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US Government helping young people get prepared with employable skills

The US Department of Labor will award a total of $2 billion over the next four years through the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant Program. Grants will support the...

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Training for the Taking

It’s odd, really, for an instructional design firm, we are all-for not reinventing the wheel.  If there is training already “out there” and it fufills your need – even if you need to augment it a bit –...

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1 Day a Week Dealing with Poor Performers?

Managers spend nearly 17 percent of their working hours dealing with poor performers, according to a report from staffing firm Robert Half International. That’s nearly a full day a week that could have...

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Formalize Informal Training in Your Organization

About 80% of the training that occurs in the workplace doesn’t occur in a formal training program.  About 80% of the training that occurs is just one person assisting another in an informal way.  You...

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Bring Your Wii to Work!

Too often, e-learning modules end up being glorified power point presentations. The learner reads through the information in a linear, beginning-to-end format, and is tested for knowledge retention at...

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Keep It Suitably Simple

While there is still a need for formally-packaged courses, these are for special occasions, when we or our employers require some formal record of achievement (or at least of participation). In the...

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5 Questions to Ask a Stakeholder Before Designing Training

Performance problems can be caused by a myriad of things; perhaps your organization has undergone a downsizing, or perhaps a department is understaffed or their equipment is unreliable. Unfortunately...

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Training Triage – Pick One

One of the things The Training Doctor specializes in is TRAINING TRIAGE - that is – why doesn’t training work? Throughout our 20+ years in business, we’ve discovered the answers to this question. This...

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Hey, Big Spender….

Average spending on employee development in the US was $800 per learner, in 2011, according to Bersin & Associates.

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Does Anyone Work “In the Office” Anymore?

The term “telecommuting” seems like such a quaint, 1990s anachronism, but the fact is worker mobility is playing an ever-increasing role in where and when people work. Today’s workforce is more mobile...

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Accessing Employee Training through your local College or University

Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of an interview published in December 2012. Miner: Another way that you can provide employee training and not do it yourself is to take advantage of colleges,...

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Basic Rules of Test Creation

With the recent popularity of LMS systems that call for testing and tracking of student results, our participants are starting to see a lot of quizzes, assessments, and certifications that are designed...

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The Most Important Key to Facilitating in the Virtual Classroom

We all know good facilitation skills: ask don’t tell; encourage discussion among participants-not just between you and the participants; play devil’s advocate to challenge people’s thinking, etc., but...

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Casino Revenue Earmarked for Workforce Training

Beginning in January, manufacturing businesses in the state of Ohio are able to apply for reimbursement for incumbent worker training. This funding is linked to casino revenue / profits which began to...

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Training Magazine’s State of the Industry Report says…

According to Training Magazine’s State of the Industry Report for 2012, 70% of  responding organizations indicated they used a virtual delivery method of some sort (virtual classroom, webinar, video)...

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Training Triage: Brain Dumps

One of the things The Training Doctor specializes in is Training Triage – that is - why doesn’t this training work? Throughout our 20+ years in business, we’ve discovered the answers to this question....

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Interview with an Expert: Susan Boyd

How to Make Learning Stick in Online Courses T/D: Susan, why is there the perception that e-learning doesn’t stick and what can we do about it? Boyd: I think there are a variety of challenges that can...

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Use your Network to Create + Supply Employee Training

Too often we isolate ourselves and think that we are the only organization that has a particular problem; for instance, quality control issues or the need for sales training on a particular piece of...

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Training Triage: Link Learning to Something People Already Know

One of the things The Training Doctor specializes in is Training Triage – that is - why doesn’t this training work? Throughout our 20+ years in business, we’ve discovered the answers to this question....

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The Key to Outstanding Learning Outcomes: Design Learning Processes

Designing training programs can be an arduous process if you take on the responsibility for designing all the content yourself. You can lighten your load and also achieve a much greater learning...

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