eLearning 24-7

MAY 1, 2020

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 could change in the next year or so, but for now, depending on what you are seeking can be found in this template. You choose.

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Paradiso Solutions

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Find the Right E-Learning Vendor with an Awesome RFP. If so, you might think about developing an eLearning RFP (Request for Proposal). It will be much easier to make sure that e-learning suppliers bidding to work on the project give you the information you need to make the best choice if your RFP is clear and comprehensive.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Students have written a 40 page proposal, created a 20 minute "sales" presentation and are prepared for a 15 minute question and answer session from our corporate advisory council members (we have over 30 in attendance this semester). and social media solutions.

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Lithium RFP Social Media Exercise 100

Talented Learning

JULY 11, 2016

With almost 700 LMS vendors in the world, competition for every sales opportunity is fierce. years, I have leveraged that software sales experience as an independent LMS selection consultant. It has been fascinating to observe the range of sales skills, styles, tactics and habits. LMS Vendor Sales Tips. For the last 2.5

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learnWorlds

MARCH 30, 2022

Change Management. Alex is a Customer Success Executive with experience in building post-sale teams to reduce churn and increase growth at high-growth B2B SaaS scale-ups. When Sales Met Customer Success: A Love Story. Building and managing high-performing teams. Management of learning functions. Curriculum management.

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Expert Custom Education Social Networks 52

SweetRush

MARCH 20, 2023

Consultation Phase During your initial pre-sale consultation, you’ll meet the following folks. In fact, if you decide to send us a request for proposal (RFP) during your custom learning partner search, the Solution Architects are the folks who’ll answer your questions. Solution Architect We don’t call them architects for nothing!

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Custom eLearning Development Cost Blended Learning Solution 52

Docebo

AUGUST 12, 2020

Depending on your use case, you may also want to consult your people in Partner Enablement , Customer Enablement , and Sales Enablement. You can’t make changes without first recognizing what needs to be changed. These are the people who will help to get what you and your audiences need from the right LMS.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I teach a class called “Managing Multimedia Projects” in that class students are given an RFP for an e-learning based proposal and they have to develop a solution. This team won the “Best Presentation” category for their sales presentation. Four student teams are presenting this semester and are focused on Web 2.0

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Talented Learning

JULY 16, 2019

Plus, because things are always changing, we update each profile on a regular basis. That’s why we communicate requirements in a structured request for proposal (RFP). If qualified vendors want to be considered, they must reply to the RFP in full. 6) Can we choose the right LMS without issuing a formal RFP?

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Janet Clarey

MAY 26, 2011

However, for such a mature market, we also know that many buyers of LMSs are generally frustrated with their systems and that is one reason we are seeing these changes – you are driving them. Evaluate the system against your use case(s) not just an RFP response or demo. and “ What business problem am I trying to solve? ”

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Association LMS Association Learning Management System RFP LMS 62

Talented Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

To learning systems vendors, it suggests that you want to change the underlying software code. But because their breadth of functionality is limited, they don’t adapt well to changing needs. That’s one reason why we clarify buyer requirements in a formal RFP. When to issue an RFP (or not).

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Association Learning Management System Association LMS LMS vendor 91

Talented Learning

JUNE 7, 2016

The first instinct is to always blame the vendor and of course they carry the blame if they ever misrepresent themselves, don’t live up to their commitments or exaggerate their capabilities in the sales process. The LMS market changes rapidly, so if you were up to speed 2 years ago, you are behind now. Key trends ?

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 23, 2013

The charge – is a percentile of the sale. Eliminates creating RFPs, shooting them out everywhere and waiting for a response. Plus it eliminates the sales people following up with you and for many people they do not want to deal with that. I never did a RFP nor spent more time than necessary to find a system.

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LMS vendor RFP Consulting 79

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 66

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

For a system that just a couple of months ago, called themselves an employee development platform, to now referring to themselves as NexGen learning solution/platform, that can be used for extended enterprise (multi-tenant, including B2B/customer training), and for sales enablement, sorry that won’t work. Yes, that odd.

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RFP Micro-Learning vendor SAP 66

eLearning 24-7

JULY 18, 2024

Can I find that out in my 15 minutes with a sales rep? You do not need to include your RFP here. Demo first, before RFP. Generate sales. Yes, all of this before that RFP. What’s the point of sending an RFP if you have never seen the system, the tech, or the content? Can you, though? Land the deal.

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LMS vendor RFP Case Study 80

E-learning Uncovered

APRIL 25, 2013

Over the last few blogs, I’ve given some tips on how to find a vendor through a Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposal (RFP) , and then how to evaluate the responses you get to select the best vendor to meet your needs. If the sales person makes promises over the phone – make sure the promises are in the contract.

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e-learning vendor vendor Tips RFP 56

eLearning 24-7

JULY 2, 2012

With this knowledge comes the avalanche of hyper sales, vendors are exploring ways to gain your attention. Our current clients have said they like our current look and have never said they it needs a change. Even though they were using the system and never inquired about this enhancement, the change only improved the experience.

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LMS vendor RFP Bloom 76

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 20, 2022

What they were initially designed for has changed. Behind the scenes is what we refer to as “bundled” and “range/band pricing” These pricing methods have been around since 2000, and their only change is the spin. Your RFP/RFI. LXP – Learning Experience Platform. Customer service-wise?

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Learning System System Guide Blended Learning 91

Wahoo Learning

APRIL 28, 2023

Content has to be continually refreshed, with new updates and changes constantly communicated. First things first, work with your shortlist of LMS vendors to develop an RFP (request for proposal) document. Learners will only be happy to pay a premium for the content they see value in.

