We’ve been socialized to believe learning ends when we finish school or university or an e-course. But we’re wrong. With the half-life of skills at 5 years, everyone needs to be constantly upskilling to keep up with the pace of technology—they need continuous learning. And while many organizations are aware of the learning sciences needed to propel their programs forward, they are unsure how to turn these great ideas into digital learning that drives results. This eBook explores why learners need continuous learning to achieve mastery--and what you can do about it to grow revenue and improve learning outcomes. Download this free eBook to learn: Why professional learners need continuous learning to reach mastery Four models to build and scale your business with continuous learning How to choose the right model for your learning program

The problem with PowerPoint? It's too easy. Everybody can create slides in about an hour so nobody dives very deep. Here are a few deep dives to uncover features, functions, and shortcuts that you need to have in your toolbox.

Are you ready for a remote sales force? Sales for companies around the globe have been disrupted by travel cancellations and remote work in the face of COVID-19. Managing a dispersed sales team is a unique challenge. Corporate travel restrictions mean less contact with prospects, with the industry, and with the market. But with the right strategy, sales managers can succeed.

This webinar will reveal and teach some of the most innovative strategies during this time of transition.  Unlike any other time before in our history, the session provides learning and development departments and never seen before opportunity. This webcast will teach specific strategies to coach and reinforce coaching virtually.  

As a result of the COVID-19 crisis, many executives, including JP Morgan CEO, Jamie Dimon, predict the global economy will be in recession for the rest of 2020 and perhaps even into 2021. Consequently, many organizational leaders will conduct top-to-bottom reviews of programs in an attempt to cut budgets and save money. Are you prepared to show how your major programs drive the business in this new post-pandemic world? Implementing or using some of the concepts of the ROI Methodology now can safeguard your budgets during and after this time of uncertainty.  

According to the 2018 Gallup Report, 67% of workers are experiencing some sort of work disengagement.  Gallup looked deeper into managers’ impact on employee engagement and found:   77% of employees believe their manager needs to improve the meaningfulness of the feedback they currently provide 74% of employees believe their manager needs to more directly relate feedback to their job performance 79% of employees believe their manager needs to improve how they manage their employee’s performance to motivate them to excel in their position BUT all is not lost; This gap represents an opportunity.  To discover more about the opportunity, click to download this paper.  

We are living in unprecedented times.  'Work' as we know it is changing.  In order to thrive, organizations must re-invent themselves and embrace the new normal.  As a former Fortune 500 business executive who has seen it all, Jill understands how organizations operate, and what they need to do to attract, retain, and engage employees - whether they sit under your nose or work remotely.

During these unprecedented times, social distancing is the need of the hour. Join Dr. Pooja Jaisingh to see how we can use the information available on this topic to build an interactive and animated eLearning course using Adobe Captivate.

In this webinar, you'll learn techniques that anyone can use to create stunning PowerPoint slides, without any design experience or ability. You'll also discover that these techniques also help your audience understand and remember your points more clearly. Best of all, they're easy to incorporate into your slide preparation.

Employee training and development is not an "event" it's a process. Training in the 21st century needs to be ongoing, agile, and one that is personalized to individual needs.  And with the growing remote workforce, evolving and advancing technologies, where do you begin? Traditional employee development methods are being replaced by: micro-learning simulations gamification AI and more Download this complimentary guide, The Definitive Guide to Upskilling, to learn about the 4 essential strategies for building and refining an upskilling program with personalized content and hands-on training that aligns with your company.

Join our experts from Adobe and Verizon Wireless on this webinar and discover how to elevate your virtual trainings and classrooms by adding interactive elements. Jamie Freeman will take you through a slew of creative ideas for adding orchestrated interaction into your virtual training. She will ensure that any virtual training you host is an event to remember! While Alistair speaks about the role interactivity plays in elevating the effectiveness of your delivery.

Good visualization improves understanding, recollection and adoption. Poor or no visual communication impedes learning. Make your job easier. Use clear, compelling designs to achieve your learning objectives. No design skill needed.

Today's learners are continuously adaptive to new business demands. They learn while working. They adjust to rapid changes and are very resourceful in finding answers and solutions. Unfortunately, many learning systems are stuck with the old paradigms where learners have to slave away to derive useful answers.

