Are traditional approaches to performance management actually driving performance improvements in today’s employee-centred corporate world? From annual appraisals to onerous end-of-year reviews (attempting to summarise real-life working into numeric ratings), these time-honored practices are no longer relevant for many companies. In this post, you’ll learn why these legacy practices fail and how you can excel […]
Read moreThe UK Government ‘G-Cloud’ procurement framework provides a simple and robust route for public sector organisations to buy digital services and IT systems (cloud-based software, hosting, support, and expertise). Crown Commercial Service supports the public sector to achieve maximum commercial value when procuring common goods and services. In 2019/20, CCS helped the public sector to […]
Read moreAs you will probably have experienced face to face training has stopped as we socially distance ourselves from work colleagues, yet companies need to educate and support users whilst they work from home, learn new skills, or deliver personal well being or mental health support. Thankfully, Totara Learn can help you engage your users […]
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Where is Healthcare Today? The world’s healthcare needs are changing. Growing and ageing populations, new and improved medications and new life extending procedures all place an increased pressure on our healthcare systems. At the same time, dramatic improvements in medical techniques and care pathways result in the need for changing medical skills and resources. Implementing […]
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Learning technology company Think Learning celebrates key year of growth and new appointments Think Learning – a Totara Platinum Partner is celebrating a year of growth with major client wins which increases their customer base by 50% and new key appointments to strengthen its team. The company has recruited two new experienced employees within the […]
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Are you prepared for your next compliance audit? Few words can strike fear into the hearts of a learning team quite like ‘compliance audit’. If you’re lucky, you might have relatively predictable annual audits, for which you can thoroughly prepare and ensure you have everything in order. If you’re not so lucky, you might only […]
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On this L&D Podcast, Nick Day is joined by Celia Delaney – a keynote speaker and comedian who boasts a brilliant track record in HR Management, L&D and coaching. Right now, Celia is passionate and focused on offering a totally new approach to Learning & Development.This approach incorporates fun, comedy and encourages universal engagement. It is an online […]
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In this episode of the HR L&D Podcast, we sit down with Lars Hyland – Chief Learning Officer at Totara Learning to explore his deep knowledge of open source learning technology in all its forms to learn more about how L&D Professionals can harness this technology to deliver effective and engaging learning experiences, both in […]
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Welcome to the second HR L&D Podcast – created by Nick Day from JGA Recruitment. Hesketh is a multi-award-winning talent management professional to discuss his experience in developing employee cultures, his passion for promoting and training the power of conversations and of course, to understand more about his learning and development design and strategy implementation […]
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Welcome to the first HR L&D Podcast – created by Nick Day from JGA Recruitment. Stephen is an incredibly successful entrepreneur from within the content curation and learning and development space and has successfully co-founded with Steve Rayson, three content curation, e-learning and blended solutions companies including Kineo, BuzzSumo and more recently, Anders Pink In this […]
Read moreListen to our CEO Shaun Wilde give a quick insight on why we chose to become a Totara Partner Feedback. Transcript: A key thing for ourselves was the high configuration that Totara provides, not only with the client side in site administration and all the various user levels but also on the server side. […]
Read moreA good onboarding process can determine future performance. Onboarding new employees effectively plays a crucial role in employee retention, turnover and performance. Technology can have a huge impact on both employers and new employees. It can create a more efficient onboarding process through automation and it can increase engagement and productivity in new employees. One […]
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The NHS Streamlining programme originally started due to the experience of a Doctor on rotation between Trusts. They were completing the same paperwork and the same Statutory and Mandatory training in each organisation, delaying their start on front-line services. Induction training took place in the classroom and before education was streamlined there was a chance […]
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One of the aims of the NHS Streamlining agenda is to drive up not just the quality of Mandatory and Statutory training (MaST) but to deliver high compliance rates across regions, reducing organisational risk and improving Care Quality Commision (CQC) results. This can only be delivered by correctly understanding the training requirements of your workforce […]
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Across all the regional NHS Streamlining programmes one key component consistently strengthens and ties the Statutory and Mandatory workstreams together – the Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF) With a highly mobile workforce, employers often need to identify a recruits previous training. Where information is lacking, people can repeat training unnecessarily, wasting time and money. The CSTF […]
