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Paris (F), January 2018 - A big hello and "Happy New Year" to all the Checkpoint readers across Europe and the world.

Introducing Learning Technologies France: an 18 year old show that is brand new

This is our first ever special edition in the great media resource that is CHECK.point eLearning. I am the founder of eLearnExpo series of events (Paris, Vienna, Amsterdam, Moscow and Hong Kong), the main one being Paris started in 2001. In 2006 the French event became I-Learning forum and went from strength to strength to become the leading enterprise eLearning show in the Francophone world.  » MORE

London (UK), January 2018 - (By Corentin Sannie, Learning Expert @ 360Learning) A learning organization, a structure capable of naturally integrating and seamlessly sharing knowledge, is an increasingly popular concept in the training world. They are often considered as an unattainable ideal rather than a goal for companies to obtain. However, this is a misconception! Just three steps need to be taken to create a learning organization: decentralizing content creation, focusing on social interactions and continuous evaluation.  » MORE

Cirencester (UK), January 2018 - How does your experience of digital learning compare with others? Which technologies are really working in L&D and which are just hype or wishful thinking? In this age of 'fake news' David Wilson, CEO of Europe’s #1 HR and learning analyst, Fosway Group, explores the truth about digital learning in 2018.  » MORE

Paris (F), January 2018 - (By Riadh Lebib, Research and Development Manager at SBT Human(s) Matter) As an expert in Neuropsychology (Ph.D.) and CBT (graduated), he is interested in rational and irrational human behaviors to study their impact on decision making, in calm or stressful situations. Understanding the neural underpinnings and cerebral mechanisms that underlie these cognitive operations is central to his work to provide innovative solutions for professionals (training, assessment, consulting), based on information processing, emotional valence, and reasoning processes occurring within the brain. » MORE

San Francisco, (USA), January 2018 – David Grebow’s presentation, based on his latest bestselling book "Minds at Work: Managing for Success in the Knowledge Economy," will be featured at the iLearning Forum conference January 23,2018.  David Grebow has more 25 years of experience in management consulting and corporate education. His current focus is on what companies must do to adapt to and succeed in the knowledge economy. His groundbreaking research examines companies that are succeeding by replacing old management and learning practices, developed during the previous industrial economy, with a new, more effective approach better suited for today’s global business environment. » MORE

Paris (F), January 2018 - (By Sally-Ann Moore, Founder of iLearning Forum and Conference Director of Learning Technologies France) While preparing the Learning Technologies France 2018 conference programme, I have been doing research and reading, and in particular looking at L&D trends, Talent Management and Human capital management. I unearthed a real shock and a paradox about the value of people to organizations. » MORE

New York, NY (USA), January 2018 - (By David Guralnick, Ph.D.) Imagine, if you will, that it’s the not-so-distant future.  I’m a new salesperson in a retail store (in this projected future, we still have retail stores and they still have human salespeople). On my first day, I need some training before I’m ready to work with customers.  So I go to the store where I’ve been hired, go into a back office, close the door, and start my simulation training. » MORE

Paris (F), January 2018 - (By Alexandre Pachulski, Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder Talentsoft) The digital revolution will eliminate 50% of today’s jobs over the next 10 years. Who would have thought just a few years ago that we would be recruiting growth hackers, data scientists and full stack developers! Artificial intelligence is slowly transforming the world we live in and the way we work. So, how do we face robots and coding experts? We train, train, and train some more. » MORE

Windsor (UK), January 2018 - (By Craig Weiss, CEO and Lead Analyst of The Craig Weiss Group) It’s dead.  No, wait, it’s dying.  No, the articles say that it is dead. I’m not referring to your favorite HRIS, rather the LMS. The posts on the net continue to tell me that the LMS and thus its market is dead.  Which is ironic when you consider that more companies are coming into the space, then leaving. That the learning system space now exceeds 1,300 on the global scale. And that most them, the overwhelmingly large chunk are LMSs. » MORE