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The Freemium Three: Three Free Tools That Will Work Wonders For Your Next Training Project.

The Freemium Three: Three Free Tools That Will Work Wonders For Your Next Training Project.

by on January 19, 2011 in Informal Learning, LMS (Learning Management System), Project Management/Project Delivery, Reviews, social learning, Wikis

Like many of us, I don’t like spending money when it’s not necessary, and being a good project manager means being especially tight fisted with your client’s dime.  So, when budgets are tight and the dollars can’t be found for more expensive tools – here are three freemium products I’ve recently discovered that can help get your enterprise training project rolling on next-to-nothing.

 Bookwhen.com

  • This online registration system proved its worth a thousand times recently when we had to scratch plans for a learning management system (LMS) at the last minute, after the client had to pare back the budget on a series of instructor-led training classes being rolled out to 3000 employees at multiple locations.  Following some careful product reviews and some alpha-testing we settled on this system and never looked back.  It was easy to customize, easy for our client’s employees to use, and handled a number of changes

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eLearning Review: A Module for the National Security Arena

eLearning Review: A Module for the National Security Arena

by on October 15, 2010 in eLearning, Reviews

Most of the eLearning modules we design here at Dashe & Thomson are aimed at the corporate audience.  We train our clients’ employees on new systems, processes, and ideas, with the intention of helping them maximize their productivity while simultaneously minimizing disruption.  

These are worthy goals with quite a bit of value to our clients, but we’ve never had to worry that our training might be a factor in whether someone lives or dies (I hope!).   That’s why a recent post from Cathy Moore’s blog caught my eye.  In partnership with another firm, she designed a decision-based module for the U.S. Army to help instruct soldiers on the sort of cross-cultural skills that can ensure success and safety when dealing with Afghani natives.  Needless to say, the course was an eye-opener for me.  I played through the scenario four different times before I finally registered a “good” result (as opposed …

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