When you’re kicking off a new training project, how do you allocate resources and determine a deadline? There aren’t always clear answers. Luckily, with some industry benchmarks, you can confidently arrive at accurate conclusions.  This calculator template references data from those benchmarks, to allow you to: Forecast the total hours different types of training projects will take to complete. Pinpoint how many team members you’ll need for the project. Allocate resources  Estimate budget

Creating new content can be difficult. Not sure where to start? Do you want to make sure you don’t leave anything out? Worried you might make your content too long, and not engaging? Maybe you have a standard case of the dreaded writer's block?

Peer-to-Peer Conversations: New Mentoring In Virtual Training

Learning and development has evolved significantly over the past ten years. Many of the advancements have been tied to new technologies, borrowing from other industries and disciplines like marketing and design thinking, and important shifts in the way people work and learn. According to Deloitte: This white paper examines the key shifts happening in the workforce today, the opportunities opening up for organizations, an evolving point of view on what makes effective workplace learning, and a vision for how organizations can adapt to meet the needs of learners.

Getting new employees up to speed on the culture, processes, and knowledge base of a company can cost up to 30% of a new hire’s annual salary. Meanwhile, most employees perform at only a quarter of their full productivity for the first month in their role - unsurprising given that many companies dedicate only a week or less to onboard employees.

Sales leaders know their teams need enablement. Sellers need onboarding to get up to speed, personalized coaching to continually improve, and access to the content and tools that will help them drive deeper buyer engagement and hit their targets.

Techsmith Camtasia is one of the most popular screen capture and video editing software among training professionals. As an experienced online trainer, chances are you have used it yourself to produce various tutorials for your learners.   

Organizations in the top tier of employee engagement outperform their peers in earnings, growth, retention, and productivity.  However, even though we have this powerful data, only 34% of U.S. workers are engaged, and most organizations fail at culture change efforts. Why? According to Jill Christensen, best-selling author of If Not You, Who? Cracking the Code of Employee Disengagement, companies do not get the desired results because they outsource engagement to HR and leave leaders out of the equation. So, how do you get leaders off the sidelines and into the game? In this session you’ll learn the secret to leader engagement. Priceless. 

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.

Triple Learning Loop, Curiosity Learning, and Recursive Learning PDF

We ourselves are in the midst of the "Great Pause" or "Great Reflection." We prefer these descriptions because we remind ourselves of this significant silver lining during this Pandemic -  we now have more time to reflect. Reflection is very critical and key in today’s learning.   

Everyone who develops educational programs—from CLOs to Commandants to instructional designers—faces a terrible choice with each new initiative.  

The pandemic has proven that many job responsibilities can be performed online, with remote work turning out to be highly effective and beneficial for employees and companies. One thing has not changed, however: Strong trust-based relationships are the key to developing high-performing teams, both online and offline.

Technology is rapidly evolving in current times and businesses must keep up with the latest innovations to ensure they can retain and grow their customer base. As your business gets more advanced, it is important to ensure your customers not only understand but are able to adopt these changes as well.   

One of the primary reasons instructional designers should include knowledge checks in eLearning courses is because they promote mastery of content. Knowledge checks can be scattered throughout an online training course to check learners’ understanding of content every step of the way. After receiving the feedback, learners will feel sure about which areas of a course they fully comprehend, and which areas still need work.

n this interactive session with virtual training expert Cindy Huggett, you will learn exactly how to facilitate a learner-focused virtual class. You'll learn three categories of collaborative activities that get learners involved and in control. You'll learn how to set the stage for interaction to specific facilitation techniques to enhance engagement.

The 2021 LinkedIn Learning Report listed upskilling and reskilling as one of the top three areas of focus for L&D programs. While continuous professional development increasingly resonates with the modern workforce, engaging learners for the long term continues to pose a challenge among employers whose teams are likely already juggling a variety of priorities. More than that, constant cultural shifts present even more challenges for effectively providing impactful learning experiences that take training beyond initial onboarding and compliance. Fortunately, the eLearning market continues to diversify, creating more opportunities for creative content, customizable solutions, and increased engagement in order to supercharge online training. 

Research shows that MOST multiple-choice questions include mistakes that damage assessment quality and validity. These mistakes lead to frustration and unfair assessments. They supply bad or unusable data about whether test-takers gained needed knowledge and skills.  

Listen people, your job is hard enough—don’t let technology get in the way! Whether it’s training for 10 or thousands, Bob Pike Group webinars include a producer in the background every time. Like a caddy to a golfer, a producer helps you avoid the bunkers of live virtual training. Join Kim to learn how you can play this essential role for colleagues or ramp someone up to assist you.

Download this Practitioner’s Guide to learn how to redesign and modernize the academy model to effectively build skills, cultivate talent, and generate loyalty and retention among employees in this new world of virtual work and talent wars. Learn how to:  Rethink talent academies so they are relevant, attainable and invaluable for any business Design a learning program that is highly contextualized to roles and jobs, developing skills that employees can apply in real-time Execute on a foolproof 10-step plan for developing your own talent academy

If you look at video games today, virtually all games have animations built into them. While we can’t develop high-end animations, we can look at stepping up animations you see in simpler games like card games. How does your eLearning stack up against common and simple games? This is important because your learners are looking at your course through eyes that have experienced a variety of games. While tools like Captivate have animations built-in, they are not interactive and are limited in what they can do.  

Is "we’ve always done it this way" a common attitude at your organization? While traditional assessments can help with upskilling, companies such as Paychex, 3M, and Honeywell are getting superior results by using newer video-based practice and coaching techniques as an integral part of their L&D strategy. From sales pitches to soft skills, your learners can become rockstar communicators by applying and validating knowledge transfer using the unique benefits of video.

Cybercrime costs companies and countries billions of dollars each year. Most of us think of getting hacked when someone is phishing or has hijacked our email account. But serious cyber attacks have, and continue, to take place. These attacks put so much of our data and service access at major risk.

In the midst of the pandemic, the shift towards digital transformation accelerated—as did the seemingly permanent trend toward remote work. But new remote and hybrid office strategies make it harder than ever to manage productivity, cultivate personal connections, and motivate and inspire teams. Today, managers and employees must rethink how they communicate, collaborate, and develop trust in hybrid workplaces. At the same time, it’s critical to understand productivity is now directly tied to the flexibility and satisfaction that people get from their work. In this Idea Brief, featuring key points from a virtual event discussion with HBS Professor Tsedal Neeley, learn the critical elements that need to be addressed as we shift to a potentially permanent hybrid work environment: Why hybrid environments require organizational flexibility and a centralized approach Why cognitive swift trust and emotional trust are critically important for success Why leaders must consciously decide which digital tools to use in different situations Why regular team relaunches are an essential tool when leading virtually And why it is important to get new work environments right as we prepare for the impending digital revolution