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    • Facilitated learning programs

      Learning News | CrossKnowledge, Learning Technologies 2023 |

      CrossKnowledge launched its new facilitated programs at Learning Technologies 2023: cohort-based programs covering: leading, creativity, connectivity and decision-making.

    • L&D budgets getting squeezed

      Learning News | ILX Group |

      A new report from ILX Group considers the challenges, priorities and opportunities facing organisations in 2023 and says 50% of training programmes are not effective due to budget constraints.

    • Docebo’s revenues and profits up

      Learning News | Docebo |

      Docebo's positive financial trajectory holds into Q1. Digital learning tech vendor Docebo returned to profit in Q4 2022 and its performance continued in Q1 2023 with revenue up 29% over Q1 2022 to $41.5M and a net profit of $1.2M.

    • Generative AI and trusted content

      Learning News | Learning Pool and Mind Tools, Learning Technologies 2023 |

      Learning Pool and Mind Tools have announced an innovation partnership to work together to harness learning content, frameworks and the power of artificial intelligence. The first of these joint experiments is Converse, a way for people to practise and learn about having difficult conversations with co-workers.

    • Vibrant Business Videos in Seconds: Vyond Introduces First-Ever Prompt-Based Script and Video Creator

      Learning News | Vyond |

      Vyond announces its most significant new product release ever today. By harnessing the power of generative AI, Vyond is making video creation faster, easier, and more accessible for everyone in the enterprise. Vyond's Spring Release includes major enhancements to Vyond Studio, as well as the introduction of Vyond Go – the industry’s first AI-based script and video creator that will revolutionize the speed, ease, and scalability of business communications.

    • Vyond Launches Global Partner Certification Program

      Learning News | Vyond |

      Vyond's enhanced reseller program enables partners to more effectively sell and train with the leading AI-Powered video creation platform for the enterprise. Vyond customers now have faster access to in-country, in-language training, as well as localized sales and support in their own time zones.

    • Roebuck secures top talent to drive growth in key markets

      Learning News | Roebuck Global Resourcing |

      Scottish-based Roebuck Global Resourcing has announced the appointment of Helen McAnally and Alex Keay, two senior executives, to its team. McAnally and Keay join RGR while it is experiencing significant growth in the UK, EMEA, APAC and America.

    • Soft skills microlearning

      Learning News |

      Catherine de Salvo from softskills microlearning training provider, Scott Bradbury, joins Learning News to talk about getting microlearning right and why choosing video with real people, over animation, is important for developing human skills and behaviours.

    • Bridge appoints Justin Cooke

      Learning News | Bridge Learning Tech |

      Bridge Learning Tech has announced a new Chair, Justin Cooke; formerly with FutureLearn, Unicef UK and the British Museum's Digital Advisory Board.

    • Workplace learning trends

      Learning News | Cornerstone |

      Cornerstone People Research Lab 2023 Trends Report: interview with Mike Bollinger.

    • Sage investing in cybersecurity

      Learning News | Pluralsight |

      1,300 engineers at accounting software company, Sage, are to get access to a new cybersecurity skills development programme.

    • LinkedIn Learning content added to LMS365

      Learning News | LMS365 |

      LMS365 has announced it is to integrate with LinkedIn Learning; the deal will enable learners to access LinkedIn Learning training content directly from the LMS365 platform.

    • Learning and development salaries and work conditions

      Learning News | Blue Eskimo |

      Pay and conditions for learning professionals continues to improve; job satisfaction rises; small decrease in people changing jobs in 2023; decrease in unpaid working hours; Work and Salary Survey for L&D; interview with report author.

    • Business leadership and learning and development

      Learning News | Mind Tools for Business |

      What business leaders rate as most important are areas where they don’t believe L&D has a role: Mind Tools for Business Leadership Report 2023, interview with Anna Barnett.

    • Improving L&D‘s relationship with business impact

      Learning News | Learning Changemakers |

      On this day, the day of taking time to think about loving relationships, Laura Overton takes a unique look at L&D and business impact in this insightful and fun but equally thought-provoking article.

    • Learning systems market 2023

      Learning News |

      Market bracing itself as recessionary pressures loom large. Fosway's 2023 learning systems market report is out; growth for some, cost-cutting for others; interview with market analyst, Fiona Leteney.

