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Podcast 23: Open Source LMS Advantages – With Lars Hyland of Totara

June 26, 2019

Why pick an open source LMS for extended enterprise learning? Listen to the podcast with independent learning tech analyst John Leh

When and why does it make sense for organizations to choose an open source LMS as a foundation for extended enterprise learning? Find out on The Talented Learning Show! [...learn more...]

Continuing Education Providers: What’s Your Recipe for LMS Success?

November 29, 2017

Continuing education providers: What's the recipe for LMS success? Learning tech analyst John Leh explains

If you’re a continuing education provider, I bet you know just how sweet the market is. By some estimates, continuing education (CE) represents a whopping $47 billion of formal training spending in the U.S. alone. Of course, it also attracts a [...learn more...]

Salesforce Learning Solutions: AppExchange Buyers Guide

November 14, 2017

Salesforce learning solutions - AppExchange guide for LMS buyers and sellers

Last week in San Francisco it was impossible to miss the presence of Salesforce, with more than 170,000 customers, employees, developers and business partners swarming the streets during the annual Dreamforce conference. And if that wasn’t [...learn more...]

How to Attract a Loyal Learning Audience, Even on a Tight Budget

October 20, 2017

How do you attract the right learning audience for your instructional content? Try these budget-wise inbound marketing tactics

“If you build it, they will come.” We all know this iconic line from the classic film, Field of Dreams. But if you sell educational content, you know this kind of wishful thinking won’t grow your business. You can design training [...learn more...]

The Augmented LMS: New Life for Talent Management Learning?

September 26, 2017

Talent Management and the Augmented LMS: The next wave of learning technology innovation?

When we started Talented Learning nearly four years ago, our mission was to help clients find and use learning management systems that effectively support extended enterprise education. At that time, interest in training customers, channel [...learn more...]

Associations: Should You Move to a New LMS for Continuing Education?

September 20, 2017

Should your association move to a new LMS designed for continuing education? Analyst John Leh explains how to stay ahead of the curve

Love it or hate it, you have to admit that life in the learning technology “lane” is never dull or slow. Just when you think your organization is catching up with the ever-changing status quo, you take a breath, look around and — [...learn more...]

Get Ready for a Season of Learning Tech Success! Fall Webinar Series

September 11, 2017

Fall Webinars - LMS Success Series with Independent Analyst John Leh and learning tech innovators

A whole new season of learning tech guidance is coming this fall, and we saved you a front-row seat! Just in time for your 2018 planning, we’ve lined-up a fall series of webinars packed with practical advice and real-world insights you [...learn more...]

Custom Learning Experiences: Next Commercial Training Trend?

July 24, 2017

Are custom learning experiences the new trend for commercial training companies? Analyst John Leh takes a closer look

I may, in fact, be obsessed with learning technology. I spend my days anticipating, tracking, understanding and interpreting learning technology trends so I can help organizations make better buying decisions. Life in the “trend [...learn more...]

LMS Review: Docebo 7

July 13, 2017

See More Vendors in our LMS Directory The Docebo LMS has come a long way since we first reviewed it in 2014. Here was my assessment at that time: Docebo is an excellent option for your first or second internal or extended enterprise LMS. It can [...learn more...]

LMS Review: Adobe Captivate Prime

June 6, 2017

See More Vendors in our LMS Directory Somehow I made it through more than 3 years and 150 LMSs without seeing or reviewing the Adobe Captivate Prime LMS. Recently, several clients asked me about it by name, so I headed to the Adobe website for a [...learn more...]

Global LMS Functionality: Do You Speak the Language?

May 23, 2017

What should learning systems buyers look for in global lms functionality? Independent LMS analyst John Leh explains

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, [...learn more...]

5 Must-Have LMS Integrations for Commercial Training Companies

May 10, 2017

If you run a commercial training company, what LMS integrations should you have?

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. [...learn more...]

LMS Innovation: Where’s the Value?

May 3, 2017

LMS Innovation: Where is the Business Value? Q and A with learning technology analyst John Leh

If you follow my writing – even casually – you know how excited I am about the direction of LMS innovation and its ability to help organizations create business value. Unlike those who think learning management systems (LMS) are largely [...learn more...]

Continuing Education: Will You Sell More CEUs With an LMS?

April 26, 2017

Can continuing education providers sell more CEUs with an LMS (learning management system)? Independent learning technology analyst John Leh looks closer at this important issue for training providers

Continuing education is a big business. And thanks to a surge in learning technology innovation and greater demand for a workforce with proven professional skills, the business of selling continuing education units (CEUs) is growing bigger each [...learn more...]

The LMS Sandbox: How to Play For Keeps

April 18, 2017

LMS Sandbox: How do free trials and prototypes help learning systems buyers make better choices - Independent analyst John Leh explains

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) [...learn more...]

4 Corporate LMS Flavors: Which Do You Choose?

July 19, 2016

Corporate LMS - What are the four flavors you should know? Independent learning tech analyst John Leh explains

If you’ve been following the news and analysis from Talented Learning, you know that the thriving LMS market is comprised of more than 800 vendors, whose solutions can be grouped unequally and imperfectly into corporate, academic, [...learn more...]

10 Ways to Drive Revenue with an Extended Enterprise LMS

August 2, 2015

How do you drive revenues with an extended enterprise LMS? Independent learning tech analyst John Leh explains

Extended enterprise learning is all about business. The business of training people in your business community who are not employees. The business of accelerating growth, expanding your reach, driving revenues, operating to achieve profits (not [...learn more...]

A Cloud LMS By Any Other Name

August 15, 2014

What is a Cloud LMS? (And what isn't it?) Independent learning tech analyst John Leh sorts through the confusing language of today's LMS market

“It is nor Social, nor Mobile Nor NextGen, nor Gamified, Nor any other LMS Belonging to the Cloud. O, be some other name! What’s in a name? That which we call a Cloud LMS By any other name would be so sweet? “ That’s some [...learn more...]

LMS Review: WBT Systems TopClass LMS

April 3, 2014

See More Vendors in our LMS Directory Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Ireland, WBT Systems is a leading provider of eLearning software. WBT Systems targets the association market and extended enterprise in the commercial space. WBT’s [...learn more...]

The #1 Stupid Decision When Buying an LMS

March 27, 2014

What is the top mistake when buying an LMS? Independent learning tech analyst John Leh explains

I’m going to help you avoid the #1 stupid decision when buying a learning management system (LMS). I probably won’t make any new friends on the vendor side but you should listen to me because I sold and led sales teams selling over one [...learn more...]