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Totara Learn is feature rich – the existing list of features / core functionality exceeds most other enterprise wide performance and learning management systems we have looked at. We’ve summarised for you below the key functionality for managing employee performance: Definable workflow – define your own workflows with Totara Learn’s easy-to-use, online Appraisal Builder. You can include multiple stages, […]
Read more Today, more than ever, the achievement of your organisational objectives is dependent upon the knowledge, skills and experience of your workforce. Performance management is a core business practice. It revolves around the ability to give staff constructive feedback so that they can improve the quality of their work. Company goals and/or individual goals are defined […]
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We know about the challenges faced by organisations in the healthcare sector around education – high DNA rates on classroom courses, poor access to technology to complete training and in-flexible legacy LMS’s to name but a few. So how do you create a business case to support the move to new learning technology? Facing a […]
Read moreWe have built online forms in Totara Learn, which replicate the NMC Revalidation templates (CPD Log, Practice-Related feedback, Reflective Accounts, Practice Hours), enabling you to launch an NMC-compliant e-Portfolio solution very quickly. System customisations can be created quickly and easily where required to supplement the core functionality, and the fact that Totara Learn can accommodate […]
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In February 2014 the Brandon Hall research report stated Learning Management Systems were under-performing in the eyes of organisations. Satisfaction with Learning Management platforms was low and 47.7% of respondents were looking for alternative solutions and providers. Dissatisfaction with organisations’ existing LMS’s seems to prevail and many are now citing that their LMS is also […]
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Learning Activities Below is a summary of the comprehensive range of learning activities that can be configured to meet your needs in Totara Learn and combined into learning pathways. Assignments Enables trainers to communicate tasks, collect work and provide grades and feedback. Learners can submit any digital content (files), such as word-processed documents, spreadsheets, images, […]
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Blended learning involves combining on the job experience, informal and formal/classroom training with the flexibility of technology enhanced learning methods, including flipped classrooms. A key driver for adopting a blended approach to learning is often the need to reduce the cost of learning through the optimization of resources and the time spent on undertaking learning […]
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We live in an increasingly regulated world where compliance is a statutory and regulatory requirement within most organizational sectors. Forcing your workforce to tick boxes simply isn’t enough. It’s important to engage staff with learning by providing them with engaging systems and development activities to both achieve compliance and demonstrate competence. Thankfully, technology has rapidly evolved to support this and heighten […]
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Totara Learning has announced the release of Totara Learn 11, a special interim release designed to help customers ensure their learning management platform supports their compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) before it becomes effective on 25th May 2018. Totara Learn 11 makes it easy for end users to understand what their […]
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We are proud to have won the award for the Best use of Totara to ensure compliance for our work within healthcare, where good, accurate training is critical to patient care. Our implementations result in significantly increased training compliance and great feedback for Learning and Development teams from regulators. We would like to take the opportunity to thank our […]
Read moreWe would like to thank Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust for sharing the video they have created which sums up the major organisational impact of their Totara Learn implementation, including the ways that it helps Trusts meet CQC requirements. We were using OLM plus WIRED – but not all topics were reported upon. […]
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Sustainability Transformation Plans (STPs) have been designed to drive transformation in health and care delivery across the NHS and social care. STP plans often support the recommendations of the Carter Report, particularly the aim of making back office functions and services more efficient. Having spent the last 10 years working with healthcare organisations in the UK […]
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Sustainability Transformation Plans (STPs) and Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) have been designed to drive transformation in health and care delivery across the NHS and social care. STP plans often support the recommendations of the Carter Report, particularly the aim of making back office functions and services more efficient. Having spent the last 10 years working with […]
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Reporting is a key feature of Totara Learn with a powerful, flexible report builder. Totara Learn ensures you have a complete picture of usage, progress and achievement across your business. Totara Learn’s flexible Report Builder allows you to: Build customised reports – including graphical reports for immediate engagement. Personalise reports with customised search filters and column […]
Read moreTo make the right decisions quickly, you need timely and targeted information at your fingertips. We hear many organisations find it difficult to report efficiently and accurately across their organisation and to provide managers timely reports to enable them to better manage their staff and keep track of compliance requirements. We appreciate that organisations all […]
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