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Competency Management News-To-Use
| Brandon Hall Recommends WebMentor LMS to Those
"Migrating to a New LMS" |
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Brandon Hall Reviews WebMentor LMS and Cites
Value, Technical Proactivity, User Ease and Competency
Management as Reasons to Make a Switch
Learning industry analyst firm Brandon Hall
recognized Avilar's WebMentor LMS in the category of "Best
Value" in the report "LMS KnowledgeBase 2007: In-Depth
Profiles of 60+ Learning Management Systems." Brandon Hall
included in its review, "Companies wishing to migrate to a new
LMS may wish to consider WebMentor LMS 5.3. The facet
architecture, although somewhat technical, can offer quick
interoperability and functionality."
The web-based report provides detailed information on
63 learning management systems and is available as a resource
to key decision-makers in their LMS selection processes.
Brandon Hall Research has been conducting studies on eLearning
products since 1992. As part of the "Best Value" category,
Avilar was recognized for providing "quite a punch for the
price."
In addition to acknowledgement of value and
recommendation as a replacement option, Brandon Hall also
recognized Avilar's dedication to user ease. "We found
WebMentor's interface to be clean, straightforward and
customizable. It's quick drill-down features allow
administrators a seamless macro and micro view of student
data."
Avilar CEO John Skowlund is pleased with both the
praise within the review as well as the consistency of
Avilar's evaluations. "Brandon Hall continues to rank Avilar
as a best value LMS with attention to SCORM compliance, user
ease and back-end operability," says Skowlund.
"Acknowledgement within these areas is consistent with
previous reviews, and we are happily surprised to see Brandon
Hall recommend WebMentor LMS to those seeking a new LMS. We
see this review as substantiation that Avilar has a stronghold
on our technology and place within the eLearning industry."
In recognition of Avilar's longevity within the
eLearning industry, Brandon Hall reviewed, "The lessons
learned during its decade of growth are reflected in its
latest release of WebMentor LMS 5.3. This version anticipated
future needs and offers proactive solutions."
Avilar's program architecture also received positive
marks. "A striking feature of WebMentor LMS 5.3 is that the
program's architecture is build upon 'facets,'" reviews
Brandon Hall. "Back office and content interoperability are
achieved by using middleware to develop modules called facets.
These facets, such as log-ins, e-commerce, communication, and
courseware creation, are developed and implement via
middleware (ColdFusion). Although somewhat technical, rapid
migration of data from one environment to another can be
achieved."
Another distinctive factor of Webmentor LMS is its
add- on competency management component, WebMentor Skills. The
competency management system measures employee competency
levels against a competency model, also available with the
system. From these measurements, skill gaps are gained which
aid in the strategic workforce decision-making capabilities of
the organization. When used in conjunction with or independent
from WebMentor LMS, organizations are able to create
individual development plans to close skill gaps, produce
succession plans, and add competencies to performance
management programs, among other workforce initiatives.
To obtain a copy of the report, please visit
www.brandon-hall.com. For more information on Avilar and
WebMentor LMS, please visit www.avilar.com.
To learn more about the Competency Management
Consortium please contact David Galvin by e-mail at
galvin@avilar.com or by phone at 205.699.3055
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| Competency Management and eLearning
Webinars |
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Complimentary Webinars by Avilar Consultants,
Directors and Developers
Competency Assessment Tips and
Tricks
Wednesday, July 25th
11am EST
Like a weak link in a chain, a poorly designed
competency assessment can result in misleading skills data for
your organization. But, with a great deal of thoughtful
preparation, foresight, and some knowledge about how to avoid
some common errors, your assessments will yield useful
results. This webinar will outline a number of tips and
tricks, learned through decades of competency management work
by practitioners and consultants, on how to create the most
effective, efficient and meaningful skills assessments for
your organization. Tip one: Attend this webinar.
Register
for this webinar
In Competency Management it's Best to Give and
Receive: How giving the right message helps you receive the
best information
Thursday, September 20th
1pm EST
It's always true; if you don't send the right
message, you'll receive the wrong results. Competency
management projects are no exception. You've managed to
receive managerial buy-in, created an outstanding competency
model, put a competency management system in place, and had
all the right people sign off on your revolutionizing
competency management initiative. Now you're ready to spread
the good news. Here's where all your hard work pays off - or
is it? How you communicate a competency management project to
your organization can either lead to fantastic results or stop
your project dead in its tracks with little hope of recovery.
Join Christine Hipple, Avilar's Director of Workforce
Solutions, as she details the right and wrong ways to project
your competency management initiative at your organization.
Chris will list some methods to emulate, as well as highlight
many of the common communication plan mistakes. Don't let a
poor communication strategy stop your competency management
project!
Register
for this webinar
Automating Individual Development Planning: How
Competency Management Streamlines Training Efforts and
Promotes Career Planning
Tuesday, November 6th
3pm
EST
What is individual development planning and why do so
few organizations do it well? How can competency management
ensure that people have the capabilities for their current
jobs? How does career planning fit into the picture? How
should development planning and performance management be
integrated? What are the benefits of automating development
planning compared with decentralized or paper-and-pencil
systems? Join us to learn the answers to the above questions
and find out how this one competency- based initiative will
bring your organizations numerous benefits.
Register
for this webinar
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| Avilar Events |
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Avilar will be present at the following
conferences:
SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition
Las
Vegas, NV
June 24-27, 2007
http://sh
rm.org/conferences/annual/
To receive a free pass to the SHRM Exposition, please
contact Niki Herr at herr@avilar.com
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| Industry News - Influencing Up, Masie
PodCast |
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Effectively Influencing Up
This article
about Peter Drucker, a well-known executive coach, contains
many helpful tips on how to influence those above you in an
organization. Drucker points out that although peopel are
highly productive within their positions, they may not have
received the training on how to create influence for their
ideas. Some tips include going through basic sales training,
taking responsibility for achieving influence and not blaming
others, using education to communicate your ideas, and
preparing for a discussion on costs. Follow the article link
below to read the rest of the article, and learn the
tips.
For
the full article.
Elliot Masie interviews Marshall Goldsmith, author
of What Got You Here Won't Get You There
Elliot
Masie, founder of the Masie Center, interviews author Marshall
Goldsmith on the bad habits of successful people. Goldsmith
offers many helpful insights into habits that may make someone
successful despite their sometimes irritating or even negative
effects. One habit Goldsmith approaches is people's need to
win, regardless of what they're winning.
Listent
to the podcast
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Atlanta Competency Management
Luncheon |
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Competency Management Luncheon
Villa
Christina
Wednesday, July 18th
12 - 2pm
Topic: Strategic Training - Using Competency
Management to Achieve Organizational Objectives
Avilar invites you to join us at the Villa Christina
restaurant in Atlanta for a competency management- focused
luncheon. Synopsis: Join workforce solutions consultant and
competency management Guru Christine Hipple as she details how
organizations are including training in their strategic plan.
With competency management, organizations are able to directly
align training with organizational objectives by using
workforce analytics to:
- Target training
- Develop career plans
- Create individual development plans
- Succession Plan
Leave the luncheon with ideas on
1) how to increase the strategic aspects of training at your
organization and 2) an understanding of how competency
management applies to and creates efficiencies within
training.
The luncheon will include the competency management
presentation followed by a competency management and
training-focused discussion.
To learn more or sign up for the event please contact
David Galvin at galvin@avilar.com or at 205.699.3055
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