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Do you get stressed when it comes time give a presentation? Presentations can bring on a wave of anxiety as they are usually given to a group of strangers and this is when first impressions are made. To ensure a good first impression and to deliver a successful presentation, you need to make sure that it is impactful and engaging. You don’t want to give a boring presentation, and lose the attention of your audience. So, how do you deliver an appealing presentation that results in good first impressions and a responsive audience? Here are a few questions you need… Read More

The goal of corporate learning is for your employees to remember and apply what has been learned. If your employees are not remembering and applying their learning, you should consider blending repetitive skill practice into your corporate learning strategy. How to Incorporate Repetitive Skill Practice in your Corporate Training Strategy Micro-Learning Provide employees with constant, bite sized learning experiences. You can’t expect to pre-load training, and just assume there will be successful results. Consider organising your training into small bite sized, micro-learning experiences that are periodically released to the employee. By implementing a micro-learning strategy, you can reiterate key information… Read More

The primary metric for learning and development professionals is their learning programs – with the key goal to increase it. This can be a challenge as many employees can quickly become apathetic to learning or upskilling in the workplace. So, how can you change this? How can you make your employees passionate about learning? We have put together some proven tactics to help your employees care about their learning and development opportunities. Ensure Strong Classes Obviously ensuring strong classes is vital to learning and development success in the workplace. If you offer mediocre training, your employees will not want to… Read More

There is a global fear that nothing online is really safe anymore. Every time a major breach is uncovered, or information is leaked, organisations and people the world over shudder. It is becoming increasingly perceived that data protection is becoming an impossible task. If we unpack why these breakdowns occur, it can mostly be attributed to human error – whether directly or indirectly. This is when a person ignores clear warning signs of an attack, and fails to take a specific action. To sum it up, cyber security is the failure in all of this, and this is always a… Read More

In the 21st Century’s fast paced world, todays’ learners expect to find immediate information and instant answers to any question they may have. We live in a world where we have become accustomed to finding immediate solutions to our problems. A powerful way to create a successful strategy for training is to make use of blended learning. Blended learning incorporates both classroom and online learning, ensuring an engaging and interactive learner experience. So, how do we create better learner engagement through blended learning? Combine deep learning with micro-learning Not all learners are after a lot of information, they may simply… Read More

Today’s learners have an abundance of resources available at their fingertips. This shift in learning is continually transforming the current corporate training world. Learning and Development executives need to keep up to date with digital learning to ensure the ultimate training outcomes. Below are a few reasons digital learning should not be ignored by executives: Digital learning is not going anywhere We live in a digital world; our lives are online- from social media platforms that offer instant communication to instant online information. We have become accustomed to this kind of online behaviour and it has organically evolved, becoming a… Read More

As a manager, you are often evaluated on your team’s outcomes. And when your team is made up of trained employees with a few skills gaps, you will deliver greater outcomes. Most job candidates state that they want to work with a manager whom they can learn from, and this is a big factor when making an employment decision. From the perspective of a team member or prospective candidate, their manager is the most important person in the company. With all of this in mind, managers should be a part of the training and learning process. Managers who are actively… Read More