THE INDUSTRY’S EXCLUSIVE USERS’ CHOICE AWARDS PROGRAM REVEALS 59 SOLUTIONS AS BEST-IN-CLASS.
DISCOVER WHAT USERS SAY ABOUT THESE AWARD-WINNING SOLUTIONS.
BY VI PAYNICH
After 15 years, the Best of Elearning! Awards are stronger than ever, honoring 59 individual products across 19 categories. The Best of Elearning! Awards program remains the industry gold standard for excellence. These exceptional brands represent the best-in-class of enterprise learning solutions available in today’s marketplace. Thank you to the thousands of users who nominated and voted for this year’s Best of Elearning!
The Best of Elearning! Awards program is the exclusive Industry Users’ Choice Award, whereby learning professionals vote via online ballot for best-in-class solutions. Eighty-five percent of professionals have personally recommended a learning solution to a colleague over the past 12 months, and this awards program formalizes this personal recommendation process. Award recognition is important for buyers, as 61% agree that award recognition impacts their buying decision, according to Elearning! Media Group’s research.
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE NAMED THE BEST
While 59 individual products and solutions have been named as 2019 finalists, 20% of this year’s Best of Elearning! honorees are first-time winners.
“We are honored to reveal the most innovative, creative and effective learning solutions in the market,” says Catherine Upton, group publisher, Elearning! Media Group. “These solutions solve real business learning challenges, according to voting professionals. There is no greater honor than having customers nominate and vote for these best-in-class solutions.”
Among the 19 categories, four companies were multiple category winners:
>> Adobe (LMS – Cloud, Virtual Classroom)
>> Bigger Brains (I.T. Training, Emerging Learning Solution)
>> BizLibrary (Other Learning Platform, Social Learning/Collaboration)
>> dominKnow (LCMS, E-learning Development Tool, Mobile Authoring Tool, Simulation Tool)
All 59 brands will be honored for excellence, and the top vote getter in each category is named the winner. “Every finalist will receive an award of excellence or winner honors. Given the high volume of votes and the number of nominated products, every one of these solution providers should be proud to be voted as best-in-class by their customers,” adds Upton.
THE VOTING PROCESS
Elearning! Media Group readers, practitioners and community members nominate and vote for products and solutions via Elearning! Media Group’s online ballot. All ballots were cast from June 3 to September 1, 2019. Each ballot was reviewed and validated by the editorial team. All vendor ballots were voided.
To learn more, visit www.2elearning.com/awards/best-of-elearning-awards.
AND THE WINNERS ARE…
Elearning! Magazine is honored to announce the Best of Elearning! 2019 winners:
Platforms
LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM – CLOUD
WINNER: Adobe Captivate Prime
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Adobe Captivate Prime is a next-generation LMS that delivers personalized learning experiences across multiple devices. It allows you to align all online and offline enterprise-wide learning initiatives to skill, upskill and reskill your employees.
Capitivate Prime is engaging, with gamification, unified content playback and high-quality video streaming. Mobile-friendly, it offers personalized dashboards and course recommendations.
Additionally, more than 30 help videos are contained within the product for step-bystep assistance on setting up your LMS that lets employees get onboarded faster with an online help center and 24×7 phone support.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Modern UI built on single web page architecture that eliminates navigating multiple pages with a friendly user interface and fast application performance
>> Content-LMS integration that is virtually plug and play
>> Tracks multiformat e-learning content, such as PPTX, video, PDF and DOCX files and xAPI-, AICC- and SCORMcompliant packages
CLIENTS
Domino’s, Edmunds, GE Healthcare
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Easy to use and fast to adopt.”
>> “Saw usage rates increase 40%.”
>> “LMS made for the 21st century.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 345 Park Ave.
