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The Benefit of Stupid Games

By Bruce Hodes, Founder, CMI Before I start, let’s define what a “Stupid Game” is. A Stupid Game is a teambuilding activity used to teach business principles and ideas. In corporate training and development, the games are called “experiential education.” Wow, does that sound fancy.

PNC’s Line of Business Development Programs

Edited by Margery Weinstein The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., prides itself on its commitment to building and developing a pipeline of new and emerging diverse talent. The company says its Line of Business Development (LOB) Programs have a 30-year history of providing a legacy of leaders.

How to Build a Values-Based Culture

By Marsha Ershaghi Hames, Ed.D., Advisory Leadership, LRN People don’t quit their jobs; they quit their managers.

Mobile Learning Is Gaining Momentum

By David Wentworth, Senior Learning Analyst, Brandon Hall Group The ubiquity of smart phones and tablets makes it easy to buy into the misconception that our entire world has gone mobile. Brandon Hall Group’s 2013 Mobile Learning Survey was launched in an effort to break through the hype and find out what organizations really are doing with mobile learning.

Case Study: Allegro Development Utilizes Online Training

Dallas-based Allegro Development is a global leader in developing energy trading and risk management software. Allegro provides customers with agile solutions to manage risk across natural gas, power, coal, crude oil, petroleum products, emissions, and other commodity markets, allowing decision-makers to execute with confidence. Recognizing that possessing industry knowledge is central to the success in the delivery of its offering, Allegro maintains an industry-specific knowledge commitment for its employees in the industries where its customers do business.

How to Create Truly Entertaining Training

By Jeff Havens

Effective Training in the Digital Age

By Jonathan Monterecy, VP, Training, Astonish

Case Study: New Product Training at Unger Global

Unger-Global is a leading provider of professional cleaning solutions that fields a highly trained professional sales team. When Unger launched its nLite commercial window washing system last year at October’s ISAA trade show, it relied on a strong field sales organization using a comprehensive online product sales training platform produced by TechScholar LLC. The Training Challenge

When It Breaks: Tips for Presentation Mishaps

By Kent Sipes, Training, Communications, and Change Management Consultant, Io Consulting “I don’t know why we’re seeing all these pictures of cows!” My boss, the director of the small boy’s home for which I was in charge of public relations, was increasingly frustrated and confused by the images on the screen. His annual presentation to our church, which was supposed to be a narration of significant slides showing vignettes into the work we did with young men in trouble, had been one livestock image after another.

Executive Buy-In: Innovative Ways to Get It and Keep It

By Bonnie Hagemann, CEO, Executive Development Associates, and Steve Terrell, Ed.D., President, Aspire Consulting

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