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Training ROI Kitten Dies, Story at 11

Written by dan.cooper on May 17, 2012

While at ASTD this year I saw a tweet from Jane Bozarth @janebozarth that echoed the sentiment (in a way) of every trainer I think we’ve ever talked to. “Every time a trainer mentions ROI, a kitten dies”.

Whiteboard Wednesdays: 3 Levels of Content

Written by ej4 on May 16, 2012

In our opinion there are three levels of learning content. Watch this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday, as Dan Cooper, CEO explores each level and how they can save you time, money, and resources.

Put the Executive with a Budget First

Written by dan.cooper on May 15, 2012

Just had a fun hour with Mike Cooke, CEO of Brandon Hall as we talked about J4 Learning and the “Terrible Too’s” on a webcast [full webinar will be available on our blog soon]. One of the poll questions that caused some discussion was the first question.

Brandon Hall Webinar: J4 Download & Contest

Written by ej4 on May 15, 2012

Welcome Brandon Hall Group listeners! Thanks for tuning into Eliminating the “Terrible Too’s” of Workplace Training. Does your organization suffer from the”terrible too’s”? Please download a sample of our new book to start addressing those challenges and as an extra thanks you’ll automatically be entered to win a Kindle Fire. Download a free chapter sample [...]

J4 Learning: Get the Book!

Written by ej4 on May 14, 2012

The new training book J4 Learning: How to Create Training That Works in the Digital Age is now available for purchase on Amazon. You may choose a print or digital edition. The book is meant to be a practical roadmap with lots of how-to’s you can use to create an effective, mobile training solution.

So what did you learn in class?

Written by Ken Cooper on May 14, 2012

Training isn’t an event. It’s not a separate function. It should be totally integrated into everyday processes. Supervisors have to know the content themselves. They need to be trained to coach to it. The performance management system…

Employee Engagement: What’s the Payoff?

Written by Ryan Eudy on May 12, 2012

If I were to tell you that the overall cost of low engagement to U.S. businesses is between $292 and $355 Billion, that’s Billion with a “B”, would you think employee engagement is not worth the time, trouble, and money to make sure you have a highly engaged workforce?

4 Steps to Manage User Generated Content

Written by dan.cooper on May 11, 2012

The biggest pitfall we see is that companies just hand out video cameras or tell people to send in content from there phone with no plan. Just send them out and hope. Hope is not a plan so here’s some tips to start your user generated content plan.

May Updates: Giveaway, Webinar + More

Written by jennifer.hoyt on May 10, 2012

Take a look at what’s happening this month here at ej4. Save up to 45% on off-the-shelf course bundles, a contest to win a Kindle Fire, new titles, and a webinar with Brandon-Hall.

Whiteboard Wednesdays: Content Delivery

Written by ej4 on May 9, 2012

Whiteboard Wednesday: There’s a lot of talk about hosting content “in the cloud”. What does that mean exactly for learning content? Watch this weeks Whiteboard Wednesday to see how we use a CDN or Content Delivery Network to make our content readily available.