San Jose, CA 95110-2704
Phone: (408) 536-6000
Website: www.adobe.com/products/captivateprime.html
Award of Excellence: BlueSky Path LMS
PRODUCT INFORMATION
BlueSky’s Path is built specifically for online educators and meetings and events, Path is an award-winning, powerful learning management platform that helps organizations manage their message on their terms.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Cloud-based technology provides unlimited storage
>> Mobile optimization offers access to Path LMS from any web-enabled device
>> Customizable to reflect an organization’s branding
CLIENTS
EPCOR, National Ski Patrol, National
Association of School Nurses
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Ease of use for content developer and end-user, end-user technical support, responsive admin technical support.”
>> “Flexibility in presentation options, great account management.”
>> “The platform is also robust enough to develop high-quality e-learning courses.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 5930 Cornerstone Court West,
Suite 270, San Diego, CA 92121
Phone: (877) 925-8375 or (858) 900-2223
Website: https://www.blueskyelearn.com
Award of Excellence: Brainier Elan LMS
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Brainier is a cloud-based solution that allows your curriculum and content to be 100% accessible anywhere, at any time, and by every registered user.
Brainier delivers powerful video-based training across devices. Desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphone — learners can access content however they choose, using any device, operating system or platform they prefer. Brainier replaced traditional LMS barriers with doorways to make access and education easier and more effective.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Social and collaboration tools to highlight subject-matter experts and promote learning
>> Powerful, new reporting engine
>> Enables you to customize each user’s access and role within a group
>> Extensive, customizable library of materials that can be used to support or complete training needs
CLIENTS
American Equity, Lutheran Social Services,
Merrill Gardens & Pillar Properties
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Excellent customer service, creative learning functionality.”
>> “Easy implementation process and robust product.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 7801 E. Bush Lake Rd., Suite 450
Minneapolis, MN 55439
Phone: (800) 487-3393 or (952) 345-5555
Website: www.brainier.com
LEARNING CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
WINNER: dominKnow Platform
PRODUCT INFORMATION
The dominKnow Platform is a web-based authoring and publishing solution that helps teams collaborate in real time, share and reuse content, and easily engage subjectmatter experts in the review process. Content is ready for delivery from virtually any location — all from a single source.
Included are all the features you need to create engaging, media-rich learning experiences, including customizable testing, flexible interactions and animation creation, advanced variables, branching, audio/video recording, software simulations, system- and author-created templates and much more.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Responsive and adaptive output
>> Full-featured HTML5 authoring
>> Content sharing and reuse
>> Real-time collaboration
>> Publish to LMS, LRS, apps, print
CLIENTS
Cook County Sheriff ’s Office, K12, Pfizer
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Allows us to make multiple types of content from a single source to build full-featured responsive and HTML5 content.”
>> “Simple access to files and courses from a central location, so nothing is ever lost.”
>> “Helps our team keep projects on track with built-in project workflows and real-time collaboration and review.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 183 Michael Cowpland Dr.
Kanata, ON Canada, K2M 0M3
Phone: (613) 800-8733
Website: www.dominknow.com
OTHER LEARNING PLATFORM
WINNER: BizLibrary LMS
PRODUCT INFORMATION
BizLibrary’s learning management system (LMS) is conveniently organized into three tiers to allow users the option to customize their solutions based upon the needs of their respective organizations. All three tiers offer approval agents, branded website design, a personalized user experience, online and dashboard reports, self-regulation or administrative course assignments, a cloud-hosted online learning center and more.
Learning Management, the highest tier, offers classroom management and on-the-job external training, certification management and virtual classroom integration via WebEx or GoToMeeting.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Personalized user experience
>> Live end-user technical support
>> Social ratings and reviews
CLIENTS
Imperial Electronic Assembly, Inc., Watco Companies, LLC, Conductix
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Easy to use.”
>> “Always making improvements based on user feedback.
