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Worldwide Training Industry News (Feb
09)
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Information Inc
IT Training Press Releases (Feb 09)
Industry News Headlines from CLOmedia (Feb
09)
E-Learning Market Update
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Reviews and Current Trends
UK Training, e-Learning and Technology Work and Salary Survey 2008
(Dec 08)
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Blue Eskimo’s work and salary survey 2008 was undertaken to make
available up-to-date information on work and pay within the
training, e-learning and technology sectors.
©2008 Blue Eskimo
(UK) Driving Business Benefits - Full Report (Feb 09)
This is a
comprehensive survey conducted during autumn 2008 which investigated
e-learning usage across 300 organisations.
©2009 Towards Maturity CIC
Training Top 10 Hall of Fame (Feb 09)
Deloitte
LLP joins the six other companies in the Training Top 10 Hall
of Fame.
Training,
©2009 Nielsen Business Media
Training Top 125 (Feb 09)
Training's ninth
annual ranking of the top companies with employee-sponsored workforce
training and development.
Training,
©2009 Nielsen Business Media
Best Practices and Outstanding Initiatives (Feb 09)
Training editors
recognize innovative and successful learning and development
programs and practices.
Training,
©2009 Nielsen Business Media
2009 - Economic Crisis or Opportunity (Feb 09)
Savvy organizations will
use this time to strengthen their talent organizations in
preparation for renewed economic stability.
Talent Management,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Top 5 Ways to Ready Your Training Organization for a Troubled
Economy (Feb 09)
Find out what a group of learning executives had to say when asked
the question what
are you doing in your training organization to navigate the
uncertainty and survive the impact of the stressful economic
environment?
©2008 Expertus
Weather the Storm with Trusting Partners (Feb 09)
Establishing
truly effective partnerships requires executives to intentionally
consider the importance of trust.
LX Briefing,
©2009 ASTD
2009 - The year that open source goes mainstream (Feb 09)
Many in the industry are
looking to open source as one of the few growth areas during the
recession. We don’t like to use terms such as recession-proof and
don’t believe that all open source companies will necessarily
flourish during the recession, but here are some of our thoughts for
the year ahead.
©2008 Kineo
Winning and Losing Organizations (Feb 09)
Quite often,
organizations aren't even aware of the many ways in which they may
be slowing themselves down.
Training
Industry Quarterly, Winter 2009, TrainingIndustry Inc
Talent Management - A Training Strategy (Feb 09)
Key areas
where training professionals need to focus their energies.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
The Move to Talent Management (Feb 09)
Don't forget about
learning!
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Money Matters, but Training Doesn't? (Feb 09)
A recent study shows
that nearly a fifth of CFOs have no plans to invest in accounting
and finance training.
T+D Magazine,
©2009 ASTD
Get Out of the Training Business (Feb 09)
The dawn of a new age.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Virtual Classrooms - An Overview (Feb 09)
This review takes a
look at the fast evolving area of virtual classroom products and how
to make them work for you. This market has been recently shaken up
by the introduction of the DimDim open source product and the advent
of hosted software-as-a-service solutions.
©2008 Kineo
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Training
Manager/Director Development
Taking a Stand (Feb 09)
Data to drive decision
making.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
The Most Costly Oversight (Feb 09)
Distinguishing stress
and burnout.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Selling the C-Suite on Results (Feb 09)
Too often, executives
discount reports on learning's impact as too simplistic, or
attributable to non-learning factors. If those reports aren't
improving learning's standing, you're missing real opportunity.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
More for less - Your L&D credit crunch survival manual (Feb 09)
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There has never been a
greater focus on reducing costs than right now. The latest Bersin
research revealed that training spend per learner fell between 2007
to 2008 and is likely to fall further in 2009. ASTD’s recent survey
showed that over 50% of respondents are being challenged to do more
for less with their budgets. What to do? This survival manual looks
at the practical steps that you can take to reduce your
learning and development costs and deliver more for less.
©2009 Kineo
Recession-Proofing Your Job with Business Strategies (Feb 09)
In tough economic times,
those who can create more results with fewer resources will win. An
organization's competitive edge is directly related to the abilities
of its human resources.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
It's about Influence (Feb 09)
To get the results they
want and to earn a seat at the table, CLOs must focus less on
training activities and more on how to drive business strategies.
