How to Determine the Best Training Solution for Your Team

Instructor-led training or Self-paced training? Deciding on the most effective training solution for your team can be challenging. With the recent move to remote and hybrid work and limited office hours, scheduling training adds to the challenge. Should you use a facilitator for in-person, classroom-based training, or is virtual training a better option? If your …

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Technical Writing: 6 Best Practices for Effective Content

Writing is both an art and a science, with some styles leaning more toward one attribute than the other. For example, content writing is meant to educate, entertain, inform, or inspire to grab a reader’s attention and build relationships with their intended audience. Social media posts, company blogs, web content, and advertising/marketing content are all …

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Useful or Useless: How to Tell If Your Manual Needs An Overhaul

Various types of technical manuals are meant to make complex information more accessible to end users. However, we’ve all experienced the mind-numbing frustration of trying to follow documents with too much technical jargon that are difficult to understand. Bad user guides make the reader feel frustrated and create more questions than answers. Poorly written instructions …

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Momentous Presidential Quotes

Our presidents sure have some awesome speechwriters. At other times, they say some off-the-cuff things that truly inspire! Here are some notable quotes from each US President. 1. George Washington (1789–1797) 2. John Adams (1797–1801) 3. Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809) 4. James Madison (1809–1817) 5. James Monroe (1817–1825) 6. John Quincy Adams (1825–1829) 7. Andrew Jackson …

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Affordable eLearning for Budget-Minded Organizations

Well-trained employees are essential to an organization’s success. Unfortunately, many small, budget-conscious organizations shy away from investing in eLearning (short for “electronic learning”). Reasons include the often-high costs associated with creating and hosting self-paced learning courses. When financial, human, and training resources are in limited supply, it can seem impractical to invest in a new …

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Words You Shouldn’t Use When Writing

Words are easy to use, and even easier to overuse. Jargon, cliches, and trendy terms can diminish your credibility and make your content read as generic or vague. Filler words pad the word count but don’t add anything of value to your writing. Sometimes, the word itself is just plain wrong. We’ve all been guilty …

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