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News
Worldwide Training Industry News (Jun 09)
Abstract News
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Information Inc
IT Training Press Releases (Jun 09)
Industry News Headlines from CLOmedia (Jun 09)
E-Learning Market Update from Kineo
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Reviews and Current Trends
Senior Learning Leaders Weigh In on the Economy's Impact (Apr 09)
Leaders discuss the
realities of adjusting and aligning to business imperatives.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
Training to Beat the Recession (Jun 09)
As
the UK plunges deeper into recession and private businesses enter a
period of financial unrest, many companies are taking the decision
to cut back on work-based training. Dr John Mumford OBE, chair elect
for HE@Work, explores employee attitudes towards this sea-change and
outlines the steps that need to be taken to ensure that businesses
are able to weather the storm.
©2009 TrainingZONE.co.uk
Training budgets slashed during downturn - but e-learning gathers
traction, new survey says (Jun 09)
A
survey by LMMatters in conjunction with TrainingZone.co.uk has
revealed the extent to which the economic downturn has impacted
training budgets and the use of e-learning.
©2009 TrainingZONE.co.uk
LMMatters e-Learning Survey Results (May 09)
©2009
LMMatters and TrainingZONE.co.uk
Comparison of the number of registered users among large LMSs (Jun
09)
Jeffrey Goldman took a look at Moodle stats and noted their reported
number of registered users is over 32 million.
Workplace Learning Today,
©2009 Brandon Hall
To Centralize or Not (Jun 09)
For years, companies have struggled with the
age-old question: Should our training structure be centralized or
decentralized? Here, case studies of Training Top 125 winners
demonstrate the pros and cons of both, plus those of a blended
approach.
Training,
©2009
Nielsen Business Media
Unkind Training Cuts (Jun 09)
Spending cuts to
training are a first, not a last resort in mature economies, but the
consequences of hasty budget decisions could hinder a country's
ability to compete globally in the near future.
T+D Magazine,
©2009 ASTD
Perspectives on the State of Governance (Jun 09)
Given the
current economic climate, the time is now for learning and
development professionals to establish proper governance. A survey
of the state of learning governance reveals interest and potential -
and room for improvement.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Knowledge - the New Commodity (Jun 09)
Organizations making
large-scale cuts to workforce development to save money may be
weakening their global marketplace positions compared to those in
smaller emerging nations.
Talent Management,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
More Human than Human (Jun 09)
The
future is people, not technology.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
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Training
Manager/Director Development
Leadership and Innovation (Jun 09)
Where should
learning invest?
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Social Networking Security (Apr 09)
Personal and corporate
information can be, and is, often compromised on LinkedIn, Facebook,
and others.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
Credit where Credit is Due (Jun 09)
Copyright infringement is a two-way street - trainers must be wary
of committing it while also watching out for others infringing on
their own work.
Training,
©2009
Nielsen Business Media
The CEO's Role in Learning (Apr 09)
Unconcerned with the
process, top management must be made to see its impact on the bottom
line.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
Learning's Role in a Talent Management Strategy (Jun 09)
Talent and learning
leaders share an important goal to develop employees who can succeed
in the global business environment. To marry the two effectively
requires a comprehensive and collaborative strategy.
Talent Management,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Making Your L&D Department Meaningful and Relevant (Jun 09)
Many Learning and Development managers spend a lot of their time
thinking about ways in which they can make their departments more
effective and provide real value to the organisation. The question
is usually ‘what can I do to ensure that the CEO or Director views
L&D as a strategic business tool and not another also-ran
support function’.
charles-jennings.blogspot.com,
© 2009 Charles Jennings
On the Front Lines (Jun 09)
A
front-line manager's behavior accounts for about 70% of the
difference in climate from one organization to another, so training
managers to act and work effectively in the current organizational
environment is key.
Training,
©2009
Nielsen Business Media
Best Practices Deconstructed (Jun 09)
Companies and their
training departments always seek the best way of doing things. But
how do you know a best practice is really a best practice and will
always produce the desired results?
Training,
©2009
Nielsen Business Media
How to Implement Training Successfully (Jan 09)
Don't wait until after
training has been delivered to consider how it'll be implemented and
who'll be responsible for supporting it. Instead, insert the
implementation conversation early in the instructional design
process.
Training,
©2009
Nielsen Business Media
Are Deep Learning Skills Atrophying (Jun 09)
As
organizations take a business-focused approach, deeply skilled
instructional designers and learning theorists may feel
marginalized. In today’s climate, finding the right blend of
business acumen and learning experience is critical.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Ready to Start your own Training Business? (Jun 09)
Four decisions to make - before you take the leap.
