Finding Great eLearning Voice Talent
A great voice can take any eLearning project from good to great. So, how do you find the perfect voice talent for your eLearning projects? Let us share some of our best practices. Reach out to your instructional designer circles. Instructional designers love to share....
Networking with other IDs: A “Show Your Work” Learning Circle
Are you part of a small team, or maybe even a one-person team? As instructional designers and eLearning Developers, we often are a "one-person shop." We are a department of one, one lonely trainer, one solitary instructional designer, one remote developer. It can feel...
Post-Conference High…Now What Happens?
Is this you? You have just experienced the best conference EVER! Your brain is full of ideas and knowledge and new ideas are brewing. You walk out of the conference excited and motivated and ready to implement everything you have learned. You are officially...
Online Learning Conference 2015
That's a wrap...another amazing few days meeting new people, reconnecting with old friends, and learning from amazing experts in the field of instructional design and eLearning. The event, which happened to take place in our hometown, Denver, Colorado, was well...
If your shoes could talk, what would they say?
Have you ever thought about what your shoes would say if they could talk? What stories could they tell? What lessons could they share? What travels have they taken? Our team is virtual, all working in different areas of Colorado and even one as far as Texas, so as a...
To Storyboard or Not to Storyboard?, some additional thoughts…
I came across this blog today, To Storyboard or not to Storyboard by Ben Saunders, @BOnlineLearning. I found it a great read actually because this is something our team ponders at the beginning of many projects. Let me just tell you where I stand on this topic. I...
Zenith Performance Solutions Wins 2014 Brandon Hall Bronze Award for Excellence
DENVER, CO (November 24, 2014) – Zenith Performance Solutions, a leading provider for innovative eLearning and training, is the recipient of the Brandon Hall 2014 Bronze Award for Excellence in the Best Custom Content category. The award is in honor of a custom...
What’s the Value in a Tradeshow?
At ZPS, we are a learning and development company. We get most of our work from word-of-mouth and referrals. However, we have had some discussion within our team around tradeshows. So, for all you businesses, we thought we would share our process for determining if...
What? Denver is listed as the worst places to work?
I came across an article this weekend, "The 10 Best and Worst Cities for Workers," and I am giddy thinking to myself how well Denver will fare until I click the link and discover….WHAT?...Denver is on the WORST list. It can't be true. I love my job. I think others in...
Social Style and Change
Most of the time, I am the consultant, the third party who views an organization through the window. I have the unique opportunity to watch the interactions of the organization through a unique lens. I have been working with an organization who is in the throws of ...
Articulate Storyline or Studio ’13?
I hear this question a lot from other developers, which tool should I pick? I answer, "it depends on your content and several other factors. It isn't a cut and dry answer." This past year, ZPS has been on somewhat of a road show presenting at ASTD ICE, Training 2013...
Why you should hire a graphic designer
Graphic designers are everywhere. Some people like them and some people don’t. But I’m here to shed some light on why you should hire a graphic designer, instead of doing the graphics yourself. But first we thought we would share why you shouldn’t date a graphic...