Everything eLearning Pros Need To Know About Training Contracts Joseph R. Codde first introduced the term "Learning Contract" in 1996, years before the term "eLearning" was even coined. However, it’s the perfect addition to online training programs that lack structure and learner motivation. Applied in a corporate setting, "training contracts" hold corporate learners accountable for … Continue reading Training Contracts: 8 Things eLearning Pros Need To Know – Christopher Pappas
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A Future of Monetized Branded Content Begins With Customer Value – Lauren McMenemy
Content noise has reached epic proportions, and standing out from the crowd is no longer as easy as chucking money into paid distribution. Providing customer value becomes paramount as users have millions of links all vying for their clicks. They are more discerning, and also more skeptical; so the quality and provenance of content is … Continue reading A Future of Monetized Branded Content Begins With Customer Value – Lauren McMenemy
The Emotionally Intelligent Way To Resolve Disagreements Faster – Josh Davis and Hitendra Wadhwa
Imagine you run a tech startup. Cash is tight, but you can’t afford to enter the market with a product that doesn’t live up to its promises. And right now, it’s clear that your engineers aren’t focusing enough on the user-experience issues. Your senior engineer just won’t play along, though. You and she can’t seem to … Continue reading The Emotionally Intelligent Way To Resolve Disagreements Faster – Josh Davis and Hitendra Wadhwa
Apply These 10 Cool Techniques to Increase Sales and Marketing ROI for your Small Business
There isn’t just one correct way for small businesses to make sales. You can use social media, content marketing, or even good old fashioned phone calls. No matter what tactics you use, it’s important to have a plan and a way to measure results. Here are some techniques suggested by members of the online small … Continue reading Apply These 10 Cool Techniques to Increase Sales and Marketing ROI for your Small Business
Building A Tinkering Mindset In Young Students Through Making – Alice Baggett
The most important thing you can do to set up your tinkering space for primary students has nothing to do with the space. Of course you’ll need space for your students to work in, but the physical space for tinkering matters much less than the mental space that you create for young makers. To be … Continue reading Building A Tinkering Mindset In Young Students Through Making – Alice Baggett
Why Freelancers Are Good For Your Company – Irene Corchado Resmella
More and more companies are hiring freelance writers nowadays. Some companies need to increase their content production and their current team can’t cope with the workload. Others are expanding into new markets and struggle to find writers in other languages willing to relocate. Likewise, many start-ups rely on freelance writers during the early stages of … Continue reading Why Freelancers Are Good For Your Company – Irene Corchado Resmella
How to Succeed at Work/Life Balance Without Going Crazy – Monica Harrison
The first secret to work/life balance is recognizing that it’s not about balance. It is about balancing work and life. What appears to be a state of balance is something entirely different — an act of prioritizing and counterbalancing. (For example, a ballerina appears to be perfectly balanced on her toes, but a closer look … Continue reading How to Succeed at Work/Life Balance Without Going Crazy – Monica Harrison
A Few Thoughts For Entrepreneurs Wrestling With Depression – Chris Myers
This has been a hard week for those of us who care deeply about depression and the people who wrestle with it. Both entrepreneur/designer Kate Spade and chef/TV personality Anthony Bourdain took their own lives this week, leaving many to wonder why people who seemed to have it all would go to such lengths. If … Continue reading A Few Thoughts For Entrepreneurs Wrestling With Depression – Chris Myers
AI Can Now Identify You By Your Walking Style – Ashley Sams
Similar to snowflakes, every individual’s walking style is unique to him or her. Gizmodo shares that work is being done to create a new footstep recognition tool that could replace retinal scanners and fingerprinting at security checkpoints. “Each human has approximately 24 different factors and movements when walking, resulting in every individual person having a … Continue reading AI Can Now Identify You By Your Walking Style – Ashley Sams
Step-by-Step You Can Turn Your Ecommerce Side Hustle Into a Real Company – William Harris
The nature of work is evolving. To make a living and build a successful career for yourself, you no longer need to work a traditional 9-to-5 job, commute to a physical office or wait patiently for someone to finally hand you that promotion you’ve worked so hard to get. You can create your own company, … Continue reading Step-by-Step You Can Turn Your Ecommerce Side Hustle Into a Real Company – William Harris