This path is based on content from ExcelExposure.com, a free online Excel training class designed to help you learn more about the features and functionality of Microsoft Excel. This course was designed for Microsoft Excel 2010, but many of the...
Finding a new job (or your first job) can seem like an exhaustive process, but we’ve got your back! Before you go furiously updating your resume and tailoring cover letters for every position you see, make sure you know what...
Trade association meetings, trade shows, and conferences are all (still) worthwhile endeavors for your organization, particularly the sales teams. Essentially, anywhere your brand can be seen by prospective clients with a clear ROI, it is worth it. Your organization can...
“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.” — Pablo Picasso Goal setting is a very...
Learners are as varied as anything in nature. Imagine that each learner represents one specific type of household plant (think about several rather pretty ones). Would it be possible to nourish and cultivate every one of those learners with the...
The reality of today’s global economy is changing the way employers look at their staff. While relevant experience and technical know-how remain must-haves for employers, they are also looking for employees with the ability to understand people from...
Global teams make total sense for growing organizations in today's economy. The benefits of a dispersed team can often outweigh the convenience of a traditional in-office team in a number of areas; but they come with their own set of...
When developing curricula and instructional materials, the most important guideline to keep in mind is “everything must be aligned with the learning goals.” Plan backwards.
Accounting software is used for a variety of reasons, efficiency, processing invoices, track income and expenses, track payments to vendors, and organize financial statements to name just a few. But it serves no purpose if the accountant or bookkeeper...
Sales Engineer (SE), Sales Architect (SA), Solution Engineer (SE), Solution Consultant (SC), Technical Account Manager (TAM), Pre-Sales Consultant (PSC)...no matter what you call your role, one area should remain top of mind: Collaborating. Good collaboration with the sales team, product...
Your project’s goals will define what you get – so they should state clearly and without ambiguity what you want. Or, more precisely, what the project’s sponsors and key stakeholders want. Your job as a project manager is to ensure...
Let’s talk! It is true that anyone can begin a class conversation, but not all conversations are fruitful. It is not enough to simply open the floor for discussion. If you really want to initiate juicy and impactful discourse in...
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...
Think of your Project Definition as the foundations of your project. As with a building, it doesn’t matter how robust the framework is nor how well you build the structure. If your foundations are not right, the building will fail. So,...
So imagine that you have gone live on a course or learning program that you spent a lot of time on to make interesting and engaging. Only to find out that the learners aren't as engaged as you thought they...
An important part of your role as a manager is to create an environment where your team can thrive, with everyone contributing at their highest levels to organizational goals. We will explore different tools to help managers in their journey...
We all know that assessments can help our learners to understand where they are at and what they have to learn, while also helping us as learning designers to assess whether our content aligns with our learning outcomes. But how...
This learning path explores factors that can cause conflict in the workplace, best practices for addressing conflict when it arises, and the role you can play in resolving and/or utilizing conflict toward positive outcomes for yourself, your coworkers,...
Hiring new employees is costly, developing your learners is also costly. (Not having a well-trained staff is a disaster!) So, when you coordinate essential training and development endeavors...it's priceless! The reality is you can't afford NOT to train your employees....
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...
Hi! I'm Rob. I have a degree in Mathematics from Cambridge University and you might call me a bit of coding geek. After building websites for friends and family for fun, I soon learned that web development was a very...
To the untrained eye, an upset customer seems like a problem for business. Actually, this customer is offering you a gift to improve your practices and further delight your customers.
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