>> “Great product, offerings and support teams.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 14500 S. Outer Forty, Suite 500
Town and Country, MO 63017
Phone: (888) 432-3077
Website: www.bizlibrary.com
Award of Excellence: ej4 Thinkzoom
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Thinkzoom is ej4’s comprehensive video training platform. With several interactive tools and resources, Thinkzoom helps employees during and after training. It allows administrators the knowledge of which videos their employees are watching and how well they comprehend the material with its built-in interactive exams.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Score requirements can be set and additional student materials can be provided, enabling learners to put their knowledge to practice
>> A comprehensive reporting feature allows administrators to create custom reports based upon users, groups, courses and topics
>> Provides managers with an understanding of which courses are popular and which are lacking participation, thereby helping them measure training progress and communicate future training goals
CLIENTS
Syngenta, SVM, LP
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Administrator-friendly.”
>> “User-friendly and not overwhelming.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 12125 Woodcrest Executive Dr.
Suite 300, St. Louis, MO 63141
Phone: (314) 878-6700 or (816) 489-4660
Website: www.ej4.com
VIRTUAL CLASSROOM
WINNER: Adobe Connect
PRODUCT INFORMATION
The Adobe Connect Web conferencing software service offers immersive online meeting experiences for collaboration, virtual classrooms and large-scale webinars. With Connect, you can create and deploy engaging on-demand learning content using Microsoft PowerPoint plugin Adobe Captivate and Adobe Presenter. You can use the features of a learning management system (LMS) at a fraction of the cost with Adobe Connect, or integrate it with your existing LMS.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Measure live learner participation with engagement monitoring
>> Brandable, customizable and persistent virtual classrooms
>> Streamline live session management with intuitive backstage tools
CLIENTS
ISTE, Toshiba, SAP
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Simple to use, has all the tools we need for effective board meetings.”
>> “Adobe Connect opened up our training program to become an around-theclock, one-stop education shop.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 345 Park Ave.
San Jose, CA 95110-2704
Phone: (408) 536-6000
Website: www.adobe.com
SOCIAL LEARNING/COLLABORATION
WINNER: BizLibrary Community
PRODUCT INFORMATION
In a knowledge-based world, employees need immediate access to information and data to perform at their full potential. BizLibrary’s Community puts the collective knowledge of an entire organization at everyone’s fingertips. It’s modeled after social networking tools your employees already use, and it’s essential for sharing knowledge, seeking information and learning new things.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Almost eliminates internal email
>> Helps remote employees feel and stay connected
>> A vital component of the company’s content management and learning management offerings
CLIENTS
Watco Companies, Inc., Conductix
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Can collaborate with users from all types of companies.”
>> “Great social networking environment that encourages new thoughts, new ideas, and provides an informative location to ask questions and get help.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 14500 S. Outer Forty, Suite 500
Town and Country, MO 63017
Phone: (888) 432-3077
Website: www.bizlibrary.com
Award of Excellence: ej4 The Quad
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Employees can now join their friends when they use the online learning library. They can learn by watching what others do with The Quad, an intuitive social learning technology. It is a social community inside the Thinkzoom (LMS) campus created to encourage learners to connect with other learners. They can create their own informal network of peers beyond their formal, assigned learning groups.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Leverages workplace friendships and connections to enhance the learning experience in an entertaining environment
>> Learners can initiate friendly competition with lifetime leaderboards, knowledge sharing and training reinforcement quizzes
>> Employees can recommend courses and interact with their peers
CLIENTS
Syngenta, LVM, LP
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Makes learning fun and inspiring!”
>> “So easy to use.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 12125 Woodcrest Executive Dr.,
Suite 300, St. Louis, MO 63141
Phone: (314) 878-6700 or (816) 489-4660
Website: www.ej4.com
Content
CONTENT AGGREGATOR PORTAL
Award of Excellence: The BizLibrary Collection
PRODUCT INFORMATION
The BizLibrary Collection contains thousands of employee training videos on key topics your employees need, including business and soft skills, leadership, sales and customer service, human resources compliance, I.T., software, industry-specific content, workplace safety and more. Content formats offered meet the needs of all types of learners from short, micro-video lessons, to more in-depth video courses, interactive video programs and e-learning courses. Many of the lessons and courses include quizzes and additional support materials to extend the learning process, increasing both retention and the return on training investment. Administrators can deliver employee training videos across platforms: desktop, mobile and tablet.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Thousands of micro-videos
>> Follow-up Booster Program available
>> Select content approved by HRCI and SHRM
CLIENTS
Concast Metal Products Co., Nidec
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Thousands of titles across multiple content areas.”
