Saffron Interactive

APRIL 4, 2013

One of our most experienced language specialists at Saffron has put together her five top tips to help avoid your e-learning projects getting lost in translation! So many aspects of your working life have been digitalised that it’s easy to forget what technology is supposed to be for! Hire a native speaker. Train the translator.

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Saffron Interactive

JUNE 10, 2013

By empathising with patients the healthcare professionals found a new motivation to change their way of working. We share them in the pub, in the classroom, at home, at work – everywhere we go. Stories told –Try incorporating learners’ stories into e-learning. We all share our stories. Sharing stories is a social interaction.

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Saffron Interactive

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Saffron Interactive’s continued excellence in learning design has resulted in shortlisting for two categories at the 2022 Learning Technologies Awards, alongside partners Samaritans and Barrick Gold. Saffron undertook presentations to the independent panel in both categories this week.

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Saffron Interactive

OCTOBER 16, 2013

My name is Erna and I’m an intern at Saffron Interactive. Antonella, a Senior Instructional Designer at Saffron and Dimitra, an intern like me, answered my questions. It was a challenge because of the time difference, but it gave me valuable experience working with a remote and multicultural team. How do you explain this?

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Saffron Interactive

APRIL 25, 2012

This is interesting from Saffron’s point of view because we’re often tasked with trying to change employees’ behaviour when there may be no direct incentive for them to do so. And it’s definitely Saffron’s experience that not everyone behaves wholly rationally. Saffron recommends three alternatives: 1.

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Saffron Interactive

MAY 29, 2013

But do they work to solve a specific problem? To find out more about game mechanics, emotional investment and see some of the latest methodologies in action, visit Saffron Interactive at Stand 20 at the upcoming Learning Technologies Forum and attend our seminar. 47% of gamers are women. 47% of gamers are women.

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Saffron Interactive

APRIL 26, 2013

Mashable has already declared 2013 as a responsive web design year , and rightly so: responsive web design for e-learning courses is something of a specialty at Saffron Interactive! The basic idea is that all the hard work of designers and developers doesn’t get messed up when viewed on devices with different screen resolutions.

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Saffron Interactive

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Joining the Saffron Interactive team last week, I’ve quickly come to appreciate the significance of an issue that I’ve known has existed for many years concerning the use of learning technology. I remember well how our classroom-style training sessions, during my time working for Orange, went.

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Saffron Interactive

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

I’ve pinned down three areas where I think the e-learning community has some work to do if viable BYOD e-learning can become a reality. At Saffron we’re aiming to make all new courses multi-device using HTML5 technology. This one could be very tricky for some, so what’s the work-around? You get the picture. Not just the videos?

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Saffron Interactive

JANUARY 20, 2012

Saffron Interactive is proud to once again be a main sponsor and exhibitor at the Learning and Technologies Conference, Europe’s leading showcase of technology-supported workplace learning. Visit us at Stand 33 to meet the team and try the Bribery Act Challenge! Click here for more details. Free seminar : Game On or Game Over?

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Saffron Interactive

JANUARY 23, 2013

e-Learning courses (not just resources) which work across all devices will be widespread very soon. Visit Saffron Interactive at Stand 33 to try out our new learning platforms, or request a demo. It’s an essential part of the way learners experience your content. Make it a go-to destination. It’s another reason to return.

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Saffron Interactive

APRIL 6, 2011

The course, which was launched last week, embodies Saffron’s award-winning approach and is ready to reploy immediately. Nick Simons, our CTO, says: ‘You know it’s a Saffron course because it focuses on the everyday choices that learners make at work.

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Saffron Interactive

AUGUST 19, 2011

So today is my first day at Saffron as an Instructional Designer. That’s not what we at Saffron believe that learning is about. For a few summers, I worked at the Goodwood Revival event. Last summer I worked as a supervisor in the private boxes of the said major sponsor. In other cases, it simply isn’t. Looking Back.

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Saffron Interactive

AUGUST 12, 2013

Against Violence and Abuse (AVA) works with education and youth practitioners around the country to develop and deliver prevention education programmes. Now Saffron Interactive, a bespoke e-learning provider, is helping AVA to create a new digital prevention portal. Around the country they are delivering lessons, and running campaigns.

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Good To Great

JANUARY 22, 2011

In 2008 I’d been working in the industry for just over six months. Suddenly I wasn’t just working in the bespoke e-learning field, but in the much wider world of learning and development. But more importantly, manning the Saffron stand and attending other seminars meant I was really in the thick of it.

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Saffron Interactive

JANUARY 8, 2013

Figures from the Department for Work and Pensions show that rates of unemployment are stubbornly high among ethnic groups, with women faring worse then men. Talk to Saffron Interactive on Stand 33 at the Learning Technologies Show. Despite these improvements, ethnic minorities continue to be under-represented in the workplace.

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Saffron Interactive

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

HR is now responsible not only for the operational needs of payroll, reward and recruitment, The post “You don’t have to be an Ad to work here, but it helps” — how Strategic HR will be the new Don Drapers appeared first on Saffron Interactive. As HR moves from the operational to the strategic there are going to be changes.

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Saffron Interactive

MARCH 10, 2014

Saffron Interactive, one of Europe’s most celebrated digital learning and communication brands, has been re-awarded the Investors in People Standard for the tenth consecutive year, demonstrating a commitment to realising the potential of its people. We’d like to congratulate Saffron Interactive on their achievement.”.