Training,
©2009
Nielsen Business Media
Here's Why You Need an E-Learning Portfolio (Jun 09)
A few weeks ago I announced a job opening. I got about 1000
inquiries and ended up looking at over 200 portfolios. I could have
looked at more but I got a lot of emails from people who didn’t have
portfolios. They tended to fall into one of two camps. They either
didn’t have a portfolio or the projects they worked on were
proprietary so they couldn’t share them.
Rapid E-Learning
Blog, ©2009 Creative Commons
Presenting Globally - Respect Cultural Differences (Jun 09)
Preparing for an international presentation can be fraught with
concerns: travel arrangements, conference logistics, security and –
oh yes, your speech!
©2009 The
Toastmasters magazine
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Selling and Marketing
Education
Fifteen Questions - Driving Next Year's e-Learning Sales Revenue (Jun
09)
Nobody likes recessions or downturns, but there is a silver lining
in them – the upturn when they are over! If you are a CEO or VP of
Sales, this is the time to get your team in shape. Don’t wait until
2010 to start. Begin today to seek answers to the insightful
questions this expert offers!
©2009 eLearningGuild
Increase Training Adoption through Better Marketing (Jun 09)
While investing in marketing sounds like the obvious thing to do,
many training departments just don't have the funds (or staff) to do
so.
Smart Tips for Learning Executives,
©2009 Expertus
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Learning Methods and Media
Head First (Jun 09)
The mishaps that
occurred at your company lately may make you wonder, but it turns
out your learners (including those who can’t remember what time work
begins each day) have brains. All you, as a trainer, have to figure
out is how to tap into them.
Training,
©2009
Nielsen Business Media
Short-Shelf-Life Learning (Jun 09)
By the time most
learning and development initiatives get rolled out, their shelf
life is limited. But redesigning learning systems for just-in-time
delivery can help, and revitalize organizational development in the
process.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
An Ounce of Prevention (Jun 09)
Risk
management is more than a concern for top-level management. In fact,
it’s a job everyone can own, and a powerful tool for trainers.
T+D Magazine,
©2009 ASTD
Product Sales Training - Overcoming Death by PowerPoint (Jun 09)
The
consultative sales approach requires sales representatives to know
products inside and out. So why do many organizations relegate
product training to sleep-inducing manuals and online presentations?
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
The Beginning of a New Era (Jun 09)
Time to
formalize informal learning.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Bridging the Gap Between Facilitated and Non-Facilitated Online
Courses (Jun 09)
Now
re-think course design! Learn how to organize a distributed network
of educators to facilitate learning in a way that also allows the
students to determine when they need human adaptive instruction. The
benefit is better learning!
©2009 eLearningGuild
Rapid e-Learning - Managing Projects (Jun 09)
In this second eLearnity whitepaper,
we explore the fundamentals of managing rapid e-learning. We review
rapid e-learning management styles, team organisation, consider the
“rapid “project life cycle, its processes, how you manage course
redundancy, examine how “rapid” effects your relationship with
suppliers, and explore the critical success factors for working
through a “rapid” project.
©2009 eLearnity
Revolutionize Your e-Learning Culture (Jun 09)
People often overlook change management in the process of e-Learning
implementation, yet it is a critical element in success. And the
most sensitive element of change management is culture change.
Consider this “revolutionary” approach to bringing about the results
you want.
©2009 eLearningGuild
Developing Successful e-Learning (Jun 09)
For managers and others who are new to the field, implementing
e-Learning can be a complicated, challenging process. But, life is a
lot simpler when the implementation starts with the right questions.
Find out what those questions are, and how to answer them!
©2009 eLearningGuild
4 Simple Tips for Recording High-Quality Audio (Jun 09)
Good audio is
critical to your e-learning success. You might be a great
instructional designer and create the most engaging courses
possible. But it all falls apart if the audio quality in your course
is not very good.
Rapid E-Learning Blog,
©2009 Creative Commons
13 More Tips to Help You Record Narration like the Pros (Jun 09)
You don’t need to be a professional audio engineer to record
narration. However, you do want to pay attention to what you’re
doing and do the best job possible. Let’s look at what you can do to
get the best narration.
