KWC Global - formerly Kissing With Confidence launched its new name, logo, and rebrand at Learning Live on 14th September. Having recently moved from purely in-person training to a hybrid approach, the new brand and name represents its new global approach.
Double Learning Award winner, Yasmine Alani, talks about DEI's challenge for L&D.
Only 56% of women report having access to upskilling compared to 73% of men; study of 1,500 American workers aged 25 to 45.
Career development a top priority for learning and development; L&D budgets under pressure; Adaptive learning revealed as top learntech business opportunity; Importance of formal learning in the mix recognised.
New programme from Imparta to prepare sales teams for greater involvement with senior managers.
An engaging community app for senior L&D professionals.
Learning Pool is now a B Corp, accountable for its environmental and social performance. Ben Betts joins Learning News to talk about Learning Pool’s B Corp experience.
CEO of 5Mins.ai releases brand new data and calls on HR leaders to prioritise AI upskilling.
Go1’s acquisition of Blinkist and a new model for consumption of learning content.
Learning and Development in organizations: Reflecting on 20 years of research - interview with Anna Barnett and Nahdia Khan, Mind Tools for Business.
PageTiger’s training course ‘TigerClass Live’ is now officially certified by the CPD (Continuing Professional Development) Certification Service in the UK, giving its customers an opportunity to earn hours towards their CPD Qualification.
What makes a great workplace? Louise McElvaney talks about Learning Pool's award for Best Workplaces for Women.
Revolutionising the future of work with advanced skill taxonomies, custom frameworks, AI-enhanced career guidance, and an holistic approach to skill development and assessment.
CIPD’s Learning at Work 2023 report - interview with Laura Overton and Andy Lancaster: Addressing skills is the number one priority for L&D practitioners in 2023; L&D is under pressure and its workload is widening; Collaborative applications saw the highest area of learning tech growth; Large increase in those focused on performance, but more to do; Two-thirds of L&D practitioners say they have a meaningful career.
PageTiger has been recognised with two accolades as an impactful software provider for businesses, receiving the 2023 awards for Most Recommended provider and Best Customer Support from Software Advice.
Greg Ceccarelli and Robert Petrocelli will focus on driving innovation and customer value in an advanced technology market, driven by developments in AI.
Rosetta Stone's new AI-powered language assessments deepen the company's line of language learning solutions. The patented assessments provide precise scores aligned to recognized global language standards, heightening an organization’s ability to identify and hire top multilingual talent, empowering global expansion and improving customer satisfaction scores.
Docebo's revenues continue to rise, up 25% to $43 million for 2023 Q2, yet with a net loss of $5.7 million, down from a profit of $2.1 million on the same period last year.
UK-based performance and engagement management company purchased to prioritise the needs of individual learners.
NEBOSH is heading to the 2023 LEARNING LIVE Event in London. Participants will find out how NEBOSH can help organisations with health, safety, environmental, risk and wellbeing needs through a range of qualifications and its latest corporate service offerings, including NEBOSH Endorsed.
How the Lego group is rethinking behaviour change and human-centred cyber-security, with Ceri Jones from Lego group and Kate Pasterfield, host of The Unforgettable Learning Podcast.
73% of UK organisations are experiencing skills shortages; remains one of the major challenges facing employers.
Vyond’s new video creation tool, Vyond Go, has arrived; aims to increase the speed, ease and scalability of business communications.
The Association for Talent Development is hosting the ATD Middle East Conference, a prestigious learning and talent development event; Abu Dhabi, 13-14 June.
CLO100 is excited to announce its partnership with THRIVE, an innovative digital learning and skills platform designed to provide delegates with an unparalleled experience on the Learning Leaders Programme.
Interview with Matt Donovan, GP Strategies, at Learning Technologies 2023.
Myles Runham at Learning technologies 2023 on digital learning market trends and generative AI in learning.
Chris Littlewood explains Filtered’s position in the market and how it helps learning teams to manage content.
Donald H Taylor reflects on two days at Learning Technologies 2023 with Rob Clarke of Learning News.
Guy McEvoy, CEO of GuyKat, talks to Learning News at Learning Technologies 2023.
Marjolein Koggel with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2023.
