September / October 2014 - Training

The Three P’s of E-mail

Peter Post, Director, The Emily Post Institute — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 02:36:35 +0000

E-mail has become the primary written communication tool in business today, but it can cause problems if certain etiquette rules aren’t followed.

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Let’s Get Upfront and Personal

Roy Saunderson, MA, CRP — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 02:34:14 +0000

Using technology to connect better with your employees.

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Performance Art

Bob Pike — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 02:32:25 +0000

Lessons from the ice arena about coaching skills and pacing yourself.

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MOOCs Are So Yesterday

Diane Gayeski, Ph.D., Dean, Roy H. Park School of Communications, Ithaca College — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 02:31:14 +0000

How to use SPOCs (Small Private Online Courses) to create powerful executive development.

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Getting Learning’s Game On

Tony O’Driscoll — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 02:29:54 +0000

To recreate the age-old apprenticeship model of learning within a new-age immersive gaming context, it is important to consider eight key design principles.

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Preparing Global Virtual Teams for Success

Neal Goodman, Ph.D. — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 02:27:21 +0000

With proper training, connection, and creativity, true collaboration can be accomplished in global virtual teams.

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Top 10 Hall of Fame Outstanding Training Initiatives (Sept/Oct 2014)

KLA-Tencor and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Leadership Center — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 02:22:19 +0000

For the first time since the creation of the Training Top 10 Hall of Fame in 2008, Training magazine required all Hall of Famers to submit an Outstanding Training Initiative that would be shared with our readers throughout the year. Here are the details of KLA-Tencor’s Situation Room and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Leadership Center’s Launching Digital Media submissions.

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L&D Best Practices: Sept/Oct 2014

Sat, 13 Sep 2014 02:18:31 +0000

Training magazine taps 2014 Training Top 125 winners and Top 10 Hall of Famers to provide their learning and development best practices in each issue. Here, we look at leaders as teachers and mobile learning.

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Focus on Switzerland

Heather Robinson, Senior Associate, Global Dynamics, Inc. — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 02:15:02 +0000

The Swiss tend to prefer didactic training methodologies that rely on deductive reasoning.

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Overcome the SME Availability Objection

Kendra Lee, President, KLA Group — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 02:13:27 +0000

Six ways to entice busy subject matter experts (SMEs) to fully engage and provide you with the information you need to develop quality training.

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