SuperCompetent Speaking: Ensuring a Great Introduction
By Laura Stack, MBA, CSP
Before you deliver a speech—whether it’s a conference keynote, a presentation to the board of directors, or a sales pitch to a new client—someone else usually will prepare the audience for your appearance. This introduction may be as simple as saying your name before you take the stage or as elaborate as a five-minute narrative with an accompanying video.
Implementing Performance Support Solutions—End User’s Perspective
4 implementation issues and practical advice for resolving them.
Radical Change in a 75-Year-Old Company
By Peter R. Garber
The Future of Training Is Already Here
By Daniel Burrus, Founder and CEO, Burrus Research
Over the next five years, training and education won’t just change; it’ll transform. What’s the difference? Changing means continuing to do essentially the same thing, only introducing some variation in degree. Transformation means doing something utterly and radically different. For example, moving our music from cassette tape to CD was simply a change. But going from a CD to having all your music in digital format on your smart phone and with you at all times was a transformation.
Loews Hotels’ Secret to Being a Good Neighbor
By Margery Weinstein
Loews Hotels’ Good Neighbor program, recently recognized by Condé Nast, is moving into its third decade as the longest tenured hospitality corporate responsibility program.
7 Steps to Add Mobile Training to Your Distance Learning Strategy
By Brendan Cournoyer, Content Marketing Manager, Brainshark, Inc.
With smartphones and tablets having drastically changed the way business professionals consume information, you no longer have to work remotely to be considered “mobile.”
Creating High-Performance Teams
By Bruce Hodes, Founder, CMI
Performance within groups typically does not just happen. For a group to really perform well, it needs practice. The group needs to understand the best way to organize itself for performance. This concept is commonly understood by sports teams and the military. They clearly see the need to give groups opportunities to practice. Boot Camps for the military and pre-season workouts for sports teams are the norm.
Creative Writing’s Role in E-Learning
ByJustin Gold, Instructional Designer, InfoPro Learning, Inc.
“Maintaining a culture that respects the contributions and dignity of all employees is vital to our organization and is everyone’s responsibility.”—Preventing Workplace Harassment for Employees
Case Study: Accelerating New Employee Productivity at Savvis, A CenturyLink Company
When Jim Sokolowski arrived at Savvis Communications in 2010 to begin as director of Global Learning and Leadership Development, the company was experiencing double-digit growth, along with a change in senior leadership that brought a renewed commitment to human capital as a strategic enabler and competitive advantage. The challenge was to effectively build the organization’s learning function from the ground up. Taking on such an effort brought up the question of where to start as there were plenty of obvious places that demanded attention.
Relationship Selling—It’s Elementary!
By Barbara Randi, Training Account Manager, Signature Worldwide
A few months back, I was privy to a conversation between a customer (client/guest) and a service representative (rep). It was obvious who was in charge. Although the customer, I will call him “Bill,” lacked knowledge of the item he was looking to purchase, he alone maintained control of the call and the so-called conversation. He asked the questions, receiving one-word answers. Quickly, the rep delivered some of the information the caller needed—the price of the item.
Then he hung up.
