To celebrate, here at AllenComm, we’ve donned our tri-corn hats, strapped on our sabers and created a pirate performance map to ensure a successful voyage. Salt Lake City (September 19, …
Localization, Not Just Translation, for Effective Global Corporate Training
Corporate training, at least the way we envision it here at Allen, isn’t a conduit for transferring information to a learner but needs to reflect the culture of the organization …
Elearning Development: The Importance of Content Readiness
One of the areas that often gets overlooked in training projects is content. Somebody has a great idea for a web-based training course. Others agree. They envision amazing scenarios, activities, …
A Fun Look at Corporate Training Consulting: How Can We Train Your Crew?
At Allen we develop training solutions that contribute to our clients’ overarching business goals. Our solutions always start with our proven Performance Mapping process. In honor of International Talk Like …
Making a Spectacle of Yourself: Engaging Corporate Training
My daughter and her friends enjoy making those annoying YouTube-style videos that feature improvisations, movie parodies, and music videos. I hate them—not my daughter (or even her friends) but the …
Engaging a Diverse Audience: Movie Trailer Approach to Corporate Training
We were recently approached with a challenge from our client, eBay: To create a custom training program that their audience would opt in to taking. Now, unlike the majority of …
Always Be Recruiting for the Best Talent in your Organization
As a corporate training company, most of our blogs focus on training and development. Today I am going to break that mold and talk about a related subject; human resources. …
Creativity in Corporate Training – Coloring Within the Lines
I was reading through a Statement of Work (SOW) for a new corporate training project the other day, and caught myself looking for the project “limits.” The SOW’s job is …
Building Successful Partnerships with eLearning Vendors
I’ve been a corporate training (elearning vendor) Project Manager for eight years and during that time I’ve worked with some truly talented, smart, and decisive clients. I strive to build …