Articles by:
David Vance
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A Look at Learning Delivery: Understanding the Blend
Blended learning encompasses instructor-led training, synchronous or asynchronous e-learning, portable technologies and on-the-job training. With so many options available to training professionals, how do they determine the optimum mix, and what factors
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Kaiser Permanente, Director
Untitled Document Kaiser Permanente, Director, Learning and Development, Southern California Region – Pasadena, CA The Director, L&D, reporting to VP, HR, SoCal, manages a team 19. Responsibilities: build a robust […]
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The Hidden ROI of Training
Employee training can be a hard sell sometimes. Even though having a well-trained workforce is widely known to be a key driver to a company’s success, too often the training program is viewed as an expense rather than an investment.
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External Learning Resources: Strategic Partner or Commodity Vendor?
Facing challenging market and economic conditions now and in the foreseeable future, many senior leaders find themselves outsourcing needed specialized expertise and competencies for positions the organization cannot afford to […]
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Managing the Learning Lifecycle: Retaining Organizational Knowledge
You may have a workforce comprised of many talented workers, but what happens when those top performers leave your organization? Here are seven steps to help ensure knowledge retention in the face of retirements and turnover.
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Leading the Transformation From Training to Learning
In an industry where buzzwords abound, seemingly similar terms are used within the business units served by the chief learning officer. Often, this has an undermining effect on getting a clear message from the in-house professional development team to the
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Looking Forward: The Learning & Development Industry in 2006
Each year brings with it a mix of new potential challenges and solutions for chief learning officers everywhere. With 2006 upon us, IDC asked Chief Learning Officer magazine’s Business Intelligence Board which areas of the learning and development industr
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Verifiable Value: The Learning Effectiveness Model
In some instances, success is the achievement of something desired, planned or attempted. For example, for a struggling high school football team, winning a game or two might be a reasonable accomplishment at the end of the season. However, for a professi