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Course Development Tips – How to Build a Good Design Plan

Posted by Lora Boiago on Mar 22, 2013 5:19:00 PM

Course Development Tips –How to Build a Good Design Plan

"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works." - Steve Jobs

It seems like a logical progression - design your corporate training program, then develop it.  But often, a good upfront corporate design plan – if it exists at all - is pushed aside as we rush to develop the course first.  This results in the content being written and forced to fit into the course development schedule as opposed to the course development emerging from a good design plan.

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Topics: Instructional design, corporate training, corporate training program, instructional designers, instructional designer, corporate training consultants, corporate training programs, course development, course design, how to hire instructional designer

Top 5 Custom eLearning Development Programs / Authoring Tools

Posted by Lora Boiago on Mar 22, 2013 12:33:00 PM

Top 5 Custom eLearning Development Programs / Authoring Tools

Custom eLearning developments, along with their counterpart software, have undergone rapid growth in recent years.  With so many software options today, shouldn’t your custom eLearning development life be easier too?  As eLearning continues to gain popularity, it seems impossible to remain updated on the many different authoring tools available today. As eLearning developers are in search of the latest authoring tool to help engage their learners, they become inundated with product details.  With so much information available, how do you begin sorting through it all?  Can you come to a decision and be sure of it without losing a full-day of work?

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Topics: eLearning program, instructional designers, instructional designer, custom eLearning development, custom eLearning, Articulate Studio, Articulate, Adobe Captivate, Adobe, Trivantis Lectora, Trivantis, Lectora, Adobe Flash, eLearning authoring tools, elearning provider, e learning provider, how to hire e learning provider

Top 6 Compliance Training Considerations for Your Organization

Posted by Lora Boiago on Mar 15, 2013 5:37:00 PM

Compliance Training Considerations for Your Organization


Compliance training should be viewed as a strategic corporate maneuver.  Rather than a necessary evil, think of the creation of a compliance training program as an opportunity for you to further perpetuate your organization's core values and culture. Link customer satisfaction or brand stewardship to the behaviors of compliance training, rather than focusing on the policy clauses and maintaining controls.  

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Topics: corporate training, corporate training program, corporate training consultants, corporate training trends, corporate training tips, organizational change, corporate training programs, compliance training program, compliance training, organizational development, compliance training programs, how to hire training consultant

13 Leadership Tips for an Optimal Organizational Development Program

Posted by Lora Boiago on Feb 25, 2013 3:23:00 PM

Learning Consultants Guide: 13 Leadership Tips for an Optimal Organizational Development Program 

In today’s business environment, learning consultants or training consultants are constantly challenged with the reality that organizational development and change is inevitable.   Over the past couple of years, almost every company has been pulled into a massive vortex of chaotic change and lean times. 

The companies that survive will be the ones that have realized that instead of fighting the force of the vortex, it’s far better to get up to speed with it and learn how to implement change at a light speed pace.   

Two essential ingredients are absolutely necessary in creating the type of nimble organization with the agility to navigate these tumultuous times:

1. Leadership….that is strong, positive and focused.

2. People…at all levels who are not only motivated and committed, but also skilled and competent in the areas needed to execute new business strategies from the ground up.

Just what does it take to ensure that these two essentials are in place so your company is ready to face the challenges ahead?

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Topics: training consultant, training consultants, contract trainers, corporate training, corporate training program, corporate consulting, business consulting, corporate training consultants, corporate training trends, change management, corporate training tips, organizational change, learning consultants, organizational development, how to hire corporate training consultants

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