Talented Learning

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In this environment, you’d think associations would be bursting at the seams with participants in member education programs. Not surprisingly, a 2018 survey of more than 1000 association members confirmed that career development is now the primary reason why most people join associations.

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 18, 2024

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. Write an RFP that is massive in size. Use Nobody loves or likes creating an RFP/RFI or whatever you do. It

Learning System 69

Learning System System RFP vendor 69

Abila

OCTOBER 25, 2018

According to Community Brands 2018 Member Education and Career Development Report , 85 percent of members want organizations to provide continuing education opportunities. With more than 700 learning management solutions in the marketplace, choosing the right one poses a unique challenge. Develop and issue a request for proposal (RFP).

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Talented Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Is the LMS RFP a Necessary Evil? A Request for Proposal (RFP) is one of the most widely used yet controversial tools for learning management systems buyers. The LMS RFP has developed a bad reputation because it is easily misunderstood. Clients expect me to help them avoid RFP missteps. What is an LMS RFP?

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RFP Association Learning Management System LMS Association LMS 40

Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 25, 2007

Continuing on from my earlier posts: LMS Selection Presentation Reformulated LMS Selection Team and Stakeholders LMS Selection Process From several comments and from looking at my list of issues, I realize that writing a good LMS RFP is challenging and it's easy to make lots of mistakes. The list in this LMS RFP went on and on at this level.

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RFP Association Learning Management System LMS Virtual Classroom 104

WBT Systems

JANUARY 3, 2017

Back at the office, this process is paralleled as the new year kick-starts strategic planning sessions to set goals for association management, covering everything from membership growth and retention to updating education and certification programs. New Year, New Goals, New Technology.

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Association Learning Management System Association LMS Association Learning Technologies 56

Association eLearning

JULY 16, 2014

If you’re in the beginning stages of selecting a learning management system (LMS) for your association, you might be feeling overwhelmed by all the choices and information from various vendors. To help you make the most of your time, and land at the best solution for your association, here are the “Do’s and Don’ts” for LMS demos: Do.

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Association Learning Management System Association LMS LMS vendor 183

eLearning 24-7

JULY 12, 2023

Let’s face it – RFI/RFP documents sent over to learning system vendors are massive tomes that confuse, challenge and even baffle some vendors. Then you have RFP/RFIs that lack substance. The fact of the matter is nobody loves creating RFP/RFIs. They can be 25 pages. 50 pages, even 100 pages or more.

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Templates Learning System System RFP 59

Association eLearning

MARCH 28, 2012

There was quite a bit of focus at the 2012 Learning Solutions Conference in Orlando on Learning Management Systems (LMS) and how dissatisfied many users are. The “Dirty Little Secret” About RFPs. Often, organizations choose a vendor by sending out a Request for Proposal (RFP). Not user-friendly. Vendor Selection. Live Demos.

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Association Learning Management System LMS Association LMS eLearning Guild 145

Petra Mayer

JULY 3, 2019

How to identify if solutions available in the market are covering your needs. Typically, this is done through a “Request-for-Information” (RFI) process or through a “Request-for-Proposal” (RFP). Many LMS providers will offer a product demo. Again, most LMS providers will allow for a free test period.

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Association Learning Management System LMS Study Association LMS 40

Learning Pool

MARCH 16, 2022

TCO considers much more than the annual licence fees, taking in the full lifecycle cost of acquiring, implementing, and operating the solution. Understanding the full range of internal and external costs associated with purchasing a learning system is key to ensuring there aren’t any hidden surprises in the procurement process.

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Learning System System Specialist vendor 98

Training Orchestra

JANUARY 31, 2024

Training providers and organizations must be prepared to offer the increased training required by this wider audience, which relies heavily on successful training delivery. Nine times out of 10, the LMS isn’t the complete solution to solving your back-office processes. That’s where the Training Management System (TMS) comes in.

