Reward in Real Time
By Robert Vetere
When you train a puppy, you say, “Good dog!” and immediately hold out a treat. If you wait too long, you lose your chance to reinforce good behavior. This principle is important to remember when you’re training employees, as well. The best management advice I have to offer: Don’t wait for the end-of-the-year annual review. Instead hand out your treats on the spot.
Conference Highlight: #Training2012 Top Tweets
You may be locked in the office or stuck at home, but thanks to social media, you don't have to miss a minute (literally) of the Training 2012 conference & Expo. Follow us on Twitter at @TrainingMagUS to catch session and trade show highlights. Here are a few of our favorites.
Training magazine Ranks 2012 Top 125 Organizations
Excelsior, MN (February 14, 2012)—Telecommunications company Verizon rang in the New Year by capturing the No. 1 spot on the Training Top 125 for the first time in 2012. Farmers Insurance claimed the No. 2 spot, while Top 5 newcomers Miami Children’s Hospital, Mohawk Industries, and McDonald’s nabbed Nos. 3, 4, and 5, respectively.
Conference Highlight: Four Principles for Improving the Evaluation of Training
Training 2012 Conference & Expo speaker Laurie Bassie explains how to hone Levels 1-4 in the traditional analysis model.
Content Curation Strategies for Corporate Learning (Part 2)
By Chris Frederick Willis, CEO, Media 1
This Week in Training: February 13th—17th
Everything from new articles on our website to new webinars in our social learning community, get a preview of this week’s activity at Training magazine.
Conference Highlight: A Multi-Dimensional Learning Experience
Learn the “Secret” to Unification and a Better Workplace
Conference Highlight: The Performance Consulting Model
Training 2012 Conference & Expo speaker Gabriel Urrea offers a case study on improving customer service satisfaction.
Challenge: “Our customer service scores are not going in the right direction so we need nationwide training as soon as possible.”
Conference Highlight: StrategicPlay
Training 2012 Conference & Expo speaker Jacquie Lloyd Smith offers the ins and outs of StrategicPlay® with LEGO® bricks and why it works.
How many times have you attended training or a meeting and thought it was a waste of time? Organizations in North America cannot afford to do this anymore. And life is too short to be bored by another PowerPoint or lecture about some discombobulated concept.
What’s an LMS? Part 1
By Glenn Drysdale, Training & Organizational Development Manager, Multi-Chem
Recently, I embarked upon an adventure: implementing the first Learning Management System (LMS) in our company. It has been a rewarding venture, providing functionality we have needed for some time. The experience yielded many lessons that might be helpful for others. Here are some of the lessons we learned along the way.