There’s now an amazing array of innovative learning technologies and media approaches available, but each comes with a different value set for our learners and organizations. Some seem exciting, most seem complex, and some just sound like hype. Do you ever wonder if, and how, you should be using them? 

In today's fast-paced world, rapid development can be the key to your e-learning success. Rise allows you to create beautiful, responsive courses using just a browser. Courses look gorgeous on PC, tablet, and phone with NO programming knowledge needed! In my first session, you saw the basics of how to create and publish beautiful and engaging e-learning using Articulate 360 Rise. The perfect tool for the accidental e-learning instructional designer! In this session we will pick up where we left off and tackle a few of the more advanced features of Rise.  

As the business world continues to change, so do organizations and their learning functions. Whether you’re developing classroom instruction, an e-learning course, or an on-demand performance support solution, following sound instructional design processes will help you be more successful.  When an organization needs training solutions, the instructional designer must understand the business and individual needs that underlie the training initiative. Download ATD’s Foundations of Instructional Design: Methodologies and Learning Theories guide to explore through the basics of this process, the pros and cons of different approaches, and more.

Your employees are distracted, burnt out and overwhelmed! But you need to train. Games are the solution. Gamified training engages learners, increases attention, improves confidence and, ultimately, drives success. The Game Agency has invited Harry Friedman, Emmy® Award-winning Executive Producer of Jeopardy!Ⓡ and Wheel of Fortune to discuss how the Jeopardy! format is perfect for assessing knowledge. Christina Lorenzo of CHEST will demonstrate how she uses simulation games to train pulmonologists.

We've heard stories about how artificial intelligence is taking over all kinds of industries, from legal to aerospace. Fear not, the Jetsons aren't about to fly off with your training department. But there are some ways that AI can help you deliver a more customized, curated learning experience to your employees.

Instructure commissioned The Harris Poll to conduct research among Employees and HR decision-makers to better understand the employee development landscape - what employees seek in a potential employer, what motivates them to move in their careers and what tools and resources will make them successful.  The results discussed in this summary are based on two surveys conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of Instructure - one among HR decision-makers and one among employees - both administered online to those in the United States. 

When building a learning program, we often see companies skip a crucial step - getting to know their learners. Understanding your learners on a more personal level goes beyond knowing their strengths, weaknesses, and daily tasks. To take personal development to the next level, learning professionals must understand their employees' career goals, and align those goals to career paths with a learning platform that supports individual growth and long-term success.

As an introduction to a more robust process, this webinar will open up discussion with questions like: Who do you envision yourself being as a trainer? What paths will lead you to mastery? What contributions will you make to yourself as well as your stakeholders as an educator? What are your personal goals as a trainer and how do they map to your goals as an employee?

Welcome to the "The Case for Mindfulness" video lesson intended to provide basic information on being mindful. This video lesson is the first of two in the "Achieving Mindfulness at Work" series, which explains how to be a more mindful and productive member of the workforce. In this lesson, viewers will review the problem of partial attention at work and learn what mindfulness is. Ultimately, learners should understand, generally, what it takes to be more mindful at work.

Welcome to the "5 Traits of a Great Workplace Description" video lesson designed to outline the key traits to an outstanding workplace—meaningful mission, fulfilling work, positive culture, people focus, and transparent communication. This lesson describes how each of these traits should be implemented in the workplace and why they contribute to a desirable workplace. The lesson also shows how companies ultimately benefit from cultivating a great workplace.

Being able to assess employee performance is critical, but are you also articulating clear expectations for their advancement? Talent spotting is all about identifying potential over performance. In this white paper, get answers to questions like: What is talent spotting and why is it so important to get it right? How can hiring managers and HR departments get talent spotting right? What it takes for talent spotting to be successful?

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.

CHAPTER 1. CHANGING THEIR MIND? In my work over the last twenty years, I have observed a disturbing truth, supported by data. Most traditional professional development doesn’t work. There is very little change in habits, behaviors, perceptions, practice, or outcomes of participants. An Example. In 2016, there was a series of articles that touted the EEOC research that sexual harassment training is ineffective and may actually be harmful. What was fascinating is that there was no discussion of how the training was done. What was the content? How was it delivered? What were the expected outcomes? How many designs and presentation models were utilized? None of those questions were answered in any of the articles I read. Click below to download the First 3 Chapters of the Book.