>> “Content is kept up to date, enhancing the ongoing learning.”
>> “Content is delivered in micro-learning chunks of 5-10 minutes or in longer sessions for more detailed topics.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 14500 S. Outer Forty, Suite 500
Town and Country, MO 63017
Phone: (888) 432-3077
Website: www.bizlibrary.com
Award of Excellence: Mastery Training Services Training Library
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Mastery can help you address your most pressing training needs and help you build your organization. Immediately access more than 800 course topics to address training on topics, such as environmental concerns, health and safety, customer service, leadership, team building, and management and supervision. Mastery has a scalable solution to meet your needs. It trains workers across all industries, from service companies to heavy manufacturing operations. Employee training solutions for every size organization from 10 to 100,000 employees are available.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> MasteryNet LMS launches and tracks all of Mastery’s courses, PLUS any custom course you create
>> Courses are SCORM-compliant
>> Powerful recordkeeping and reporting system
CLIENTS
Run Energy, LP, ATA Tools, Go Wireline LLC
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Accessible anywhere. Highly customizable. Huge content available.”
>> “Quality videos, responsive customer service, cost-effective.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 41214 Bridge St.
Novi, MI 48375
Phone: (800) 258-3837
Website: www.mastery.com
Award of Excellence: OpenSesame
PRODUCT INFORMATION
OpenSesame unlocks and delivers a broad range of courses (up to 5,000+ in all) without the burden of managing multiple systems or providers.
A new dashboard and enhanced reporting allows users to glean meaningful insights and course-correct where necessary. The Insights feature includes an activity report and a powerful new dashboard that will at-a-glance show you meaningful metrics, like percentage of seats used, enrollments per learner, percentage of courses completed and the average rating for courses taken.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Courses available on the following topics: business skills, safety, compliance, technology, certifications, plus many industry-specific topics
>> Works with any LMS
>> No worrying about cost per course
CLIENTS
Caterpillar, Siemens, McLeod Software
TESTIMONIALS
>> “With OpenSesame, we have seen a 30% increase in usage of our e-learning program.”
>> “Their people are great to work with.”
>> “We went to their one-system solution for our dealer training and overcame the battle of the LMS.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 1629 S.W. Salmon St.
Portland, OR 97205
Phone: (503) 808-1268
Website: www.opensesame.com
I.T. TRAINING
WINNER: Bigger Brains Microsoft Library Content
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Bigger Brains offers expertly designed business skills courses in Microsoft Office, Google apps, sales, marketing, ethics, leadership and more. A unique “teacher/ learner” format avoids a one-way information dump, creating an engaging conversation, with dialogue, questions and answers, humor and more. SCORM bundles allow organizations to load their LMSs with highquality, searchable courses on Microsoft Office and other productivity topics.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Courses capture and maintain your attention
>> No tedious or boring lectures
>> Requires only minutes to learn and master a new skill
>> Topics focus on real-world, practical knowledge and skills
CLIENTS
CT Edinburgh West, RLG Capital, University of Michigan
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Teaching style, interactive transcript and mobile-friendly design.”
>> “Great teacher/student model, comprehensive topics, easy-to-find modules.”
