Welcome to the April issue of the Learning Dispatch newsletter. You’ll notice a change. We’re focusing on our key trend essay and a relevant case study. Today, we’ll discuss: Accessible eLearning and the Delay in U.S. Department of Justice Americans with Disabilities Act Title II Requirements As you may have heard, the U.S. Department of Justice has delayed the deadline for the new Americans with Disabilities (ADA) Title II regulations[…]
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The Training Crucible, Part 2
Welcome to the March issue of the Learning Dispatch newsletter. Today, we’ll discuss: Why successful training leaders look beyond a focus on training content and balance it with operational urgency, budgets, procurement, and partnership. A post by Donald Twining, COO of Microassist, Inc. You’ve been asked to train stakeholders across all regions on a complex new program with a hard deadline. Travel budgets are gone. Your training development team is[…]
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Welcome to the February issue of the Learning Dispatch newsletter. Today, we’ll discuss: Why successful training leaders look beyond a focus on training content and balance it with operational urgency, budgets, procurement, and partnership. A post by Donald Twining, COO of Microassist, Inc. You’ve been asked to train stakeholders across all regions on a complex new program with a hard deadline. Travel budgets are gone. Your training development team is stretched thin. Procurement requirements dictate how and when you can engage support. And leadership expects[…]
READ MORE about The Training Crucible, Part 1The Training Manager’s Guide to Finding the Right Training Partner
Long Story Short: Finding the right training partner means finding a training complany who enhances your industry expertise with their expertise in learning and development, making the whole greater than the sum of the parts—these questions will help you get there. How to Find the Right Training Partner So you’re looking for someone to help you develop training (or a training program) or to lighten the load on your existing training staff. What do you need to know? How can you make this process easy? And how can[…]
READ MORE about The Training Manager’s Guide to Finding the Right Training PartnerPlanning for 2026: How best to put your training dollars to work?
Welcome to the January issue of the Learning Dispatch newsletter. Today, we’ll discuss: Planning for 2026: Delivering Training Let’s talk about training modalities—that is, how training is delivered. Specifically, how training might be shared with employees or staff. The start of a new year can be the start of a new budget. How best to put your training dollars to work? Note, this is a very practical question. Even asking[…]
READ MORE about Planning for 2026: How best to put your training dollars to work?Planning for 2026: Closing the AI Governance Gap: A Roadmap for Learning and Development in 2026.
Please note: Over the next couple of months, we’ll be looking at influential trends to consider when planning training programs for 2026. A post by Sanjay Nasta, CEO of Microassist, Inc. Synthesia’s research, based on a late 2025 survey of 421 L&D professionals, found that eighty-seven percent said their teams already use artificial intelligence (AI). Most reported AI use centers on production tasks: voice generation, content and assessment drafting, voice[…]
READ MORE about Planning for 2026: Closing the AI Governance Gap: A Roadmap for Learning and Development in 2026.Planning for 2026: Evidence-Based Training
Please note: Over the next couple of months, we’ll be looking at influential trends to consider when planning training programs for 2026. Okay, having a greater focus on evidence-based training is a perennial topic. Why put it forward as an essential component of planning for training programs for 2026? It’s true that every year training needs to throw off the shackles of myth (learning styles, memory of a goldfish, digital[…]
READ MORE about Planning for 2026: Evidence-Based TrainingRealities of Engaging Neurodiverse Students in Higher Education During COVID
“Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine.” Attributed to Alan Turing, as depicted in the film The Imitation Game (2014) When I first became a teacher of record at a university for entry-level writing composition courses in 2018, the teaching environment looked entirely different from the world we see now. Before the days of obsessive hand washing, mask-wearing,[…]
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Planning a Training Rollout to Better Equip Your Team. Here’s How to Get Started. A training rollout is a series of trainings offered to a targeted group to help achieve an organization’s training goals. Planning a training rollout is a complex task, but necessary to project success. There are several items to consider when creating a training rollout. They are best framed by the famous 5 W’s: Who, What, When,[…]
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Some training presentations, team meetings, and event brainstorming sessions are ‘simple’ enough to move online for a virtual meetup. However, recreating a training experience that is both engaging and effective online typically requires more than uploading a PowerPoint deck to your video-conferencing platform, or building in time for participant questions. Well before the reset to “work-from-home”, learning designers and HR professionals often struggled with how to take an existing, effective[…]
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