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Training the Trainer How to Create Microlearning

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Microlearning is a way to solve the problems facing educators and trainers of today: dwindling attention spans, knowledge workers with less time, companies’ shrinking budgets, and perhaps most challenging –technology’s rapid evolution that makes it expire nearly as fast as it’s produced.

Microlearningis a new kind of training for the digital age. This playbook offers strategies for applying this methodology to your own curriculum –a positive step in gaining back lost productivity and finding affordable, effective training for a more digitally capable workforce.

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How to Prepare for the PMP® and CAPM® Boot Camp

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In my last article I explained why I think attending a well-built PMP boot camp is a critical step to being successful when writing the PMP exam. Simply put, there is so much complex theory to understand, most people find it helpful to have it explained in detail. They find working with other individuals who are working toward the same goal and having the opportunity to work with a facilitator who can explain the PMI methodology, are tangible benefits that are not available from reading a book.

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SHRM 2015 Professionals Rate Skills Gaps Factors, See How You Compare

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Figuring out that Taylor Swift is a bankable artist is easy. The signs are everywhere. But, trying to figure out where your human resources peers stand on a hot topic like skills gaps is harder to decipher. Until now. At this year’s Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) annual conference our Global Knowledge team conducted a survey to benchmark attendees on how they approach skills gaps, the primary causes for skill deficiencies and their progress towards closing the gaps.

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