Working Harmoniously with Difficult Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
Creating an engaging online learning experience often means working with Subject Matter Experts of every level of enthusiasm and cooperation. Unfortunately, relationships between companies, e-learning course creators and SMEs can become contentious for a variety of...
The End of an Era – Adobe® Flash®
Goodbye, Adios, Adieu, Arrivederci, Auf Weidersehen, Totsiens, Do svidania, Sayōnara, Namaste, Aloha. The time has come for goodbye. Adobe® has announced that by 2020, they will no longer support Adobe® Flash®. Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla/Firefox...
Part 2 of 2: 5 Considerations When Converting ILT to eLearning
Earlier this month, we wrote Part 1 of 2: Maximizing Your Training ROI Using eLearning. Now that you are ready to move some courses to eLearning, let's chat about the conversion process. This month we are sharing considerations when converting your ILT courses to...
Part 1 of 2: Maximizing Your Training ROI Using eLearning
Most companies and training organizations want to be both successful and efficient, and often that comes down to their Return on Investment (ROI). Companies need to know is this training going to maximize my investment in people, time, and money? Now, I know that...
Another Lesson from Ascend – Team Diversity
Last week, Realogy Corp graduated a second cohort from Ascend: The Executive Experience. This is a 46-week intensive succession leadership program, that I have been honored to be a part of, for a second year in a row. It is a program like no other. It uses a variety...
If Walls Could Talk
Earlier this month, I accompanied my parents to my very first estate sale. My parents spend their summers in Colorado and a new retirement past time is estate sale hopping. My dad is on one of those estate sale websites that alerts them of all of the local sales for...
Ascending to New Heights: A Look at Realogy’s Succession Program
At Zenith Performance Solutions, we have opportunities to work with clients that share our vision, as our name represents; Zenith: the highest point reached by a celestial or other object; the time at which something is most powerful or successful. We have a client...
Working Smarter…Not Harder…A Quick Review of Basecamp
I have heard this phrase many times throughout my career, “work smarter, not harder”. It is an interesting quote and one that makes you think…”how can I work smarter and not harder?” There are many ways to do that, it’s probably different for each person, and it...
5 Ways You Can Use Periscope for Business
Periscope is a live, streaming app recently purchased by Twitter. Because it is Twitter-owned, it connects directly with your Twitter handle. It enables you to create "on-the-go" video streams and get to a personal level with your audience. Here are just a few ways...
Stuck in a Rut? Shake it up!
Do you ever feel like you are stuck in a rut? Every Monday, painful staff meeting, rehashing what we didn't decide last week. Every Tuesday, a 2 hour marketing call. Every Wednesday, reply to the 988 emails you received from Monday and Tuesday. Thursday, is it Friday...
A New Year…A fresh start?
So out with the old and in with the new…2016 is upon us…Happy New Year! What does a new year mean for you? For me, it’s a new beginning, a fresh start. It’s exciting and a time to think about changes. My New Year starts with a low-key New Year’s celebration with...
A Thanksgiving Approach to Training
Written by: Patti Myers, Learning Experience Consultant, Zenith Performance Solutions What? Thanksgiving? Haven’t you seen the signs: “7 Saturdays till Christmas” “50 days until Christmas”…Thanksgiving, really? I know…I do love Christmas, but Thanksgiving was one of...