Of late, I find a number of my posts are about taking down silly articles. And, I find that the claims are increasingly irritating. Now this probably isn’t new, I’m just more ‘sensitized’, but I see some recurrent themes, and I think it’s worth thinking about what they’re doing and what you should watch out […]

Today was Video Friday on L&D Talk. Mark Lassoff was our guest and he made some great points about the qualities of great online learning courses. The entire video of our conversation can be viewed here.  IMPORTANT NOTE: Mark Lassoff creates fantastic online courses that he sells. He is in the business of creating training […]

When it comes to the "The Art of Training”, our first thought is almost always "The Art of Face-to-Face Training". In this post, let's move past face to face to virtual. Yep, those dreaded webinars. The place where PowerPoints go to die. As the move to more virtual training becomes a necessity of the workplace, […]

*This is a guest post from our featured blogger Ant Pugh. If you are looking to invest in an LMS for your organization, you may be wondering where you can find enough content to keep your audience coming back for more. In this article we’ll take a quick look at five sources of online learning. […]

Organizational Imperatives The pressures on organizations aren’t lessening; the pressure to be more agile and adapt continue to increase. And there are many calls for organizations to do things in new ways. There are similarities between the models proposed for these new ways of working, and this isn’t wholly surprising. New research on how humans […]

This article from HBR.org got me thinking more about how Training, Learning and Development fit into the future of work. Over the years there have been a few research organizations looking into the future of the workplace. But this particular look into the future comes from a unique perspective. The article is built upon the work […]

SXSW Interactive is a massive event. Even writing that statement doesn’t feel like I’m doing justice to the size of the event. Most events that I attend are confined to one location, like a hotel conference center or complete convention center. But SXSW is large enough to take over a convention center, an events center, […]

I attended the Edtech day of Phoenix Startup Week last week. And today some of the presentations went live on slideshare. The CEO of picmonic gave a presentation on Starting a Company in Arizona, and was not part of the edtech track. So I'm glad I stumbled onto their slideshare and their company called Picmonic. I'm always […]

If you've been in the eLearning industry for any significant period of time you know the industry thorn that is SCORM. It was a wonderful idea at the time. It was created by smart people with the best of intentions. However, it's safe to say that the SCORM format has not stood the test of time. […]

As a franchisor you want your franchisees to be successful. You need to empower them. They need to know your vision and all the practical details required to execute that vision in their franchise. You know the old saying, "knowledge is power." That means training is a critical part of executing your franchise vision and empowering franchisees. You already […]