Take Your Online Training from “Content-Focused” to “Trainee-Friendly”
If you’re like me, you may have found yourself walking away from meetings with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) with tons of content, lots of rules for how to use it, and absolutely NO ideas for turning it into an effective, trainee-friendly course Read more
Webinar Series: The TrainingMagNetwork.com Story
Our friend and guest blogger, Ray Jimenez is co-hosting a free webinar series, The TrainingMagNetwork.com story. You’ll learn how the Training Magazine Network grew to over 13,000 members and gain insights that you can apply to your online training program. Read more
Grabbing Your Trainees with the Right Picture
It’s been said that a picture is worth a thousand bullet points, and this is particularly true of training. Training designs are at their most engaging when words AND pictures work together to drive home the message. But when one element is missing or in conflict with the other, you end up with a design disconnect, Read more
Simple Idea #2: Make Your Online Training Sticky
In my first post, I talked about how online training should be focused on results, getting your trainees to apply what they’ve learned to their jobs. In this post, let’s focus on the next step: making your training memorable, making it “sticky”. This may seem like a no-brainer, but it’s also something Read more
Ensuring Return on Expectation: The True Measure of Online Training Success
Think about the first time you went to your favorite restaurant, what were you expecting? Do you remember what those expectations were based on? Maybe it was a friend’s recommendation or a glowing review on Yelp!, maybe it was just the name of the restaurant. Read more
