This past week, I ran into one of my friends who is a grade school teacher at a social event. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the adoption and …
Learning Trends: Highlights from the Masie 2011 Conference – Pt. 3
“Is Instructional Design Dead?” There was a great discussion around this question in one of the sessions. I am glad that the conclusion was, “No, it’s very much alive but …
Learning Trends: Highlights from the Masie 2011 Conference – Pt. 2
Learning Affordances When technology provides additional capabilities for employees to do their work more efficiently, it allows us to think about the emerging technologies from the affordance perspective—rather than just …
Learning Trends: Highlights from the Masie 2011 Conference – Pt. 1
Last week I attended Elliot Masie’s Learning 2011 Conference with two colleagues. There were over 2,000 training professionals gathered at the magical Disney resort in Orlando. The energy around us …
Corporate Learners, the Renaissance, and Autodidacticism
Last week I spent a few days in Orlando at Masie’s 2011 Learning Conference. There was a great line-up of speakers this year—Bill Clinton, John Lithgow, Dean Kamen, Betsy Myers, …
Allen Communication honored with multiple Davey Awards by the International Academy of the Visual Arts
Leader in custom training industry recognized for courses developed in conjunction with The Risk Management Association, Talaris Institute and Lockheed Martin. SALT LAKE CITY (November 9, 2011) — Allen Communication …
When Apples Go Bad – UI Design and Usability
Apple released the latest upgrade of their operating system (iOS5) a couple of weeks ago. This release gave us happy new features—notifications banner! to-do list! iMessage! multiple routes on maps!—as …
Systems Training With Ron Zamir
Ron Zamir discusses the training challenges facing companies and their software integrators as they roll out large software systems designed to transform the way they do business.
Déjà Vu In The Work of System and ERP Training
Life never gets boring in our industry. Even after over two decades of working as a trainer, I’m still surprised how resistant to change we can be… Recently, Allen completed …