The Top 7 Skills an L&D Project Manager Needs
Owning and managing a training project is a difficult job. Learning and development professionals often find themselves tasked with running a project with little or no experience in project management. When you’re dealing with cross-functional teams, stakeholders from different business units, and multiple subject matter experts, it can feel like an overwhelming task. Selecting a […]
Conducting an L&D Audit: Learning Operations
Prior to the events of 2020, the outlook for L&D was looking extremely promising. Budgets were going up, L&D teams felt they were getting a seat at the table, and the reputation of learning programs was starting to move from cost-center to performance driver. But few could have predicted just how rapidly things could shift […]
Conducting an L&D Audit: Assessing and Calculating Team Capacity
In this installment of our L&D Audit series, you’ll learn how to calculate and audit your training team’s capacity. In a recent update to an ongoing ATD study on the time it takes to create training, the researchers added some survey questions to the study. They asked respondents to name the top barriers to faster […]
Conducting an L&D Audit: Learning Audiences & Learner Personas
In this installment of our L&D Audit series, you’ll learn how, why, and when to audit and refresh your learner personas. Design thinking is a concept that has piqued the interest of learning professionals for some time. With concerns such as learner engagement and driving performance top of mind for L&D, design thinking and taking […]
Ask the Experts: Digital Transformation in L&D
In a survey in 2019, 70% of respondents said their organization was either in the midst of their digital transformation plan or was putting one in place. There’s no doubt that events in 2020 ramped up the level of urgency around the implementation of digital transformation. But how do those strategies and plans translate into […]
Happy Birthday to Us! Celebrating 6 Years of Cognota
Today marks six years of Cognota growing and maturing into the company, culture and product that it is today. We’re so proud of how far we’ve come and so excited to see what the next six years holds too! In celebration of this birthday, we’re taking a little trip down memory lane to look back […]
4 Simple Ways to Convert a Powerpoint to SCORM
One of the most common tasks an L&D team undertakes is the conversion of Powerpoint presentations into formats that are suitable for eLearning delivery. We hear about it from clients all the time. In fact, it’s so prevalent that our client success team recently wrote an article about how to leverage Cognota to convert and […]
What is Agile Instructional Design Methodology?
As learning designers look to respond more quickly to the training needs of the business, many are turning their attention to the potential of working under an Agile instructional design methodology. As a philosophy, Agile enables teams to work faster and more collaboratively so that they can quickly deliver and iterate on market-ready products. While […]
Introducing Cognota’s new VP, Product: Darren Card
Over the last couple of years at Cognota, we’ve been busy growing a dynamic and driven team. From sales and marketing to client success and engineering, we’re proud of the team we’ve assembled and can’t wait to continue adding to it. As a start-up, we’re used to a fast pace and constant change. In fact, […]
Try This Training Request Process Flow Chart for Efficient Training Intake
Managing training requests efficiently is often far down the list of learning and development priorities. But taking control of the training request process can yield hugely beneficial results in terms of your team’s capacity, productivity, and alignment with organizational performance. To save valuable time for your training team and to make sure you’re prioritizing high […]
