“One of the greatest values of mentors is the ability to see ahead what others cannot see and to help them navigate a course to their destination.” — John C. Maxwell Mentoring—when an experienced individual assists and guides a less-experienced individual—can greatly enhance one’s professional and personal growth. While training tends to focus on formal …
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“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” —American writer William Arthur Ward In addition to inspiring students, a great teacher understands the difference between teaching children and adults. In fact, Malcolm Knowles, a leader in the field of adult education, was well known for the use of the …
According to Albert Einstein, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” In other words, nobody learns in the same way or at the same pace. Everyone can learn—but just not in the same manner. …
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Winning new business and keeping customers happy tend to be the focus of most senior leadership. While these definitely have an immediate impact on the bottom line, you can’t forget about training. In fact, seven in 10 employees say that job-related training and development opportunities impact their decision to stay with a company. And 70% of employees …
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When was the last time you took the time to conduct an inventory of your organization’s technical learning curriculum? How much of your learning and development content was developed years ago? Is it time to update your technical learning curriculum? If the answer is “no,” then that’s great! If your answer was “yes,” then read …
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Hands on training—also referred to as experiential learning—is learning by doing. This type of training is effective for teaching software applications, procedures and equipment, and also helps instructors immediately determine whether a student has adequately learned a new skill or process. In addition, hands on training accelerates learning, provides a safe learning environment, creates self-directed learners, motivates …
ReadyTech recently received a letter from a customer, thanking us for our great tech support. The letter complimented our support team’s “responsive, professional and courteous” assistance. A short excerpt from the letter read: Whether it is a request dealing with deployment or a last-minute event change, your team handles it quickly and with extreme professionalism …
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Making the move from traditional training to virtual instructor-led training (VILT) makes sense for organizations, students and instructors. For training organizations, the comparison of in person training vs. online training is particularly easy because switching to online training is an extremely cost-effective way to train students. In fact, online training is an accepted way to increase an organization’s revenue. Studies have found that …
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There is no question that engaging virtual audiences can be extremely difficult for novice instructors, as well as for experienced ones. Kassy LaBorie, instructional designer, author and principal consultant at Kassy LaBorie Consulting, describes how to break the mold of static lecture-style trainings. Her strategies described below will help ReadyTech instructors ensure the effective delivery of …
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In today’s workforce, a large number of employees are disengaged and consistently not working at full productive capacity. In fact, about $11 billion is lost each year due to employee turnover, and companies with engaged employees outperform companies with disengaged employees by 202%. According to a recent study, engaged employees—those with an emotional and functional commitment to an organization—possess …
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