    • Learning design skills

      Learning News | Omniplex Learning |

      Interview with Leena Randhawa from Omniplex Learning on learning design skills, design challenges and accessibility.

    • £4 Million investment for HowNow

      Learning News | HowNow |

      HowNow, a learning experience platform, founded by Nelson Sivalingam, has announced it has received funding from Pearson and Mercia. The investment will be used to fund expansion.

    • So Much More Than Talking About Jobs

      Learning News | Career Development Institute |

      A campaign to prompt people to think about the work of career development professionals gets underway.

    • Go1 acquires Anders Pink

      Learning News | Go1 |

      Go1 acquires Anders Pink to provide best-in-class content curation capability for learners.

    • Virtual College by Netex

      Learning News |

      Interview with Nicole Horsman and Sarah Baker following the integration of Virtual College and Netex about what the combined business provides.

    • New year, new learning culture - with Character

      Learning News | Entelechy Academy |

      Entelechy Academy is to present the latest in its series of webinars looking at ‘Character’ - the missing ingredient in Learning and Development.

    • CLO100 launches: new programme for Chief Learning Officers

      Learning News | CLO100 |

      CLO100 has announced the launch of its exclusive CLO100 development programme for Chief Learning Officers, Heads of Learning and aspiring Senior Learning Leaders; Provides the vital skills and knowledge required to create a high-performing organisation.

    • Talent shortages top business challenge

      Learning News | Fosway Group |

      Fosway’s HR Realities report 2022 has the shortage of talent as the number one business concern, ahead of performance and profitability, business agility and customer satisfaction; Interview with David Perring.

    • Vyond opens Chicago office

      Learning News | Vyond |

      Vyond, the leader in intelligent video creation software for enterprise companies, today announced the opening of a new Chicago office in the Fulton Market tech hub.

    • Growth Engineering and L'Oreal: LT Awards double Gold

      Learning News | London |

      My Beauty Club, a learning and development programme run by Growth Engineering for L'Oreal Travel Retail, won two Golds at the Learning Technologies Awards, for the second year running.

    • VR training for surgeons

      Learning News |

      ARuVR won Gold Best Digital Learning Transformation Programme at the Learning Technologies Awards 2022. Interview with CEO, Frank Furnari.

    • Employee recognition for Huler

      Learning News | Huler |

      Work Tech Software Developer, Huler, has received an accreditation for workplace engagement.

    • Interview with Gary Lipkowitz, CEO Vyond

      Learning News | Vyond |

      Video creation in L&D, we're getting to grips with it and likely going to see a lot more of it. According to Vyond chief, Gary Lipkowitz.

    • Coca-Cola transforming training with virtual reality

      Learning News | ARuVR |

      Coca-Cola has completed an innovative virtual reality-based health and safety training project, completely removing the risk to employees compared with training on machinery in-situ, and leading to increases in learning efficiency and retention rates.

    • From learning to performance

      Learning News |

      Learning News talks to Henriette Kloots, creator of the World of Learning Map, used to help L&D teams focus on the journey from learning to performance.

    • OEB 2022 Conference Preview

      Learning News | OEB |

      OEB, the annual edtech conference in Berlin, returns live in person this November. Conference chair Rebecca Stromeyer joins Learning News.

    • Elearning market $500 Bn by 2027

      Learning News |

      A new elearning market report has global market size reaching almost $500 Billion over the next five years.

    • Interview: Mark Ash, Totara

      Learning News |

      Totara has a new CEO. Mark Ash joins with a background in growing technology businesses.

    • Young people favour marketing careers

      Learning News | CIM |

      Marketing seen as having good salary, career progression, variable career entry choices and transferable skills but with concerns over well-being: interview with Maggie Jones, Chartered Institute of Marketing.

    • Clark Quinn joins Upside Learning

      Learning News | Upside Learning |

      World-renowned learning experience design strategist, Clark Quinn, joins Upside Learning as the company’s Chief Learning Strategist.

    • Supercharge workforce strategies with Explorance

      Learning News | Explorance, LearningLive, London |

      A quick insight into Explorance’s leading 360-degree feedback software and how it can help an organization recognize, nourish, and retain its most vital talent.

    • LMS365 acquires Evergreen Digital

      Learning News | LMS365 |

      Denmark-based LMS365 expands in Australia, New Zealand and wider Asia-Pacific with acquisition of Evergreen Digital.