Rapid E-Learning
Blog, ©2009 Creative Commons
5 Common Visual Design Mistakes (Jun 09)
Good
e-learning design is as much about visual communication as it
instructional design and learning theory. Rapid E-Learning
Blog, ©2009 Creative Commons
Collaborative Leverage in E-Learning (Apr 09)
It means applying the
right tool to the right process and getting a big win.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
E-learning on a Global Basis (Apr 09)
Getting
non-English-speaking employees up to speed is a tough nut to crack.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
Mobile E-learning on the Brink (Apr 09)
Only technology is
holding back the absolute explosion of M-Learning.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
New Products Miscellanea (Apr 09)
A roundup of new
products in the areas of content, web 2.0, LMS/Talent Suite
and Tools.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
Learners' Love/Hate Relationship with 3-D Virtual Worlds (Jun 09)
Research shows that Multi-User Virtual Environments can be effective
venues for learning. But how do learners respond to the experience?
Research sheds light on the subjective reactions of learners, and
the training that can prepare them to use virtual environments.
©2009 eLearningGuild
Gaming the System (Jun 09)
As
gaming gets serious and more strategic, today’s organizations are
using simulation games for both learning and business effectiveness.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Webinars - A Beginner's Guide (Jun 09)
Synchronous e-Learning, better known as Webinars, is popular, but
many traditional classroom trainers are reluctant to try it. This
article will help you understand the basics that you must know in
order to get started!
©2009 eLearningGuild
Customized Content at Your Fingertips (Jun 09)
Training professionals gain agility and power from LCMS technology.
T+D Magazine,
©2009 ASTD
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Case Studies and Projects
Xerox Weaves Learning into the Fabric of Work (Jun 09)
To integrate
learning into the work of its 57,000 employees, document services
company Xerox leveraged its learning content management system to
collaborate in developing real-time learning.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Best Buy's New Role (Jun 09)
Employees star in appliance and electronics retailer Best Buy’s new
Results-Oriented Learning Environment, which lets them choose their
training method, time, and place.
Training,
©2009
Nielsen Business Media
Right On (Jun 09)
Indiana Farm Bureau
Insurance uses accuracy training to improve productivity and reduce
costly data-entry errors.
©2009
Nielsen Business Media
Case Study - Blended Learning for Xbox Agents (Jun 09)
This case study demonstrates how Microsoft and its e-learning
Partner C-2 Technologies not only created a well-designed and
theoretically sound learning solution, but also how they built and
implemented it quickly and for an extremely reasonable cost. ASTD
Links,
©2009 ASTD
United Way Increases Training Adoption with New Marketing Approaches
(Jun 09)
In
November 2007, the United Way Center for Community Leadership
partnered with Expertus to bolster its marketing and attain a higher
adoption of training from learners. The project was deemed very
successful, as program attendance improved tremendously.
©2009 Expertus
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Measuring Education Value
The Real Reasons We Don't Evaluate (Jun 09)
Whether evaluation is required of you or not, it's important - and
beneficial - to get in front of the process, not lag behind it.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Maybe ROI really is a Waste of Time (Jun 09)
Perhaps trainers should focus efforts on tracking and managing
perceptions and following the broader measures that provide insights
into the effectiveness of an organization's total investment
in training rather than those in individual courses.
Training,
©2009
Nielsen Business Media
CBA or ROI - That is the Question (Jun 09)
Whether it’s cost-based analysis (CBA) or ROI, today’s learning
leaders need to have the tools and methods to make informed
decisions.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
A Primer for the Measurement of Corporate Training (May 09)
This describes Bersin's
Impact Measurement Framework.
©2009 Bersin and Associates
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Processes/Managing
Costs/Outsourcing
98 Tips for Selecting and Working with E-Learning Service Providers
(Jun 09)
This eBook discusses how we can work best with suppliers,
identifying what should be done in-house or where outsourcing would
be more economical, and how a team approach can align the brainpower
of widely diverse groups, often across the miles.
©2009 eLearningGuild
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Training Professional
Topics
Thriving with PowerPoint Animation (Jun 09)
Animation might be single-handedly responsible for more PowerPoint
annoyance than all the other annoyances combined. And at the same
time, when done correctly, animation isn’t noticed at all. Indeed,
good PowerPoint animation is so seamless that you are unaware of it.
It reaches its zenith when it allows audience members to become lost
in the story you are telling.
©2009 Rick Altman
Practicing Your Presentation (Jun 09)
How necessary is rehearsal? The best of his day, Mark Twain had this
to say: “It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good
impromptu speech.” Reading from a full script, speaking from brief
notes or an outline, and memorizing your speech––these are typically
your delivery choices. Speaking from notes or an outline is by far
the superior method. ©2009 Dianna Booher
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Education Administration
Corporate Training Efficiency - More Work To Do (May 09)
Bersin and
Associates has just completed the analysis of a set of detailed data
from 108 global training organizations to try to understand the
“state of training efficiency.” As we all know, training expense is
one of the most difficult corporate spending areas to justify – and,
while we all know that training programs are very much needed in
good times and bad, organizations today want to know that their
training investments are paying off with measurable results.
