Leading Learning
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We continue our tradition of providing After Action Reviews for the events we host, but with a slight twist this time. The scheduled live programming has ended, but we don’t consider the Learning • Technology • Design™ (LTD) experience to be over yet, so we are calling this a “Mid-Action” review. In this episode of the …
Understanding what potential learning customers want, not just what they need, can be a difficult task. But if you’re tuned into what types of data to gather as well as the right questions to ask surrounding this, you should be able to begin to see the difference—something that has the potential to bring tremendous value …
You can have the most inspiring vision in the world, a powerful mission, and a great strategy, but if you don’t have the capacity for executing, none of those things really matters very much. In this episode, Jeff and Celisa discuss why understanding capacity – one of the five domains of the Learning Business Maturity …
As the New Year is approaching, it’s the perfect time to look back at what has happened in the world of learning in 2017 and to make some predictions about what we think may lie ahead in 2018. We did this in this in our fifth annual trends and predictions Webinar (get access), but we thought …
As the market for online learning continues to grow to epic proportions, so do the opportunities to connect and engage with learners. And it’s the Big Learning companies that are leading the charge to do this so why not take a page out of their playbooks to see what practices those of us in the …
What if your organization could make the competition irrelevant and deliver unique value to the learners it serves? That’s the idea behind one of our favorite strategy books of all time, Blue Ocean Strategy: How To Create Uncontested Market Space And Make The Competition Irrelevant. And when it comes to embracing and formalizing strategy, many …
In 2009, Tagoras published Association E-learning: State of the Sector, the first report offering data about how trade and professional associations were using computers to deliver education to their audiences. Roll forward a decade and the report is now called Association Learning + Technology, but it still offers the most comprehensive information about how learning technology …
Most organizations in the business of lifelong learning have a good handle on how to staff when it comes face-to-face education but when it comes to how to staff online learning, it can be whole different ballgame. And having the proper knowledge and human resources are essential if you want to succeed in adding to …
What role does questioning play in learning? Most of us can probably agree that asking quality questions can greatly impact learner engagement while promoting critical thinking and deepening learning. But many organizations in the business of lifelong learning might not be incorporating effective questioning strategies into the design of their learning experiences. In this episode …
It’s Independence Day here in the United States, so what better day to celebrate the independent, self-directed learner? As individuals in the business of lifelong learning, we need to embrace—and cultivate—the characteristics related to effective learning habits. In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Celisa and Jeff celebrate the self-directed learner including what it means …
With the constant flood of new content pouring through the Internet pipes these days, being aware of all of it and sorting it out in meaningful ways as in individual simply isn’t possible. This is why the process of curation is a concept all of us—particularly those of us in the learning business—definitely need to …
Why is the concept of the “learning business” and the types of organizations it describes so important? It’s something that many of us in the business of lifelong learning haven’t probably thought too much about but understanding the relationship between “learning” and “business” is becoming increasingly critical to ensure your learning business will thrive in …
