Today Training Industry has released 2008 Emerging Leaders in Training Outsourcing companies list. I am wondering, by looking at the list of companies. The companies such as Aptech, Tata, Disney and Aptara are from the very beginning of the training industry and Mzinga, Microtek, Tricore and others are new players. So I am confused on what basis the companies have been selected as Emerging Leaders in Training Outsourcing. Is it their process or the industry recognition? Or does it mean that Aptech, Tata, Disney and others are emerging now? Could anyone suggest me, what would be the basic parameters to select anyone in the Emerging Leaders in Training Outsourcing?
*2008 Emerging Leaders in Training Outsourcing*
*The Learning Factor
*The Training Associates
*Mzinga
*Tricore Interactive, Inc.
*PerformTech, Inc.
*MicroTek
*Technical Training, Inc. (TTi)
*Vangent, Inc.
*Aptech Ltd
*Disney Institute
*Xpertise Training Limited
*Aptara, Inc.
*Tata Interactive Systems
*Learning Tree International
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Ten Web 2.0 Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes to Be a More Successful E-learning Professional
The following findings are of eLearn Magazine Editor-in-Chief Lisa Neal's blog post "Ten Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes To Be a More Successful e-learning Professional." After reading, I find this good to keep on my post.
1. Find an e-learning conference to go to and send an email to your manager giving 10 reasons why this will help you perform better. If travel is a problem, find a local seminar to go to.
2. Find an e-learning conference to submit to. It is much better to go to a conference as a speaker and the process of figuring out what you want to talk about and writing an abstract will be a valuable reflection process.
3. Write a short description of what you learned at the last conference or seminar you went to or the last article or book you read and circulate it to your colleagues. They will appreciate it and it will reinforce what you learned. It might also help your chances of getting funding for your next conference.
4. Do a search on “e-learning”, “instructional design”, “online degrees”, or another topic related to your job and see what people find. Refine your search and try again. Maybe you’ll find something you want to look at, maybe not. If not, use the rest of your ten minutes and search on something totally different,
like “swing dancing”, and see if you like the results better.
5. Write a note your manager with 10 reasons why you deserve a 10% salary increase. Don’t send it unless you came up with the reasons quickly. If you struggled with the list, rewrite it as the 10 things you need to do to deserve a 10% salary increase. Then act upon it.
For the rest things please click here
Thank you Lisa for giving special permission to include this on my blog.
1. Find an e-learning conference to go to and send an email to your manager giving 10 reasons why this will help you perform better. If travel is a problem, find a local seminar to go to.
2. Find an e-learning conference to submit to. It is much better to go to a conference as a speaker and the process of figuring out what you want to talk about and writing an abstract will be a valuable reflection process.
3. Write a short description of what you learned at the last conference or seminar you went to or the last article or book you read and circulate it to your colleagues. They will appreciate it and it will reinforce what you learned. It might also help your chances of getting funding for your next conference.
4. Do a search on “e-learning”, “instructional design”, “online degrees”, or another topic related to your job and see what people find. Refine your search and try again. Maybe you’ll find something you want to look at, maybe not. If not, use the rest of your ten minutes and search on something totally different,
like “swing dancing”, and see if you like the results better.
5. Write a note your manager with 10 reasons why you deserve a 10% salary increase. Don’t send it unless you came up with the reasons quickly. If you struggled with the list, rewrite it as the 10 things you need to do to deserve a 10% salary increase. Then act upon it.
For the rest things please click here
Thank you Lisa for giving special permission to include this on my blog.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Why Elearning?
Learning industry has identified an excellent system for knowledge transfer at the workplace. Through a user friendly and effective approach, “Elearning” is increasing its supporters every second. It saves a lot of time of the learners to travel to the classes, compromised work or not being able to work at all. However Elearning has provided extensive possibility to attend the classes online at any time and from any part of the world.
Popularity and potential of the Elearning can be analyzed by burgeoning number of Elearning development and consulting companies. Elearning environment provides custom, in time, easily accessible and overall cost effective learning mode. E-delivery of learning content helps in better understanding, efficient and productive way to the learners.
One of many reasons why Elearning is being opted by the learning industry is the continuous updates of the tools and technologies and being available to make Elearning content rapidly developed, interactive and more engaging for the learners.
By looking at number of industry surveys and market analysis Elearning surely going to be a milestone!
Popularity and potential of the Elearning can be analyzed by burgeoning number of Elearning development and consulting companies. Elearning environment provides custom, in time, easily accessible and overall cost effective learning mode. E-delivery of learning content helps in better understanding, efficient and productive way to the learners.
One of many reasons why Elearning is being opted by the learning industry is the continuous updates of the tools and technologies and being available to make Elearning content rapidly developed, interactive and more engaging for the learners.
By looking at number of industry surveys and market analysis Elearning surely going to be a milestone!
Is it the right time for emergence of Web 3.0?