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Trends Association Learning Management System Authoring Tools Management 59

Upside Learning

MAY 2, 2013

" As a learning solutions vendor, I’ve been asked this question countless times and have also encountered it in many an RFP. Clearly communicate strategic goals and associated linkages throughout the organization. "So how do you evaluate the success of eLearning that you create?"

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Evalution Kirkpatrick Training Train 262

Talented Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

These solutions involve many moving pieces, some of which operate outside of your LMS and your organization’s control. Many of these solutions specialize in some form of extended enterprise learning. That means you should expect strong integration support in whatever solution you choose. And there’s the rub.

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Association Learning Management System Association LMS LMS vendor 92

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 11, 2023

Plus, duration is highly misleading – so much so, that it ignores the basic tenant of Web Based Training (WBT) the precursor to the word e-learning, which initially was used as an umbrella term, for all types of e-learning solutions. Web Conferencing solutions. And what do you provide to your employees, customers, members?

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Learning System System White Label vendor 75

eLearningMind

MAY 10, 2022

Is outsourcing training the best solution for your organization? If outsourcing seems like the right solution, there are some points to consider to ensure you receive the best training solution. Create a Request for Proposals (RFP). Evaluate responses to your RFP from qualified training outsourcing companies.

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Outsource Compliance Training Diversity Training eLearning Developer 52

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The person or people overseeing those systems shouldn’t be expected to jump right into a new one (learning) without knowing anything, just because it is a SaaS solution, and all SaaS are the same (they are not, but some companies think they are). Did you provide the contact information for the salesperson/training/support?

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ICS Learning

AUGUST 26, 2013

The purpose of this article is to assist you in understanding what the pieces of the solution are, along with the associated choices that you will have to make. To begin with, it is important to realize that any on-line training solution should be divided into two key components. Content versus System. The SCORM Specification.

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WBT Systems

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Similarly, it’s usually at this time of year that associations and other organizations start to review their training requirements and inevitably their delivery of that training. Planning is essential to define what you’re looking for from your learning solution. At WBT Systems we have developed a program called QuickValue.

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Association Learning Management System Association LMS LMS WBT Systems 40

LearnUpon

DECEMBER 15, 2016

That time has been split between working on customized LMS implementations (about 8 years) and cloud-based LMS solutions during my time with LearnUpon. I’ve seen these scenarios and sometimes when I read through a set of requirements or an RFP I am the first to say “This company needs a custom build, no LMS will do all of this off the shelf”.

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Talented Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

And with more than 1000 enterprise-class learning systems available, finding the right solution is more challenging than ever. When faced with so much complexity, how can you choose a solution with confidence? 4) How can training providers share online content more broadly? Solutions Strategist, Remote-Learner.

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Enterprise Association Learning Management System Association LMS LMS 40

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Perhaps toss in workforce management, that for sure, will get an professional association running – away. . I say this, because when I talked to them, I was provided with different responses to what they were (i.e. Bonus – FindAnLMS now has a mini-RFP component. Mini-RFP within FindAnLMS, changes that.

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RFP Micro-Learning vendor SAP 65

Talented Learning

DECEMBER 26, 2018

” At every turn, new issues, opportunities and solutions have been vying for the market’s attention. How do associations develop profitable learner-centered online education programs? We explore real-world solutions in-depth with one of today’s foremost gamification experts, Dr. Karl Kapp.

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Association Learning Management System Association LMS LMS Enterprise 73

Talented Learning

APRIL 26, 2017

Each scenario presents training providers with different opportunities and challenges. For-profit training companies, associations , academic institutions, corporations and even entrepreneurial subject-matter experts all create, sell and deliver continuing education content. CEUs Meet Employee LMS: Oil Meets Water?

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Association LMS Association Learning Management System Diversity Training Compliance Training 86

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The more providers, which thus means more selection, the more points. Valamis (Combo) (FAL) – The days of them being heavy focused on customer education are gone, which I surmised would occur once they made that acquisition of the employee-focused solution. The solution formally known as Instilled is in the platform.