>> “Ease of use, quality of content.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 1520 E. Greenville St., Suite D
Anderson, SC 29621
Phone: (864) 421-6950 or (800) 743-2724
Website: www.getbiggerbrains.com
Award of Excellence: ej4 Software Skills Library
PRODUCT INFORMATION
ej4’s Software Skills Library is ideal for keeping an organization’s employees up to date on the latest software packages and productivity tools. This library contains software skills training topics, covering a number of commonly used platforms, as well as core concepts common in software development.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Library covers a number of commonly used platforms
>> Focuses on well-known concepts in software development
>> Select from an extensive library or customize your own learning experience
CLIENTS
MAPartners, P1 Learning
TESTIMONIALS
>> “So convenient to use.”
>> “Learn what you need to learn in a few minutes — then go apply it!”
>> “Easy-to-follow courses. Depth of content.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 12125 Woodcrest Executive Dr.,
Suite 300, St. Louis, MO 63141
Phone: (314) 878-6700 or (816) 489-4660
Website: www.ej4.com
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
WINNER: Vado Leadership Development Learning Track
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Individuals build leadership skills that can help in any role, whether the person is an individual contributor, new supervisor or experienced manager. This course bundle includes bite-sized mobile-ready courses, like “Keeping Customers Informed,” “Seek Out the Ideas and Opinions of Others,” “Show Good Judgment Regarding Creative Ideas” and “Performing an Integrity Review.”
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Helps learners apply learning on the job through step-by-step instructions and exercises
>> All of Vado’s courses start with a short, high-definition instructional video
>> Content optimized for the mobile learner
CLIENTS
Remote Leadership Institute, New Leaf Technologies
TESTIMONIALS
>> “The modules are short, yet robust enough to get something useable after even one module.”
>> “High-quality on-the-job learning.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: P.O. Box 390153
Minneapolis, MN 55439
Phone: (952) 545-6698
Website: www.vadoinc.net
Award of Excellence: ej4 Leadership Content
PRODUCT INFORMATION
The philosophy espoused by ej4 is that great leaders aren’t born, they’re made. Employees take training more seriously when you invest in quality materials with relevant content. Not only that, but the material is engaging. When employees hear content that is relevant to them, delivered by people who look and sound like they do, retention and application of content is increased. Topics include “Becoming a Great Leader,” “What Is Mentoring?” “The Importance of Succession Planning” and “Managing Interns.”
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> “Plug-and-play” content fits any organization, providing information that is ready-to-use now
>> Short formats and on-demand availability
>> Line managers can look up the topics or skills they need on the spot, then get back to work quickly having learned something new
>> Learners can receive training at the workplace or at home, whichever is more convenient
CLIENTS
Syngenta, SVM, LP
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Great content for all levels of leadership — aspiring, new and tenured.”
>> “Wide range of courses covering all aspects of leadership.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 12125 Woodcrest Executive Dr.,
Suite 300, St. Louis, MO 63141
Phone: (314) 878-6700 or (816) 489-4660
Website: www.ej4.com
SOFT SKILLS TRAINING
Award of Excellence: BizLibrary Business Skills Collection
PRODUCT INFORMATION
BizLibrary’s Business Skills Collection includes “Lean: Common Tools,” which is part of the company’s Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) course. It tells organizations how to eliminate waste and do more with less.
Also included in the collection are “Business Etiquette: Best Practices,” “Total Quality Management: Creating a SIPOC Table,” “Customer Grid Analysis,” “Six Sigma: Process Control” and more.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Quizzes, handouts and additional support materials
>> Mobile-friendly
>> HRCI-, SHRM-, PDU-accredited content
>> Knowledgeable staff that focuses on customers
CLIENTS
Rentokil North America, Inc., Elkhart Plastics, Inc., Imperial Electronic Assembly, Inc.
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Modern, relevant topics, variety of micro-lessons and formats that integrate easily into our LMS.”
>> “Curated learning paths that focus on specific soft skills. Continuous additions to the course catalog to meet soft skill training needs.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 14500 S. Outer Forty, Suite 500
Town and Country, MO 63017
Phone: (888) 432-3077
Website: www.bizlibrary.com
Award of Excellence: Vado Skills Library
PRODUCT INFORMATION
With more than 390 micro-learning courses, Vado provides organizations and learners numerous opportunities to build the skills needed to lead and manage others, strengthen individual performance, as well as increase business results.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Courses accessible via any mobile device
>> Short, manageable learning courses
>> Editable content
CLIENTS
Kevin Eikenberry Group, e-SKY Solutions, Inc.
