Gyrus

AUGUST 9, 2016

The Importance of Training and Development for Start-ups and Small Businesses. With the hectic nature of start-up organizations today, one can easily make a claim that it is never too early to evaluate the effectiveness of a structured Learning, Training, and Development program. Skill-Gaps. Engaging Users.

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Gyrus

MAY 31, 2016

Technology has impacted almost every aspect of our lives and training & development is no exception. It is redefining workforce learning methods and tools, allowing organizations to nurture their talent in the most effective way. is encouraging organizations to leverage mobile learning technologies for their workforce training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST. I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after.

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Gyrus

JULY 28, 2016

Mobile Learning – Is it Finally Viable? Mobile Learning has been a cool shining beacon in the learning industry for quite a while now. So much so, we here at Gyrus tend to talk about it… a lot. Why Mobile learning is actually worth its grain of salt. Convenience. Who might that be? Who might that be?

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 25, 2016

The Ultimate Benefit of Learning Management Systems. The Benefits of a Learning Management System (LMS) are quite wide and can contain everything from basic functionality to cool recently implemented features. LMS are not only for E-learning activities! Who needs additional learning? One Stop Location.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Getting the Most out of your Social Learning Program. Statements like, “how do we make our learning program work for us?” ” or “let’s get social with our learning plan.” ” But, how do you get your learning program up to speed? Undoubtedly, you have heard it before.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 17, 2016

​. What Makes Social Learning so Interesting? A Comprehensive Examination of Social Media in Our Learning Programs. Social learning, relied solely on what one could obtain in a classroom setting, working with direct peers, or what could be conveyed back in forth on a phone. New more consistent source of materials.

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

For years, the LMS has reigned supreme as the top learning platform for associations. However, as you begin searching for your association’s next solution, you’ll quickly come across a new option on the market— learning experience platforms (LXPs). Why are learning experience platforms rising in popularity? Let’s dive in.

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Gyrus

JUNE 28, 2016

How We Learn – Capitalize On Knowing. This post is written based on my personal understanding and could reflect deficiencies experienced in my own personal learning process. To begin we should evaluate what a younger version of myself experienced in the learning process. Do the one-size fits all approach not work?

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Gyrus

JULY 14, 2016

What Pokémon Go Means to the Learning Industry. So, how can this apply to the corporate learning environment? Pokémon Go is great as it is, however, the possibilities of new and more enthralling mLearnings are a real game changer for the learning industry. Gamification. Bibliography. 'Pokémon

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Gyrus

AUGUST 5, 2016

The Olympics and Learning – A Fierce Combination. In the Learning and Development market, as in most, there are incredible similarities and strange happenstance where the lines seemingly cross without much of a thought. So how is the Learning and Development landscape like the Olympics?

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

How Salesforce Trailhead makes product learning useful, easy, and fun for associations. Here’s how Salesforce Trailhead makes product learning useful, easy, and fun. When you think of “back to school,” you might not think about your association. Trailhead is an online learning environment. And, it’s free!

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Learning and Development: The Presidential Debate Edition. The first Presidential Debate of 2016 occurred this week, and people on both sides are fired up about it. The first two topics will focus on the direction of the “Learning Management Systems Industry (LMS).” Blog Commencement.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Pencils of Promise (PoP) was founded in October 2008 to help build safe and healthy learning environments for young children worldwide. Over 3K teachers have been trained through the organization’s Teacher Support initiative. Why should organizations be thinking about implementing a Web3 strategy? Learn More About C.J.

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Election Day – Using Social Media Campaign Methods to Enhance Learning Programs. That being said, a lot of the initiatives utilized to motivate voters, also have merit in the learning realm. Reminders are not the only way in which to inform learners about what is going on within your program. Engaging Communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

Knowing those principles, I anticipated that the retreat would be meticulously planned and organized, with clear intent about goals. Pre-work would prime me for the learning objectives. About the Distributive Learning Process. The principles used in ETR’s retreat come from the Distributive Learning Process.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 29, 2016

Your learning program has been managing itself for years, or at least that’s what your boss thinks. You spend a ridiculous amount of time organizing and determining methods of learning dispersal among personnel within your organization. A Learning Management System Means… More Time. Let’s face it.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 19, 2019

Besides the fact that your old software might not be keeping pace as your association grows, it’s likely costing more than modern software in ways you haven’t even thought about. Consider these questions as you think about your old-school software: Why are you still paying to upgrade your software? Take the next step. Got 15 minutes?

