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Data Security... How Can You Get In Front of the Problem
Did you know: 43 percent of cyber attacks target small businesses. 60 percent of small and medium sized companies go out of business within six ...

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Serious Learning Game Techniques Part 2
Missed the webinar or want to view the demos on your own? Here you will find the presentation material and demo links. Check them out and let us know ...

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The Allen Experience - What's it all about?
Another amazing Allen Experience has come and gone. Our 2017 event evolved from previous years, giving attendees the opportunity to experience our ...

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Tools for Instructional Investigation: Finding the Root Cause of Waste and ...
By Christopher Allen, MA, PMI-ACP, Product Manager “There’s no better learning technique than preparing to teach others.” Valid? Yes. Implications? ...

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Talented performers often do that extra special something. Do you know what ...
Do others try to emulate them? Even try? By Christopher Allen, MA, PMI-ACP, Product Manager These obvious questions so often go unanswered. So much ...

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Microlearning: Overcoming 4 Assumptions
By Ellen Burns-Johnson, Instructional Designer / @EllenBJohnson If we’re not focused on the right problems, we can’t be sure that microlearning is ...

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How Toyota Leveraged Six Technology and Process Keys to Improve Call Center ...
Guest Blogger, Chris Johnson, Senior Curriculum Developer & Designer, Toyota Financial Services It was decided Toyota Financial Services was ...

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5 Instructional Design Insights from The Marshmallow Test: Part 2
By Edmond Manning, Senior Instructional Strategist Welcome back! In my last blog, I introduced the 2014 book, The Marshmallow Test by researcher ...

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5 Instructional Design Insights from The Marshmallow Test: Part I
By Edmond Manning, Senior Instructional Strategist My favorite analysis question to ask clients is: “What if your target audience already understands ...

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Three Essential Design Elements for Effective eLearning Gamification
By Carrie Zens, Director of Marketing / @carriezens I am continually mesmerized by the crazy, fast-paced evolution of technology. There are oodles of ...

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eLearning Design: Assess? When? How?
By Michael Allen, Chairman & CEO, Allen Interactions eLearning can’t do everything. It can’t detect frustration by observing facial expressions ...

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Slides & Webcast: Six Simple eLearning Success Strategies
As instructional designers, we know the difference between presenting information and providing learning experiences. But we must often get the ...