Wondering how to choose a learning management system (LMS) for your learning business and actually get it right? We have done a lot of technology selection work over the years and have delivered many Webinars and workshops related to our 7-step selection methodology (which, while often aimed at learning management system (LMS) selection, really applies to selection of … [Read more...]
Technology, Meetings, and Learning with Corbin Ball
With over two decades of experience running international technology meetings, Corbin Ball is a highly acclaimed speaker, consultant, and writer who helps clients use technology to increase their efficiency and productivity. Because his work focuses primarily at the intersection of technology and meetings – rather than solely on learning – he offers a slightly different … [Read more...]
7 Ways to Build Capacity for Your Learning Business
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, and more importantly, how to build capacity, is one of the most critical activities an organization can … [Read more...]
Transformation and Technology with JP Guilbault of Community Brands
JP Guilbault, president of Community Brands—the company recently formed to unite a number of major brands in the association space, including YourMembership, Abila, Aptify, and Nimble User— has played a leading role in some major changes in the nonprofit technology market. He is a leader in both innovation and transformation and has valuable insights for how organizations need … [Read more...]
5 Key Aspects of Getting a High Return on Your LMS Investment
What kind of return on investment will we get from implementing a new or replacement learning management system (LMS)? Sometimes, organizations get bogged down with answering this question and spend way too much time and - in some cases - money searching for a precise answer. Analysis paralysis sets in. Other times, unfortunately, we discover it has not been asked at all … [Read more...]
Three Big Technologies Changing the Learning Landscape
It wasn’t long ago that concepts such as artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), and the Internet of Things (IoT), seemed like far-off thoughts of the future. The reality is, these are now well-established technologies - and they have the potential to permanently change how we learn and what we need to learn, creating a major impact on the learning landscape. This … [Read more...]
Association Learning + Technology
In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Tagoras founders Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele focus on some of the questions raised during a Webinar that launched the Association Learning + Technology report. Topics include emerging formats like microlearning, MOOCs, and digital badging; major technologies like learning management systems; and thoughts on how to to approach … [Read more...]
Emphatically Recommended Reading #4: “10 Trends for Workplace Learning (from the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2015)”
Our fourth (and final pre-symposium) Emphatically Recommended Reading™ ties to technology thread of the symposium. As with the other Emphatically Recommended Readings, it was challenging to make a pick, knowing there are lots of great options, but we have settled on one for the last recommendation we'll share before the symposium--and you'll be glad to know it's timely. And … [Read more...]
Launch of the Leading Learning Podcast
If you are a leader or an aspiring leader in the business of lifelong learning, you are in the right place. The Leading Learning podcast is a weekly resource featuring tips, insights, and perspectives to help you maximize the reach, revenue, and impact of your continuing education and professional development business. Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele kick of the series with an … [Read more...]
The Four Threads
In an earlier post we discussed the three major themes for the Leading Learning Symposium: reach, revenue, and impact. These themes will drive how we structure the program at the event, and they represent the outcomes we are striving to help attendees achieve. Based on our work with many organizations over many years, we see four major threads that weave together to support … [Read more...]
Software or Mission Maker? The Tightening Connection Between Technology and Education
I'm not a Sunday morning talk show pundit or a basher of Obamacare, so I didn't really expect to weigh in on the recent online insurance exchange Web site debacle Then I came across a recent by Michael Wolff in USA Today titled "How CEOs are clueless about technology." … [Read more...]