How do real-life events and actual workplace cases ingrain the learning in the learners' minds? Find out how you can use it effectively. By Ray Jimenez, Ph.D. Contact Vignettes Learning for more information. Click here.

Joe Ganci will be presenting his very popular and always updated session, The Coolest Adobe Captivate Tips on the Planet, at Training 2015. There he will talk about more than 25 great tips to enhance your instructional design using Adobe Captivate. Now, not only a sneak peek to Joe's session at the conference but a chance to see Joe go in depth on four of his most popular tips, directly in Captivate. This is not a PowerPoint presentation, it's a demonstration using the tool. You don't need to know Captivate to attend this session but if you do, all the better! Joe will also set aside some time to answer your questions. Don't miss this!

Effective, positive communication is the single biggest driver of success for business teams. New research in the fields of neuroscience and positive psychology is showing the incredible ripple effect positive communication can have on employee engagement, productivity, and happiness at work.

Complex ideas can be learned quickly using the Story-Based Approach.  How do you avoid glorified memorization methods following this model? By Ray Jimenez, Ph.D.

Drawing learners into the story, letting them participate and experience the story and having them engage in experience sharing boost their learning ability. By Ray Jimenez, Ph.D.

The design concept is based on an understanding of learners' concerns first and foremost -  - by bits and pieces or by small bites along the way. By Ray Jimenez, Ph.D.

The lesson depicts how a person’s comment may or may not be viewed as a form of sexual harassment by a co-employee. By Ray Jimenez, Ph.D. 2014

Instantaneous learning is achieved by focusing on a singular idea in a lesson re-enforced through a real-life circumstances showing possible consequences or outcomes. By Ray Jimenez, Ph.D.

Only 44% of employees believe their employer does a good job bringing new employees into the organization. Onboarding is the process of transforming a new hire into a fully functioning, integrated member of the team. Proper onboarding provides not only the ‘rules of the road,’ but also clear expectations in terms of behavior and interaction with management, customers, and other employees.

Emotions evoked by stories as they unfold, draws learners’ attention and keep them focused.  This is why interactive stories deeply impact learning. By Ray Jimenez, Ph.D.

The lesson shows the impact of decisions made based on perceptions and possible experiences when facing a given situation. By Ray Jimenez, Ph.D. 2014

Joe Ganci will be presenting his very popular and always updated session, The Coolest Adobe Captivate Tips on the Planet, at Training 2015. There he will talk about more than 25 great tips to enhance your instructional design using Adobe Captivate. Now, not only a sneak peek to Joe's session at the conference but a chance to see Joe go in depth on four of his most popular tips, directly in Captivate. This is not a PowerPoint presentation, it's a demonstration using the tool. You don't need to know Captivate to attend this session but if you do, all the better! Joe will also set aside some time to answer your questions. Don't miss this!

Acquiring skill at interviewing prospective job candidates is essential to building a solid and cohesive team. Managers don’t always get it right. This video helps the learner self-identify common interviewing mistakes through a humorous and not-so-perfect example of a job interview. It is used as part one of a two part video series. The second video demonstrates all the proper techniques of interviewing.

Join us for a Power Hour and build a personal strategy for growing your own emotional awareness and regulation.  

This session is about the three sides of a successful consulting practice and the often undervalued role the business side for being profitable and sustainable.   You will learn the importance of using business acumen to support your practice expertise.

This session is about finding your market niche so you stand out in the noise of established players, wannabe’s, and has-been’s. You will understand the importance of branding yourself in ways that distinguish you in the market place.

This session is about the folk lore and implications of different legal structures including partnerships, sub S corporations, sole proprietorships, and non-profits as they apply to operating a successful consulting practice.  You will understand the importance of asking the right questions when working with your lawyer, banker, and accountant.

This session describes different types of insurance including business liability, professional liability, and auto and their implications as they apply to operating a successful consulting practice. You will understand the importance of asking the right questions when working with your agent.

This session is about how contracts are structured and the implication of terms and conditions as they apply to operating a successful consulting practice. You will understand what your client’s procurement office is really wanting in its agreement with you and what you can negotiate.

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.

So you're exhibiting at Training 2015. So are hundreds of others. Two things are required for an extremely successful exhibiting experience - focus and clarity. Focus asks: What are you paying attention to? Clarity asks: How well do you understand it?  

This session is about how to find clients and help clients find you. You will understand how to identify, develop, and use channels to help you be sustainable in difficult times.

While webinars have become common place in both learning and marketing, the parade-of-slides-with-disembodied-voice format is getting old. Isn't it time we reinvented the webinar? What can we learn from the success of the "flipped classroom" model that's sweeping the world of education?

Like it or not, marketing training is part of the job! Identify a variety of ways to improve support of learning interventions and attendance at training events. Build alliances and a presence in your organization. Meet organizational needs, rather than put on events that have marginal participation. Fully utilize ALL marketing techniques from networking to navigating the digital world. Make your "marketing job" manageable, effective and fun! Learn practical tips and tricks.