Participants come with vast experiences, vast diversity in how their brains work. How do we tailor to each of them, deliver specifically designed content for how their brain learns? Mindset Scaffolding does all that and more.

Ready or not - digital transformation is here. Read this eBook to discover the talent development best practices you - and your people - need in order to future-proof your organization while putting your people in the driver's seat of their own experience. You'll gain insights into: Determining your organization's level of digital transformation preparedness Coaching strategies to prep your workforce for digital transformation How to champion a culture of learning to enable ongoing employee skill development

ROI of Training and Learning has been a contentious source of debate in the L&D industry. There are those who propose elaborate and expensive methods to capture measurements of training impacts while others are content with the smiley sheets to gauge the "happiness" of learners. The fundamental problem with both approaches is that the metrics are historical views and do not help workers impact work. The measurements are for administrators and not for the workers and learners.

You can't be available to provide coaching and feedback 24/7, but an intelligent chatbot can! All over the world, people are using artificial intelligence to manage their bank accounts, book travel, and find great products, so why not use this same technology to help people learn new skills and advance their careers? You might have already considered using artificial intelligence to bring the "wow factor" to your next project, but it can sound like a complicated and expensive endeavor—especially for your first time.

Online training is broken, with next to no engagement, poor completion rates — and you can forget about ROI. To get the learning outcomes you’re after, you need to make sure learners move from a passive mindset to an active one. Instead of just reading information or watching videos, learners need to take action.  Shifting from content-based training to action-based training can increase your training engagement and completion rates by more than 2,000%. This infographic outlines the benefits of action-based learning and how it can help create greater impact. 

"Met police accused of wasting £10m on leadership development training programme as crime soars." This front-page, headline news on the London Telegraph sparked a flurry of concerns about how London's metropolitan police were allocating resources, given the needs of the community. This type of concern is not isolated to London. Organizations worldwide spend billions on leadership development; yet, for many organizations, little evidence exists that those investments are paying off.

In today’s tight labor market with many hiring managers bemoaning the war for talent, organizations must be extremely competitive in the employee benefits they offer. Roy Skillicorn, senior director of learning and development for Cisco, and a Capella University School of Business and Technology Advisory Board member, shares his thoughts on trends in tuition assistance, how organizations benefit by offering such programs, and the risks they face if they don’t.

How are your plans for learning technologies in 2019 looking? If you think there’s too much noise out there, and not enough hard fact, you’re not alone. Since 2014, the Learning & Development (L&D) Global Sentiment Survey, sponsored by OpenSesame and conducted by Donald H Taylor, Chair of the Learning and Performance Institute, has asked L&D professionals across the globe: "What do you think will be hot in L&D next year?" Use the results of this year's survey to uncover what’s really happening in learning technology to help you plan your L&D strategies for 2019 and beyond, based on hard numbers and sound analysis. 

Like many organizations, Consumers Credit Union was struggling to make their employee training program approachable, convenient, engaging, and affordable. Employees struggled to fit training into their day. The nature of their work made it difficult for them to plan to attend long training sessions, so they knew they needed to find a solution that would allow their employees to take training when their schedules allowed. They also wanted to be sure that when their employees did have time for training that the training was engaging and effective. Consumers Credit Union found that BizLibrary's microlearning video library was the perfect solution. It allowed their employees to watch short, engaging videos in between customers or during downtime. Because the concepts are delivered in short, digestible pieces, employees not only retain more of what they learn, they are able to apply it right away. Consumers Credit Union was able to see the results of their training initiatives across their organization. Not only did employee satisfaction improve, they saw an increase in their member rating and cut onboarding costs substantially. They also exceeded the industry standard satisfaction rating! With the right planning and strategy, Consumers Credit Union was able to address challenges they faced in the areas of leadership, new managers, and sales. In this success story, you'll see the unique approach Consumers Credit Union took that made their program so successful. You'll also learn: How Consumers Credit Union measures the success of their program Specifics on the ROI of their training efforts How BizLibrary's solution helped improve their performance review process

When presenting, it's imperative that you grab your audience's attention right from the beginning, even before saying a single word. One of the best ways anyone can do this by designing a jaw-droppingly beautiful front cover. After all, a front cover is the very first slide that anyone's going to see - it pretty much sets the tone for the entire presentation, and give a strong indication on how great your talk is going to be!