Our changing world requires us to deal not only with the COVID-19 pandemic, but global warming, increasing natural disasters, and ongoing disruption led by technology. Stress resilience has become the top skill needed for health, happiness, and career longevity. But how do you help employees manage stress when it is unique to each person?

Marketing … We all dread it. It’s one extra thing to do on our ever-growing list of tasks. And, it’s usually a skill set we didn’t pick up along the way.

Your company is now online. You’re working remotely, providing training virtually, zoom, zooming the days away and the dust has — sort of  — settled. The workforce landscape is forever changed and innovation shouldn’t stop at just getting it all online or converted to digital quickly. A focus on performance should always be the focus and measure for all training and curriculum.

Companies around the globe have canceled sales meetings and training sessions and are enacting work from home policies to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Yet sales enablement professionals must get new hires up to speed and keep teams on track in a world where face-to-face meetings are impossible. Traditional training and sales enablement approaches won’t solve this challenge. But building a virtual training program when you’ve relied on in-person sessions can feel like an overwhelming task. Fortunately, there are proven tactics that organizations can employ to train across geographies and time zones. Use this guide to learn how the right strategy and technology can help you manage high-performing virtual teams.

This presentation is an easy to follow roadmap showing you the necessary beginning steps to achieve success through increased sales. Knowing the importance of having passion and understanding for what everyone is doing. Continuously building the skills necessary to get the job done and remain competitive Effectively communicating roles and responsibilities without confusion. Having the flexibility to do things differently in the ever-changing business environment we all dwell in and taking ownership for the productivity and profitability of the organization.  Creating a culture where people can’t wait to come to work and be their best--a culture with people making a difference for their customers and each other. A culture that nurtures flawless execution of work, promotes teamwork and is fulfilling and fun. 

No need to explain that times are crazy…we all get it. Organizations are desperate for timely and pertinent instruction as their people work from home. It’s great that L&D is the function your staff demands but the budgets are slashed. Instead of doing the obvious - converting  your existing workshops into blah blah webinars - L&D must be innovative, nimble and uplifting to deliver quality learning while keeping the cost low.  LECTURE AS A LAST RESORT is still and always critical for growing practical skills.   

There are many ways to wreck a PowerPoint slide. Behold these before-and-after gems from some of the worst train wrecks we've ever seen.

Good visualization improves understanding, recollection and adoption. Poor or no visual communication impedes learning. Make your job easier. Use clear, compelling designs to achieve your learning objectives. No design skill needed.

No matter what web conference platform you use, you’ll find the mindset and the tactical tools described here will help you get better results in your next web event.  P.S. While you’re reading, notice the additional resources referenced and be sure to download these helpful tools for your virtual tool kit.

The skills needed to succeed on the job are changing at an unprecedented pace. Reports say that skills learned today remain relevant for an average of only five years. Consequently, Learning and Development (L&D) professionals must train today's employees for the skills that will be needed tomorrow-even when those skills haven't yet been identified or, in some cases, created. Training employees for skills that haven't been invented yet is no easy task. So how can L&D upskill everyone from entry-level employees to senior management for an unforeseeable, quickly changing future? To do this, L&D first must identify: A framework for building future skills The most-needed emerging skills Capabilities for success, regardless of the skill set In this white paper, Training Top 10 Hall of Fame members explore these  challenges and detail how they are responding to future-proof their organizations, particularly in the wake of the Coronavirus and beyond.

Today, 26% of Americans say they’re online almost constantly and people spend an average of 5 hours a day on their mobile phones. We do everything from shopping to watching videos using the Internet on our mobile devices. Being online has been integrated into every aspect of life. Our dependence on digital platforms and mobile devices has impacted not only the way we communicate, but the way we learn, as well. In fact, 47% of organizations have already incorporated mobile learning into their training programs. With the way things are changing, it can be hard to find the perfect learning solution for your needs. With so many learning management systems on the market, it can be difficult to determine which option checks all of the essential boxes for your company, or if a traditional LMS is actually the right solution to address your learning needs. When it comes to learning solutions, BenchPrep stands out by going far beyond the benefits and functionality of a traditional LMS by focusing on learner success. Explore this detailed comparison guide to find out how traditional LMS software solutions compare to BenchPrep, and see why the world’s leading education and training organizations leverage BenchPrep to deliver their online learning programs.