Contents of Elearning! Magazine - MAR-APR 2012

Elearning! Magazine: Building Smarter Companies via Learning & Workplace Technologies.

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8 Impact of Vendor Acquisitions 9 People on the Move 10 Top Talent Departing?
11 Will 'Big Data' Transform Your Industry?
>> Management
13 Business of Learning: Selecting an LMS Vendor
Comparing what you need with what's available in the marketplace is the key to finding the right product. By Joe DiDonato
21 Achieving Business Alignment: The Road to a Positive ROI
Because e-learning is simply another method of instructional delivery, the process of calculating ROI is the same as with any other delivery method. By Dr. Patti Phillips and Dr. Jack Phillips
35 Best Practices in Talent Retention
Ninety-seven percent of CEOs surveyed report that "access to and retention of key talent" is a key driver of future
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growth. Here are six key practices organizations can implement now to retain top talent.
>> Tools & Practices
36 LMS: Evolution or Extinction? Is it time to use your LMS outside of the L&D; silo to make it worthwhile across the enterprise? By Alex Poulos
37 Professional Certification: The Upsurge in Human Resources
The traditional roles and job functions of HR managers and directors are
being reinvented to include leadership and strategic roles. It is time to get your skills certified, and this is why.
38 Tools: Collaboration
Social networks for the enterprise empower all employees to contribute and solve problems organically. Now, you can host a private, secure, con- trolled social network for the enterprise. This is how.
>> Special Section
39 Enterprise Learning! Summit Show Guide
Building Smarter Organizations. Inside this show guide, view keynotes, ses- sions and sponsors for ELS Live (in Alexandria, Va.) and ELS Virtual (from your desktop.) This Leadership Summit serves government and enterprise executives; is home of the Learning! 100 and co-hosted by the Department of Commerce's NTIS.
>> Business
7 Editor's Note What the movie 'Moneyball' can teach us about big data and learning. By Jerry Roche
11 Trendlines Industry statistics, figures & trends
38 New Products
49 Pop Quiz Test your retention of the information in this issue.
49 Advertiser/Editorial Index
50 Last Word Do experts suffer from the curse of knowledge? Do they forget that they were once beginners? By Clive Shepherd
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