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Saffron Interactive

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Having worked for retail companies the Autumn/Winter round of shows, exhibitions, and supplier meetings started in August and finished in September culminating in the glamour of London Fashion Week! Saffron developed The Bribery Act Challenge last year – a revolution not just in terms of technology but also in terms of approach to learning.

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Saffron Interactive

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Increasingly here at Saffron, we’ve been asked to create courses so that they’re suitable for translation. In today’s globalised business world, working across linguistic borders has become extremely common.

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Saffron Interactive

JANUARY 24, 2013

So here are Saffron’s top five tips for using social media to immediately make an impact on your learning strategy. Once you understand how it works, start a blog for your organisation and encourage people to post on it. Visit Saffron Interactive at Stand 33 to try out our new learning platforms, or request a demo.

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Good To Great

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

This time a year ago I was named Instructional Designer of the Year 2010, and based on my experience I’d encourage everyone to put their best work forward for an award. Before winning, I was ‘Stephanie from Saffron’, known to my company’s clients but not many others – and I was fine with that.

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Saffron Interactive

APRIL 10, 2013

Continuing from last week’s blog post, one of our most experienced language specialists at Saffron has put together another five top tips to help avoid your e-learning projects getting lost in translation! Is the translator qualified? If you’re looking for quality, check whether they’re registered with a professional body.

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Saffron Interactive

MARCH 1, 2013

Let’s take the example of a current project that we’re working on here at Saffron. This particular organisation approached us because they successfully identified a key training need to support such an important part of their work, and decided to deliver this through e-learning.

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Saffron Interactive

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Saffron Interactive, creators of innovative learning content and platforms, will be exhibiting at Learning Live 2014 in London this week, returning to the event as a premium sponsor and launching its vision for the future of knowledge management. Take away eight case studies about behaviour-changing projects Saffron have worked on recently.

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Saffron Interactive

JANUARY 12, 2011

For instance, ‘Saffron has an e-learning blog’ and ‘The instructional design team has developed the storyboarding process.’. Does everything work? Even if you are satisfied that everything is working as it should be, try to complete a final functionality QA before a release. Do all URLs and downloads work?

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Saffron Interactive

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

One of Saffron’s senior instructional designers, Stephanie Dedhar, has been named Instructional Designer of the Year at the IT Training Awards 2010! She worked creatively, using a number of innovative instructional design techniques and educated and influenced the client along the way.

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Saffron Interactive

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Saffron Interactive, one of Europe’s leading e-learning, mobile and blended learning companies, is proud to announce that Stephanie Dedhar has been named Instructional Designer of the Year at the IT Training Awards 2010. Vanessa Hill, Director of Operations of Saffron Interactive, says ‘We are very proud of Stephanie’s achievement.

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Saffron Interactive

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Departments such as corporate communications and marketing certainly play a key role in engaging employees in the workplace, but learning and development departments also have an important role to play in supporting employees to feel more connected and engaged with the organisations they work for. e-Learning comes in many varieties.

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Saffron Interactive

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Saffron Interactive, one of Europe’s leading e-learning, mobile and blended learning companies, is proud to announce the launch of the Brand Through Profit (BTP) bespoke e-learning course at Diageo. . BTP is one of six work streams within the Diageo’s Making People’s Lives Easier (MAPLE) programme.

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Saffron Interactive

MARCH 25, 2014

Most of us know and enjoy games, but how do those experiences relate to the elearning course that you’re working on right now? I’m a developer at Saffron with a background in games and app design, and so to help, I’ve compiled a list of my top five gamified elements that can help to improve ‘traditional’ elearning. Exploration.

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Saffron Interactive

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

We’re delighted to announce that Saffron Interactive has been shortlisted in the Training Company of the Year category for the IT Training Awards 2010!This This is a huge achievement and is testament to the great people that make up the Saffron team and the great work that they produce together.

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Saffron Interactive

JUNE 29, 2017

First name: Last name: Work email: I'm happy to receive communications from Saffron We take care of your data. The post Serious gamification for serious threats appeared first on Saffron Interactive. Thank you for attending our webinar on how behavioural science and gamification can create truly transformative learning.

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Good To Great

JUNE 10, 2011

It might be a client putting in a request for work or a friend asking you to help organise a surprise birthday party, for example. The second time was in Saffron’s free e-learning course for Learning At Work Day. Imagine you receive a phone call from someone, asking you to do something.

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Saffron Interactive

JANUARY 13, 2012

This style of e-learning design works particularly well when there’s a skill to be learnt and hence the game provides a safe environment in which to practise. We’ve brought together our ideas on serious games, learning on-the-move and assessment into a single engaging mobile app. See also last year’s blog from Alex.

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Saffron Interactive

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Saffron Interactive, leading innovators in the learning technologies sector, are thrilled to announce the launch of their latest change campaign. This desperately needed to change”, says Karim Ladak, Chief Operating Officer at Saffron. This prevention platform has united tools and resources for the first time.

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Saffron Interactive

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

An excellent article that I was reading recently whilst on my way to work illustrates my point. Whatever the subject, one of the main challenges in e-learning (and one that we experience all too often here at Saffron) is explaining the concept that more content does not necessarily mean that more will be learnt.

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