collect as having either high or very high value.

The new realities of work have created long-term impacts — good and bad — for your organization and your people. The organizations that successfully navigate this uncharted wilderness are able to thrive by developing the skills of their people.  

Both stakeholders and learners want more from your eLearning these days. Stakeholders are concerned that traditional learning needs to be more engaging and interactive, while learners are looking for something that will grab their attention, like a good story or game. One way to satisfy everyone is to introduce branching scenarios to your elearning.

The L&D specialists of today must have their mindset, skills, and knowledge rooted in understanding the business problems they are to help solve with training. Sadly, many of them focus on the training activities and not on the outcomes that impact the results that are needed. Consequently, their training efforts reflect poor results and are undervalued by top management.