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Seven Tips to Improve Performance
 Acquiring new technology is a proven way to increase productivity. But it isn't the only way. What if funding isn't available? Good managers don't just sit and wait. They streamline operations and boost performance regardless of the funding cycle.
By George Linkletter
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See why thousands of MyKnowIt users are enjoying the new features of the Winter '07 Release.
The new features are based around increasing the user-friendly atmosphere of the administration tools. Now Creating, adding, and managing content is faster and easier than ever.
From posting a single video file to launching a complex training initiative, the MyKnowIt administration tools allow you to have it operational in minutes instead of hours.
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The Growth of Training!
By Training Magazine
The growth in in training spending this year
is significant,” says Josh Bersin, founder of Bersin & Associates, an Oakland, Calif.-based industry research and advisory firm. “It illustrates three important trends: first, the continued growth in the U.S. economy; second, a maturing of investments in e-learning, leading organizations to realize excellent returns on their technology-based training programs; and third, a new focus
on talent management and employee
development to deal with talent gaps in
the global workforce.”
Most training groups also have added staff over the past 12 months. On average, the number of training-related staff positions has increased 6 percent over last year, to an average of 6.7 training staff for every 1,000 learners.
But although many firms are adding training staff, total payroll spending has not increased proportionally. In fact, training payroll spending over the past five years has been relatively flat. This is
due, in part, to the fact that as senior training staffers retire, they are replaced by younger, lower-cost workers.
In addition, the mix of job roles within training organizations has been changing in recent years. In the past, organizations
were heavily staffed with trainers. With the rise of e-learning, training groups have hired higher proportions of content developers and technology specialists, roles that come at a lower cost than a senior trainer or instructor.“Training organizations are shifting their staffing models away from a dominant focus on trainers,” Bersin says. “Today’s training organizations are younger and more focused on design, e-learning, and service and support activities, and are now outsourcing much of the delivery.”
Another survey trend is that the proportion of training dollars spent on salaries is declining. A few years ago, more than 70 cents of every training dollar went to payroll. Today the figure is about 65 cents. With the increase in e-learning, organizations are spending a greater proportion of their training budgets on learning technologies and
outside services.
They are spending proportionally less on internal staff salaries. The learning and development (L&D) function has grown in stature within organizations over the past few years. Economic growth, new governmental regulations, and the challenges of an aging workforce
have made learning and development a strategic business function.
More organizations are viewing training as a key component to their longterm success, and are increasing L&D funding to invest in the future.
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"This book is an entertaining and practical guide for every trainer and performance improvement professional as it tackles the three universal and persistent questions of the profession--how do learners learn, why do learners learn, and how do you ensure that learning sticks. This interactive book with it fun and breezy style illustrate the authors' point of view that learning should be active and enjoyable. Playful illustrations demonstrate the solid research that back up the authors' contentions and help readers separate learning myth from fact to dispel beliefs and practices that often harm the instructional process."
--Editorial Review, Amazon
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