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2016 Online Learning Conference

Going Off-line to Solve Online Challenges

The Online Learning Conference is designed for learning and training and development professionals who want to leverage the latest in eLearning tools, virtual classrooms, serious games, simulations, mobile, social media, and other emerging technologies to improve workplace performance.

Training Live + Online Certificate Programs

Training Live + Online Certificate Programs are available exclusively online, and fit around your busy schedule, while still providing the professional know-how and in-depth content you've come to expect from Training magazine.

Mentoring in the Digital Age

Formal training and assessments are a good first level of training, but what about learning needs that are ongoing, and more subtle? For decades, companies have looked to mentoring programs to provide a second level of training.

Mentoring—a seasoned expert guiding a newbie—is the oldest form of training. But some companies are finding ways to take mentoring to the next level with digital and online technology.

Part 2: Employee Voice: Listen, Analyze, And Act

Today, consumers can provide brands with instant feedback before, during, and after nearly every interaction—and when they do, they expect a speedy response and an effective resolution. As a result, this “consumer first” mentality is starting to spill over into the employee/employer relationship.

Tapping into your employees’ collective voice can directly affect your bottom line, improve effectiveness, and boost engagement.

Do’s & Don’ts For MOOCs & SPOCs

In theory, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) would appear to be a training slam dunk, allowing thousands of participants to learn and collaborate anywhere, any time at a reduced cost. But countless organizations have missed the mark with MOOCs in the last few years, never fully realizing the potential of this technology.

Best practices for developing Massive Open Online Courses and Small Private Online Courses.

Nominate a 2017 Emerging Training Leader Today

Posted: September 17, 2016

Training magazine’s 2017 Emerging Training Leaders nomination form is now available. The awards program aims to recognize training professionals who are relatively new to the training/learning and development industry and who have demonstrated exceptional leadership skills, business savvy, and training instincts.

Part 2: Employee Voice: Listen, Analyze, And Act

Tapping into your employees’ collective voice can directly affect your bottom line, improve effectiveness, and boost engagement.

Mentoring in the Digital Age

Mentoring—a seasoned expert guiding a newbie—is the oldest form of training. But some companies are finding ways to take mentoring to the next level with digital and online technology.

Do’s & Don’ts For MOOCs & SPOCs

Best practices for developing Massive Open Online Courses and Small Private Online Courses.

The Missing Link: A Proven Transfer of Learning Process

Posted: September 23, 2016

For training to be truly effective, it must adhere to the ADDIE model, be owned by the Learning & Development department, and incorporate a proven transfer of learning strategy.

Global Skills Every Manager Needs Today (and How to Get Them)

Posted: September 22, 2016

To be an effective global leader, you need the “4 C’s”: cultural sensitivity, collaborative skills, comfort with the uncomfortable, and capacity to motivate.

One Day, I’m Gonna!

Posted: September 21, 2016

Have you ever said or thought: “One day, I’m gonna...” And then you think of an experience you would like to have, a place you would like to visit, etc. How long are you willing to live in that vague and nebulous world? When are you going to put a stake in the ground and declare: “I’m gonna!”

L&D Leaders: Are You Ready for Emerging Technologies? You Should Be!

Posted: September 20, 2016

Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are very real components of what training and e-learning are fast becoming, promoting a miraculous depth of knowledge and skill we previously never thought possible.

Training Top 125 Best Practice: Leadership Certification at Total Quality Logistics

Posted: September 20, 2016

In utilizing employees who have completed the Sales Leadership Program (SLP) and Leadership Development Program (LDP) certifications, freight brokerage firm Total Quality Logistics (TQL) has seen a 52 percent increase in new satellite office openings in 2015, and an estimated 2016 increase of 75 percent.

Virtual Collaboration and Peripheral Vision

Posted: September 20, 2016

We can experience ambient awareness when using social media tools such as Facebook or Twitter. Each individual update that comes our way might be relatively insignificant, but over time these fragments of information gel into meaningful patterns, i.e., they provide us with digital peripheral vision of people, actions, and events.

The Greatest Challenge Trainers and Leaders Face: Shifting Gears

Posted: September 19, 2016

As you drive, you use gears to move ahead, slowly at first, then more rapidly and easily. As you succeed, you use gears, too. Like good drivers, you must learn to recognize which gear is needed, and when and how to shift up and down.

A Double-Edged Sword

Technology has benefited business by increasing productivity. But when used inappropriately, technology also can hurt relationships and cost companies business.

Live, Learn, And Prosper With SPOC

To go where online learning has not gone before.

Social Studies

For most adult learners, the presence and support of others enhances and supports the ability to learn.

Let’s Get Serious And Play A Game

How do we get past the hesitation of using games within learning in such a way that the management team is open to the idea?

TRG Mag Events - today

Join Training September 20 to 22 in Chicago at the 2016 Online Learning Conference. This Conference is designed for Training and Learning and Development professionals who want to leverage the latest in eLearning tools, virtual classrooms, serious games, simulations, mobile, social media, and other emerging technologies to improve workplace performance.

Join Training November 30 to December 2 in Orlando for our new Innovations in Training 2016, in partnership with the University of Central Florida's state-of-the-art Institute for Simulation & Training! This immersive learning experience will help you innovate your training through emerging technologies, such as simulations, mobile, virtual reality, augmented reality, analytics, adaptive and more. Get a preview of IIT16 in our webinar – "Innovations in Training: How to Be Strategic About Integrating Simulations, Mobile and Emerging Technologies" – with UCF's METIL Lab Founder David Metcalf and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's Chief Learning Officer Andrea Procaccino.

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Training 2017 Conference & Expo announces Dr. Temple Grandin as the opening keynote for our 40^Th Annual Conference in sunny San Diego (Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2017). Preview a conference video and learn more about our inspiring keynote here. Save $250 on the 3-Day Conference when you register by December 15, with Discount Code: TMAG. Click here.

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Going Off-line to Solve Online Challenges

Nominate a 2017 Emerging Training Leader Today

Part 2: Employee Voice: Listen, Analyze, And Act

Mentoring in the Digital Age

Do’s & Don’ts For MOOCs & SPOCs

The Missing Link: A Proven Transfer of Learning Process

Global Skills Every Manager Needs Today (and How to Get Them)

One Day, I’m Gonna!

L&D Leaders: Are You Ready for Emerging Technologies? You Should Be!

Training Top 125 Best Practice: Leadership Certification at Total Quality Logistics

Virtual Collaboration and Peripheral Vision

The Greatest Challenge Trainers and Leaders Face: Shifting Gears

A Double-Edged Sword

Live, Learn, And Prosper With SPOC

Social Studies

Let’s Get Serious And Play A Game

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