Netex's Nicole Horsman with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2023.
Open eLMS showcased its elearning generator tool which uses artificial intelligence to quickly create elearning courses.
Camilia Miccolis from Rise Up with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2023.
Interview with Lefteris Ntouanoglou, CEO & President, Schoox, at Learning Technologies 2023.
Armin Hopp presents Speexx’ new platform at Learning Technologies 2023: combining language and business coaching.
Olivia Haywood from Sponge explains how Sponge's new brand unites four recently acquired businesses while retaining Sponge's DNA.
Think Learning’s Matt Mundey joins Learning News at Learning Technologies 2023.
THRIVE unveils new compliance offering at Learning Technologies 2023.
Totara's Lars Hyland joins Learning News at Learning Technologies 2023.
Interview with Ben Laycock from Valamis at Learning Technologies 2023.
THRIVE is to provide digital content and support for the CLO100 programme.
Learning News with Learning Pool’s Kevin Keating and Anna Lloyd at Learning Technologies 2023.
The L&D Detective, Kevin M. Yates, with Rob Clarke from Learning News at Learning Technologies 2023.
Learning News with Dr Nigel Paine and Zahra Clarke-Johnney at Learning Technologies 2023.
Tom McDowall from The Learning Network talks to Learning News about the community interest company and the support it provides to people working in the learning industry.
Blue Eskimo’s Nick Jones discusses the changing jobs market with Learning News.
Patrick Jocelyn, CEO, Omniplex Learning with Rob Clarke of Learning News at Learning Technologies 2023.
Nahdia Khan, Mind Tools, explains how its new collaborations are giving buyers valuable opportunities to experiment with new technologies and approaches.
Frank Furnari, CEO of ARuVR and Louise Greenhoff, Group Head of Learning and Delivery at The AA, talk about virtual reality in learning.
Jeff Fissel from LTG chats to Rob Clarke at Learning News about Bridge, LTG’s learning and skills platform which now includes the gomo authoring and Instilled LXP products.
Access Accelerate brings together Access Learning and Access Employee Performance into a single learning solution.
Andy Costello explains Kineo’s new analytics service and why it is included with every content project.
Learning News at Learning Technologies 2023 with the news and views from participants.
CrossKnowledge launched its new facilitated programs at Learning Technologies 2023: cohort-based programs covering: leading, creativity, connectivity and decision-making.
A new report from ILX Group considers the challenges, priorities and opportunities facing organisations in 2023 and says 50% of training programmes are not effective due to budget constraints.
A new coding school, 42 London, opens; tuition-free, project-based learning and peer collaboration.
Docebo's positive financial trajectory holds into Q1. Digital learning tech vendor Docebo returned to profit in Q4 2022 and its performance continued in Q1 2023 with revenue up 29% over Q1 2022 to $41.5M and a net profit of $1.2M.
Learning Pool and Mind Tools have announced an innovation partnership to work together to harness learning content, frameworks and the power of artificial intelligence. The first of these joint experiments is Converse, a way for people to practise and learn about having difficult conversations with co-workers.
Vyond announces its most significant new product release ever today. By harnessing the power of generative AI, Vyond is making video creation faster, easier, and more accessible for everyone in the enterprise. Vyond's Spring Release includes major enhancements to Vyond Studio, as well as the introduction of Vyond Go – the industry’s first AI-based script and video creator that will revolutionize the speed, ease, and scalability of business communications.
Vyond's enhanced reseller program enables partners to more effectively sell and train with the leading AI-Powered video creation platform for the enterprise. Vyond customers now have faster access to in-country, in-language training, as well as localized sales and support in their own time zones.
Scottish-based Roebuck Global Resourcing has announced the appointment of Helen McAnally and Alex Keay, two senior executives, to its team. McAnally and Keay join RGR while it is experiencing significant growth in the UK, EMEA, APAC and America.
Catherine de Salvo from softskills microlearning training provider, Scott Bradbury, joins Learning News to talk about getting microlearning right and why choosing video with real people, over animation, is important for developing human skills and behaviours.
Winner of Learning Technologies 2022 Gold Award to showcase how its Adaptive Learning improves learning efficiency and outcomes.
