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	Mobile Learning: The Essential Information for Training Professionals New! For years, learning analysts have been predicting wide adoption for mobile learning. But, until now, this has not occurred. Mobile phone companies are at last seeing cell phones as miniature Web-enabled computers in people's pockets rather than as portable telephones. Consequently, smart phone sales are soaring. This report provides you with the key information you need to expand beyond a desktop-based learning strategy toward one where people can learn anywhere, anytime. Continue >
	Building and Fostering Virtual Learning Communities New! Extensive evidence suggests that effective learning communities provide important benefits for learners and their organizations. Apart from significant gains in learning, benefits include reducing isolation, enhancing collegiality, increasing job satisfaction, and Instituting new approaches to solving problems. This report provides you with the key information you need to understand and foster virtual learning communities within your organization. Continue>
	Learning Technologies for Healthcare Education and Training New! Since human lives are at stake, training in the healthcare industry is rigourous, intensive, and critical. Complicating matters, the medical world changes quickly as new procedures, practices, and technologies are introduced at an ever faster rate. To meet these challenges, healthcare has in the last decade embraced innovative learning technologies. This report provides an analysis of how the medical world uses a multitude of learning strategies to improve performance. Continue >
	Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning in Training and Development: The Business Brief New! This report provides only the key information busy learning professionals need to know about collaborative learning. What is computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL)? What can CSCL do for training and development? What can collaborative learning do for a business? What software and hardware do I need to implement CSCL? And more. Continue >
	Computer Supported Collaborative Learning in Education and Training: Case Studies and Key Resources New! This report contains 16 case studies of collaborative learning technologies being used in organizations today: This new report also contains a set of resources for users who want to go further in their quest additional information about collaborative learning. More >
	Computer-Based Collaborative Learning for Training and Development: Research and Practice New! Collaboration sounds like a positive idea. It seems friendly, helpful, and sociable. So, the term “collaborative learning” should be equally appealing — even more so when we throw technology into the mix. What’s not to like about using technology to support collaborative learning? A thorough review of the literature on using computers to support collaborative learning shows that reality is more complicated. This report contains a comprehensive overview of the current state of collaborative learning. More >
	The Push for Talent Management New! The first report in the Brandon Hall Analysis Series. "The Push for Talent Management: Analyzing Trends, Processes, Solutions, and Systems" provides a concise yet deep analysis of the issues surrounding the important topic of talent management today. In just a couple of hours of reading, you'll be up to speed on the key issues related to talent management today. More>
	The Real Story: Blended Learning New! Develop employees. Do it faster. Do it with more flexibility and social interaction. Individualize it. Moreover, do it with a reduced budget! Those are some of the challenges we face daily. Where to start? For the most learning-centric organizations, the answer is through a learning strategy that combines multiple delivery methods and formats. More>
	Talent Management: A Complete Guide to Strategies, Systems, and Issues To maintain a competitive advantage and to meet the demands of business, organizations need to identify, select, and develop their employees in a way that will both support the company’s business goals and provide employees with a clear career path. In other words, organizations must become deliberate and strategic in their programs for managing their talent. More>
	Sales Training Initiatives Sales training is often as unique to individual organizations as the products they sell. A sound sales training program is critical to meeting business goals and maintaining a competitive advantage in the marketplace. This report provides five case studies of successful sales training initiatives by such well known companies as AT&T, Avon, and HSBC. More>
	Best Practices in Sales Training How can you get real business results from sales training? We took an in-depth look at successful examples. More>
	Linking Training to the Business Goals This report provides detailed case studies and an analysis of how six industry-leading organizations make training a key driver to attaining their organizations' goals. More>
	Leadership Development If your organization is committed to developing superior managers, this report can help. It examines high-profile organizations with superior leadership development practices. More>
	How to Design for the Live Online Classroom With this report, trainers now have all of the information they need to go from tinkering with the technology to becoming an expert at designing and running live online learning initiatives. More>
	How to Manage a Large-Scale Learning Initiative Twenty years of lessons learned in the education, training, and performance improvement industries condensed into one report for you to take and use in your own learning initiatives. More>
	How To Develop a Request for Proposal RFPs can be a lot of work, but they're worth it. We've collected everything you need – including templates – to write your own Request for Proposal. More>
	Outsourcing the Training Function What's the story behind outsourcing? Find out with this report that shows you why it's a hot topic and what it means for training. More>
	Making E-Learning Work in the Nonprofit Sector The nonprofit sector is a unique industry with its own culture, language and processes. This report details the unique challenges – and opportunities – that face nonprofits in their training practices. More>
	How to Create an Internal Proposal The goal of this report is to help you develop a proposal that results in funding for your learning initiative. Comprehensive guidelines and practical tools to help you build an effective business case. More>