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Top Tech-Based Ways to Train a Distributed Workforce

By Brandon Winston  |  February 12, 2017  |    |  10

One of the enduring challenges in the learning and development world is disseminating training classes to the largest audience in the least amount of time. Supporting a distributed workforce through effective training is an increasingly important challenge as companies expand across larger geographic regions. Conquering Distance Education: Top 4 Ways to Train Staff Across the Miles It isn’t uncommon for offices to be spread across the country (or even the globe)[…]

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Filed Under: Blended Learning, General, Instructor-Led Training, L&D Fundamentals, Learning Management Systems, Tools, Training Effectiveness Tagged With: blended learning, custom training, distance learning, distance workforce development, distributed workforce, Elearning, remote staff training, videoconferencing, webinars, workforce development, workforce training

Workplace Policy Changes? Add Some Change Management to Your Training

By Brandon Winston  |  January 5, 2017  |    |  1

Tips for supporting workplace policy changes As learning and development (L&D) professionals, we’re often called upon to help our organizations train employees on new policies or procedures. Change isn’t anything new, and is a constant in all organizations, but we’re often unprepared for it. A great deal of thought goes into the “brand new thing,” but how to best guide staff to adopt those changes is often an afterthought. And an abrupt introduction[…]

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Performance Improvement: Is More Training the Solution?

By Brandon Winston  |  December 1, 2016  |    |  3

For a business to maintain its edge, all players in an organization need to perform their jobs at optimum levels. When things aren’t going well, management often looks to the training team to boost employee job performance and correct the problem. Business performance issues aren’t always training issues It is almost axiomatic for management that all performance improvement problems can be solved through training. As learning and development (L&D) experts, we[…]

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Filed Under: General, L&D Fundamentals Tagged With: business performance, performance improvement, process training, workforce development, workforce training

Training for Behavior Change Can Be Harder than It Looks

By Brandon Winston  |  October 10, 2016  |    |  3

Tips for creating and delivering training that influences behavior Whether it is due to a new process, business goals, or regulations, any time you need to change your staff’s behaviors or ways of doing things, you’ll need to plan your training campaign carefully to ensure you’re positioning the participants for success. It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking training for behavior change should be an easy task. After all, it[…]

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New Hire Training: 5 Keys to Developing Training with Finesse

By Brandon Winston  |  September 7, 2016  |    |  3

Pulling together a new hire training is a challenge most trainers will face at least once in their careers. It isn’t always a simple task.  Deciding what to put in and what to leave out and making sure new employees are getting the information they need to do their jobs, all while trying to build and maintain their enthusiasm, can be daunting to say the least. Yet new hire training that[…]

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Principles and Tools from Modern Accessibility Techniques, Hiram Kuykendall’s AAUG Presentation

By Brandon Winston  |  July 7, 2016  |    |  4

While emphasizing the “why” of digital accessibility, Microassist CTO and noted accessibility advocate Hiram Kuykendall also provided web and application developers over an hour’s worth of web accessibility resources and instruction during Austin Adobe User Group’s  (AAUG’s) June meeting. Below, I’ll cover a bit of the overview he gave, as well as point to accessibility resources developers will find helpful as they build and test their projects. In addition to his[…]

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