Archive for the ‘Training’ Category

GII Consulting is a specialty advisory and consulting firm focused on assisting technology vendors to develop value-based go-to-market strategies, ROI models and selling tools and training sales teams in value selling techniques. We assist these firms in building quantitative models for re-engineering business processes and developing new customer acquisition and retention strategies.http://www.giiconsulting.com/ Full story

Strengthening investments in learning and development will help to lead the world's economies out of recession. The business world is also investing in new ITIL Service Management and VMWare Virtualization Technologies, database Performance, and Business Intelligence. "Businesses understand the importance of investing in skills and now is the time to increase learning initiatives, not to decrease them. New skills drive innovation and progress and, while much ... Full story

New-style education initiatives prepare savvy executives to master the tough times ahead. The question du jour, of course, is can organizations afford executive education today? The better question may be, can they afford to forgo it? Executive education is not immune to economic trends, and one way this is showing up, says Richard Coughlan, senior associate dean at the University of Richmond's Robins School of Business, ... Full story

Even in a downturn there are pockets of in-demand skills for Business Analysts, especially analysts familiar with using Business Intelligence tools such as Microsoft's SQL Server BI offering. It feels like the sky has fallen, markets are in turmoil, jobs are being lost at an alarming rate. What are we to do? If you've been unlucky enough to have lost your job you may be considering ... Full story

Learning-by-doing is generally considered the most effective way to learn. A variety of emerging communication, visualization, and simulation technologies now make it possible to offer students authentic learning experiences ranging from experimentation to real-world problem solving. We explore what constitutes authentic learning, how technology supports it, what makes it effective, and why it is important. What Is Authentic Learning? Students say they are motivated by solving ... Full story

The ability to come out ahead is directly dependent on having great employees who provide outstanding service to your customers. Recessions have a way of weeding out the weakest companies. On the flip side, if you do things right, you can come out of the recession a lot stronger than your competition with more customers and more opportunity. Recessions Are a Good Thing I'm really fed up ... Full story