Analysis of the digital learning market vendors, innovation and solutions, with David Perring from Fosway.
Neueda expands global offering with acquisition of Conygre in multi-million pound deal.
New offering harnesses artificial intelligence to improve talent mobility, recruitment and career growth.
Market analyst Fiona Leteney from Fosway looks at the Learning Technologies 2023 exhibition with Rob Clarke.
Andy Costello, Kineo, looks ahead to Learning Technologies 2023.
Nuz Saeed, Omniplex Learning, looks ahead to Learning Technologies 2023.
Learning News talks to participants and the event organisers ahead of the Learning Technologies event this May.
Donald H Taylor, Conference Chair, discusses the Learning Technologies 2023 conference and what's in store for delegates.
L&D - Thriving or Surviving: How well-placed is Learning and Development for the tough economic period ahead?
Two thirds of tech leaders are to cut costs in 2023, yet three quarters plan to increase their investment in skills, seeking cost savings elsewhere.
Bridge Learning Tech has announced a new Chair, Justin Cooke; formerly with FutureLearn, Unicef UK and the British Museum's Digital Advisory Board.
Cornerstone People Research Lab 2023 Trends Report: interview with Mike Bollinger.
Docebo Q4 revenue up 31% to $39 million; annual revenue $142 million and EBITDA $1.3 million.
1,300 engineers at accounting software company, Sage, are to get access to a new cybersecurity skills development programme.
LMS365 has announced it is to integrate with LinkedIn Learning; the deal will enable learners to access LinkedIn Learning training content directly from the LMS365 platform.
Pay and conditions for learning professionals continues to improve; job satisfaction rises; small decrease in people changing jobs in 2023; decrease in unpaid working hours; Work and Salary Survey for L&D; interview with report author.
Huler has developed Environment eLearning for Subsea7’s workforce - a UK offshore projects and services provider.
Learning News interview with Alejandra Chilczenko, from Imparta, which won Learning Impact Gold at the Learning Awards.
Interview with Learning Pool's Jack Quantrill following success at the Learning Awards for their project with supermarket, Lidl.
Colossyan, an AI-based text-to-video platform, has received a $5M investment to help it expand self-serve video for learning and development.
A new digital platform designed for midsize and enterprise organizations to build and scale product management, agile and leadership skills at pace.
Nelson Sivalingam, Co-founder and CEO, HowNow, joins Learning News.
CoachHub, the leading global digital coaching platform, announces its CoachHub Executive™ programme, which includes a new cohort of executive coaches.
What business leaders rate as most important are areas where they don’t believe L&D has a role: Mind Tools for Business Leadership Report 2023, interview with Anna Barnett.
On this day, the day of taking time to think about loving relationships, Laura Overton takes a unique look at L&D and business impact in this insightful and fun but equally thought-provoking article.
Market bracing itself as recessionary pressures loom large. Fosway's 2023 learning systems market report is out; growth for some, cost-cutting for others; interview with market analyst, Fiona Leteney.
Interview with Leena Randhawa from Omniplex Learning on learning design skills, design challenges and accessibility.
HowNow, a learning experience platform, founded by Nelson Sivalingam, has announced it has received funding from Pearson and Mercia. The investment will be used to fund expansion.
A campaign to prompt people to think about the work of career development professionals gets underway.
The AI-powered content curator, Anders Pink is acquired by the learning ecosystem builder Go1. Managing Director, Michelle Hazelton provides an update with Rob Clarke on Learning News.
Trends report by Cornerstone highlights greater use of AI to predict skills needs and growth in learning content for DEIB, health and wellbeing and sustainability.
Go1 acquires Anders Pink to provide best-in-class content curation capability for learners.
LX Group announces acquisition of TSG Training, a provider of IT and software testing training courses.
The Edge Hub appoints leaders in technology and investment to the board to enhance regional digital skills and innovation growth.
Interview with Ryan Austin - CEO, Cognota, the developer of LearnOps® and Charles Jennings - Consultant, Speaker and Coach, one of the people helping L&D teams to implement LearnOps®.
Entelechy Academy is to present the latest in its series of webinars looking at ‘Character’ - the missing ingredient in Learning and Development.