Key to this approach is developing the ability to influence behavior
change.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Using Risk to your Advantage (Feb 09)
Bring in big rewards when you learn how to understand, not fear,
big risks.
T+D Magazine,
©2009 ASTD
Learning as a Business (Feb 09)
An
opportunity for expansion may be sitting right in your training
department.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
Learning Locally (Feb 09)
As the economy falters
and travel costs rise, organizations are rethinking centralized
training programs and considering alternative solutions that tap
into regional expertise and deliver development where employees are.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
A Market Driven Approach
to Learning (Feb 09)
Learning for
learning's sake is irrelevant to business. Relevant learning
addresses current-day challenges and moves the organization toward
its strategic goals.
Training,
©2009 Nielsen Business Media
Targeting Training with Limited Budgets (Feb 09)
As training budgets
tighten, learning leaders are making smarter investments to better
impact the organization. Targeting the right training to the right
people at the right time is the right way to maximize impact.
Training
Industry Quarterly, Winter 2009, TrainingIndustry Inc
How to be the Trusted Training Advisor (Feb 09)
Expand how you
support your executives, and you'll become the trusted people
development advisor they turn to as their staffs' roles and
responsibilities change in today's new economy.
Training,
©2009 Nielsen Business Media
The Unsung Heroes of Training (Feb 09)
The Training Manager is
the one who makes all things work.
Training
Industry Quarterly, Winter 2009, TrainingIndustry Inc
Extreme Makeover - Training Edition (Feb 09)
That training program
that puts learners to sleep half-way through and has disappointed
executives for years! Now's the time to turn it around.
Training,
©2009 Nielsen Business Media
Game Incentive (Feb 09)
Imagine driving to work
on a Monday morning, lost in a rush hour traffic daze. Suddenly,
your mind is roused from its fog as you recall that your game
account is 100 tokens richer from the sales goal you met the
previous Friday.
T+D Magazine,
©2009 ASTD
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Selling and Marketing
Education
No articles this month.
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Learning Methods and Media
Recycling Learning (Feb 09)
If
we're recycling everything from plastic packaging to software, isn't
it time to reuse learning, too? Smart use of technology and
increased collaboration can save money and extend the life cycle of
learning solutions.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Integrating Informal Learning with Web 2.0 Technologies (Feb 09)
Elearning!
assembled a roundtable of technologists to outline the steps a
company must take to successfully integrate informal learning with
Web 2.0
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
The Personalized Learner Experience (Feb 09)
There are many benefits
of personalizing the learner's experience.
Training
Industry Quarterly, Winter 2009, TrainingIndustry Inc
Collaboration Trends and Strategies (Feb 09)
Like anything new,
collaborative tools get about 80% of the attention, while people and
process get about 20%, but in reality it should be the other way
round.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
Social Networking - Bridging Formal and Informal Learning (Feb 09)
The growth of social networking applications continues to
accelerate, and this attracts attention from e-Learning designers
and developers. How to put these to work in the service of learning?
The application to informal learning is fairly obvious, but their
use in formal learning has proven more problematic. The answer is to
reframe the question: What needs for social support are not being
met in formal learning applications?
©2009 eLearningGuild
It's (not) the Technology, Stupid (Feb 09)
When implementing
distributed learning systems, often the focus is more on the
technology than participant success.
T+D Magazine,
©2009 ASTD
Designing Asynchronous E-Learning (Feb 09)
Get to the
core of this primary area of corporate e-learning investment.
T+D Magazine,
©2009 ASTD
E-Learning for Customers
- How to Build a Better Mousetrap (Feb 09)
Customer training is an e-Learning application that is often
overlooked when thinking about design processes. This article
corrects that oversight! The authors show you how they analyzed and
updated training for customers and they share their valuable
"lessons learned" with you.
©2009 eLearningGuild
Fiction Writer Tricks -
A Tale of Two Courses (Feb 09)
Though it may not seem logical, instructional designers can learn a
lot from creative writers about engaging learners. Previously, we’ve
had articles that have presented techniques borrowed from dramatists
and from radio production. Here, you'll learn what a novelist has to
offer, with tips that bring scenarios alive!
©2009 eLearningGuild
Does President Obama Support Locking Your E-Learning Course
Navigation (Feb 09)
A
while back we looked at unlocking the player navigation to make
better e-learning courses. It’s worth revisiting because it’s still
one of the questions I’m most frequently asked. There are various
reasons that we give for locking navigation. The two most common are
that some sort of regulation requires it or we want to make sure
that the learner doesn’t skip through the course.
