Webinar: Make Your Employee Training Stick

Posted by Jason Silberman on Posted in Employee Training
Recently, I had the privilege to moderate and present at a webinar, Make Your Employee Training Stick. The webinar examined the challenges of how to transform employee training from something often seen as dull and burdensome to something more engaging, memorable and that will leave a lasting impact.  We looked at concepts including big data, motivation…

Some Important Learning Definitions

Posted by Jason Silberman on Posted in Organizational Learning
Definitions are difficult sometimes, particularly when you’re dealing with a topic as abstract and , well…hard to define such as learning.  Knowledge is transferred and absorbed in many different ways.  Even more so in an age of hyper-speed technology, where access to information is available at any time, from any location, through a wide range…

Survey: Increased Hiring Expected in U.S.

Posted by Jason Silberman on Posted in Learning and Development
According to an article in Chief Learning Officer, a new survey from ManpowerGroup released last week ,”Employment Outlook Survey”, shows elevated confidence for the final quarter of 2013 as U.S. employers report a seasonally adjusted “net employment outlook” of 13 percent, the strongest fourth quarter outlook since the same period in 2007. Of the more…

zSpace and Dassault Systemes Promote 3D Training

Posted by Jason Silberman on Posted in company news
With more and more summer movies being produced in 3D, can employee training solution providers get in on the action? Mountain View, CA-based zSpace, Inc., introduced today the 3DVIA Composer zSpace Experience, a new platform to deliver advanced training and learning solutions in manufacturing industries such as transportation, aerospace and industrial equipment. Together with French company…

How to Make Training Engaging, Memorable and Long-Lasting

Posted by Jason Silberman on Posted in Employee Training
How can we make employee training more engaging, as opposed to being seen as dull and burdensome?  To transform it to something memorable which will leave a lasting impact?  How do we provide the proper post-training employee support that they need? These are all questions that training managers think about constantly.  Much has been written…