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Instructional Design Trends: Choice is King!

Clarity Consultants

Formal learning programs are often incredibly rigid. They facilitate a push-based learning culture, allowing management to dictate what employees must review in each unit, irrespective of the worker’s position or prior knowledge and experience. The post Instructional Design Trends: Choice is King! appeared first on Clarity Consultants - Learning and Development.

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United Air Lines: Five Lines, Two Lines, No Lines?

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

Although all airlines suck, you still have to pick one. So I picked United. I fly a lot so they pretend to treat me well (as long as it doesn't cost them anything). All I really want is the " stealth luxury " of being left as un-molested as possible at the airport. That's why United 1K's like me board first and pick window seats: Get on, slide over, and leave me alone!

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To Give a Great Presentation, Distill Your Message to Just 15 Words

Harvard Business

Caiaimage/Martin Barraud/Getty Images. Fearless public speaking is about more than combating nerves. It’s about knowing the technique, the art, and the business of public speaking. In my two years working as a TedX producer, and my 27 years working in film, television, theater, and events production, I have worked with hundreds of speakers, and with actors including Kate Winslet, Christopher Walken, Susan Sarandon, and the late James Gandolfini.

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Asking Why – A Great Question

Martinka Consulting

I’m known in my family for constantly asking, “Why?” Others will say something about what they’re going to do, what they want to get, etc. and I’ll ask, Why? Sometimes I get the answer, “Because.” And no, that’s not a reason why you want to do something. A client told me if he had the money (at the time) he’d like to buy a larger machine. Why? It turns out because he likes big machines, not because the business needed it.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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Change Behaviors to Change Corporate Culture

LSA Global

To Change Corporate Culture, Change Behaviors. Change behaviors to change corporate culture. Difficult as it may be to change corporate behavior across the workplace, it can be done. Follow a few principles of human psychology, stick with the program and make sure all structures, processes and systems support the cultural changes that you seek. Choose the Behaviors that Strategically Matter.

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Why Training Matters

Gina Abudi

It is an investment organizations must make. Training should be a component of every organization’s strategic plan. Training provides significant benefits for organizations including: Providing employees the skills and knowledge necessary to move the organization forward Enabling for improved recruitment and retention of top talent Demonstrating to employees that the organization cares about them and [.].

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Can Netflix Keep Winning? And Why People Are Fleeing Latin America

Harvard Business

Youngme Moon, Mihir Desai, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee debate whether Netflix’s success is sustainable, before trying to wrap their heads around the unthinkably high murder rate in Latin America. They also share their After Hours picks for the week. Download this podcast. For interested listeners: Latin America is the Murder Capital of the World (Wall Street Journal)You can email Youngme, Mihir and Felix with your comments and ideas for future episodes at: harvardafterhours@gmail.com.

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Independent Contractor Engagement: How to Overcome Compliance Risk

MBO Partners

Follow these three key strategies to mitigate risk when engaging independent contractors.

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The Hidden Costs of Initial Coin Offerings

Harvard Business

Renee Comet/Getty Images. In recent years, much has been written about how the Blockchain is poised to transform traditional industries such as banking, real estate, and healthcare. More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Less noticed, though, is ICOs appear almost antithetical to the standard approach to financing a risky venture.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Transforming Your Web Success

Chad Barr

In the article How to Promote Your Web Site that I wrote a little over six years ago, I discussed various ways of promoting and leveraging your web site to increase your web presence, global reach and success. Over the years I kept on adding more insights to this article and I use it as a powerful tool for review with my clients. Since I believe that a picture is often worth a thousand words, I had my creative design team create the infographic you see below.

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How Children’s Health System of Texas Is Improving Care with Design Thinking

Harvard Business

Hero Images/Getty Images. The potential for improving the quality of healthcare has never been greater. Advances in data analytics give us the ability to look at large populations and precisely segment their needs and new technologies such as tele-medicine give us the capabilities to deliver customized experiences at scale. But the most powerful drivers of change are not necessarily technological; radical improvements increasingly also come from applying new innovation methodologies like design

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Understanding random testing

Seth Godin Blog

There are two good reasons to do random testing. The first is that you’re working with a homogenous or expected distribution, and the cost of letting something defective slip through is pretty low. For example, the chef doesn’t have to taste every single serving before it leaves the kitchen. Quality manufacturing is based on the efficient use of random testing to be sure that each batch is expected to be within tolerance.

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The Fundamentals of Leadership Still Haven’t Changed

Harvard Business

Gary S Chapman/Getty Images. Recently the Chief HR Officer for a healthcare firm asked us to identify the best new framework for leadership that she could use to train and develop a cadre of high potentials. The challenge, she said, was that these managers were highly proficient in their own disciplines such as finance, marketing, research, clinical care, and insurance reimbursement — and had demonstrated that they could manage people in these areas — but she needed them to be “

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Savings Consultants Are Needed in Today's Market More Than Ever

Savings Consultants are needed in today’s market more than ever. With an increase in expenses, businesses are looking for opportunities to save. Often unknown to businesses are savings in expense reduction, specialized tax savings, specialized savings including medical underpayments, health benefits cost reduction, zero cost processing, and more. Blue Coast Savings, with over 20 years in business, assists Savings Consultants in helping these companies move toward more profitable businesses.