Rapid E-Learning Blog,
©2009 Creative Commons
Here's How I Built That PowerPoint E-Learning Template (Feb 09)
I’ve gotten a lot of emails about the template I used in the Dump
the Drone demo. So I’m going to show you how I built it (all
inside PowerPoint) and then I’ll show you some tricks that will make
it easier for you to build your own e-learning courses.
Rapid E-Learning Blog,
©2009 Creative Commons
Here's How You Can Save Your Training Job in this Economy (Feb 09)
There are few guarantees in life. However, when organizations do
make tough decisions they always lean on those things that provide
the most value. So if I were to offer any advice, it would be to
provide the most value that you can. You don’t want to be seen
as an expense to the organization.
Rapid E-Learning Blog,
©2009 Creative Commons
5 Easy Ways to Add a Glossary to Your E-Learning Course (Feb 09)
Here are five easy ways to build a glossary for your rapid
e-learning courses. You can use these tips to define words, footnote
information, or as a way to add additional content to your courses.
This helps keep your course content light and still gives you a way
to share more with your learners. It also gives your learners
control to choose what additional information they want or need when
they need it.
Rapid E-Learning Blog,
©2009 Creative Commons
What to consider when implementing rapid e-learning in large
organisations (Jan 09)
For many larger
organisations, there is some concern about how rapid e-learning will
fit within their current structure. These enterprises have internal
processes that make the concept of rapid e-learning a more complex
proposition.
©2009 Mohive
Live and Direct (Feb 09)
From desktop solutions
to the latest immersive telepresence environment, videoconferencing
is not what it used to be. T+D Magazine,
©2009 ASTD
Leadership Lessons from the Sims (Feb 09)
Simulations engage learners in meaningful experiences that actively
apply learning to real decision-making situations. But building an
effective sim requires giving up control and embracing divergent
results.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
12 Wishes for LMS and LCMS Systems (Feb 09)
Companies that write
LMSs and LCMSs have provided us with some excellent tools over the
past few years, But the journey has just begun, writes Elliott
Masie.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
Training's Performance Support Imperative (Feb 09)
An estimated 40-80% of
training content fails to take root with the learner, leading to a
massive amount of waste and unrealized potential. Supporting, and
rewarding, performace can make a big difference.
Training
Industry Quarterly, Winter 2009, TrainingIndustry Inc
New Products Miscellanea (Feb 09)
A roundup of new
products in the areas of content, collaboration, web 2.0 and LMS.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
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Case Studies and Projects
PwC does it Again (Feb 09)
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Pricewaterhouse Coopers
nabs number one on the Training Top 125 for the second year
in a row.
Training,
©2009 Nielsen Business Media
Rapid Responder (Feb 09)
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By continually attuning
itself to client and employee needs, KPMG LLP delivers training
squarely aimed at supporting quality client service.
©2009 Nielsen Business Media
SCC's Keys to Success (Feb 09)
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Providing the software
medical laboratories rely on takes a staff that's well trained from
day one. It also takes a learning program that knows how to retain
and grow those workers through personalized development plans.
©2009 Nielsen Business Media
EMC's Competitive Advantage (Feb 09)
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The key to EMC's success
is ensuring its business strategy is supported by the right training
for the right people at the right time at every level in the
company.
©2009 Nielsen Business Media
Rx for Excellence (Feb 09)
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Wyeth Pharmaceuticals'
learning and development team is a shot in the arm to the
organization, keeping it up to date on needed skills, and growing
future leaders.
©2009 Nielsen Business Media
Recipe for Success (Feb 09)
The head of Nestle USA's
training group has helped shape a unified performance culture for
the US operations of the Swiss company's many different divisions.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Customer Satisfaction through Training (Feb 09)
To renew its commitment
to customer service, American Family Insurance turned to its
education division to revamp internal training with the goal
to provide a better customer experience.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media
Tec Publishing
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Measuring Education Value
Tangible Return on Investment (Feb 09)
Bachrach and Associates
recently took a close look at the business results of their
advisor-clients. Those results revealed statistical confirmation of
tangible ROI attributable to the design of its blended learning and
reinforcement approach.
