Success Story: An ISPI President’s Guide to Virtual Collaboration Using Online Learning Community Tools (Interview 2 of 2)

August 16, 2010

[Editor's note: To read how Rose used social networking to supercharge her virtual ISPI chapter, check out Part One.]
Rose Noxon is a Senior Business Process Expert at CACI International, a public IT company that was recently recognized as the government contractor of the year. Rose previously conceived and managed CACI’s award-winning corporate university and has [...]

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Question of the Day: Best Book for Beginning Instructional Designers?

August 16, 2010

Best book for beginning instructional designers?
I’d like to provide some additional resources for clients and although I have my own list of classics, I don’t want to miss out on anything. Suggestions?
- Jen Randall, President, Maestro eLearning

This question was spotted on the Bloomfire Support Community, and it has your name written all over it. Will [...]

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How to Read the CEO’s Mind and Get Buy-In: A Consultant Explains (Interview)

August 12, 2010

[Editor's note: in a past interview, David provided a "state of the industry" for training and development. You can check that out here.]
As Chief Learning Architect at Business Critical Learning, David Glow works with clients to identify key drivers for their company’s success and align performance solutions to optimize results in those areas. By helping [...]

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Inspiration: Awesome Corporate Wellness Program Now Open to the General Public

August 11, 2010

The Wellness Works Learning Community is a fantastic example of what 21st-century training and development can look like.
It’s jam-packed with hundreds of innovative learning modules teaching you how to lead a healthier life. Formerly distributed only through corporate wellness programs at Fortune 500 companies, Wellness Works is now being made available to the general public [...]

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Success Story: An ISPI President’s Method for Using Social Networking to Combat Brain Drain (Interview 1 of 2)

August 9, 2010

[Editor's note: To read how Rose used online learning community tools to facilitate virtual collaboration at her ISPI chapter, check out Part Two.]
Rose Noxon is a Senior Business Process Expert at CACI International, a public IT company that was recently recognized as the government contractor of the year. Rose previously conceived and managed CACI’s award-winning [...]

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Instructional Design Career Opportunity (Training and Development Job Opening)

August 9, 2010

[Editor's note: If you want to share a training and development job opening with our 700+ industry readers, send the job description to nemo@bloomfire.com]
Maritz Canada is hiring an Instructional Designer. Know anyone who might be interested or can help get the word out? Pass this along.
Taken straight from the job description:
The essence of what Maritz [...]

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Back by Popular Demand, the “High-Impact Learning Communities” Webinar

August 9, 2010

Limited spots. Thursday, Aug 12th at 1:30-2:30p EST. Click here to RSVP.
We’re bringing back one of our most popular webinars from the previous series, so don’t miss out. This was the one that was so popular that we had to switch webinar platforms to make enough room for everyone. Even though we’re on a new platform, [...]

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Training Consultant: What Every Trainer Ought to Know About ROI (Interview)

August 5, 2010

[Editor's note: We've interviewed Paul before on mobile learning and learning communities when he was working with Intel. You can read that piece here.]
Paul Angileri is an independent Instructional Design and Performance Improvement consultant in Gilbert, Arizona. Paul’s focus is designing and providing training and performance improvement solutions. He can be reached through his blog [...]

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Awesome Example of Social Media Training from Internet Consultants

August 5, 2010

SpinWeb is a professional website design and development firm located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Their President and CEO, Michael Reynolds, is an early adopter of Bloomfire and used our platform to create the SpinWeb Learning Center. For those familiar with online training portal Lynda.com, Michael has created something similar with only a fraction of the cost [...]

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Today: The Q&A Engine, Now Servicing Just-in-Time Training & Performance Support

August 3, 2010

The best way to introduce this new game-changing feature might be to tell a story.
Imagine that you’re a salesperson selling a brand new product. With new sales materials in hand and dozens of workshop hours, you’re finally ready to make your first sales call. Everything goes well…except that the prospect asks you a critical question [...]

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