What good does it do participants when the trainer shows he/she can do it? The real measure of impact if whether the lesson is caught and applied by the audience. Breakout rooms are a tool to help you facilitate peer learning and make your job as trainer easier. A favorite rule of thumb at BPG is never do for participants what they can do for themselves. The more active they are in their learning, the more they remember and ultimately apply.

Sometimes it seems as if today's "winners" have some kind of magic going for them. They always seem to make just the right impression - even with difficult people - and get exactly what they want.

Score Winning Results Using Games for Spaced Learning No matter how engaged your learners are during a training session, they tend to forget what they learned over time—a phenomenon known as the "forgetting curve." Leveraging training games, in short, repetitive sessions spaced out over time (often referred to as spaced learning) has been proven to work! Download this eBook to improve training recall and minimize a loss of knowledge.

Did you know that organizations with a high-impact learning culture have 37% higher employee productivity? Download your free guide, "Build a Learning Culture in 5 Steps," and learn how you can develop a learning culture within your organization.

Training programs can influence employees' attitudes toward the company. Professional online courses are a great opportunity for skill development. Thanks to the numerous innovative features of the learning platform, employees can make the most of their time and take great courses.   Instructors often struggle to deliver high-quality skill development programs. Not only are they easy to create using MATRIX, but the deployment of modules is also efficient. Also, employees like to participate in training programs because they are involved and include innovative features. What you will learn from this brochure: The most important skills in the workplace How trainers can promote skills development with MATRIX How MATRIX can boost employee retention rates

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.

The Equal Pay Act of 1963. The 9-to-5 movement. Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In. The battle for gender equality in the workplace has a long history and it’s one that’s still being fought in every industry and level of work, from C-suite offices and boardrooms to service centers and shop floors. Along the way, new terms have emerged as our collective understanding of gender dynamics has grown: the glass ceiling, the broken rung, impostor syndrome, pink-collar jobs. But what is the state of gender diversity and equality in the workplace in 2022? How much progress has been made in closing the gender pay gap and uplifting underrepresented groups? To answer this question, we’ll look at recent statistics and headline-making stories about women in the workplace, piecing together the overall picture of gender equality today and how to move forward. Before we dive into the data, and anecdata, it’s important to get some context on gender equality as a whole. Discrimination doesn’t start and stop at the office door, it affects every aspect of life, from the personal to the professional. And it begins much, much earlier than you may think.

This the third in Mike’s incredibly popular Super Simple PowerPoint Slide Design series. Learn how to make simple yet engaging and professional slides quickly. Mike shares new, innovative designs that you can easily make—when you know how. Using the latest trends, discover tips, tricks, and techniques to developing amazing slides. Less is best in this session.

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?

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.

Over the past 18 months, we’ve seen a global pandemic, social unrest not seen since the civil rights movement, working parents stressed with having to home school, and a country deeply divided, we’ve also seen a changing workplace, where remote employment now being the norm in many office locations, and employees demanding that DEI (diversity / equity / inclusion) becomes a corporate initiative.  The boundaries between work - life have never been less clear.

You can use Adobe Captivate in many ways. It has many different features to help you achieve the best eLearning for your audience and the topics they need to learn. One of the features you may have never used is Video Demos. Like Software Simulations, you can focus on capturing the full screen, part of the screen, or an application window. However, Video Demos also give you full fidelity of the captured screen movements and choices made rather than creating a separate slide for each. They also let you capture your microphone and your webcam video, so you can guide learners directly. Publish the final result as an MP4 and you can upload it to your LMS or your favorite video site. v

Training can be a costly process but it’s an important part of employee engagement and retention. With any training plan, leadership will want to know how much the training is going to cost, the profitability of the training, as well as what the value of it is to the organization overall.   That’s why proving return on investment (ROI) is a vital step in any training strategy. ROI helps leaders better understand how the efforts of the organization are performing and what changes need to be made to get the desired results. In this ebook, you’ll learn: The training costs of compliance, onboarding, and upskilling/reskilling  How much it will cost an organization if they don’t train employees  How to calculate ROI for new managers, compliance, and onboarding plans

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.

When you think of animation, do you think of flying bullets and spiraling headlines? Many people do, unfortunately, and so animation suffers a bad reputation. In fact, one of your best opportunities to shine as a content creator and presenter is through smart, effective, and appropriate use of animation and in this hour, we’ll explore exactly what that means. 

Experts and futurists are unanimous that the NEW important skill for all workers is critical thinking. Why is that? The reality is that we are in a global economy where change is rapid, the unpredictability of events abound, there is the shrinking of the new workforce, and of course, digitalization. Many of the roles demand beyond the usual tasks and roles. They need to be self-directed and constantly critically thinking about how to solve and manage the unknowns and unpredictability of work. 

In this webinar, Stacey Boyle, Learning Strategist & Value Consultant at EdCast by Cornerstone, will share the findings from a recent research study about the various factors that contribute to an organization’s overall learning health. The study, conducted in partnership with the Hult International Business School, analyzed 50 leading organizations across the U.S., Europe, and the UK to assess their learning health across 8 distinct dimensions. The results from the research suggest that despite extensive executive sponsorship, increased investments in learning and skilling, and tighter strategic alignment of the learning function, most organizations have yet to unlock the potential of a healthy learning culture.

Over 25 Thinking Tools to Help Learners Scale

In this webinar, we will highlight 10 helpful tools in the Snagit Editor that will improve your screenshots.

Selling is social — but onboarding new revenue professionals often lacks the social and collaborative aspects of actual sales. This is especially true in virtual learning, when new sellers are onboarded ad-hoc or with LMS-based experiences that do not equip them with the sophisticated capabilities they need to drive revenue growth. 

With remote and hybrid work becoming the norm, employees have more opportunities than ever before to find a position that supports their professional goals. For employers, this means it is critical to prioritize workplace satisfaction and career advancement opportunities to avoid frequent turnover. Join us on August 17 at 12pm PST as simpleshow’s Director of Customer Success, Danny Pichardo and AbbVie’s Associate Director of Training, Gilbert Marchany host an interactive session on optimizing the onboarding process and the importance of supporting career progression.

Over the past 18 months, we’ve seen a global pandemic, social unrest not seen since the civil rights movement, working parents stressed with having to home school, and a country deeply divided, we’ve also seen a changing workplace, where remote employment now being the norm in many office locations, and employees demanding that DEI (diversity / equity / inclusion) becomes a corporate initiative.  The boundaries between work - life have never been less clear.

Organizations must commit to continually evaluating the employee learning experience and how technology is either making or breaking that experience. Is it disrupting their workflow? Is it hindering productivity? Do learners actually enjoy and find value in the programs they use? Is it making them better at their jobs? Is the work and time spent using systems having a positive impact on the business goals? These are questions that must be asked, assessed and acted upon. Download this eBook to learn how it’s done.

In high-consequence industries, accidents can lead to loss of life, general disruptions, or risks to safety. Imagine the business impact if your organization were suddenly unable to meet compliance, service, or production commitments. That’s not a position you want to be in. Keep these six things in mind as you make your contingency plans