The industry is hyping web 3.0, in support of this VC companies are making funds to Web 3.0 start up companies. I guess there is no such benchmark or line to start or stop to work on Web 2.0 technologies. As per me it is too early to talk about Web 3.0. Since still we are exploring Web 2.0. If we have some very good technology or idea and we are positioning at web 3.0, I will suggest why we don’t see it as a value addition to Web 2.0. In this way we can broaden the boundary of Web 3.0 and also can control our anxiety to touch 3.0.
If we think from customer’s perspective, they are always ready to accept new technologies. However it is purely depend upon how to utilize the technology in a proper way for the benefit of the customers.
I came across various articles where peoples are talking more about “Web 3.0 means end of GOOGLE?”, “What industry is planning to go forward with the hyped Web 3.0?” and “Is industry ready to adapt this forthcoming technology?
To conclude this, I am pretty sure whether Web 3.0 emerges or not, industry is very much matured to accept the challenges.
If we think from customer’s perspective, they are always ready to accept new technologies. However it is purely depend upon how to utilize the technology in a proper way for the benefit of the customers.
I came across various articles where peoples are talking more about “Web 3.0 means end of GOOGLE?”, “What industry is planning to go forward with the hyped Web 3.0?” and “Is industry ready to adapt this forthcoming technology?
To conclude this, I am pretty sure whether Web 3.0 emerges or not, industry is very much matured to accept the challenges.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Who's Blogging?
As blogging has started to be a big part of everyone’s professional as well as personal life, it is the best way to connect with the customers. According to research 11.6 percent of the Fortune 500 companies are blogging & as per me the numbers are pretty low. So I am trying to understand what’s bothering them from not to blog and stay connected with their clients.
Per Ragamuffin Soul website there are 112,000,000 blogs in the world and the number is growing day by day like a virus. Blogging is a mean of communicating with the highly dispersed workforce and customers. A simple blog helps the employees and customers to learn more about the organization. For instance, check out the Raptivity, which is used to interface with the clients.
In this age of terrible customer service, blogging serves as a way to restore the confidence in the corporates & organizations, also it leads to improve products and services.
Knowing all this, I am still amazed why only 58 Fortune 500 companies are blogging.
Per Ragamuffin Soul website there are 112,000,000 blogs in the world and the number is growing day by day like a virus. Blogging is a mean of communicating with the highly dispersed workforce and customers. A simple blog helps the employees and customers to learn more about the organization. For instance, check out the Raptivity, which is used to interface with the clients.
In this age of terrible customer service, blogging serves as a way to restore the confidence in the corporates & organizations, also it leads to improve products and services.
Knowing all this, I am still amazed why only 58 Fortune 500 companies are blogging.
Self-Evaluation
Self-Evaluation is defined as measuring oneself against a standard of excellence. The standard may be one's own past performance, an objective measure, the performance of others, tough goals, or even something no one has ever done.
Following are some examples & aspects of Self-Evaluation
Planning and Initiative
Teamwork and Cooperation
Client-Service Orientation
Critical Thinking
Developing Others
Expertise
Flexibility
Impact and Influence
Information Seeking
Listening, Understanding and Responding
Organizational Awareness
Self-confidence
Self control
Team Leadership
Planning and initiative
Planning and initiative mean undertaking initiatives whenever possible. This competency pertains to current projects as well as to future opportunities or challenges. To what extent does the person not only think ahead but also act on future needs and opportunities?
Teamwork and co-operation
Teamwork and co-operation call for a strong willingness to work closely with colleagues or with other employees toward a common goal (task force, special issue) as opposed to working alone or in competition with others. To what extent does the person act to enhance the operation of his or her team?
Client-service orientation
Client-service orientation implies helping or serving others, to meet their needs. It means focussing on discovering those needs and figuring out how to best meet them. The term "clients" refers to both internal and external clients. To what extent does the person act on behalf of the person being served?
Concern for order and quality
Concern for order and quality is the desire to see things done logically, clearly and well; it takes various forms: Monitoring and checking work or information, insisting on the clarity of roles and duties, setting up and maintaining information systems. To what extent does the person pay attention to details and organize them?
Critical thinking
Critical thinking is the ability to break a situation down into smaller pieces to identify its key or underlying issues. It includes not only organizing the parts of a problem systematically and comparing all the aspects of a problem, but also figuring out cause-and-effect relationships (if...then...) that can help solve it. To what extent does the person understand cause-and-effect relationships, establish constants, gather items into coherent groupings, and find new ways to look at things?
Developing others
Developing others is the desire to foster the long-term growth of others, but without playing the role of a formal trainer or facilitator. To what extent does the person help others grow personally and professionally in the long-term?
Expertise
Sharing of expertise means both the motivation to expand and use one's knowledge, and the willingness to share this knowledge with others. To what extent does the person share his or her expertise with others?
Flexibility
Flexibility is the ability to work effectively in a variety of situations, and with various individuals or groups. It entails understanding and appreciating different and opposing perspectives on an issue, adapting one's approach to the changes at hand, and easily accepting and making such changes, be they in one's own duties. To what extent can the person change gears or drop the task at hand when circumstances demand it?
