Do you enjoy traveling? When you haven’t been to the airport in a while it can be an exciting experience leading up to the flight. But then you arrive at the airport and the reality of travel beats you down. Some airports are worse than others. And to be fair, it’s not always such a […]

"The classroom is still king in terms of spending, despite ever-increasing options that are seen as more effective.” This is one of the top findings in Brandon Hall Group’s 2016 Training Benchmarking Study.   Instructor-led Training Lives On The death of instructor led training has been greatly exaggerated. There is more than one report that has […]

One of the biggest events in NASCAR is the Daytona 500. The race is 500 miles of cars driving in a circle. I know it doesn't sound very exciting, but I would encourage you to watch it this weekend. Even if you only watch for 15-30mins it will be a learning opportunity for you. Of course […]

Is virtual reality defined by the tech or the experience? Is new high tech equipment a prerequisite for a virtual experience? Could reading a good story be a low tech virtual reality experience? Could listening to a symphony conjure up a VR experience in your mind? Does the experience NEED to be in 3D? If […]

I’ve been working in this industry for almost 25 years, but like everyone, the other 25 years were also spent in the learning industry: elementary school, high school, college, etc. As I get older, new professionals fresh out of Ed Tech programs look younger and younger. I’m glad they don’t carry the baggage of industrial […]

Curation is a trending topic getting a lot of attention in the training and learning and development industry. But why? What’s happening in business, which makes some believe curation is a problem? Is the training department best suited to solve this perceived problem? Even if you’re in a large Fortune 500 enterprise with the luxury […]

Are you a training professional working in the UK? I hope you're attending LearningTech 2017. Litmos has a much larger presence at the Learning Technologies conference in London this year. Stop by booth Q17 and say hi to the amazing Litmos staff. Join us for our session "Succesfully shifting to the cloud" presented by Richard Kerridge, Global Process […]

The HCMx awards event happened last week. HCMx is the Human Capital Management Excellence conference produced by the Brandon Hall Group. And this year it was in beautiful Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Litmos Shares Success and Knowledge at HCMx Litmos was honored to accept multiple awards at this event including a gold award for Best […]

Every month I contribute a short video segment as the US correspondent for LearningNow.TV. For January, I compiled a brief recap of my experience at CES2017. I did not focus too much on the training/learning potential of these gadgets in my report. However, I think it's important to note that I did not capture these moments […]

In case you’re still wondering if VR is more hype than reality, you might be interested in new products that add interactivity to the mobile VR experience. What is interactive mobile VR? Great question. The technologies are advancing so fast it’s hard to keep up. So, let’s talk about the different tech that makes this […]