-- Create a Teaching Culture. One participant from the knowledge service industry noted that this is an extremely effective and economical method for training the workforce. -- Shift to Virtual and e-Learning. Roundtable participants earmarked e- learning as a critical training tool in a cost-conscious business climate, offering an opportunity to create programs that ensure excellence without a loss of productivity. -- Encourage and Integrate Informal and Collaborative Learning. Borrowing from successful social media technology, the use of blogs, webinars, wikis, white papers, and peer-to-peer training helps to ensure that organizations have access to the training they need at any given moment. -- Re-negotiate Contracts with Vendors. Keeping current partners is much easier and economical than finding new ones, but many roundtable participants agreed that this should to be done with caution. -- Align, Prioritize, and Cut. Understand your objectives, align training with the business, and reduce headcount intelligently.Read the full report at http://www.trainingefficiency.com/system/files/WP_5-Ways-Training-Organizations-Survive-in-a-Troubled-Economy.pdf. Expertus recently released another white paper entitled "Top 5 Ways to Ready Your Training Organization for a Troubled Economy," available at www.trainingefficiency.com Five additional roundtable discussions are planned for 2009. To find the latest results from each roundtable discussion, visit http://www.TrainingEfficiency.com. To inquire about participating in a roundtable discussion, please contact Gordon Johnson at gordonj@expertus.com. For information on Expertus, please visit www.expertus.com or call Mike Murrell at 803-802-9971. About Expertus Expertus is the leading global provider of services that optimize the business impact of learning. For more than a decade, the firm's 500+ learning management professionals have defined and implemented plans, processes and technologies that transform training organizations -- creating measurable value for the world's most successful corporations. Clients include ADP, Cisco, ConocoPhillips, EMC, Honeywell and Lockheed Martin. Every day at these and other companies, more than a million employees, customers and business partners are educated as a result of Expertus' innovative business strategies, outsourcing services and technology-rich solutions. Based in Silicon Valley, Expertus serves its clients from offices in the US, UK and India. For more information, visit www.expertus.com, or call toll-free 1-877-827-8160.
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