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We recently sat down with Debbie Smith, Customer Education Program Manager at Braze, as well as this year’s CEDMA Vendor Trustee. Debbie has been working in education for more than 20 years, and was kind enough to share some of the trends that she’s seeing in the ILT and VILT space, including her insights about…

Training is changing. Where traditionally you might have sat in front of a charismatic leader or coach and learned passively, today people are expecting training solutions to be equally available and beneficial from home. This is not just a COVID-19 thing, but there’s no doubt that the global pandemic has sped up the process. Almost…

Governments and businesses around the world have felt the social and economical impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are many considerations for company managers to make during these next few months, from reorganizing supply chains to ensuring safety among staff and clients. But what about company training? With working from home becoming standardized, it’s becoming…

Have you seen this infographic by McKinsey Research that looks at the projected influence of COVID-19 on cybersecurity spending? Looking closely at the data, it’s clear that outside of the obvious drive to protect employees and customers physically from the risk of the pandemic, there is also a shift in terms of technology, media and…

Over the past two years, more than 1000 personnel who work in the Directorate of Maritime and Engineering Logistics under the Department of Defence in Australia have been trained in Configuration Management tools and Asset Management Software. The department has used a straightforward process, where trainers go out on the road with their laptops in…

This post was originally published on February 7, 2016 and updated August 4, 2020. Create a Virtual Training Environment that is Identical to the Best Local Classroom Experience Anyone involved in training knows full well the benefits of delivering virtual training remotely. The tool that often comes to mind for organizing virtual learning online classes…

CloudShare recently announced results of a survey we commissioned in Q2 to understand training challenges brought about by COVID-19 and the potential solutions. When asked what technology would see increased investment in order to improve virtual learning, 35% of respondents said virtual IT labs, second only to virtual conferencing, far ahead of augmented reality, gamification…

Sports has to be one of the hardest-hit industries of the COVID-19 global pandemic. At first, it seemed like football could end up wholly unaffected. After all, while the NBA had its season halted midway, and baseball teams learned to cope with a delayed season, the pandemic hit at the right time of year for…

It’s time to take that training strategy you’ve been working on and make it real. Let’s talk about selling the business case of your virtual training program. But before we get into it, there are three key elements to making a successful pitch to management. We will get to those in just a little bit,…

Did you know that the global expenditure for organizational training is approximately USD $370 billion? It’s clear that businesses are scrambling to upgrade their learning and development (L&D) programs for more experienced employees and business partners. But is the investment really working out? A report from Gartner tells us that many employees lack the skills…

Has the recent pandemic got you thinking about moving your software training program in the cloud? If you’ve put off moving to remote learning, now is definitely the time. Not only that, but you may find that it changes the way you do training forever. Learning how to build your training program for the future…