Year: 2014

Skillsoft offerings and customers honored by Workforce Management Magazine, TrainingIndustry.com, Chief Learning Officer and Training Magazine for exceptional learning solutions and programs Continue reading “Skillsoft Receives Continued Recognition as Learning Industry Leader”

Doug Lipp – Brings the Disney U story to Dubai.

Doug, strolls into the Shangri La like he’d lived there most of his life. He is extremely comfortable in his shoes and immediately connects with everyone he engages with, charisma is his friend, and he oozes it.

Doug’s Disney anecdotes are tremendously inspirational, as not many people even if they try cannot connect emotionally to the brand.

Taking everyone back to the history of Disney he weaves his way through some amazing and elaborate stories that bring in the audience attentiveness and sentiment.

The translation from the Disney stories to the general business lives of the participants is extremely practical and applicable as they scribe their own aspirations.

His boundless energy throughout the day was relentless and infectious.

Chatting to Doug, he was just as personable as he lauded the Dubai achievements. The winning of the Expo 2020 is significant for the region he states – it will be exciting times for people in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates.

I asked him about his passion for travel and speaking and it is apparent he is truly enjoying his trips and the audience engagement all around the world.

This is Doug’s second visit to Dubai and he has relished the opportunity to see the landmarks here particularly the Burj Khalifa and the Palm Island where he was working at Atlantis.

Doug was brought back to Dubai by Right Selections following his visit six months ago. When asked when he will return he replied “As soon as they will have me back”.

I’m sure the demand and hunger for this type of edutainment is here in the region so it won’t be long before he returns.

For more about Doug lipp http://www.douglipp.com/disney-u.html

For more about right selections click here www.rightselections.com

It was one of my first sales for XpertLearning when National bank of Dubai purchased Brian Tracy DVDs about 11 years ago. Continue reading “Paul Michael Gledhill talks with Brian Tracy”

Nowadays, Online Learning is one of the fastest growing sectors in the education market, worth $4-5 billion a year already and poised for further growth. To investigate the current status of online-Learning adoption in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and further GCC region XpertLearning conducted their annual survey. The survey is one of a few dedicated only to online -Learning, and is conducted through a series of questions asked to a live audience using electronic voting systems. The key objective of the survey was to obtain an overview of companies in the GCC that already use online-Learning platforms and courses and those that were investigating using this learning modality. XpertLearning, as one of the leading content and learning solution providers in the Middle East and brought together the HR and L&D Professionals from over 80 organizations. The Learning Customer Advisory Forum Event, known as Learning CAFE ME was held at Pullman Hotel, Dubai U.A.E. and was the venue of this year’s survey for the second time running. What is the biggest issue on your list for 2014?

Do you have issues finding staff?

Are there issues replacing management?

Do you think it is lack of talent in the region?

Do you think this is a lack of skills?

Are you struggling with succession planning?

How are you addressing the skills/knowledge gap?

Do you think this is a lack of knowledge experience?

Is your training budget being:

How do you measure learning effectiveness for classroom training and for technology enabled learning?

How do these metrics contribute to overall Learning & Development, or HR strategy?

What percentage of your training initiatives have you moved from classroom training to technology enabled learning in the past 5 years?

How often have Business Line Managers understood correlation between effective learning delivery and improved business performance?

Do you see e-learning playing an increasing role in your learning and development strategy?

Do you think the word e-learning will still be used in 5 years?

How important is video for learning and development?

Do you use social networks for learning?

How important is formal qualifications from universities and institutions?

For further information about XpertLearning or details of research based statistics about the online learning industry in the Middle East please contact enquiries@xpertlearning.com.

This year we had 3 Xperts taking to the road in the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, with some fierce competition breaking out between veteran participant Paul Michael Gledhill and first-time runner Sonalin Pereira in the 10k. Continue reading “XpertLearning employees run the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon 2014”