Impact and influence
Impact and influence imply the will to convince or influence others so that they end up supporting the speaker's plan or ideas. To what extent does the person use persuasion tactics?
Information seeking
Information seeking is driven by an underlying desire to know more about things, people or issues, beyond that required in the job. This competency may include searching extensively for exact information, solving problems by asking a series of questions, or stockpiling information that may be of future use. To what extent does the person go beyond the obvious to stay on top of information?
Listening, understanding and responding
Listening, understanding and responding combine to create effective interaction with others. They include the principle of dealing with people in a direct, open, trusting and respectful manner. To what extent does the person care about what others have to say?
Organizational Awareness
Organizational awareness is the ability to understand and use the power relationships. It is therefore the ability to identify the real decision makers and the individuals who can influence them; finally, it involves predicting how events will affect both staff in general as well as specific groups. To what extent is the person sensitive to the realities of the politics and structure?
Self-control
Self-control is the ability to cap one's emotions to avoid negative reactions when provoked, when faced with opposition or hostility, or when working under stress. It also includes the ability to stay focused despite prolonged stress. To what extent can the person control or properly channel strong emotions such as anger?
Team Leadership
Team leadership is the willingness to head a group and, as such, the desire to direct others. This competency is generally, but not always, shown in positions that involve formal authority. To what extent does the person bring a group of people to work effectively and in harmony?
Following are some examples & aspects of Self-Evaluation
Planning and Initiative
Teamwork and Cooperation
Client-Service Orientation
Critical Thinking
Developing Others
Expertise
Flexibility
Impact and Influence
Information Seeking
Listening, Understanding and Responding
Organizational Awareness
Self-confidence
Self control
Team Leadership
Planning and initiative
Planning and initiative mean undertaking initiatives whenever possible. This competency pertains to current projects as well as to future opportunities or challenges. To what extent does the person not only think ahead but also act on future needs and opportunities?
Teamwork and co-operation
Teamwork and co-operation call for a strong willingness to work closely with colleagues or with other employees toward a common goal (task force, special issue) as opposed to working alone or in competition with others. To what extent does the person act to enhance the operation of his or her team?
Client-service orientation
Client-service orientation implies helping or serving others, to meet their needs. It means focussing on discovering those needs and figuring out how to best meet them. The term "clients" refers to both internal and external clients. To what extent does the person act on behalf of the person being served?
Concern for order and quality
Concern for order and quality is the desire to see things done logically, clearly and well; it takes various forms: Monitoring and checking work or information, insisting on the clarity of roles and duties, setting up and maintaining information systems. To what extent does the person pay attention to details and organize them?
Critical thinking
Critical thinking is the ability to break a situation down into smaller pieces to identify its key or underlying issues. It includes not only organizing the parts of a problem systematically and comparing all the aspects of a problem, but also figuring out cause-and-effect relationships (if...then...) that can help solve it. To what extent does the person understand cause-and-effect relationships, establish constants, gather items into coherent groupings, and find new ways to look at things?
Developing others
Developing others is the desire to foster the long-term growth of others, but without playing the role of a formal trainer or facilitator. To what extent does the person help others grow personally and professionally in the long-term?
Expertise
Sharing of expertise means both the motivation to expand and use one's knowledge, and the willingness to share this knowledge with others. To what extent does the person share his or her expertise with others?
Flexibility
Flexibility is the ability to work effectively in a variety of situations, and with various individuals or groups. It entails understanding and appreciating different and opposing perspectives on an issue, adapting one's approach to the changes at hand, and easily accepting and making such changes, be they in one's own duties. To what extent can the person change gears or drop the task at hand when circumstances demand it?
Impact and influence
Impact and influence imply the will to convince or influence others so that they end up supporting the speaker's plan or ideas. To what extent does the person use persuasion tactics?
Information seeking
Information seeking is driven by an underlying desire to know more about things, people or issues, beyond that required in the job. This competency may include searching extensively for exact information, solving problems by asking a series of questions, or stockpiling information that may be of future use. To what extent does the person go beyond the obvious to stay on top of information?
Listening, understanding and responding
Listening, understanding and responding combine to create effective interaction with others. They include the principle of dealing with people in a direct, open, trusting and respectful manner. To what extent does the person care about what others have to say?
Organizational Awareness
Organizational awareness is the ability to understand and use the power relationships. It is therefore the ability to identify the real decision makers and the individuals who can influence them; finally, it involves predicting how events will affect both staff in general as well as specific groups. To what extent is the person sensitive to the realities of the politics and structure?
Self-control
Self-control is the ability to cap one's emotions to avoid negative reactions when provoked, when faced with opposition or hostility, or when working under stress. It also includes the ability to stay focused despite prolonged stress. To what extent can the person control or properly channel strong emotions such as anger?
Team Leadership
Team leadership is the willingness to head a group and, as such, the desire to direct others. This competency is generally, but not always, shown in positions that involve formal authority. To what extent does the person bring a group of people to work effectively and in harmony?
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