©2009 Bersin and Associates
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Skills Gap/Technical
Certification
Mind the Gap (Apr 09)
Using analysis tools to maximize learning in the corporate world.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
Virtualization - A Hot Area for IT Training (Jul 09)
The full potential of virtualization can't be unlocked without
proper training and certification.
CertMag,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Hitachi Data Systems - Becoming a Storage Superstar (Jul 09)
As organisations go
digital in an effort to cut costs and streamline processes, the
market for storage management professionals is heating up. In its
fourth year of existence, the Hitachi Data Systems Certified
Professional Program validates skills in the areas of storage
architecture, implementation and administration, and has been
updated to address growing business needs.
CertMag,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
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Webinars and Podcasts
Engaging eLearning - Five Essentials and Three Surprises (Jun 09)
- charts only
here, white paper
here
Is your
online training content boring? In a world economy and business
marketplace that demands an increasing reliance on eLearning,
learning leaders cannot afford to offer programs that go ignored,
avoided and unheralded. But despite technology that allows trainers
to reach far-flung audiences quickly and easily, people often tune
out or drop out in large numbers. Can’t we do much, much better?
©2009
Training Industry Inc
Learning Technologies - Past, Present and Future (Jun 09) -
charts only
here
Gary Woodill
reviews past learning technologies, sketches his theory of
innovation lifecycles and places the various emerging learning
technologies that he has identified on a lifecycle curve to show
which ones are now peaking, which are maturing and even declining,
and what is in the pipeline that will become available in the next
five years.
©2009 Brandon Hall
How To Overcome Your Fear of Selling (as a Freelance Trainer) (Jun
09)
One of the biggest challenges facing you as a freelance trainer is
selling and marketing your services. Building your profile,
generating leads, getting clients and all that marketing stuff isn't
easy when you have no experience - you're a trainer not a marketing
expert. Let's face it, life would be so much easier if you didn't
have to do all that stuff at all!
©2009
The Trainers Training
Company Ltd
Moving Training Online - Benefits and Best Practices (Jun
09)
Lance Dublin
shares both the hard and soft benefits of moving training online.
©2009
Training Industry Inc
Learning To Survive In Tough Times (Jun 09)
- charts only
here
Industry experts discuss learning
survival strategies.
©2009 Nielsen
Business Media
How is Genesys
Tackling the "No Fly" Policy? (Jun 09)
With
travel budgets tight and students’ schedules packed, online
instructor-led training is the ideal solution for ensuring a
high-quality, interactive training experience. The session
discussed and demonstrated three online training offerings at
Genesys University which has helped mitigate the loss of revenue due
to the travel restrictions.
Part 1
Demonstration
Part 2
Charts
Virtual Classroom SIG,
©2009 CEdMA
Roadmap to the LMS Market
(Jun 09)
This session presented top findings from Bersin’s most recent LMS
research. In addition to a panoramic view of the vendor landscape,
it covered the trends and issues that will be influencing product
directions - such as social and informal learning. Also discussed
were budget and operating challenges, consolidation issues, and new
functionality for talent management. If you're considering replacing
your current system or purchasing your first LMS, you may want to
watch this. ©2009 Bersin and Associates
Points to consider when creating e-learning
material (May 09)
These include injecting a bit of humour and choosing an e-learning
tool suited to the sort of skill to be learned.
IT Training Podcast,
©2009 BCS
How can Freelance Trainers Survive and Thrive in the Recession (Apr
09)
Sharon Gaskin, Founder of The Trainers Training Company Ltd
interviewed Peter Mayes, Founder and Chief Executive of Trainer
Base, the Trade Association for Learning Practitioners which helps
trainers find business and businesses find trainers. Trainer Base
has grown from an online database of a few hundred trainers to a
highly respected and active association of 6000 users.
©2009
The Trainers Training
Company Ltd
SUN Microsystems - Managing Learning as a Profit Center (Apr 09)
- charts only
here
SUN
Learning Services is managed to serve employees, customers, partners
and the community under one program. See how profits are maximized
by implementing technology, centralizing services and off-shoring.
Learn how you can impact learning's profitability within your
organization.
Elearning! Summit,
©2009
B2BMediaco
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