Showing posts with label syndication. Show all posts
Showing posts with label syndication. Show all posts

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Customize Your Retail Training

Of course, there are many online retail training courses available which are pre-packaged and ready to be implemented in an organization. But why not design your own, customized to your organization's specific retail training requirements?

LMS platforms allow organizations to provide their employees and managers with robust training courses which are specifically designed for unique organizational structures. Using tools such as podcasts, video tools, simulation technology, streaming and other simple-to-use LMS tools, retail training can be tailored to individual companies and provided in a user-friendly way. For beginner authors of online courses, simple and user-friendly LMS course creation toolkits are available. Additionally, after designing a training course, authors can choose to syndicate the course, use it in-house only, or a combination of both.

Some LMS platforms include their own marketplace where online courses can be showcased and sold. Additionally, for the pre-packaged option, online courses that others have designed can also be found on some LMS sites.

See Related Post: Retail Training: The Home-Grown Option

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Motivate Employees with Training

How can you ensure that the employee you have hired fulfills the expectations and the work that you have for him/her? The answer is in the first few weeks of an employee's new term--during training.

Dynamic and effective training ensures that employees understand their tasks, gives them the practice and theory they will need to do their job with excellence, and creates a greater sense of team spirit in the workplace. In fact, there is a growing trend to nurture the team spirit and true engagement aspects of training.

With a learning management system (LMS) online training that treats training as a game and the participant as a motivated and interested learner, (which everyone is at the onset of a new job) Using an LMS, you can create dynamic, face-to-face training that has a game-like element.

Coggno is now offering a free trial for performance review training creators on its learning management system. Create an online course for free, whether it be for internal use, for inclusion in Coggno's E-learning Marketplace, or for outside syndication on hundreds of websites.

See Related Post: How to Motivate Employees with LMS Courses

Saturday, August 28, 2010

How to Gain Leverage During Your Annual Performance Review

Do you recall that feeling you had in grade school the moment you found out that report card time is near? If you had good grades in the past months, you were not at all worried. You may have even been looking forward to it knowing that you are about to get a reward from your parents for a job well done. But if you are unconfident about your performance during the semester, you probably felt butterflies in your stomach.

Hop on to the present and you find yourself reintroduced to that old feeling all over again. Getting your annual performance review is just like getting your report card when you were young. You are told how if you did a great job the past year or not hoping that you will learn from it and set new goals for the future.

Both parties benefit from a performance review – you get to know what your boss expects you to do and you get the opportunity to explain what you want from your job as well. Heading to an annual performance review is not really one of the most exciting events in your life. But instead of giving in to your anxiety as you wait for you grades, there are some things that you can do to lighten up the actual review.

• Have a back up for your points

A good place to start your preparation is with your portion of the review. Look at the points that you mentioned in your review and highlight your achievements. Watch out for weak points that could prompt some questions and think of a good answer if they come up during the review.

• Get ahead of issues and concerns

Predicting possible issues and areas of concern will give you leverage during the review. Even when you are expecting a good discussion, think about certain issues that your boss may raise and what you will say if they come up.

• Know your lapses

You should spend time thinking about your skill and competency lapses and possible solutions to close those gaps. Perhaps your blunders were due to lack of knowledge, insufficient training, poor management or a combination of the three. Know your competency gaps and think about ways to solve them.

Coggno is now offering a free trial for management training program creators on its learning management system. Create an online course for free, whether it be for internal use, for inclusion in Coggno's E-learning Marketplace, or for outside syndication on hundreds of websites.

See Related Post: Your Best Protection at Performance Review Time