Training Strategy & ROI

My background is in consulting and education services for software companies. I’ve also worked as a consultant developing systems for enterprise content management. How did you become an instructor at your company? About 6 years ago, I joined education services at MarkLogic. At that time, I was the only one on the team doing training. Today, …

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I have been teaching for 40 years, beginning back in high school. When my math professor was sick, the school would bring in a sub. The sub would sit down—and I taught the math course. I have been teaching ever since. How did you become an instructor? I have taught numerous courses, including Pascal, Algebra, …

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I joined RES as a Support Engineer—but actually had a background working for a training company. I kept telling everyone that my passion was actually in training, so after a few years, I was offered an opportunity to become a trainer—and I took it. That was 6 years ago. How has training delivery changed since …

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I have worked in the IT industry for a total of 35 years. My teaching background started in the 1980s with mainframes. I’ve been a Train the Trainer instructor for Fortune 500 companies and worked in security-related training for the past 12 years. How did you become an instructor at your company? There was a …

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When I was an undergrad in college, I worked as a teaching assistant. After graduating, I got a job in online support at Hewlett Packard. I then moved to HP’s training department to design courses. About a year and a half ago, I began training at Silver Peak. How has training delivery changed since you …

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How did you become an instructor at Progress? I have been teaching for more than 25 years. My teaching career began in the Air Force when I taught UNIX classes as part of my military duties. For the last 21 years, I have been teaching technical classes to Progress customers, predominantly direct users of Progress’s …

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How did you become an instructor at your company? I actually stumbled into being an instructor. I was a business and technical consultant for more than 6 years—and was growing tired of it. An opportunity opened up in the training department, and I was recruited for my product knowledge. I have been teaching ever since. …

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Today we’re excited to introduce a new column called Ask the Experts to the ReadyTech Blog. ReadyTech’s Ask the Experts column offers insights from real instructors who deliver their virtual instructor-led training (VILT) and self-paced training on ReadyTech. Read one-on-one conversations from instructors at companies such as BMC, Information First, Progress Software, MarkLogic, Cisco, Silver Peak and more.   …

Ask the Experts: 9 Instructors. 7 Questions. Amazing Insights. Read More »

findcourses.com’s annual U.S. L&D Report 2018 surveyed a number of L&D professionals from companies across the United States to learn how they invest in their talent, measure the impact of their efforts, and how different levels within the organization feel about corporate training. To keep the data as relevant as possible, the report only includes survey …

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