Your company’s website serves as your 24/7 salesperson. And as former German Chancellor Willy Brandt famously said, “If I’m selling to you, I speak your language. If I’m buying, dann müssen Sie Deutsch sprechen.” That’s true online, too. In fact, a 2014 Common Sense Advisory (CSA) survey reported that over 56% of consumers prioritized finding information in their […]
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An assumption that many managers and executives hold is that once workers know what to do, their performance will improve. Most learning professionals will tell you that that assumption is flat-out wrong. Learning professionals know that although knowledge is essential, it’s only the first step. Any decent learning program will provide workers with opportunities to
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How You Can Successfully Transition To Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) Mario was given an almost impossible task in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic: Transition all the company’s traditional in-person training into Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) and do it ASAP. Two weeks ago, his company proactively recommended some staff to work from home
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The COVID-19 Coronavirus is impacting businesses in unprecedented ways. Due to the rapid transmission and deadly nature of this pandemic, businesses are scrambling to provide ways for their workforce to work remotely by providing tools and training to their workforce. But as important as tools and training are- a critical component for success is missing-
If you’re like most learning professionals, you’ve relied on course completions as the primary indicator of success. This has been good enough. Good enough for your company, good enough for our learning industry. SPOILER ALERT: COMPLETION REPORTS AREN’T GOOD ENOUGH ANYMORE. For the past few decades, we’ve made our courses, and after they’re launched, we run
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The use of international standards to ensure consistent high-quality goods and services has long been an accepted practice. In a recent blog, we addressed 2 quality management standards: ISO 9001, generally applicable to all industries, and ISO 17100 which is specific to the translation industry. Drilling down into the quality management requirements of one of the
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International standards issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) have long been recognized and accepted in the manufacturing world, but have been less widely applied to services like the translation industry. Yet ISO certification can be equally beneficial when selecting and working with language service suppliers. What are ISO 9001 and the translation-specific ISO
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Courses—Designers build them, learners take them, and managers check them. But can executives leverage course results to drive their business forward? Yes, they can. eLearning courses can be a goldmine of actionable business intelligence. However, to do so, they need to be armed with the right mindset and analytics. What’s the right mindset? eLearning has
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New language law reflects language requirements in flux Ukraine has been in the news quite a bit lately. Volodymyr Zelensky, a well-known Ukrainian comedian, won a surprise victory in the presidential election this spring and his party went on to win an overwhelming majority in parliamentary elections. Much is in flux in Ukraine and language
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The time has come! Your new product or service has been successfully launched at home and you’re ready to expand to other global markets. But what’s the best way to approach this in order to avoid costly mistakes and create the maximum competitive advantage? There are many aspects that need to be considered: which markets
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