June 07 Newsletter

KINEO NEWSLETTER
Issue 21 – June 2007

Contents this month:

1. Free guide: Rapid e-learning (with Ufi/learndirect)
2. Rapid authoring tools: Captivate 2 reviewed
3. Audio interview: US view with Cammy Bean
4. Cool tools: Are you LinkedIn?   
5. E-learning market update: What’s happening out there?
6. Rapid E-learning Flatpacks: Now available in Atlantic Link
7. Kineo and Sustainable Finance: New products available
8. Introducing Kineo in 2 minutes

Editor's note:

Hi,

Responding to people’s needs more rapidly, strengthening ties to the US, and showing commitment to sustainability? No, it’s not Gordon Brown’s to-do list (though it wouldn’t be a bad start), but some of the topics we’re exploring in this month’s newsletter:

  • What are the rapid e-learning myths and realities, and who’s doing it right? Our free guide takes you through it
  • What’s driving e-learning in the US, and how can new tools help? Our audio interview explores
  • How can tools like Captivate help reduce your delivery costs and enable rapid response to e-learning requirements? Our review explains

With new product announcements, cool tools and more in this month’s newsletter, it’s no wonder Tony Blair is looking forward to finally having time to read it properly, rather than a furtive scan at the dispatch box (don’t think it’s all dossiers in that folder). 

If you’ve ideas for future newsletters, I’d love to hear from you. Get in touch at newsletter@kineo.com

Best,
Stephen


1. Kineo guide: Rapid e-learning (with Ufi/learndirect)

Kineo and Ufi/learndirect have teamed up to create a series of free guides on key issues in learning and technology. Our latest guide is on a topic it’s not hard for Kineo to get passionate about: Rapid e-learning. We correct the misperceptions, outline some key tips, and share rapid e-learning success stories from organisations including Marks & Spencer and Cable & Wireless. You can download it here:

http://www.kineo.com/kineo-briefings/good-practice-guides-with-ufi.html
Want to accelerate your e-learning? Our rapid e-learning services can help:
http://www.kineo.com/kineo-advisory.html


2. Rapid E-learning Tools: Captivate 2 reviewed

As rapid e-learning authoring tools go, Captivate is well established as a dominant systems training tool. But now there’s Captivate 2…what can it do? We’ve been using it a lot for our clients recently, and Mark Harrison’s taken time out from building Captivate projects for our clients (he assures me it was a Sunday) to write up a review:

You can read the review here:

http://www.kineo.com/rapid-elearning-briefings/the-future-of-rapid-e-learning-tools.html
Want help in choosing the right authoring tool for you, and building your team’s capability? Kineo Rapid E-learning Consultancy team can help. Contact us at rapid@kineo.com for more.


3. Audio Interview: US view with Cammy Bean

One of the great connections we made in a recent US trip was with Cammy Bean. Cammy’s an experienced instructional designer, and shares a lot of great ideas about learning and technology in her blog. We tapped into that thinking and share the spoils with you in this month’s podcast:
http://www.kineo.com/audio-downloads/cammy-bean-interview.html
Want your own podcast? Kineo’s Podcasting Services can help you communicate with learners in new ways, as we’ve done for Cable & Wireless and others. Find out more:
http://www.kineo.com/rapid-elearning/rapid-e-learning.html

4. Cool Tools: Are you LinkedIn?

Keeping connected with people like Cammy, and expanding your network gets a lot easier when you’re LinkedIn. If you’re not on there, it’s time you made some connections in this great networking site. Matt Fox helps you get acquainted in his insight article here:
http://www.kineo.com/insights/linked-in.html

5. Market Update: What’s happening out there?

Now that he’s finished taking bets on the deputy PM election, our senior markets correspondent Steve Rayson’s got time to return to the no less political world of the e-learning marketplace. Find out who’s making moves in the authoring tool market here:
http://www.kineo.com/e-learning-market/e-learning-market-update-june-2007-.html

6. Rapid E-learning Flatpacks: Now available from Atlantic Link

Kineo’s pleased to announce that our Rapid E-learning Flatpacks are now also available pre-built in Atlantic Link’s powerful Content Point rapid e-learning authoring tool.

Each Flatpack contains a full design, script and graphics for these key e-learning topics, quality assured for easy customisation for your organisation. Each is pre-built and ready for use as is, or for easy customisation and publishing via Atlantic Link’s Content Point.

With Flatpacks available in Equality and Diversity, Fire Safety, Absence Management, Recruitment and Selection, Sales Skills and Coaching, you can truly take control of your full HR e-learning suite with a powerful authoring tool to match.
Find out more at:

http://www.kineo.com/rapid-elearning/rapid-e-learning.html
See a demonstration here:
http://www.atlantic-link.co.uk/fire/

7. Kineo and Sustainable Finance: New products available 

Sustainable and ethical business practices are high on everyone’s agenda.  If you’re in the financial sector, how do you ensure your key people know your standards for environmental and social responsibility, and deliver to then?

Kineo has partnered with Sustainable Finance, the leading consultancy on sustainable practices for the financial sector, to develop a series of three e-learning modules on environmental and social risk management for financial services organisations.

Customisable to your requirements, or ready to use as is, these modules provide an efficient and engaging method to bring your team up to speed.  One global bank has already referred to it as a ‘World-class product.”

To learn more about the modules and to access a demo, get in touch at info@kineo.com.