Base of Support: Providing Participant Guides for Online Learning

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Nanette Miner

When moving from classroom-based training to the online environment, most instructional designers do away with the participant guide, thinking, "Who would use a participant guide while sitting alone at their desks?" This may be the primary reason why online learning com... More »

There Is a Lot More to Training Than Training

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Ara Bouloutian

Those dedicated to the training function work energetically to help people develop and improve skills for the purpose of optimizing performance. However, no matter how hard anyone works at training, very often, the expectation of viewing significant behavior change and ... More »

Stand, Deliver, and Shine

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Tony Bray

No matter how the training is delivered, at some stage, someone had to sit down and plan the content or course material to be covered, the order in which to do so, and the specifics regarding delivery. A six-step DESIGN model - from The Training Design Manual - helps wo... More »

It’s Story Time

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Ann Kwinn

"It was about 7 o'clock on a breezy Monday night. I was knocking down a Scotch and soda before the cab ride home when the wind blew in a tousled blonde too lightly dressed for the weather. In that outfit, she was begging for a chest cold in several places at once so I d... More »

Committed to Excellence

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Paula Ketter

This quote has never been more profound. This year's BEST Award winners - the cream of the crop among learning organizations - have distinguished themselves as leaders in this profession by achieving maximum efficiency, finding new and innovative ways to train a multicu... More »