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Skillcast at Learning Technologies 2025
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Skillcast is attending Learning Technologies, Europe's leading showcase of organisational learning and workplace learning technology, on 23/24 April 2025.
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Digital Learning Solutions for Effective Staff Training |...
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Enhancing employee engagement is challenging. Digital learning solutions help navigate these challenges, so we've developed an enhanced learning package.
The Best Workplace Learning Theories | Training Guide |...
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Explore six proven workplace learning theories, including instructional design and microlearning. Enhance training outcomes with these engaging methods.
Microlearning Techniques | Boost Compliance Training |...
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Learn how microlearning supports compliance training. Discover benefits like increased retention, flexibility, and learner engagement through short, focused lessons.
The Kirkpatrick Model | Evaluate Training Effectively |...
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Master the Kirkpatrick Model to evaluate training success. Learn how to measure reactions, learning, behaviour changes, and results.
Storytelling in Learning and Development | Skillcast
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Explore storytelling in learning and development. Learn how to craft compelling narratives that enhance engagement, retention, and learner connection.
70-20-10 Model | Fostering a Learning Culture at Work |...
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Discover how the 70-20-10 learning model can drive workplace growth. Learn strategies to balance formal, social, and experiential learning effectively.
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Instructional Design | Workplace Learning | Skillcast
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Create impactful e-learning with instructional design best practices. Discover strategies to boost learner engagement, retention, and business alignment.
Analysing Gamified Learning Results | Skillcast
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Our Christmas Challenge shows how to engage employees on serious topics with gamification whilst collecting data to improve workplace compliance.
How to Encourage Lateral Thinking in E-Learning | Skillcast
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Discover practical techniques to encourage lateral thinking in e-learning. Strategies to boost creativity, critical thinking and engagement in your training.
Managing Seasonal Holidays in a Small Business | Skillcast
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Holidays are important for employee well-being and productivity, but managing them in a small business can be tricky. We have some simple tips to help.
How to Improve Employee Training Engagement | Skillcast
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Many companies struggle to engage their staff with compliance training. Here's our top tips for improving employee engagement in compliance training.
Achieving Compliance Training Gamification Success |...
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Our suggestions for simple ways to add gamification to your compliance training and improve employee engagement, feedback and performance.
Game-changing Training Solution for Dr Martens | Skillcast
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When Dr Martens wanted a new approach to training that reflected their core values, they partnered with Skillcast to create a game-changing solution.
Skillcast at Learning Technologies 2024 | Skillcast
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Skillcast will be attending Learning Technologies 2024 in London, Europe's leading showcase of organisational learning, on 17-18th April 2024.
Building Bite-sized Training for NORD/LB | Skillcast
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When leading German bank NORD/LB wanted to ensure their training was engaging, relevant and enjoyable for learners, they turned to Skillcast for help.
Skillcast at the European Compliance & Ethics Institute |...
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Skillcast is exhibiting at ECEI in Amsterdam on March 18 - 19th and hosting a SpeedNetworking session.
Innovative Solutions to Learning Challenges | Skillcast
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Technology is evolving at an ever-increasing pace. We examine if e-learning is keeping up and explore innovative solutions to learning challenges.
5 Ways to Train Reluctant Employees | Skillcast
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Motivating employees to undertake training can sometimes be a challenge. So how do you go about selling digital training to reluctant employees?
Skillcast at World of Learning 2023 | Skillcast
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Skillcast exhibited at World of Learning and hosted a seminar presenting a success story in collaboration with Dr. Martens.
Push vs Pull Learning for Staff Compliance | Skillcast
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We compare push and pull learning to find the most effective approach for your staff compliance training programme.
How to Beat the Forgetting Curve with Spaced Learning |...
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It's no secret that we want to retain the information we learn for as long as possible. We examine how spaced learning can help beat the forgetting curve.
Empowering Learners at Tesco | Skillcast
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The transformative journey at Tesco provides valuable insights for organizations seeking to enhance learning and drive compliance effectively.
Improving Induction & Compliance Training Efficiency |...
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When MS ABS needed to improve the quality, speed and cost-effectiveness of their induction and refresher training, they chose to partner with Skillcast.
Using Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning to Improve Outcomes |...
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Want to make sure your training will work & the learning will stick? One answer is to the hierarchy described in Bloom's Cognitive Domain to help you plan.
Future-Proofing Tesco: Workforce Skills Transformation |...
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Following a capability review, Tesco chose Skillcast to help deliver training to adapt, upskill, and reskill its workforce to face future challenges.
