Why You Need a Remote Instructional Designer Now More Than Ever

The corporate landscape has quickly changed. With many employees working remotely, having staggered starts, or balancing their time between working at home and working in the office there is a need to adjust workflows and pick up new skills. How can your business adapt and keep its employees ahead of the game? Training is key.

It cannot be ignored that with a scattered workforce, there is now, more than ever, a need for employees to feel connected to each other and to your company. They need to be aware of changes in processes or organizational direction.

Best Practices When Converting Flash eLearning to HTML5

It is now clear to all development professionals that Adobe has discontinued its Flash product, replacing it with HTML5.

Flash has been in use for two decades and used by developers to create games, multimedia content, and videos for online use. Flash has also been used in the development of eLearning courses meaning that once Flash is discontinued, many eLearning programs will no longer be supported and may stop working altogether.

To maintain the online content created with Flash like gaming, advertising and eLearning, companies have stated to plan for HTML5 conversion using Flash conversion software. HTML5 will strive to offer flexibility and improve the learning experience for employees as they will be able to access training programs at their convenience with less technical issues.

Top 5 Mistakes When Implementing Virtual Instructor Led Training

As technology evolves and people become more and more comfortable connecting virtually, many companies are looking for effective ways to transfer their training resources to the digital space, and that is where ViLT or Virtual instructor led training comes into play.

ViLT is one of the fastest developing modalities when it comes to online learning and has become an essential information delivery technique in various sectors, including corporate training. Virtual Instructor Led Training can be a great and cost-effective addition to the offering of your L&D department. Businesses love the low impact it has on the bottom line, and the participants enjoy the convenience it brings.

7 Steps to Lead Your Sales Team to Success  

As a sales leader, you always have a keen eye on your targets. Ensuring that you meet the monthly or quarterly goals is a measure of your teams’ performance, how well you are doing based on your competitors and in many cases, it can be a measure of personal success. 

Leading or motivating your sales team can sometimes be challenging. Perhaps you sell physical products and your team is faced with inventory or logistic challenges. Maybe they don’t have the in-depth technical knowledge required to promote product or service features or benefits? Or, perhaps the sales team is frustrated with red tape, or over complicated internal processes. 

Balancing WFH and Working in the Office After Covid-19 

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed life as we know it, especially in the workplace.  For the last few months, many employees have found themselves in the position of working from home exclusively. Some may have had prior experience working remotely, while for others this was a completely new challenge.  

As many regions across the country start efforts to reopen, employees may find themselves back in the office very soon. These changes are likely to be implemented gradually, allowing for many to have a blended model where they shift between working from home and working in the office. 

What to Look for When Hiring a Virtual Instructor 

With the increased number of employees now working from home, many organizations have had to quickly adapt. Work doesn’t stop, and neither does the need for hiring and onboarding new employees, upgrading or implementing new technologies, or rolling out a new cultural change initiative.

To help meet these demands, there has been an increase in hiring contract Virtual Instructors. Here are some tips to help you determine what you should look for in a Virtual Instructor, what level of Instructor you should hire, and how to evaluate their performance.  

Why is Employee Onboarding Important?  

It’s no overstatement to say your company’s system for onboarding new employees is the most important step you’ll take toward building a solid workforce. Getting started on the right foot has more benefits than just improved employee relations.  

Make eLearning a Success

Introduction to eLearning

Electronic-based training or eLearning has changed the face of teaching.

eLearning is a learning system that is typically accessed via the internet using your smart phone, tablet, or computer. It gives the participants the option to learn anywhere, at any time.

According to the Association for Talent Development (ATD), the number of companies offering the majority of their learning material as eLearning is expected to increase 50% by 2022.

Critics however, question whether training through electronic devices is as effective as training delivered in a traditional classroom setting.

Do the pros outweigh the cons?

Can You Make Virtual Instructor Led Training Fun?

Many of us can say that at some point we have endured a long, drawn out training session where it seems that not much gets accomplished.

Now that most classroom training is postponed and is being converted to Virtual Instructor Led Training (ViLT), you should ensure that these sessions leave your team feeling excited, invigorated and motivated.

If you are planning to make your Virtual Instructor Led Training engaging, interactive or even fun, the answer is that you may not be able to make it ‘fun’ exactly, but you can definitely inject it with some much needed energy so that people feel involved, engaged and motivated.

Announcing the 2020 Training Industry Top Training Companies Lists: Training Outsourcing

We’re very pleased to announce that we have been selected by Training Industry as a

Training Outsourcing Watch List Company for 2020!

This is a great achievement for us, and is testament to the hard work and effort of the TrainingFolks Team.

RALEIGH, N.C.—May28, 2020— Training Industry today announced its selections for the 2020 Top Training Companies™ lists for the training outsourcing sector of the learning and development market. Training Industry, the leading research and information resource for corporate learning leaders, prepares the Training Industry Top 20 report on critical sectors of the corporate training marketplace to better inform professionals about the best and most innovative providers of training services and technologies.