Google Cloud Next was an opportunity for Google to demonstrate its capabilities, ecosystem, and strategic partnership to the world. Here are some of the most critical announcements and initiatives from the conference that truly cemented Google’s rightful place as a serious contender in a market occupied by competition like Microsoft Azure, and Amazon AWS.Read more
In the plush sun-soaked surroundings of Bonnet Creek, Orlando, we kicked-off Perspectives 19 and what an incredible three days it has been. With over 160 customer speakers, focused Compliance, Leadership, Technology and Developer, Percipio and SumTotal tracks, we heard stories from every industry.Read more
This year we sponsored and participated in the ASU GSV summit which is THE industry catalyst for raising learning and career opportunities through scaled innovation. According to Forbes, ASU GSV is the best conference “to get a lay of the land and spot promising new ideas” within the EdTech space.Read more
Attendees have come to expect a certain level of technology expertise and insight from a Strata Data Conference. And the recent one in San Francisco didn’t disappoint. The program now covers the entire range and ecosystem of big data tools and technologies. Read more
Perspectives is next week, and I want to talk about one more feature before we all get there. This year we are doing a much bigger and better Solution Showcase, which means you will be able to get closer to our content, platform, Professional Services, and customer reference teams. Read more
Six years ago, we launched WintellectNOW with just a handful of videos authored by me, Jeffrey Richter and John Robbins. The goal was to make the same hard-core developer training that we were delivering in person at Microsoft offices all over the world available to everyone.Read more
As a profession, L&D is undergoing extraordinary change. L&D professionals must determine how best to manage these seismic transformations both personally and professionally. A recent gathering of over 40 L&D professionals in locations across New Zealand was the ideal setting for reflection, brainstorming and sharing of how individual organisations are shaping their responses and strategies to manage the impact of technology and other agents of change in the industry.Read more
The training industry has many approaches to measure the effectiveness of training on learners. However, to obtain the most accurate measurement of skills, HR and L&D professionals must pay attention to the normative method for testing and assessments.Read more
The good news is that Perspectives is now less than two weeks away. As I said in my blog, #Perspectives19: A Whole New Perspective, this year we are going all out to make it our best conference ever.Read more
I was at a conference recently where a presenter rather astutely reminded the audience that agile project management is agile with a capital A. Simply calling your project planning method agile because it changes a lot is not quite what we mean when we talk about Agile.Read more