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Learning System System Metrics vendor 98

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 23, 2019

What is also frightening though to me, and people who know me can attest, very few haunted or creepy stuff scares me, are the amount of bad systems, bad content, erroneous information being presented to folks, looking to find the right solutions for the learning and training needs in the exciting world of e-learning. To RFP or not RFP.

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Authoring Tools Association LMS Association Learning Management System Oracle 41

Talented Learning

JANUARY 9, 2018

Among the more than 700 vendors participating in today’s LMS marketplace, we continue to see a wave of learning solutions designed to solve “niche” business challenges. Price-conscious buyers will need to pay closer attention to identify solutions that fit their requirements while satisfying their budget parameters. #15

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Learning System Trends System Compliance Training 104

Talented Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2019

And they’re definitely telling us that open source learning platform s like Moodle and Totara are wildly popular, compared to commercial solutions. Brian is a pioneer in open source learning solutions who has been involved with this movement almost from its inception nearly 20 years ago. #1 When to issue an RFP (or not).

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Association Learning Management System Authoring Tools Association LMS Enterprise 52

Talented Learning

AUGUST 1, 2016

The second buyer is a non-profit healthcare association providing continuing education to members and non-members. Increase of revenue from the sale of accredited content to healthcare organizations and individuals and global expansion of the association are the key drivers of the new LMS purchase. LMS Demo Do’s. Free Consult?

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Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS vendor 75

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 19, 2019

If after a few years, nobody can recall your name, or remember your name or even associate your name with the type of product you are, then you need to change your name. Then others may respond via various types of connectors or APIs that are associated with types of communication or digital workspace, such as Slack or Microsoft Teams. .

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Platform Digital Association Learning Management System Compliance Training 70

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The way I started out, was monitoring close to 900 systems that align with corporate, NPOs (non-profits), associations and even government. If Any open-source solution? If you like, then RFP it. Not Screenshots are provided in the top three. I Strictly EdTech? Not the other way around.  Again, the demo thing was rigorous. It

Learning System 69

Learning System System Metrics Compliance Training 69

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 26, 2023

Ditto if you want employee learning for retail operations and talk to a vendor who only works with associations. From our industry, including learning systems, learning technologies, content providers and so on, I have never in my 23 years in the e-learning industry, let alone training, ever had to go through a pre-qualified approach.

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Learning System System vendor Association Learning Management System 63

Janet Clarey

MAY 26, 2011

Original at Bersin & Associates. Partner with several 3P COTS courseware providers. And remember even “free” solutions have a cost (support, documentation, add-ons, etc.). Evaluate the system against your use case(s) not just an RFP response or demo. This is a cross post. Can send data to other systems.

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Association LMS Association Learning Management System RFP LMS 62

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

It’s a product whose core focus is an authoring tool (proprietary based), but offers the ability to add users, provides a few analytics and a few reports. Why would I want a SaaS solution over hosted on my own servers product? Associations who focus more on RFPs then they really should – uh, you do know its 2012 right?

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RFP Compliance Training Association Learning Management System vendor 68

Talented Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Now, more than 700 solutions claim at least some piece of the LMS pie — and for most of them, employee training is not a mainstay. Our mission is to map the uncharted learning tech world and provide buyers with resources to find solutions that will most benefit them. Finding the Best LMS in a Complex World.

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Talented Learning

AUGUST 17, 2017

Often, these posts have 287 or more responses from LMS vendors, each claiming they offer the best solution, given the overwhelming evidence provided in the original 2-sentence help request. You were forced to shoehorn your needs into a traditional multi-purpose system or cobble together your own solution.

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Trust Association Learning Management System Association LMS LMS 63

Talented Learning

APRIL 18, 2017

Most organizations still rely on it to minimize risk, reduce purchasing costs and evaluate solutions in a systematic, defensible manner. 6) Request for Proposal (RFP). The “traditional LMS” is a loose term associated with learning platforms that require a mandatory, formal setup/implementation process. 3) Discovery.

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