#CorporateTraining

Mar 1, 2019
2 min

Captain, my Captain

This week I had the amazing opportunity to work with a team. A real team. A soccer team. A group of individuals that must work together to achieve a collective goal. I reference ‘real’ not to be hyperbolic, but because sports offer a window into what teamwork really can be. A truly collective effort. I say this, as compared to organizations that can function under the veil of ‘team’, but often times can achieve their goals with, or without the collective effort of everyone. M

Feb 15, 2019
2 min

Facilitators Don't Tell...

Today I received an email from a dear friend. I’ll be facilitating a “leadership values” key note for his team soon. He required some additional information in advance of my presentation. Seemed simple enough. Well, my friend’s manager wanted to know exactly what content would be delivered during my ‘talk’. What would I be saying? What would I be telling the attendees? Look, I understand the need to affect a measure of control in a managerial sense. I understand the need to e

Jan 10, 2019
2 min

Learning At The Mouth Of A Volcano

What did a waterpark and corporate learning have in common…? Frankly, I assumed, very little. So why I ask the question? Simply, the life-long learner in me was fascinated by a recent visit to a Florida theme (water) park, not named after Walt. My family and I went to Volcano Bay a Universal property and (I believe) the only park we hadn’t visited on at least one previous trip down south. I have to be honest, early reviews on the park did not seem especially promising. So, we

Dec 4, 2018
3 min

Reward and Recognition

There is an ongoing debate amongst parenting ‘experts’ regarding the appropriateness of ‘allowance’ for children. Some believe that allowance, is a fair exchange of dollars for services rendered, by those little kiddies occupying the household (i.e. chores). Others are of the mind that chores are a part of any household and because everyone in the family is part that home, everyone should contribute, without a need to be compensated for it. I’m of a hybrid perspective that an

Oct 3, 2018
3 min

Measuring Learning Impact

For a Learning and Development professional to truly become a Trusted Business Advisor, it is critical to demonstrate business impact through learning interventions. I will now talk about a model of measuring learning impact that cuts across learning formats-the Kirkpatrick's model. The Kirkpatrick model has 4 levels of evaluating learning impact: - -Level 1-Reaction/Satisfaction Levels -Level 2-Change in the level of Knowledge -Level 3-Change in Behaviour -Level 4-Results/Bu

Sep 7, 2018
6 min

Online Learning is no Child’s Play

My 1.5-year-old baby jumped in excitement and clapped her hands in glee! What was the excitement all about? She had just learnt a new nursery rhyme, Baa Baa Black Sheep! She was always thrilled to learn new things-to scribble with a crayon, to learn dance steps, to learn words and to learn new ways of being naughty! I looked at her and being a Learning and Development professional, wistfully thought of the learners in my classroom training, "I wish each one of my students was

Jun 1, 2018
2 min

eLearning Course Development Checklist

When you are running a business which employs human resources, you need to train these resources on how to use your customized tools, programs or software, offer services, engage with clients, and everything else. Assessing training needs and training employees is one of the most crucial functions for any business. This is where brains behind training content and eLearning developers get together. What you need next, is to follow a checklist to ensure a good quality eLearning

Apr 24, 2018
3 min

Pathways Communication Training

Due to the continued growth at Pathways Training & eLearning, we have posted for multiple positions, including a posting for a programmer. As such a colleague of mine has have spent the last few weeks reviewing resumes from the potential candidates, many of which include a wide variety of skills and experiences. In speaking about this with my colleague yesterday while we were on a video shoot, he did point out that, there is one skill that 100% of the resumes mention, even

Apr 18, 2018
2 min

Using eLearning to Enhance Your Tutorial

Recently I was working with a client on developing process documentation and technical instructions regarding the launch of a new system they were going to be using as part of an onboarding course. Specifically, we were working on creating written instructions on how to access their new Learning Management System (developed by Pathways Training & eLearning of course) for several different teams within their organisation. Considering there were 4 different groups, all need

Apr 4, 2018
2 min

How eLearning Can Help to Prevent Privacy Breaches – Privacy Blog Part II

Last week I started a discussion on the importance of protecting your business’s privacy, so this week I would like to offer a few tips that apply both to the organization and the individual employee. As I mentioned last week, we take the protection of our customer’s privacy very seriously, so much so that we have developed programs, both eLearning and instructor led, that cover all aspects of safeguarding customer privacy. So let’s get started by asking the question, what

Feb 14, 2018
2 min

Client Appreciation Event - Fun Basketball Night with Pathways Training and eLearning

Here at Pathways Training and eLearning, we are constantly having fun with our many different projects and trying to come up with creative solutions to our clients’ eLearning and training needs; but once in a while, we like to take this fun outside our office boundaries, and this time we took it to the Air Canada Centre. Last Thursday, we invited some of our prestigious clients to join us for a night of food, drinks and Basketball, in our VIP box at the Air Canada Centre. Of

Jan 26, 2018
2 min

A Year in Review and a Look Forward to the Year Ahead - The Year of Innovative Learning Technologies

At this time of year, it is traditional to look at the goals from the year before and what we have accomplished, and our plans for the year ahead. At Pathways Training and eLearning Inc, 2017 was a fantastic year: We produced Canada’s first virtual reality eLearning module and over 35 news outlets wrote about the new learning technology we created (over 65 different new articles around the world, wrote about our work, check out some of the following news articles and press re

Nov 22, 2017
2 min

Role of the Project Manager

Over the next few weeks I will be facilitating two of the popular programs offered by Pathways Training & eLearning which are Introduction to Project Management and Applied Project Management. The intent of these courses is to provide professional planners with the basic knowledge and skills in managing various sized projects in all areas of urban and rural community development, urban design, environment, transportation, health and social services, housing, and economic deve

Nov 16, 2017
2 min

Project Managers & Interpersonal Skills

In the next few weeks I will be facilitating another of the popular programs offered by Pathways Training & eLearning, Introduction to Project Management. The intent of this course is to provide professional planners with the basic knowledge and skills in managing various sized projects in all areas of urban and rural community development, urban design, environment, transportation, health and social services, housing, and economic development. As you can imagine the course f

Jun 29, 2017
4 min

It's the 21st Century, people: Let's get social.

In my humble opinion, I think social learning is one of those topics that seems to come and go in our industry. I remember this being more of a "thing" when people of all ages became more comfortable with the various social platforms that extended beyond just Facebook. Back then, I always thought it would be so cool to integrate social technologies in corporate training, and was often told things like "Michelle, cool doesn't cut it.", or "it's not a learning thing, Michelle,

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