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Vado has great content that people see and train themselves to be professionals.”
>> “Love the on-the-job approach and that it is editable content.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: P.O. Box 390153
Minneapolis, MN 55439
Phone: (952) 545-6698
Website: www.vadoinc.net
COMPLIANCE TRAINING
WINNER: Vubiz Compliance Library
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Almost 100 titles comprise the Vubiz Compliance Library. Some of the most popular titles include “Diversity in the Workplace,” “Fair Labor Standards Act,” “Healthcare Fraud and Abuse,” “Managing Workplace Stress,” “Sarbanes-Oxley Act Primer” and “The Affordable Care Act.”
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Full service: content, development and delivery software
>> Thousands of hours of off-the-shelf content available for purchase as-is or tailored to a specific situation
>> Large, diverse e-learning library with more than 4,000 online hours
CLIENTS
Queen’s University, City National Bank, NFIB
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Easy and engaging to use.”
>> “Effectively conveys the requirements of the standards and the reasons for them.”
>> “Well-structured pathways through learning material.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 2872 Colorado Ave.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 358-9583
Website: www.vubiz.com
Award of Excellence: ej4 Workplace Compliance Library
PRODUCT INFORMATION
ej4’s libraries of courses consist of readyto-use solutions for your organization’s specific needs. They are broken up by topic in Business Skills, Workplace Compliance and Microsoft Office that can be deployed on any platform.
Programs included are: “AntiHarassment,” “Anti-Harassment for California, Connecticut, and Maine,” HIPAA, FLSA, FMLA, “Hiring and Firing procedures,” and more. When the regulations change, programs are updated accordingly, so you don’t have to keep track of the changes.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Short, tactical e-learning
>> Fully customizable
>> Multiplatform, including mobile
>> Most video titles are 10 minutes or less in length
>> Off-the-shelf programs can be customized using ej4 Thinkzoom
CLIENTS
Burke Beverage Co., SVM, LP
TESTIMONIALS
>> “They comply with all the states with specific Anti-Harassment legislation, such as California, Connecticut, Maine, New York and NYC.”
>> “Great for mandatory and personal interest topics.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 12125 Woodcrest Executive Dr.,
Suite 300, St. Louis, MO 63141
Phone: (314) 878-6700 or (816) 489-4660
Website: www.ej4.com
Award of Excellence: Vado HR Compliance Toolkit
PRODUCT INFORMATION
This training starts with the laws, but goes beyond by teaching people how to behave toward others, and teaching how they can expect to be treated in return.
The Respectful Workplace Toolkit includes: “The Respectful Workplace Sexual Harassment Training,” “The Respective Workplace: Know Your Rights – California Harassment Protections,” “The Respectful Workplace: Identifying Discrimination” and “The Respectful Workplace – Manage for Respect Coaching Conversations.”
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Creative, flexible, interactive, experiential training
>> Episode-based, broadcast quality and millennial-friendly
>> Promotes positive workplace focused on treating coworkers with dignity and respect
CLIENTS
Axonify Inc., Sonic Automotive, Inc.
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Interactive, engaging and professionally captured.”
>> “This content is best-in-class!”
>> “Completion rates have increased YOY with this toolkit.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: P.O. Box 390153
Minneapolis, MN 55439
Phone: (952) 545-6698
Website: www.vadoinc.net
SALES TRAINING
WINNER: ej4 Selling Skills Content
PRODUCT INFORMATION
ej4’s libraries consist of ready-to-use solutions for your organization’s specific needs. They are broken up by topic in Business Skills, Workplace Compliance and Microsoft Office that can be deployed on any platform.