Delivering a New Talent Strategy for Kentro Capital |...
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When Kentro needed a platform and tools to help implement their new talent strategy, they chose Skillcast for advice and support.
Using Behavioural Economics in Compliance | Skillcast
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Behavioural economics can help organisations achieve their compliance goals. We explore how to leverage behavioural economics in compliance.
Using Confidence Levels to Identify Training Needs |...
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When one of the UK's leading independently owned investment management firms needed a better Data Protection training strategy, they turned to Skillcast.
Adaptive Learning for PUMA | Skillcast
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When PUMA wanted to create an on-brand adaptive e-learning course that reflected employee diversity, they turned to Skillcast.
Learning Influencers to Follow in 2022 | Skillcast
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Not all influencers are created equal. Here's our pick of the best thought leaders in learning theory, practice & implementation for 2022.
How Skillcast Helped Tesco Feed the Nation | Skillcast
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When Tesco needed to find a way to onboard over 45,000 temporary staff, Skillcast helped produce a bespoke, streamlined online induction solution.
Understanding Blended Learning & its Benefits | Skillcast
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How can businesses ensure employees are more engaged in their training? The answer is a blended approach of e-learning, face-to-face sessions and mentoring
Custom E-learning Course Development | Skillcast
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Basic mistakes at the planning stage in creating custom e-learning can cost you dearly. But these can be avoided by following some simple best practices.
How to Create E-learning Courses | Skillcast
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A growing number of companies are considering self-authoring as an option for fulfilling their training needs. What are the benefits and risks?
Delivering Multi-tenanted LMS for an International Bank |...
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When a major Italian banking group needed to roll out training across 24 entities and 165,000 staff they chose Skillcast as their trusted partner.
Pros & Cons of Custom eLearning Solutions | Skillcast
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Have you considered custom eLearning content for your compliance training needs? We provide the pros and cons and suggest other solutions.
How to Improve your Training Presentation Skills | Skillcast
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Improve your presentation skills at work by reading our top tips on how to deliver a winning presentation.
How Corporate Learning is Adapting to the New Normal |...
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We interviewed training specialists at key organisations to understand how Covid-19 affected corporate learning & how they were adapting to the new normal.
Gamified Assessment of Knowledge Retention | Skillcast
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Barclays wanted to assess employee knowledge retention from e-learning. They needed a highly engaging solution and chose Skillcast gamified learning.
How Gamified Learning Replaced F2F Assessments | Skillcast
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French bank Société Générale needed an objective and engaging alternative to their face-to-face knowledge assessments. Their solution was a Skillcast game.
Using Gaming Design Ideas to Enhance E-learning | Skillcast
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Read this blog post and find out how you can take inspiration from gaming design to make for better elearning
Instructional Design | Workplace Learning | Skillcast
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Create impactful e-learning with instructional design best practices. Discover strategies to boost learner engagement, retention, and business alignment.
What is Intelligent Learning? | Skillcast
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Discover how Intelligent Learning can improve your corporate training. Get better results using personalisation, adaptation, gamification & analytics.
Influencers Shaping the Future of L&D | Skillcast
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Here are some trailblazers that are quietly revolutionising the world of learning and development. Get inspired and find new perspectives!
Intelligent Learning Workshop | Skillcast
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Breakfast workshop at London's Shard showcasing how Barclays and Société Générale partnered with Skillcast to harness Intelligent Learning techniques.
Delivering Learning Success for Royal Mail | Skillcast
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Royal Mail chose Skillcast Serious Games to help embed compliance into their business and drive employees to make ethical decisions.
Skillcast at Learning Live | Skillcast
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At Learning Live in London, we ran an interactive workshop with Angelika Flamm, Group Compliance Director at Royal Mail.
Barclays Accessibility & E-learning | Skillcast
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Emanuela Gorla, Barclays' Accessibility Business Partner explains her passion for digital accessibility & aim to create e-learning resources that deliver.
Breakfast Briefing: Compliance Essentials | Skillcast
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Skillcast Essentials compliance e-learning library 2019 breakfast update in London. Our key clients spoke about their best new compliance initiatives.
Case Study: Bespoke Training for a Major UK Retail Bank |...
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Find out why a major UK retail bank chose Skillcast to help it deliver a 3-year internal qualification in premier banking similar to the EFA standard.
Case Study: Bespoke E-learning for an Investment Bank |...
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Read this post to find out what happened when an Investment Bank partnered with Skillcast to create a bespoke e-learning training package.