T+D Magazine,
©2009 ASTD
Beyond Learning Objectives (Feb 09)
Learning
objectives can provide direction, focus and guidance to educational
initiatives. When training is categorized by these objectives,
learners, stakeholders and the company all find themselves
positioned for measureable success. Training Industry Quarterly,
Winter 2009, TrainingIndustry Inc
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Processes/Managing
Costs/Outsourcing
Top Training
Outsourcing Deals for 2008 (Feb 09)
TrainingIndustry.com is pleased to recognize 10 deals consummated in
2008 that were highly instrumental in the ongoing evolution of the
training outsourcing market.
©2009
TrainingIndustry Inc
What Happened to the HRO Market (Feb 09)
Now, 10 years after its birth, most people think the HRO market is
stuck in neutral, or even reverse.
LX Briefing,
©2009 ASTD
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Training Professional
Topics
Communication Counts in Landing a Job (Feb 09)
Job interviews are a
nerve-wracking experience, especially in the current market. The
economy is tough, jobs are tight, and competition is stiff. Still,
recent surveys show that employers in all sectors consider finding
and keeping good people their top concern, above worries about
rising prices and the financial climate.
T+D Magazine,
©2009 ASTD
To the trainer of the year 2009 (Feb 09)
Garry Platt draws on his years of
experience to provide some tips to those members of the training
community that have just joined us in 2009 - but don't take them all
seriously! ©2009
TrainingZONE
03-Feb-09
Freelancing - How to stand out from the crowd (Feb 09)
In the current market conditions, how can a freelancer set him or
herself apart from the throng? ©2009 TrainingZONE 09-Feb-09
How to set a fee for your training services (Feb 09)
How do you decide on a fee
for your training that won't undervalue your services or make the
client run a mile? ©2009 TrainingZONE 16-Feb-09
Jump-Start your Job Security (Mar 09)
In the midst of economic
uncertainty, many organizations are facing budgets cuts and layoffs.
To avoid losing their jobs, both young and old IT professionals must
prove that they're indispensible.
CertMag,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
How to Stand Out from the Herd and Be Heard! (Feb 09)
What makes the difference between an average presentation and one
that rocks your world? What makes the difference between a
memorable speech and one that fades into oblivion as soon as the
presenter steps off the stage? The answer sits in four building
blocks that are essential for crafting a speech into a work of art
rather than hum-drum blather.
© 2009
Eileen McDargh
Slides for Color Blind Audiences - Works in All PowerPoint Versions
(Feb 09)
Color blindness is some sort of color vision deficiency which
results in differences in the way that an affected person sees and
distinguishes various colors. It is mostly inherited, but can also
be caused due to damage in the eye, nerve, or brain. There is no
proven way to change these vision deficiencies. Plenty of research
has gone into making web pages more accessible for color blind
users. However, very little seems to have been done in the field of
slides such as those created using Microsoft PowerPoint. © 2009 Geetesh
Bajaj
Presenting to Persuade (Feb 09)
Everybody is in sales. Your job may be to sell your ideas, training
topics, conclusions, budget, strategic vision, products, or services
to an audience of two, 20, or 2000. Many people consider persuasive
presentations to a client or boss the most difficult of all because
there is often much at stake in the audience’s action or inaction -
a commission check, a promotion, a career.
©2009 Dianna Booher
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Education Administration
No articles this month.
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Skills Gap/Technical
Certification
Apple Certs Help Ignite Careers (Mar 09)
Whether you want to become a creative content developer or simply
boost your resume with enhanced media skills, Apple certifications
can help you achieve your goals.
CertMag,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
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Webinars and Podcasts
Remote Learning - Virtually Impossible (Feb 09)
- charts only
here.
How and why Brocade Education is making the change from
offering “reactive” Virtual Classroom sessions to an ongoing Virtual
Classroom program.
Virtual
Classroom SIG,
©2009 CEdMA
Learner-Focused Learning - The New Organizational Perspective (Feb
09)
Most learning management systems are focused on the organization's
perspectives on learning and training. They know how to track
attendance, participation and certification. These are important,
but not sufficient. We need to have our learning systems focus on
the learner, says Elliott Masie.
©2009 CLOmedia
Secrets of Lead Generation Webinars (Feb 09) - charts with
notes only
here.
Are your marketing webinars boring your audience? This webinar leads
you through tips, tricks and best practices for creating a
successful marketing webinar.
©2009 Adobe
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