Welcome to the Channel and Partner LMS Resource Center!
For 10 years, we’ve been guiding successful partner and channel LMS buyers, practitioners and vendors. This growing collection of useful resources brings together the best of our advice: articles, podcasts, on-demand webinars, videos, whitepapers, case studies and much, much more. Feel free to visit anytime so you can make the most of your partner and channel LMS investment!
The use case with the most difficult and challenging requirements is partner and channel learning. Why? Because dealer, franchise and other partner organizations have many remote locations that are employee or franchise run driving complex use cases.
Channel and Partner LMS Use Cases
There are many ways to leverage a channel and partner LMS and online learning. Click on the boxes below to learn more
ATTRACT
Find new high quality partnersDrive Qualified Leads
Providing education to enable partners, franchises and the channel makes it easy to stand out and attract new partners
ONBOARD
Streamline new client orientationAccelerate Time to Value
Get your new customers successful fast with adaptive onboarding curriculum
SUPPORT
Keep your partners smart and productiveBoost Satisfaction and Loyalty
Proactively educate partners about relevant new products, processes and capabilities
Best Channel and Partner Learning System Solutions
These award-winning solutions have been rated high in the ability to support franchise, partner and channel educational opportunities, based on research by our Founder and Lead Analyst, John Leh. Click on any of the logos below to visit their Talented Learning in-depth profile that contains reviews, demos, detailed information, videos, thought leadership and much more.
Want to Educate Dealer Franchises Online? Try These Expert Tips
To sell products successfully, dealer franchises need to keep staff informed and up to date. How can brands help by providing online learning? Check these tips from a partner training expert
Customer and Partner Training: Best Practices for Measuring ROI
Educating customers and partners can have big business benefits, but how can you measure those results? Check out this advice from customer education expert Nick Eriksen...
Channel and Partner Learning: Top 10 Case Studies
Case studies are an ideal way to determine the strengths of any LMS vendor. This post highlights the top 10 channel and partner learning case studies we've found when researching learning systems that serve a cross-section of industries...
Supply Chain Training: Mapping Your Ecosystem
Supply chain training isn't for the faint of heart; these partner networks are some of the most advanced ecosystems in the extended enterprise learning world.
Partner Training: What’s the Best Advice I’ve Heard?
It's our job to evolve and adapt the program in a way that helps franchisees meet their objectives, while keeping in mind that we want to put out the best training we can to support DQ brand objectives.
7 Types of LMS Solutions
Certainly, many LMSs position themselves as "good for anything you need," but the majority have trended intentionally or accidentally towards being "really good at something specific."
Are You Overlooking Today’s Hottest Corporate Learning Trend?
I'm beginning to think that an astonishing number of L&D practitioners aren't paying attention to today’s most promising organizational learning trend.
Is Open Source Ready for Extended Enterprise Learning?
Large employee-focused LMS vendors can provide more hands-on professional service, but this comes at a steep incremental cost beyond license fees.
Extended Enterprise LMS Buyers Companion – 2019 Edition
If you're familiar with Talented Learning, you know we're fiercely independent consultants focused on one goal – to help you choose the best extended enterprise LMS for your needs.
How Practice and Feedback Drive Deeper Learning
Unless we know how people want to use knowledge and skills, we're unlikely to develop deep learning experiences that help them apply what they learn.
What to Expect in a Channel Partner LMS
One of the best ways to improve usability is through automation that personalizes the learning experience; everything should be tailored precisely to the visitor's persona.
Best Channel and Partner Case Studies
One of the best ways to rate and judge learning vendors is by the quality and quantity of their public client case studies. Clients have to be successful and happy with their vendor solution before they ever agree to public case studies. Click on any of the logos below to view the best channel and partner case studies.
Mapping the Best Channel and Partner LMSs
What learning systems are you considering for your channel learning needs? To understand more clearly how the top 40 commercial LMSs compare, check our proprietary RightFit Solution Grid. In a single visual snapshot, this free decision support map aligns both vendor capabilities and buyer characteristics. Using this grid is simple. Just choose the buying persona that most closely describes your business realities, and you’ll see solutions that best match your requirements.
RightFit Grid Up Close: Watch This Short Video
Get the 2023 LMS RightFit Grid – Free!
Download the LMS RightFit Solution Grid, along with our guide to interpreting each of the four quadrants. A must-read resource for learning systems decision makers!
Listen to Expert Advice — Podcast Episodes
Hear (or read) John Leh interview channel, franchise, partner, distributor, wholesaler experts about their learning platforms and environments on the Talented Learning Show Podcast
How to Buy Parter and Customer LMSs — CE Lab
Our CEO John Leh was recently interviewed by customer ed expert Dave Derington on the Customer Education Lab Podcast about the ins and outs of buying a LMS. Check out the video below or read the edited transcript here.
Watch On-Demand Channel and Partner Webinars
Join the Talented Learning Center membership site to review many of our on-demand webinars and panel discussions about this topic…
Expert Voices
Check out these video interviews with partner and channel LMS experts:
Lefteris Ntouanoglou, Schoox
Brett Strauss, NetExam
Inside the Partner, Channel, Franchise and Retail Education LMS Buying Process
We’ve been helping LMS buyers find the best solutions for their unique business needs for 10+ years. Find out about the exclusive 9-step buying process we use to assist buyers at every stage of the selection process, from preliminary research to contract negotiation. To learn more, click on any of these 9 steps:
Independent Customer Education LMS Research
Don’t buy an LMS for customer education without our 2023 Learning Systems Market Report. Compare top solutions on 50+ key decision factors and get access to practical, in-depth ratings and reviews!
Partner, Channel LMS Basics
New to the topic? Start here with these short instructional videos:
What is Partner and Channel Learning?
Franchise Performance and the Modern LMS
Buying a Partner, Channel or Franchise LMS? Schedule a Free Call
Choosing a partner LMS is no easy task. Don’t do it alone! Use the form below to schedule a free consultation with our Lead Analyst, John Leh:
