How to maximise PowerPoint: Part two
Learn how to effectively incorporate audio into your PowerPoint presentations to enhance engagement and impact. This guide covers best practices for using sound elements strategically within your slides.
Hacker training: Fighting fire with fire
Companies are hiring ethical hackers to test and strengthen their IT security systems against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. Universities now offer degrees in ethical hacking to train the next generation of security professionals who can identify vulnerabilities before criminals do.
How to maximise PowerPoint: Part one
Learn how to keep your PowerPoint slides consistent and maximize your presentation potential with this first video tutorial from TechSmith. Discover essential guidelines for creating professional, cohesive presentations.
Social networking: The future of learning
Social networking tools like Facebook and Twitter are transforming how employees learn and develop skills. Organizations can now deliver flexible, bite-sized training resources through familiar platforms, enabling workers to learn at their own pace while connecting with peers and experts online.
Recap Exercises
Recap exercises help reinforce learning in intensive training programs. This guide explores creative team-based activities like quizzes and games to review technical content while keeping participants engaged and motivated.
How to win friends and influence people
Discover how L&D professionals can overcome staff resistance to learning technologies. Laura Overton shares practical strategies for engaging managers and learners by identifying key influencers, aligning solutions with business priorities, and recognizing learner achievements.
Are they listening at the back? PowerPoint tips for trainers
Learn how to create effective PowerPoint presentations for training by making yourself the focal point, not your slides. Discover expert tips on preparation, structure, and delivery from experienced trainers to avoid common presentation pitfalls and truly engage your audience.
Social networks and internet need to be ‘interwoven’
The future internet requires interwoven digital identities and decentralized e-portfolios that give users control over their data, according to experts at the Learning Forum London. Rather than fragmented online identities stored centrally, developers should create platforms that connect individual digital stories and learning experiences across the web.
Learning and Skills 2010
Learning and Skills 2010 is a new L&D event launching alongside the Learning Technologies conference in January, featuring four themed theatres covering people development, learning performance, resources, and HR systems. The show showcases traditional training methods and products that comprise the majority of organizational training budgets.
Office gadgets from the future
Discover seven futuristic office gadgets that bring sci-fi innovation to your workspace, from self-adjusting ergonomic chairs and floating magnetic lamps to laser keyboards and self-stirring mugs designed to boost productivity and comfort.
Life after PowerPoint: Alternative software tools for great presentations
Explore alternatives to Microsoft PowerPoint for creating presentations, including open-source options like OpenOffice Impress, Apple’s Keynote, and cloud-based solutions. Discover both desktop and web-based tools that can enhance your presentations and reach wider audiences beyond the industry standard.
Ceratops or chameleon? Developing skills remotely
A trainer overcomes budget constraints by delivering behavioral training remotely using video conferencing technology. Contrary to initial fears, soft skills training proves effective online when sessions are well-structured with engaging discussions and exercises that work across time zones.
NEWS: Toshiba launches portable laptop/projector training twinset
Toshiba has launched a portable training system combining a 10-inch NB200 mini-notebook and TDP-F10 LED projector, both weighing under 2kg together. The bundle offers professionals a compact presentation solution with nine-hour battery life and projected pricing around £1,000 when available in May.
Please Sir, can I have some more… elearning, blended learning, wikis, forums, blogs?
A European survey reveals learners want more elearning, blended learning, and collaborative tools like blogs and wikis faster than training managers plan to implement them. The study found a significant gap between what employees desire and what organizations are actually developing.
Virtual learning: More than a Second Life
Virtual training is expanding rapidly across the UK, Germany, and the US with major corporations and universities adopting these platforms. While Second Life gained early attention, alternative virtual environments like Forterra’s OLIVE technology now offer customized, cost-effective training solutions beyond traditional seminars and travel.
The brave new future of elearning
Poor-quality elearning programs are damaging the reputation of online training despite its potential effectiveness. As remote workforces grow and classroom training becomes unsustainable, organizations must invest in engaging elearning technologies that deliver real value to learners and support business goals.
Does elearning have a future?
elearning experienced a resurgence after failing to deliver on overhyped promises in the 1990s. While traditional text-heavy elearning has no future, technology-supported learning remains essential to modern training as it becomes integrated into daily life.
Stop the courses, I want to get off!
Donald Clark criticizes the overreliance on courses in training, arguing they’re outdated, ineffective, and contradict learning psychology. He advocates for abandoning the “tick-the-box, course-driven culture” in favor of flexible, on-demand learning that uses spaced practice and real-world application.
Learning to fly: Financial training for non accountants
Non-accountants can now master financial management fundamentals through CIMA’s Business Flight Simulation Certificate, an interactive course that uses virtual business simulations to teach financial cause and effect without real-world risk. Delivered in short sessions over weeks, it helps senior executives understand interconnections between profit, loss, and cash flow management.
A masterclass in elearning
Discover practical strategies for implementing elearning in your organization. Expert advice covers starting simple with pilot programs, effective marketing, securing executive sponsorship, and focusing on quality over quantity to create compelling learning environments.