Getting Learners Engaged

Creating engaging learning programs is no small feat. Companies need to know what drives their learners and understand how learning programs are connected to business outcomes. Bringing this knowledge to a skilled content creation partner can be a great strategy for driving learner engagement. easier said than done. Brandon Hall Group Smartchoice Preferred Provider Upside Learning has years of experience creating these kind of learning programs for their clients. They approach custom content creation from a partner perspective, working with their clients to understand exactly what they need to achieve. They then create material with the look and feel that best suits their needs.

Connecting Communities: How Organizations Create a Better Workplace through Giving

The technology piece of course is what isolved Giving & Volunteering is all about. There have been many hardships and pressures on the workforce but that does not mean we must lose our sense of togetherness. As one of the few solutions with the means to help employees express their desire to engage with each other — and their community — isolved is doing more than healing to solve a problem; they are giving the workforce the means to help each other.

Learning Gems Unearthed by the Pandemic

Brandon Hall Group Smartchoice Preferred Provider Totara has partnered with several companies that fit this description. For example, Etex Building Performance UK, part of a larger, Belgian family-owned manufacturing business with about 500 employees, many of whom are not very tech-savvy. During lockdown in the UK, the Totara platform was renamed the Learning & Communication Hub and became a critical tool for keeping the company connected, informed and productive.

Perceptyx’s Recent Acquisitions Empower Organizations to Have Better Conversations with Their Workforce

Perceptyx acquired Waggl, an employee voice platform and CultureIQ, a culture management solution. This made immediate sense due to Perceptyx’s unique blend of technology and service. For those not yet aware of Perceptyx, they’re an employee survey and people analytics vendor that creates engagements built upon listening to employees through their technology, then providing guidance to act upon those insights.

‘New’ Skillsoft Quickly Expands Offerings with Acquisition of Digital Coaching Platform

Less than three weeks after combining into a larger, publicly traded company, Skillsoft Corp. expanded its leadership development portfolio with the acquisition of Pluma, a digital coaching platform that’s a great match for Skillsoft’s focus on helping organizations build a future-fit workforce.

Latitude CG helps the Extended Enterprise Navigate the Pandemic

Brandon Hall Group Smartchoice Preferred Provider Latitude CG spent a good chunk of 2020 diving headfirst into the extended enterprise, conducting research and interviews with more than 100 different partner and dealer networks to find out what was happening, what was working and what wasn’t. This work gives them unique insights into the challenges companies face training these audiences and they have focused their attention on meeting these changing needs.