Buying Learning Systems
As 2018 ends, the technology awards season is kicking into full swing. So I’m not surprised when Talented Learning fans ask me when we’ll announce our annual LMS Awards. (Spoiler alert), I’m not revealing awards today but they
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Remember the excitement you felt as a kid when you opened a holiday gift? Even as adults, there’s nothing quite like the joy of adding something new to our lives. But sooner or later, the thrill wears off. Most of the once-shiny objects that
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Earlier this year, I was fortunate to be interviewed by one of the learning community’s most talented instructional designers and thought leaders, Connie Malamed (aka “The eLearning Coach“). The resulting podcast is titled
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As an independent learning systems consultant, I’m often asked to share my opinion about what’s happening in the LMS market. Last month, I published a mid-year learning technology trends update. At that time, I promised to share
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It happens at least once a week. I bump into LinkedIn posts from learning professionals who are overwhelmed by LMS challenges. Often, these posts attract dozens of responses from LMS vendors, each claiming they offer the best solution, based on
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Once upon a time, HR and learning organizations focused exclusively on training and development of corporate employees. Those days are long gone. Everything changed with the dawn of modern learning technology and other digital enterprise
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When we founded Talented Learning four years ago, we set out on a mission to map the world of learning management technology. Hundreds of new platforms were flooding the market and as a former long-term LMS sales executive, I knew the landscape
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Every LMS buyer faces challenges, but global LMS buyers have the roughest road of all. Why? How can you move through the complexity and make a viable choice? Why Is It So Tough to Choose a Global LMS? Let’s start with the basics. There
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Global LMS — What does that term mean to you? Truth is, it means different things to different organizations. At its most basic level, a global LMS delivers learning content in English (or another single language) to all of its users,
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The Weather Is Heating Up — So Is Learning Technology Thought Leadership! (EDITOR’S UPDATE: Live webinars have ended, but links to replays of all sessions are included below, so you can attend at your convenience.) As spring shifts
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What is the best learning platform for a commercial training provider? As a learning technology analyst and consultant, I’ve been asked that question more than a few times. Honestly, there is no obvious “silver bullet” answer.
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Why does everything about the LMS market seem so complex? To find the best learning technology fit, we must sort through various learning platform types, license models, functionality, integration capacity, implementation services (or lack of)
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Do you sell learning content online? If you don’t, chances are you will soon. And if you already offer online courses, you’re probably looking for ways to expand this line of business. Why Are Online Courses So Attractive? What’s
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Making Sense of LMS License Models Throughout the last month, I’ve reviewed 12 RFP responses for 3 different LMS business scenarios: association learning, commercial training and corporate channel/customer education. These buying
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At Talented Learning, we help all kinds of organizations big and small find the right LMS for their needs. With 13 years in LMS sales and now nearly 3 years as LMS selection consultants, we’ve been directly involved in $65,000,000 worth of LMS
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Is the LMS RFP a Necessary Evil? A Nice-to-Have? Or Something More? A Request for Proposal (RFP) is one of the most widely used yet controversial tools for learning management systems buyers. Some people hate them. Others love them.
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For most of us, August means vacation. It’s the ideal time to get away and recharge before fall kicks in. But for association professionals, August brings another kind of opportunity. It’s when thousands of ASAE members come
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In the last two weeks as an LMS selection consultant, I have been on the receiving end of 24 hours of live LMS demos from eight different vendors. The vendors were competing for two unique, extended enterprise LMS opportunities. Selling learning
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With more than 700 LMS vendors in the world, competition for every sales opportunity is fierce. I know because I spent 13 years selling learning management solutions. For the last 2.5 years, I have leveraged that software sales experience as an
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You hear a lot of chatter over the last decade about how everyone hates their learning management system. Some people even think customer dissatisfaction is the reason there are 700 LMS vendors. I don’t think that is the case. I’ve spoken
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