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Budget Program Strategy Develop 89

KnowledgeAnywhere

MAY 8, 2023

By avoiding these common pitfalls, you can ensure that your investment in employee training will yield significant returns and help your business thrive in a rapidly changing world. Overlook Technical Support When selecting a learning system, it's important to consider the technical support that's available to users.

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Learning System Diversity Training System Companies 77

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 11, 2023

And it should be part of the internal process of checks and balances, before that RFP goes out. I’ve heard way too many times from folks who oversees sales tell me that they have salespeople who will say anything to land the deal – even if it is wrong or misleading. In the end it is all about getting the sale.

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Learning System System White Label vendor 88

Talented Learning

APRIL 18, 2017

But I’d like to help by shining a light on the LMS sandbox — another aspect of LMS purchasing that has changed dramatically with the dawn of the cloud. 6) Request for Proposal (RFP). Educating yourself can take time, effort and money. The LMS Sandbox: Blessing or Curse? 2) Vendor Identification. 3) Discovery.

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Association Learning Management System Association LMS LMS vendor 80

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Yet, as I have often noted, it is rarely pushed upon in an RFP, let alone a demo. You the consumer can use the support card as part of your RFP process, which I strongly recommend. . And many you can schedule a demo, send RFP, etc. And I ask it often when talking to vendors. But plenty still have not, which makes me ask why.

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LMS Metrics SumTotal RFP 74

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 17, 2022

Right now, it is from learning systems – the materials, but it will change, as others will follow – already one 3rd party publisher is in contact about adding helpful guides for folks. Ditto for L&D, Training, and HR folks, even sales and marketing if they are using e-learning in some manner. Contact too. Bottom Line.

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Library Compliance Training Case Study vendor 80

Talented Learning

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Most of the once-shiny objects that made us feel so fulfilled eventually find their way to a garage sale, donation center or recycling bin. You’ve probably spent the past 3-12 months developing LMS requirements, researching potential vendors, reading RFP responses , watching demos and testing features in a sandbox.

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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. It is no wonder, LXP vendors are receiving LMS RFPs and LMS vendors are receiving LXP RFPs. SEP – Sales Enablement Platforms, they do exist and growing.

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Platform Digital Association Learning Management System Compliance Training 72

LifterLMS

AUGUST 28, 2021

So we did the highest volume in terms of implementation, as well as sales in the region. One of them is the implementation partner, one of them is the sales partner, and some agencies choose to do both. Chris Badgett: How do you differentiate a sales partner from an affiliate partner? That’s about to change.

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Program Companies Create Microsoft 136

CLO Magazine

JULY 18, 2013

For example, if an organization would like to hire a firm or an individual to provide some sales skills training, how does a purchasing agent begin to source this request? Going to the American Program Bureau’s website and typing “sales trainers” in its search engine also will bring up a host of qualified individuals.

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Services vendor Apple RFP 61

Talented Learning

JANUARY 9, 2018

Significant increase in sales effectiveness. Since these employee-oriented learning systems are integrated into broader HR/ERP/financial software suites, change isn’t coming anytime soon. 1 Good Sales Help Wanted! In addition, sales veterans are usually plagued by non-compete agreements. Increased customer satisfaction.

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Learning System Trends System Compliance Training 103

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 3, 2008

It's always interesting to look back at the past year - 2008, think about what has changed for me during the year, and think about what that means for the next year - 2009. My guess is that in 2009 we are going to change the shape of the discussion to make it more frequent and narrow going forward. for Learning Professionals.

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eLearning 24-7

MAY 9, 2022

On top of that, there are vendors out there who change the type of system, repetitively. Then there are those who won’t tell you, but simply decline or ignore your RFP. As systems become more and more ubiquitous, the idea of say, an LMS being vastly different than an LXP is becoming debatable based on the system.

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vendor Micro-Learning Enterprise Learning System 84

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 4, 2019

That said when it involves your employees (and retaining them) and your customers (and increasing sales), you may wish to think of another way to solve the problem, rather than just acquiescing. Aaron in sales, Frieda in Accounting, Paul in IT, Sandy in Marketing and so forth are not experts in training, L&D or HR. Yes, listen.

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Learning System System RFP Metrics 49

Meridian

MARCH 24, 2020

a leading cloud RFP and sales enablement software provider. VIP brings expertise in how to deploy systems that align people, processes, and technology to accelerate strategic change and to deliver business results in partnership with its clients. He is also on the board of RocketDocs, Inc.,

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Meridian Integrate RFP Director 40

Talented Learning

JANUARY 23, 2018

Aaron Olney, VP Sales and Marketing at eLogic Learning teamed up with me to share our best advice, based on what we’ve learned from a combined 40 years, 2000+ sales opportunities and $100,000,000-worth of selling and buying LMS solutions. #1 When and how to use an RFP (or not). Replay the webinar!

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WBT Systems

JANUARY 3, 2017

Now you might think, of course a learning management system vendor is going to recommend investing in learning technology, but we are not talking about sales! A large swath of the workforce needs better training, and associations are in a perfect position to take on that challenge.

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Association Learning Management System Association LMS Association Learning Technologies 56

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Your potential customers therefore, may not be just within your country or where you have a sales office; they are everywhere. They may list their local number and then whatever sales offices they have throughout the world and their local numbers. Yet, LMS vendors pick on of the paths below. Provide only their local phone number.

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