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Socialbrite

JANUARY 15, 2021

By accumulating knowledge from the various experiences of employees and creating a platform to store it with the goal of sharing and disseminating that knowledge to people, you’ll create and enable a learning culture. . This is knowledge gained through experience and practice, like learning how to balance on a unicycle.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Inner-city schools also often have high rates of teacher turnover, which can be disruptive for students and can make it difficult to maintain a high-quality learning environment. Provide education and training programs that are tailored to the needs of underserved communities.

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

During these calls it’s important to gather information from prospects about their learning environment and training challenges. During these calls I typically ask a number of questions such as “Do you have a training program in place.” Do you have a training program in place?

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

As you think about your association management software (AMS), you may think that all product support is the same. A learning environment – Being in the same location helps us share knowledge with each other, which is a driving principle of how we work. And you might be surprised to find out that it’s not. . Visit Support.

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Gyrus

JUNE 23, 2016

Want to deploy and maintain the e-learnings that you have spent so much time and effort to develop? Do you want to be able to create quality actionable e-learnings? Then you’re in the market for a Learning Management System (LMS). LMS’s are an essential tool for all e-learning professionals. Any guesses?

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Gyrus

DECEMBER 10, 2015

If a vendor cannot or will not provide such a detailed history, it can be a warning to steer clear of their Learning Management System. (An Questions should be raised with the vendor about why they have not improved their product for such a long time. It may indicate a loss of product focus or worse.

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Gyrus

APRIL 5, 2018

Want to deploy and maintain the e-learning that you have spent so much time and effort to develop? Do you want to be able to create quality actionable e-learnings? Then you’re in the market for a Learning Management System (LMS). LMS’s are an essential tool for all e-learning professionals. Any guesses?

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Nimble AMS

MAY 20, 2019

With the good work that associations do for our society, what’s not to love about that? Fun and easy product training. Salesforce offers myTrailhead, which allows you to customize the Salesforce Trailhead learning environment with your own content and branding. Lots of events offering learning opportunities.

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Forj

JULY 25, 2017

Full disclosure: Web Courseworks, the company Dr. Hicken and myself work for, has developed a learning management platform specific to delivering online professional development for associations, including the AAMC, medical and health professions societies, and CPD departments. The design of the book speaks to this. Turco comments: [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2005

I was reminded yet again about the importance of play and experimentation as part of the online spaces, particularly those that are learning environments. During the Full Circle training on online facilitation that I took this last month, we had a sandbox. Download pumpkins-apples-not-blogging.wmv.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

The key takeaway for me is the whole point about the need for new metrics to measure learning from games. " There was an acknowledgment from a panelist about the tensions between the need to look at results and the need for experimentation and pressures of timing. New learning environment puts games at the center.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 3, 2016

Why We Need Learning Management Systems. Have you found yourself fighting your way through the learning and development market without a guide? As to not shroud this document with bias, I have taken the liberty of pulling the dictionary.com definition of a Learning Management System, which appears below: noun. Get Organized.

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Gyrus

APRIL 21, 2016

The corporate training world often questions and evaluates the concept of incorporating informal learning. The question always arises whether informal learning can be added to the formal learning and if so, how both can be combined together.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 30, 2010

I figured I could pay someone a lot of money to go to graduate school, or I could pay nothing (and hopefully get paid) to learn on the job. This decision fit well with my learning style--I tend to lean towards real-world experience and self-directed endeavors. It's a learning environment free of meetings and bureaucracy.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

xAPI – What it can mean for your learning Program. In the Learning and Development industry a very buzzworthy topic is xAPI (xAPI is also known as Tin Can API or the Experience API in case you have heard or read additional posts elsewhere, it will herein be referred to solely as xAPI within this blog post). What are the benefits?

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Gyrus

APRIL 3, 2018

Aligning Learning Needs with Business Process. It appears that the work of a learning professional is never done. In order to establish an effective learning program, there must be a great consideration for the future needs of the day to day business, and the workforce themselves. Learning is a fairly nebulous industry.

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Gyrus

JULY 26, 2016

The future is bright and full of potential technical advancement, included somewhere within that progression is a small segment for Learning Management Systems and how they are already trending towards something completely different. In the Learning and Development world training has migrated from solely instructional and self-taught.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 22, 2019

But I greatly missed the human element and learned quickly that you can’t replace face-to-face interaction. Learning from others is ingrained in our DNA and is nothing short of crucial. Research from Harvard Business Review shows that learning happens best when learners collaborate and help one another.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Why do you care about and or work in museums? My story is about radical educational philosophy. I'm a strong believer in free-choice learning, and I see museums as places to circumvent the hazards of compulsory education and support a democratic, engaged society of learners. What is free-choice learning?

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