How to Design Leadership Escape Rooms
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Michaels & Associates
- Feb 17
- 2 min
Best Icebreakers for Virtual Classroom Training
In recent years many companies have transitioned from in-person training to virtual classrooms, causing employee engagement levels to be...
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Michaels & Associates
- Feb 6
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ADDIE Framework Tasks Checklist
Whether you are a novice or seasoned expert in the Instructional Systems Design arena, you have probably heard of the ADDIE approach to...
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Michaels & Associates
- Jan 18
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Transitioning to the Learning & Development Field
We’re seeing a huge shift in workplaces, with many professionals moving out of their chosen fields and into something new and exciting in...
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Michaels & Associates
- Oct 11, 2021
- 1 min
Is Training Needed? Checklist
How do you know whether training is the right solution—even with a defined performance gap? Needs analysis is one way to determine...
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Michaels & Associates
- Aug 17, 2021
- 2 min
15 Tips to Maximize Your Virtual Training Sessions
Whether you have employees working from home or offices scattered across the globe, it’s possible to transform in-person training into...
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Michaels & Associates
- Jul 12, 2021
- 4 min
6 Tips for Successful Corporate Training
Do you have new hires to onboard? Improved business processes to implement? Updated product offerings? Or ongoing customer service and...
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Michaels & Associates
- Jun 4, 2021
- 1 min
Boost Training Results with Action Plans
Training action plans are practical tools that assist learners in furthering their expertise and professional development. They’re often...
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Michaels & Associates
- Oct 26, 2020
- 5 min
20 Ways Training Super-Charges Employee Engagement
In recent years, studies have shown that the more companies appreciate their employees, the more engaged and interested these individuals...
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Michaels & Associates
- Oct 26, 2020
- 1 min
Designing Software Training when Software's in Flux
There is a brand new software release and it's your job to create the instructor-led training materials. The problem is the software is...
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Michaels & Associates
- Oct 26, 2020
- 2 min
SME's Guide to Adult Learning Principles
Congratulations, you're a subject matter expert (SME) for a training project and tasked to collaborate on the development of an...
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Michaels & Associates
- Oct 26, 2020
- 3 min
Make it Stick: Learning Transfer and Retention
It's been said that 80% of training taught in the workplace is forgotten the next day. So how do you beat the statistics and ensure your...
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Michaels & Associates
- Oct 26, 2020
- 2 min
Techniques For Active Learning
Tasks achieved through a direct, hands-on approach involve active learning techniques. For example, participants might work together to...
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Michaels & Associates
- Oct 26, 2020
- 3 min
How To Write Performance Objectives
Once analysis is completed, performance objectives are the basis for the instructional design process. They are the backbone of the...
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Michaels & Associates
- Oct 22, 2020
- 1 min
Storyboarding Strategies for Effective e-Learning
In this tutorial, you will learn why it's important to develop storyboards, the components of an effective storyboard, your roles and...
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Michaels & Associates
- Sep 10, 2020
- 1 min
Prepare Your Writing For Translation
With thousands of people taking training around the globe, it's more important than ever to ensure your writing can be easily translated...
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Michaels & Associates
- Jul 31, 2020
- 1 min
Top 7 Benefits You Get From Scenario-Based Training (Infographic)
Scenario-based learning is a training approach we've been passionate about for decades. The reason? It's the wonderful benefits your...
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Michaels & Associates
- Jul 31, 2020
- 1 min
10 Best Practices For Developing Training Content (Infographic)
Would you like to be a "Great Training Organization?" From years of research, Training Industry has identified these 10 best practices...
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Michaels & Associates
- Jul 31, 2020
- 1 min
Mix and Match Your Assessment Techniques! (Infographic)
Top performing companies and their L&D teams find it most beneficial to offer both formative and summative assessments. Doing so, they...
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