When someone is out shopping in the retail scene, be it for clothes, electronics, or appliances, chances are they are not experts in that particular area. All refrigerators look like refrigerators to me. Does it keep my food cold? Sold. However, the people that are supposed to be experts on this, are retail employees. Nothing
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Introducing the Learning Library
Our new Learning Library will change the way you think about managing knowledge in your company. Until now, there has been a disconnect between learning and knowledge management. Required learning has lived in your learning software while other useful, non-required learning content was hidden somewhere in your internal wiki or knowledge base. Many of our clients
Keep Distributors and Representatives in Concert With Web Training Software
The business of distributors and traveling sales representatives can be a tricky thing to orchestrate. Distance, time, and availability of so many moving parts can often mean that wires get crossed and information is left outdated or forgotten. To help bring the company message back in tune, a web training software for representatives can make
Start Customer Service Reps Off Right With Employee Onboarding Software
For companies with dedicated customer service teams, the importance of training is usually well-understood. Customer service representatives are the front lines when products or services malfunction or underperform. These emotional interactions with customers can be hard for some people to work with, but proper training through an employee onboarding software can do wonders to help
Science of Learning
To see the entire series: Attention Encoding Storage Retrieval Have you ever crammed the night before a test only to find your final score wasn’t so hot? We’ve been there, too. Turns out, a lot of the notions we have about studying and learning often don’t align with how our minds actually work. Here at
Lessonly’s New Employee Training Plan for the Next President
In a few short months, we’re going to have a new President residing in the White House. We at Lessonly know that the past couple months have been a little hectic, and that the candidates have all been a little busy. Campaigning, debating, and all that fun stuff can really take it out of a
Training Methods for Remote Team Members
Not too long ago, business travel took employees places far from headquarters. However, at the end of it all, you always came back to work. This makes training and onboarding easy with every member of a team in the same building, but how do you train remote employees? Traveling sales representatives and other far-flung team
Best Online Training Software for Small Businesses
The life of a small business can be a tough one at times. Tight budgets and small operations don’t always lend themselves toward extra money to be invested in anything frivolous. However, one variable remains constant from grilled cheese food trucks to hand-crafted lawn chairs — employees. Team members need training at every job and
Comparing Learning Management System Vendors Like Airlines
Spring is almost here, the weather is warming, and people are traveling all over the world to honor their spring break adventure. Choosing which airline will take you to your destination is not a decision to be taken lightly, but also very similar to choosing a learning management system. Any smart consumer such as yourself
Gamification in Learning Software is the Means, not the End
Currently rampant throughout the online learning software industry are efforts to reward users with points, trophies, and virtual achievements for various activities. Spurred on by the effects of our social media-driven world, these virtual “Atta-boys!” are being used to pull users into software time and time again, but is the point being lost? What good