    • L&D struggling to be heard; interview with David Perring

      Learning News |

      Learning and development is struggling to be heard by its C-suites and put learning at the heart of their organisations. David Perring joins Learning News to discuss Fosway's 2022 Digital Learning Realities Research.

    • UNLEASH wins HR publication award

      Learning News |

      UNLEASH has won the HR Publication of the Year Award at the WTW Media Awards celebrating journalistic excellence.

    • Cloud skills gap concerns

      Learning News | Pluralsight |

      75% of technologists are building for the cloud but only 8% have significant cloud skills.

    • Interview with Fred Thompson, thirst learning

      Learning News |

      thirst learning launched earlier in 2022 into a crowded learning systems market. Its founder Fred Thompson explains why innovation in the market is needed.

    • Digital learning made easy

      Learning News |

      Learning News special feature with Nimble Elearning: helping under-resourced L&D teams and those at the start of their digital learning journey.

    • Workers impacted by anxiety and imposter syndrome

      Learning News |

      A study of 1,000 workers in the US has found the majority of employees are impacted by work anxiety and imposter syndrome, but can be improved by leaders listening and learning.

    • BestAtDigital partners with Elucidat

      Learning News | BestAtDigital, Brighton, UK |

      BestAtDigital has announce a new partnership with Elucidat combining BAD's behavioural science led digital design with Elucidat's content authoring expertise.

    • Dip in employee sentiments towards workplace learning

      Learning News | NTUC LearningHub, Singapore |

      81% of employees say their organisation places high importance on learning and development in 2022, as compared to 99% of employees in 2021; new report published in Singapore.

    • Archipel Academy - The all-in-one learning platform for limitless growth at LEARNINGLIVE 2022

      Learning News | Archipel Academy, Zaltbommel, The Netherlands |

      With our origins as learning consultants, we know exactly where the challenges are in the marketplace. That learning should be fluid and personal, because everyone has their own learning needs and is never one-size-fits-all. Archipel Academy is at the upcoming LEARNING LIVE event in London this September.

    • West Midlands digital skills boost

      Learning News | Microsoft |

      Microsoft and the West Midlands Combined Authority have announced a new collaboration to deliver digital skills in the region and the financial investment to support it.

    • X2O Media Achieves Learning Technologies Accreditation for X2O OneRoom from the LPI

      Learning News | X2O Media, Montréal, Canada |

      X2O Media, an international provider of hybrid collaboration technology, today announces it has been awarded the status of Accredited Learning Technologies for its X2O OneRoom solution by the LPI (Learning and Performance Institute), the leading global authority on workplace learning and development.

    • Marketing and elearning combine for new era of workplace learning

      Learning News | thirst learning, OnyxPDA |

      E-learning company, thirst learning, and marketing and design agency OnyxPDA, both launched during the pandemic, and now the pair of start-ups are working together to bring a new era of learning to the workplace.

    • Annual L&D Benchmark Report published

      Learning News | Mind Tools for Business |

      Organisational learning maturity increased marginally over the last 12 months; challenges around learning culture, business partnering, L&D skills and talent retention remain; Anna Barnett and Nahdia Khan from Mind Tools for Business join Learning News to discuss the Annual L&D Benchmark Report.

    • Using behavioural science to design an effective wellbeing strategy

      Learning News | Warwick Business School |

      Research has found that happy workers and satisfied employees are more productive, improving business performance and future profits. Warwick Business School is launching a new course to help company executives design and implement a wellbeing strategy.

    • Elearning gets -29 NPS in research study

      Learning News |

      Employees are dissatisfied with the online learning provided by their employers and seek more immersive experiences; research by corporate learning games company, Gamelearn.

    • Half change jobs due to upskilling issues

      Learning News | Pluralsight |

      A report into workplace learning trends has found that a lack of upskilling resources is contributing to workers considering changing jobs.

    • 9 out of 10 want greater professionalisation in L&D

      Learning News | London |

      Learning professionals are confused about what it means to be a learning professional and are struggling with their development: Gemma Wells and Jane Daly discuss The Learning Network’s 2022 Research Study.

    • Sales performance improvement: Imparta

      Learning News | London |

      Interview with Nigel Webb from Imparta, a market leader in sales training and enablement, which is changing its model to an on-demand service.

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