Is Your Training a Lean, Mean Learning Machine? Do you belong to a health club? Perhaps you just walk 20 minutes every other day. Maybe you run one of the famous marathons sponsored throughout the United States. Actually, here in Chicago, there is even a marathon to wal... More »

Learning & Development

Advanced Level Content , Designing Learning , Students , Training and Development - General

Higher Education

By taking a phased approach to community building in asynchronous online training programs, you can increase traffic and build loyalty for your initiative, product, or brand. Community building is a matter of course in the sphere of synchronous online training. Guided d... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Beginner Level Content , Engagement , Informal Learning , Social Learning , Trends

Here's a model for how adults learn from self-paced, technology-based corporate training. Did you ever wonder how adults learn from self-paced, technology-based corporate training? What do these learners do to make the content personally meaningful? How do they learn to... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Advanced Level Content , Assessment , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Engagement , Students

Six Sigma and HPT are more similar than many realize. I've recently completed a Six Sigma project in Australia and have enjoyed the similarities throughout the entire process. What is Six Sigma? Six Sigma is a rigorous methodology that attempts to reduce variability and... More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives

Human Performance Improvement , Intermediate-level Content , Measuring and Evaluating , Training and Development - General

Within the last decade, ROI has become one of the most challenging issues facing, not only the training and development industry, but also the meetings and events industry. In the last two years, the Phillips ROI Methodology has been brought to the meetings and events i... More »

Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives

Beginner Level Content , Measuring and Evaluating , Training and Development - General