PinPoint Performance Solutions

Planning for Effective Traditional Training

Justin Beller — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:51:59 +0000

Much attention is given to e-learning, but from time to time traditional forms of training need to be created when, for example, your audience may not be technically savvy or if job conditions do not allow for learners to stop their work to be trained.

Proper planning will help ensure the creation of effective, objective training. The keys to effective training are the following elements: continue reading...

5 Ways to Jump Into Rapid E-learning

Justin Beller — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:10:58 +0000

Articulate is a software company that produces e-learning authorware to create your own media-rich, interactive e-learning courses. The term Rapid E-learning is used quite often throughout their website and supporting Rapid E-Learning Blog written and managed by Tom Kuhlmann. continue reading...

5 Ways to Improve Your Traditional Training

Justin Beller — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:02:24 +0000

When you are creating training, some form of instructional design should be employed however most of us neither have the time or background to apply this practice to make objective, performance-based training. We use training as a way to improve performance or fill a knowledge & skills gap in our target audience. Sometimes, this training misses the mark. In other words, it proves to be unsuccessful but the intention was in the right place. continue reading...

Defining Interactivity

Justin Beller — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:52:59 +0000

There’s a common misconception that e-learning in an of itself is interactive. However, interactivity is more than just delivering content in an online format. Just because you use multimedia, doesn't make it interactive. You have to have things such as challenges, decision making and problem solving on the part of the learner integrated in the content.

Elements such as the following help make e-learning interactive: continue reading...

Planning for Effective E-Learning

Justin Beller — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:18:39 +0000

You may have heard the term Rapid E-learning and wondered to yourself, what does it mean?

As I understand it, Rapid E-learning is delivering training (learning) by electronic means, utilizing quick design and development methodologies and available resources to bring a final solution to your target audience in the most efficient manner. If you have conducted your own research on the subject, you may have found different definitions. Nevertheless, the result is still the same – creating an engaging learning experience quickly and inexpensively. continue reading...

Adopting Sustainability for Better Workplace Performance

Justin Beller — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:21:45 +0000

A couple years ago I met an interesting individual by the name of John Bernardo, the owner of Sustainable Innovations based in Boise, ID. After learning more about John’s work experience and his business, I started to think about how sustainability in business can improve workplace performance. Below is a brief interview I did with John to learn more about sustainability and how it relates back to business. continue reading...

Simplify for Better Workplace Performance

Justin Beller — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:20:17 +0000

In good economic times, we tend to see an overabundance in all facets of business and life. There are more options to choose from. However, in difficult economic times tough choices need to be made. With resources dwindling and costs spiraling out of control, companies need to make choices and decide which products or programs to keep and which ones to cut. However, one of the unintended benefits of an economic decline is simplification. With fewer choices and options comes opportunities for better workplace performance. continue reading...

Cutting Training in a Down Economy is not a Smart Move

Justin Beller — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:38:36 +0000

When companies struggle through economic downturns, much like the one we are experiencing now, the first instinct is to start slashing the operating budget. Managers and employees are asked to do more with less resources.

It’s been my experience that one of the areas hit hardest by budget cuts is the training function. Training is often thought of at times as a luxury or “nice to have” in an organization. It is an expense worth paying for when times are good, but an easy target for elimination when times are bad. continue reading...

What Usability Testing Means to PinPoint Performance Solutions

Justin Beller — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:57:45 +0000

Usability testing is a process used to measure the ease of which people can use a particular tool or object, be it tangible or intangible such as an online training module, to meet a particular goal. Typically, the discussion of usability is centered on user interfaces for software and web applications, but usability can also be discussed in context of communications and knowledge transfer via technology. Usability serves as the basis of PinPoint Performance Solutions’ continue reading...

What User-Centered Design Means to PinPoint Performance Solutions

Justin Beller — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:59:19 +0000

User-Centered Design (UCD) is a philosophy of investigating the needs, expectations and barriers to which a user must overcome in order for a product or solution to be usable. Typically, UCD is directed toward interface design in software or web applications. It is the initial stage of design that takes a holistic approach to developing a quality, usable product or solution focused on the user and their tasks to overcome barriers to performance. continue reading...