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Making Learning Easy - why I do what I do...

Andrew Appleby

Sep 2
11 min

Making Learning Easy - why I do what I do...

When you peel back the layers and get to know the people and the business you realise everyone wants to be their best.

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Learning (or Training), the shunned relative of HR...

Andrew Appleby

Jul 8
8 min

Learning (or Training), the shunned relative of HR...

Learning and Development Survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), revealed that training budgets were cut...

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Getting results from your Learning Services

Andrew Appleby

Jun 18
9 min

Getting results from your Learning Services

Let's be honest, I'm unashamedly an advocate for learning. And no-one will every convince me that learning is anything other than...

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Andrew Appleby

Jun 15
16 min

Learning Platforms, my view

Over the last 10 years I've had that opportunity to work with countless Learning Platforms In this post, I'm going to share my thoughts...

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What's the best E-Learning authoring tool?

Andrew Appleby

Jun 15
17 min

What's the best E-Learning authoring tool?

I regularly get asked to advise on Learning Technology so thought I'd share my opinions on the tools I've used in the past 15 years...

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Andrew Appleby

Mar 4
5 min

Are you making learning easy?

When you're at home. How do you learn how to do something? YouTube? Google? A good old fashioned Haynes Manual?

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Is learning 'experience' even worth the effort?

Andrew Appleby

Feb 1
5 min

Is learning 'experience' even worth the effort?

My provocation is this: Above all else, prioritise the experience...

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Three pillars of an exceptional learning culture.

Andrew Appleby

Jan 1
11 min

Three pillars of an exceptional learning culture.

If you don't build them all, the support for your learning culture is incomplete.

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