In addition to my work at Allen, I do some technical editing on the side. I work remotely, and I only go “to the office” once a year for an …
Allen Communication Learning Services Partners with Farmers Insurance Company for Cost Effective System Training
SALT LAKE CITY (June 17, 2009) — Replacing an inefficient system makes sense in these economic times, but how do you efficiently train your 15,000+ employees on a new system …
Training and Development Recessionary Sensibility
Oh boy. I just took a look at the stock market returns. I need to stop doing that. I need to treat it the same way as my retirement accounts: …
To Tweet or Not to Tweet
I always find it strange when two completely different circles begin talking about the same thing. This happened to me the other day. I went to a SWIM meeting (Smart …
Seasons Greetings
To all, we wish you a very happy holiday season. At the close of a great – though challenging – year, we begin looking to 2009. There’s no question that …
Redesigning Corporate Training in a Recession
The sign to the entrance of our housing community was recently demolished by a distracted driver. The sign was old and not as attractive as some wanted it to be. …
Corporate Training, Meet Social Networking
In the Best Practices column of last month’s Chief Learning Officer, Josh Bershin tagged the use of social networking as a “here-to-stay” member of corporate training. He notes that LMS …
First Day at Learning 2008
As can be expected, this year’s Masie 2008 is a show and challenging process for learning professionals to check and recheck some of their assumptions about training and development. As …
T-minus 20 days and counting
27 years ago, Allen came into being when Rex and Steve Allen started looking for innovative methods to develop and deliver corporate training solutions customized to an organization’s needs. As …