All Activities
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Conducting a Training Needs Assessment
Training has evolved from simply checking completion boxes to a more comprehensive way an organization can ensure their learners have the necessary skills to complete their job and showcase their potential. A 'Training Needs Assessment' is so valuable because your...
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Measuring Instructional Effectiveness
Employee training is integral to the overall success of a business. Whether you are on-boarding new employees or enhancing the skills of existing ones, they need the tools to become aligned with your company culture and learn their new (or...
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Conducting a Training Gap Analysis
The fun part about conducting a training gap analysis is that they provide you and your organization with so much needed information that you can repeat the process as many times as you need. Gap analysis can help you ensure...
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Learning Analytics: Understanding the Metrics that Matter
Learning analytics are the practices to prove and improve the impact of learning programs on outcomes. We can use surveys, tests, and on the job performance metrics to show that training is making an impact on business goals like sales,...
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Going Beyond Course Improvement!
During this training, you will learn how to present and create recommendations regarding course design, technology, and instruction delivery options. As we discussed in the intermediate version of this course, the first step in any process is to generate a...
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3 Essential Steps to Evaluate Any Training
You finished the training design. The trainer delivered the training. The learners enjoyed the learning experience and some of them described the training as "life-changing". Congratulations! Your hard work paid off. But wait, really? How can you prove it? If...
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Ensuring the Effectiveness of Learner Assessments
The Learning & Development field has grown by leaps and bounds over the last decade. Learning Professionals have expanded their expertise and can now be seen in every facet of the business. Aligned with this expansion is the role of...
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Understanding Course Effectiveness
Instructors of all kinds have to create and deliver courses. Whether you are a teacher or a trainer delivering information to children or adults, you will have to employ techniques to address the needs of your unique group of learners....
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Giving Effective Feedback for Better Instruction
Effective feedback is crucial for improving communication, enabling educators to reach their full potential, and ultimately for better instruction. Feedback, however, is sometimes difficult to define and is often confused with advice or praise. Wh...
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Staying Stress-Free at the Office
Stress is a natural part of life, but it doesn't have to ruin your day. Learn some strategies for addressing stress in the office and some tips for avoiding it altogether.
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Negotiating Terms and Conditions like a Pro
Whether you are a looking to sell or to buy a product or service, knowing how to effectively negotiate terms and conditions before entering into a business agreement is a crucial skill for success. Mastering this step in the dealmaking...
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Gamification for Interactive Learning
Gamification is the application of game elements and digital game design techniques to non-game problems, such as business and social impact challenges. In this course, we are going to discuss the definition of gamification and how you can successfully apply...
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Become the Leader Others Will Follow
Greetings, I am an executive coach and leadership educator who helps women and men live and lead more purposefully. My approach to executive coaching builds upon an individual’s personal goals as well as a desire for improvement and impetus to...
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Unlocking Employee Potential Through Coaching
If you're a manager, then you know your job entails more than just signing off on timecards and approving PTO. Part of your job is to ensure that your employees perform at their highest level. But how do you do...
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Want Success in Business? You Need Strong Relationships to Get There
No matter what happens with technology, business success ultimately comes down to your relationships – the strength of the ones you build and keep, and how you navigate the tricky ones. Learning how to create stronger, more productive relationships will...
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Measuring Recruiting Success
Most training and development specialists develop a keen eye for talent and create strategic ways to fit the right person in the right position. Recruitment is a team effort that requires insight and technical know-how. Luckily there are metrics that...
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A Beginner's Retail Guide to Processing Payments
Curated By: Shenetta Byars There are several ways customers can pay for their goods and services, and more and more are being added as technology advances. This path covers the basics of collecting payments, processing the payments, and lastly,...
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How To Take Your Content Online
There is a vast audience online needing to hear from compelling speakers, and needing to find trusted resources in order to hone skills or increase industry-specific knowledge. With help of trusted sources in my network, I have curated this path...
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Working Remotely, Staying Connected
Often images of working in your pajamas or running to your local shoppe for a mid-day cup of joe are conjured when someone says they 'work from home'. Thoughts of increased freedom and better visuals during our workday flood our...
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Make Better Decisions
"There are no take-backs—just as in life. You must think before you move." - Chess Grandmaster, Susan Polgar Life, like a game of chess, is purely the product of your decisions - some major *new job!? new car?*, some minor *sushi or veggie bu...
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Data Management
Spreadsheets & Databases are powerful tools that can simplify processes and assist teams in being more efficient. There isn't a single industry that does not need to effectively organize its data, ranging from software companies to schools...
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Getting Started with Ruby
Ruby is a popular programming language that's easy to learn. Developed by Yukihiro Matsumoto in the mid-1990s, this is a dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity. In this path, you'll find resources ...
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Understanding and Implementing Microlearning
42 percent of Millennials say they're likely to leave their current organization because they're not learning fast enough. How can you address this issue and deliver training to your learners at their point of need in a format they'll actua...