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Turning Learning into Profit: How L&D is Becoming the New Corporate Powerhouse

Stephen Baer — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:00:00 +0000

In today’s fast-paced business world, learningand development (L&D) is a profit engine. Upskilling employees boostsproductivity and revenue, while AI helps analyze data, identify insights, andimprove efficiency. This webinar explores how strategic L&D and AI-poweredsolutions drive growth through enhanced engagement and measurable KPIs. Learnhow gamification, video role play, and virtual reality are transformingemployee training and retention, keeping organizations agile in rapidlychanging markets.

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Groundbreaking News: A Whole New Category in L&D, Introducing The Studio by ELB Learning

John Blackmon — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 14:00:00 +0000

You’re invited to see where L&D is going! Step into the state-of-the-art kitchen where immersive, sticky, high-impact learning experiences are born! The ultimate recipe for better results from L&D starts right here – and there’s nothing in the market like it.

Why immersive learning?

Improve learning retention
Practice real-life scenarios
Fail safely when learning
Enjoy learning
Become motivated to learn

Use any combination of VR, gamification, video-based practice, and traditional eLearning apps in one integrated, easy-to-use platform. Mix and match these high-impact modalities in a recipe that makes your learning stick. Forget the forgetting curve! See examples from clients getting their hands dirty. Throw on your apron; this is the future!

Join the CEO of ELB Learning, Andrew Scivally, with his fellow leaders, Christian Weibell, Chief Product Officer, John Blackmon, Chief Technology and AI Officer, Stephen Baer, Chief Creative Officer, with Chrisanna McMillan-Paxton, President of D3 Training Solutions and trusted consultant of ELB Learning, for an eye-opening glimpse at this emerging category.

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10 Ways You’re Getting Gamification Wrong

Stephen Baer — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Are games and gamification part of your learningstrategy? We hope so. Game-based learning has been proven to increase: employeeparticipation, training enjoyment, and knowledge retention. Perhaps yourstrategy is not quite right and consequently, you’re not seeing the desiredresults. We get it. Learn how you can incorporate strategies to help you getthe most out of your training that offer great solutions. Sometimes all ittakes is an outsider’s perspective to offer techniques or clarification onwhere most games and gamification go wrong.

The Game Agency interviewed 5 InstructionalDesigners about what could go wrong with a gamification strategy and theyshared the 10 most common mistakes you may be making and how to fix them. Bygoing through each mistake, you see how and where you can improve in your owntraining. Professional insight can help guide you towards your desired results.Don’t just focus on the fun that game-based learning has to offer, find yourfocus with successful outcomes.

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The ROI of Game-Based Training

Stephen Baer — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000

With so many employees still working from homeand many feeling stressed, anxious, and overwhelmed, game-based learning can bethat “magic elixir” that adds just the right amount of fun and levitythat your team needs. Furthermore, in this eBook, we’ll discuss how to addgamification, the application of game-based elements (games, points, badges,leaderboards, competition, rewards, etc.) into your training strategy. Bydeploying these tactics, companies accelerate the learning process, improve retentionrates, and promote a fun environment. In fact, 80% of employees enjoygame-based learning at work more than traditional training methods. There’s aclear connection between building a productive environment and a fun one.Tapping into the power of play allows businesses to not only stimulateemployees’ learning retention but also improve company culture. In this eBook,we discuss how to make virtual onboarding more interactive, and finally, weshare how a well-known cosmetic company created a gamified learning environmentto train and engage their global sales team.

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