An Intergenerational Approach to Strengthening Organizational Talent

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Sylvia Ramirez Benatti

Mentoring partnerships are connections whereby two people—regardless of generation—see themselves as colleagues with compatible learning styles who bring desired skills, experience, and knowledge to the relationship. More »

Strategic Planning for the Instructional Designer

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Bruno Neal

Help forecast challenges and provide solutions by getting involved early in decisions related to the scope of design projects. Today you woke up with your mind full of ideas, almost mentally rehearsing your speech for the big event. After months going through instructio... More »

Setting the Stage for Effective Role Plays

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Swati Karve

Successful role plays require meaningful and relevant characters, skillful facilitators, the participants ability to play the roles, observer involvement, and an effective debriefing process. Role plays can be prewritten, part of a video clip, impromptu, or created spec... More »

Launching a Culture-Based Learning Product

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Brandon Taylor

Scenario: Edgar, an instructional designer, has been designing training materials in house for years. Finally, Edgar has been given an opportunity to launch the company's first international learning product, which will be used by employees from around the world. Edgar ... More »

Embedding Quality Systems Into the Training Cycle

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Emanuel Albu

There are numerous quality standards and instruments available to measure training quality, including ISO 9000, ANSI/ASQC Z1.11, ISO 10015, or some form of the Total Quality Management system. The implementation of quality systems is bureaucratic in nature, time consumi... More »