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For many centuries that followed the invention of writing and reading, education was confined within the walls of classrooms. Consequently, teaching was dubbed a noble profession, with teachers commanding absolute respect as icons and ambassadors for k…

Announcing its biggest deal yet, Microsoft said Monday it was acquiring LinkedIn for $26.2 billion, or $196 per share, in cash.

With a network of more than 433 million professionals, LinkedIn’s integration with Microsoft is a major step in the world of cloud computing and social networking.

Leonardo da Vinci once wrote “Learning never exhausts the mind.” Unfortunately, da Vinci did not live in today’s world of ever-shortening attention spans and an ever-lengthening work week.

In the training business, level one surveys are ubiquitous. Ever since Donald Kirkpatrick created the four levels of evaluation as a way to assess training programs, the level one survey, which is designed to measure students’ reaction to the training event is by far the most dominant.

Employees are not the only people who must be brought up to speed and trained on company practices and procedures. Onboarding is also an effective way to acclimate external partners to the organization, providing a baseline of information to immerse th…