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Thinking Outside the Box: How to Cultivate a Creative Workplace

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Thinking Outside the Box: How to Cultivate a Creative Workplace

As Courseware Developer, Maria Eagles identifies the needs of trainers and designs/creates training and development programs accordingly. In this week's blog post, she gives us her quick guide to cultivating a creative workplace.

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9 Tips for Making Your Training Workshops Fun for Increased Retention and Engagement

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9 Tips for Making Your Training Workshops Fun for Increased Retention and Engagement

Corporate training is a part of many employee’s careers. As a trainer, standing in front of a group of learners to train them may be intimidating. However, ensuring that you are delivering effective training workshops is crucial to promoting change and improvements in an organization. Finding ways to connect with your trainees and increase their engagement can help you deliver interactive workshops. Making your training fun can make the content you are teaching more memorable, making your sessions worthwhile to you and your learners. 1. Know Your Audience What does “know your audience” mean in the context of delivering a...

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Nail Your Next Presentation with Our Top Ten Public Speaking Tips and Tricks

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Nail Your Next Presentation with Our Top Ten Public Speaking Tips and Tricks

Does the idea of public speaking make your skin crawl and your heart race? If this sounds familiar, you are not alone.

Glossophobia, or the fear of public speaking, affects approximately 75 percent of adults. The statistic is staggering when you consider how many jobs require public speaking skills, whether it’s to pitch a new idea, interact with the media/stakeholders, or even running an internal meeting.

But it doesn’t have to be this way. With a little preparation, the ability to deliver a great presentation can be game changing for your professional development and organization as a whole.

Effectively deliver your key messages and even influence behavior with our public speaking tips and tricks.

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Your Jargon Guide to the Corporate Training Industry

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Your Jargon Guide to the Corporate Training Industry

Corporate training is an ever-changing industry that is consistently evolving over time through changing circumstances and increases in technology. With that comes many terms and phrases to describe innovations and the latest trends. As global leaders in this industry, we at CTM have put together a glossary that defines some of the most common terms we use every day in hopes that you can better understand corporate training and its many nuances. We consulted CTM Sales Representatives Hailey Conley and Seth Rozee for the most relevant and commonly used industry lingo. Here is our Jargon Guide: Corporate Training Edition.

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5 Ways to Achieve Work-Life Balance for Happier and Healthier Employees

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5 Ways to Achieve Work-Life Balance for Happier and Healthier Employees

We all take on different roles in our personal and professional lives. What titles do you take on in your everyday life, and how do we balance it all? The key is to achieve work-life balance. Here are some strategies that have worked for us at CTM and other companies to help employees achieve work-life balance.

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