Designing Classroom Exercises for Highly Technical Content

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Sarah Wakefield

Good training helps companies develop happy and productive workers. If organizations are going to spend thousands of dollars on conducting training for their employees and thousands more in lost productivity from taking employees away from their jobs for training, t... More »

Build It and They Will Come

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Melissa Westmoreland

Several years ago an associate told me about a training department he inherited from a merger that operated in a way he described as, Build it and they will come. This group had spared no expense in creating the most lavish and well-produced products he had ever seen. P... More »

Being Stuck at Level 2 Is Like Kissing Frogs: Obtaining Evidenced-Based Learning Outcomes in Healthcare

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Linda Hainlen

Many education leaders have implemented terrific learning events and completed Level 1 and Level 2 evaluations. However, very few have truly obtained Level 3 and Level 4 results. This Level 2 plateau keeps many educators from wearing the crown of business partner in the... More »

Case Study: Integrated Learning in New York State Government

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Nancy Y. Nee

By leveraging an integrated learning framework, organizations can develop a training and performance program that helps employees apply learning immediately, teaches workers how to share and transfer knowledge effectively, and aligns learning initiatives with overall bu... More »

Critical Elements to Ramping Up a Large Team

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Lisa Toenniges

Quality, scheduling, budget. Most companies find these to be the crucial factors when applying resources and funds to major human performance improvement initiatives. In todays environment, its critical to ramp up large teams as quickly and efficiently as possible to en... More »