TechTalk (March/April 2020)

Find out about the latest advances in training technology.

  • BDI’s new Stance Lift Desk is available in three sizes and can be customized with various accessories. Stance is designed to offer a sitting or standing height range of 24 to 49 inches. A digital keypad can be programmed with up to four userdefined presets.
  • Conduent Incorporated unveiled its Augmented Reality (AR) solution, which provides organizations with a more visual way to interact with customers, members, employees, patients, and other audiences. The new AR solution can integrate with a wide range of business applications to enhance customer service, improve productivity, develop new revenue streams, and reduce costs through new self-service capabilities.
  • Salesforce launched the Trailhead Playground Starter, a new app that makes it easier to access a free Salesforce developer environment and get hands-on experience for roles ranging from Salesforce admin and developer to sales and marketing specialists. Trailhead is the company’s free online learning platform. Users now can quickly and easily set up a Developer Environment and learn how to add the Salesforce Mobile SDK to iOS apps, for example.
  • MyAbilities Technologies, a global innovator in smart health technology and workplace safety, released an online digital job analysis database, JobXweb.com. The free database provides users access to more than 50,000 job titles, each with unique industry digital job profiles, including analysis of the psychosocial, cognitive, and physical demands in addition to a comprehensive job description.
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.