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The Worst Type of Question to Ask in Your Learning Management System Request for Proposal (RFP)

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I have to say, I feel really badly for the organizations that have issued some of the RFPs I’m seeing. They turned to a research firm or various Web sites for a list of learning management system features. They copied most of these features into a RFP and sent it to vendors. This is nuts.). ” Why is this so bad?

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Learning Systems RFP and Tier4 NexGen

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I note this, because this post covers my new Learning Systems RFP Template , which includes the latest NexGen Tier 4 feature sets. Why one RFP instead of specific ones for LXP and LMS? This is far better than them receiving a 20 page RFP or 100 page RFP. Where are their servers hosted – The most common in AWS.

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Buying a Learning System – Dread

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CEOs who buy in unless it is an employee in the plant or manufacturing site or at the retail location. Then Stage Two Creating the RFP document These are the typical routes people go when creating the RFP (BTW, save time, use my template that said) Put in 90% that every vendor already has – but you are unaware.

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Break it down! (No it’s not Hammer Time! Yet)

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If your goal is just to post the course on a server and let people access it, just for the sake of learning and you don’t care about tracking of any sort – then no, you do not need any compliance standard. Why would I want a SaaS solution over hosted on my own servers product? No, just kidding. Just a guess here!

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LMS Do and Don’ts – Isn’t it time to do what’s right?

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I read it weekly on various sites and postings. I’m still searching their site for the Ocean Magazine Widget Winner of 85 – People’s Choice! To find out if a vendor is in the top 50 LMS rankings (either from 2014 or this year 2015), look for the award icon on their web site. Meet my friend, the RFP.

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LMS Q and A

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Everything from which one should I pick, to what do I think of X or Y to whether or not, they should have use a RFP. I see it equally on sites such as Linkedin and various groups within. When should I use a RFP? I’m in a camp of folks, who believe that the RFP is an unecessary document, that has outlived its usefulness. .

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Halloween Edition – Tricks and Treats

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The new UI is in full view, from a “Contact Us” to a web site link, to a description of the system, course standards readily visible and features. Deployment type – SaaS, Client-Hosted; if SaaS this means in the cloud, if Client-Hosted it means the system can sit behind your firewall on your servers. Articles include.