Tech Talk (Sept/Oct 2016)

Find out about the latest advances in training technology.

  • MicroTek expanded its Virtual Training Room offering to its Houston, Phoenix, and Seattle partner facilities.
  • In order to unlock the full power of a SMART interactive display and Cisco TelePresence System in a meeting room or videoconference, Pointmaker LLC launched the Pointmaker PVI-500 videoconference presentation system, which enables users to retain full touch functionality, sizing gestures, and annotations on the display after switching videoconference layouts.
  • Thymometrics, a global supplier of always-on employee engagement surveys, introduced its new communication suite, which enables anonymous two-way dialogue between leadership and employees.
  • PIPs Rewards’ new PIPs Fitness Challenge is a mobile game whose engagement platform leverages the power of smart tech and behavioral hacks to turn better everyday choices—such as fitness—into a fun, social, and rewarding game-like experience. In addition to the health benefits, the rewards come in the form of PIPs (Positive Impact Points).
  • Intellum updated its Exceed Learning Management System (LMS). An “Open Asset” LMS, the new release allows Learning professionals to leverage and track any type of file or asset, including things curated from the Internet, to easily create or supplement learning activities without the need for the xAPI or a separate Learning Record Store
Lorri Freifeld
Lorri Freifeld is the editor/publisher of Training magazine. She writes on a number of topics, including talent management, training technology, and leadership development. She spearheads two awards programs: the Training APEX Awards and Emerging Training Leaders. A writer/editor for the last 30 years, she has held editing positions at a variety of publications and holds a Master’s degree in journalism from New York University.