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April 6, 2011
Satellite-Based Training How-To

When pest-control firm Orkin needed to find a solution to better keep its 8,000-employee workforce well trained, it turned to a satellite-based interactive training network. As a result, the company was able to greatly reduce its budget for training delivery, avoid travel expenses, and slash time to competency by 40 percent.

By Margery Weinstein

When pest-control firm Orkin needed to find a solution to better keep its 8,000-employee workforce well trained, it turned to a satellite-based interactive training network designed, installed, and managed by Keystone Enterprise Services. The company was able to greatly reduce its budget for training delivery, avoid travel expenses, and slash time to competency by 40 percent, so it now trains about 3,000 employees annually without lost travel time, says Dan Loveless, senior vice president, Sales and Marketing, Keystone Enterprise Services.

March 18, 2011
Leverage Audience Response Solutions
Audience response systems enhance learning and relearning in various training environments, including training rooms, field training, virtual/simulations training, and online learning management systems. The ability of response systems to manage, evaluate, and implement researched instructional strategies has produced inspiring results and has been the impetus for its rapid growth in high-stakes training.
  By Dr. Tina Rooks, Vice President and Chief Instructional Officer, Turning Technologies “High stakes” applies to a number of training topics/profession. However, for the sake of this article, “high stakes” references trainings that require 100 percent mastery or subsequent performance could result in severe negative consequences such as bodily harm or loss of life.
May 22, 2008
Five Things Not to Do in Front of an Audience

Audiences don't usually throw tomatoes or pound their shoes on the table in response to a bad presentation. But they do respond in more subtle ways: they don't buy your product, they don't sign up for your cause and they won't refer you.

Audiences don't usually throw tomatoes or pound their shoes on the table in response to a bad presentation. But they do respond in more subtle ways: they don't buy your product, they don't sign up for your cause and they won't refer you.

February 10, 2005
What are they thinking?

All presenters crave audience feedback. Fortunately, recent advancements in audience-response technology offer increasingly creative ways for a presenter to get inside the heads of audience members - and in ways a show of hands simply can't.

All presenters crave audience feedback. Fortunately, recent advancements in audience-response technology offer increasingly creative ways for a presenter to get inside the heads of audience members - and in ways a show of hands simply can't.

February 1, 1998
The Audience: Who makes audience-response systems

Audience response systems: Where to get them Audience Response Systems Inc. 2148 N. Cullen Ave. Evansville, IN 47715 800.468.6583 812.479.7507 www.audienceresponse... Audience Response Systems

Audience response systems: Where to get them Audience Response Systems Inc. 2148 N. Cullen Ave. Evansville, IN 47715 800.468.6583 812.479.7507 www.audienceresponse... Audience Response Systems

February 1, 1998
The Audience: Who makes audience-response systems

Audience response systems: Where to get them Audience Response Systems Inc. 2148 N. Cullen Ave. Evansville, IN 47715 800.468.6583 812.479.7507 www.audienceresponse... Audience Response Systems

Audience response systems: Where to get them Audience Response Systems Inc. 2148 N. Cullen Ave. Evansville, IN 47715 800.468.6583 812.479.7507 www.audienceresponse... Audience Response Systems