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My Top 10 Learning Tools for 2025

It’s survey time again! Jane Hart is collecting everyone’s top learning tools for her annual report. I love seeing what everyone’s using these days. Want to share yours? Head over to the Top Tools for Learning survey and submit your list. You’ve got until August 29th. Don’t wait! Here’s my lineup for 2025. No rankingsContinueContinue reading “My Top 10 Learning Tools for 2025”

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A Guide to Boosting Learner Engagement with Email Marketing

Email is far from outdated. With higher adoption rates than any of the “hot” social media apps, it remains a powerful yet overlooked channel for L&D teams to drive program awareness, participation, and impact. Though it is often thought of as an “old school” strategy, sophisticated email marketing platforms allow you to create personalized experiencesContinueContinue reading “A Guide to Boosting Learner Engagement with Email Marketing”

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Want to Upgrade Your L&D Results? Speak to the Primal Brain

For years, Bianca Baumann and I have been sharing a number of invaluable principles that Learning and Development (L&D) can “Steal From Marketing”. It dawned on me that I’ve never put pen to paper to share these transformative ideas, and that’s a disservice I intend to rectify today. These principles aren’t just theoretical musings; theyContinueContinue reading “Want to Upgrade Your L&D Results? Speak to the Primal Brain”

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Spaced Learning Just Got a Whole Lot Easier

While I’ve talked about the topic of spaced learning before, I want to share a new 7taps feature that makes implementing it in your ‘real world’ projects easier than ever before. But first, if the spacing effect is a new concept to you here’s a little background. The spacing effect demonstrates that learning is moreContinueContinue reading “Spaced Learning Just Got a Whole Lot Easier”

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My 2020 Top 10 Tools for Learning

It is time once again for Jane Hart’s annual top tools for learning survey. And since I’ve been adding my contributions from the beginning (over a decade ago) I’ve got to keep my streak alive. Here are my top learning tools for 2020. Here are my personal top 10 learning tools for this year. 1.ContinueContinue reading “My 2020 Top 10 Tools for Learning”

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The Show: Learning Design Competition

If you work in Learning & Development, you owe it to yourself to check out “The Show”. Cath Ellis and Kim Tuohy have created a totally brilliant learning design competition that is currently running as part of the lead up to The Learning Conference 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bRkCXORU1E&feature=youtu.be It is like “March Madness” but for learning pros.ContinueContinue reading “The Show: Learning Design Competition”

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Book Review: Design Thinking for Training and Development

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past several years, you’ve probably heard a buzz about design thinking. If you’re only vaguely familiar, or you’ve been wanting to dive in and learn more about how it can benefit the work that you do, “Design Thinking for Training & Development” by Sharon Boller andContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Design Thinking for Training and Development”

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Learning is the Ultimate Competitive Advantage

Originally posted at https://www.change4growth.com/ideas-4-growth/2020/4/29/learning-is-the-ultimate-competitive-advantage-are-you-ready In today’s world everything is faster, more connected, and less predictable than ever before. As learning professionals, this rapid pace of change, means that we must move beyond the course-focused approach that has traditionally dominated most organizations.   The durability of the things we learn is eroding quickly. According to “A New Culture of Learning” by Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown “The half-life of a learned skill is 5-years”ContinueContinue reading “Learning is the Ultimate Competitive Advantage”

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SPACED LEARNING: AN INTRODUCTION & SOME TOOLS TO HELP YOU GET STARTED

The spacing effect is one of the oldest and best-documented phenomena in the history of learning and memory research. Research has repeatedly shown that using these techniques can increase the retention of new knowledge and skills. By basing your own learning designs off of these principles you can increase what your audience will remember. TheContinueContinue reading “SPACED LEARNING: AN INTRODUCTION & SOME TOOLS TO HELP YOU GET STARTED”

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