Blake Beus, Author at eLearning Industry

The Antidote To Compliance Training Fatigue

Blake Beus — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 08:00:12 +0000

To gain a better understanding of how to combat compliance training fatigue, let's examine compliance training from the viewpoints of both the learners and the Learning and Development team.

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4 Tips To Plan An Effective Employee Onboarding Training

Blake Beus — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:00:00 +0000

The success of a new hire is measured by their ability to integrate with the company culture and quickly develop the skills and competencies needed to perform their role. So, here are 4 tips to boost learners during employee onboarding.

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How To Secure Your Corporate Training Budget

Blake Beus — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 14:00:35 +0000

In a perfect world, we would have all of the time and resources available to design top tier employee onboarding. Unfortunately, our budgets never seem quite big enough.

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How To Increase Speed To Competency With Blended Learning

Blake Beus — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:00:00 +0000

A blended learning strategy in the onboarding process increases speed to competency for employees. Here are a few blended training modalities you may want to consider.

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Why Compliance Training Is Good For Your Bottom Line

Blake Beus — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 17:00:55 +0000

Compliance training is a powerful tool for lowering the cost of doing business. Steer clear of costly lawsuits, regulatory fines, and the expense of inefficiency.

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How Do You Know If You're Ready For Gamification?

Blake Beus — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 13:00:00 +0000

Gamification is one of the most effective methods for learners to absorb and retain information while having fun in the process. Your learners may be ready for a gamified approach, but how can you know if your content will convert well into a game?

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Top Best Practices For Training And Development

Blake Beus — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 13:00:47 +0000

Fostering more productive and happy employees is within your reach. Discover our top 4 best practices for training and development, and how you can incorporate them into your business.

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Integrating Video Into The Learning Strategy Ecosystem

Blake Beus — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 17:00:29 +0000

Whether you’re using web-based, Instructor-Led Training, or a blended solution, to stay ahead of the curve, your overall learning strategy needs to plan for intentional and creative application of video.

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Compliance Training Best Practices – Knowing Is Not Enough, We Must Apply

Blake Beus — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:00:17 +0000

Creating a professional development program is a complex process, especially when it involves policies in place to keep people physically and emotionally safe – such as compliance training. Here are some compliance training best practices to keep in mind if you’re interested in developing a spectacular program for your employees.

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How To Create The Compliance Culture You Need

Blake Beus — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 12:00:57 +0000

Effective compliance training is a delicate process, to which taking the pulse of your professional culture is key. In this article, we’ll share some ideas about how you can create a positive compliance culture in your organization, as well as what you can do if your company culture could use a little work.

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Budgeting Factors For Developing Corporate Compliance Training

Blake Beus — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 16:00:40 +0000

Corporate compliance is important – but how much needs to be spent to create an effective training program? Determining budget is an important first step and must be done with the right factors in mind to fit the organization, industry, and risk that employees may face.

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How To Use Microlearning For Onboarding

Blake Beus — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:00:04 +0000

While onboarding is great for new employees, you can also use onboarding-style courses to train existing employees on new compliance policies, rebranding, new systems, or role transitions. Here is how microlearning can help you accomplish such a great task.

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What Is Microlearning And Why Should You Care?

Blake Beus — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 08:00:00 +0000

If you’ve been around the training industry for any amount of time, you’ve heard the term microlearning tossed around. Unfortunately, it’s a term that also comes with a lot of jargon and never quite enough explanation. So let’s take a look: What is microlearning?

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4 Key Elements An Effective Compliance Training Strategy Should Have

Blake Beus — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 08:00:00 +0000

It is critical to get compliance training right. If companies don’t practice compliance, they can face fines and restrictions, and can even put customers’ lives at risk. The foundation of an effective compliance training strategy should include at least these 4 elements: clear goal setting, good communication, focused design, and verification.

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What The Future Holds For Corporate Compliance Training

Blake Beus — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 19:00:27 +0000

To be viable in the emerging online enabled world, compliance training is evolving. The training of tomorrow, and the benefits it can bring your company, stem from the value you place on your staff and how to train them with technology.

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Mapping Your Flash To HTML5 Conversion

Blake Beus — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 19:00:31 +0000

The swiftly changing nature of technology in recent years makes transitioning from Flash-based learning to HTML5 more necessary than ever. So, how can you ensure a successful and stress-free Flash to HTML5 conversion?

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In A Flash-Less Future, How Will Users Access Existing eLearning?

Blake Beus — Sun, 15 Apr 2018 19:00:13 +0000

In the fall of 2017, Google began a process to remove support for Adobe Flash in its Chrome browser. This is not surprising, but we think that a lot of organizations haven’t fully considered how this will affect their existing eLearning systems.

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5 Ways To Create Successful Sexual Harassment Compliance Training For The New Age

Blake Beus — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 20:00:25 +0000

It's time for boring and awkward sexual harassment training to go. Here are 5 ways to implement engaging and effective compliance training.

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3 Things To Consider When Using Technology In Your Onboarding Process

Blake Beus — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 19:00:00 +0000

There are practical (and impractical) ways technology is used every day. When designing your onboarding process, there are tools that are useful but may be inappropriate to your design. By asking yourself “will this get the job done” may be more effective than you may realize.

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How And When To Use Interview-Style Videos

Blake Beus — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 19:00:13 +0000

Interview-style videos are a great asset to complement traditional training courses, whether they're being used to hold a learner's attention or to make concepts more personal. Here is a short primer to help you consider when and how to use this style of video.

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A Practical Check-In With 4 Of The Most Popular Instructional Design Models

Blake Beus — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 19:00:28 +0000

When choosing which Instructional Design model to apply in a learning course, it's often helpful to determine which methodologies are most applicable to the needs of your learners. The following article highlights 4 of the most popular Instructional Design models and how best to utilize them in training.

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Weighing The Positives And Negatives Of Remote Learning

Blake Beus — Tue, 09 May 2017 16:00:33 +0000

Companies have long struggled to make effective and engaging training for their field workers. However, remote training has become more cost-effective and convenient, being looked upon as a viable option for onboarding employees. Here are a few things to consider when utilizing remote learning.

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Building Training Courses From Learning Objectives

Blake Beus — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 11:00:09 +0000

Learning objectives should be a glimpse of what strategists want the end result of employee onboarding to be. When designing training courses around the needs of your learners, you go from boring to engaging. Here are a few things to consider when building training courses from learning objectives.

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3 Modern Instructional Designer Skills For Creating A Cohesive Learning Experience

Blake Beus — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 14:00:51 +0000

Expert Instructional Designers know how to focus first on their learner and design with them in mind. Here are the 3 modern Instructional Designer skills you need to focus on the needs of your learners.

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4 Best Practices To Use Animation For Training

Blake Beus — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 17:00:00 +0000

There’s no denying that motion graphic videos and animations are an attractive tool for Instructional Designers to use in both online and instructor-led training. They’re an increasingly popular go-to for improving engagement or motivating learners. But is using animation for training always the best option?

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