The company’s Business Skills Library offers courses in Professional Productivity, Communications, Sales, Project Management, Leadership, Supervision, Safety and Presentation Skills — to name a few.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Other titles: “Assertive Verbal Skills,” “Business Travel,” “Business Statistics,” “Business Writing,” “Time Value of Money” and more
>> Library expands every month, based on customer feedback
>> Course titles can be added upon customer request
CLIENTS
Golden Harvest, Syngenta
TESTIMONIAL
>> “Short, well-designed courses that are robust for any Sales Enablement program.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 12125 Woodcrest Executive Dr.,
Suite 300, St. Louis, MO 63141
Phone: (314) 878-6700 or (816) 489-4660
Website: www.ej4.com
Award of Excellence: Vado Relationship Selling Toolkit
PRODUCT INFORMATION
The Vado Relationship Selling Toolkit emphasizes how sales are a way to help people and how treating connections is a future business asset. These are the foundational principles promoted by Jim Cathcart of the highly respected Cathcart Institute.
He looks at selling through the eight steps in the sales cycle that include targeting the right people in the right way, assessing their needs and solving their problems — rather than just selling them a product.
Vado courses help learners apply learning on the job. The combination of short videos followed by step-bystep instructions helps learners put into practice the learning they just completed, which means organization leaders are confident that the transition from learning to application on the job actually happens, and organization capabilities are increased.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Written by Jim Cathcart, the author of 18 books, including multiple international bestsellers, and inductee to the Sales and Marketing Hall of Fame in London
CLIENTS
Kevin Eikenberry Group, e-SKY Solutions, Inc.
TESTIMONIAL
>> “The Toolkit by Vado is so beneficial for our sales team.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: P.O. Box 390153, Minneapolis,
MN 55439
Phone: (952) 545-6698
Website: www.vadoinc.net
Tools
E-LEARNING DEVELOPMENT TOOL
WINNER: DominKnow ONE Claro
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Claro courses are designed for a fixed page size, but are HTML5-based, so they are still viewable on laptop and desktop computers, as well as mobile devices.
Using Claro can be as simple as importing a PowerPoint file and publishing. Or use a PowerPoint file as a starting point, adding learning activities and assessment questions for a fuller learning experience. Plus, you can also easily create complex events, like hiding and swapping content all the way through to inter-page branching.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Responsive and adaptive output
>> Full-featured HTML5 authoring
>> Content sharing and reuse
>> Self-described “world-class support”
CLIENTS
Cook County Sheriff’s Office, DXC, First Air
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Super intuitive tool with amazing authoring functionalities to enhance learner engagement.”
>> “Courses are simple to develop courses, using available templates or importing PowerPoint files and publishing.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 183 Michael Cowpland Dr.
Kanata, ON Canada, K2M 0M3
Phone: (613) 800-8733
Website: www.dominknow.com
Award of Excellence: Adobe Captivate
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Adobe Captivate offers 360-degree media support to help deliver immersive learning experiences in VR that allow learners to navigate near real-life situations in a risk-free environment. Use VR to deliver experiences, such as virtual tours, safety drills, product walkthroughs, first-responder situations and more.
Captivate transitions seamlessly from storyboarding to responsive e-learning design. Users can dip into the asset store or use from Adobe Stock to enrich content to create amazing courses that run seamlessly across desktops and mobile devices.
The responsive e-learning design includes multiscreen responsive authoring, multidevice previews, iOS device capturing capabilities and native support for HTML5 objects.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Design e-learning content in minutes with the all-new ready-to-go slides
>> Quick Start Projects are a comprehensive set of ready-to-go interactive e-learning slides required for designing Introduction, Objectives, Menu, Layout, Scenarios, Interactions and Quiz slides
>> Immersive learning with VR experiences
CLIENTS
American Red Cross, Google, Lexus, IBM
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Intuitive platform our team adopted rapidly to make impactful training.”
>> “Its responsive design provides the ability to view the training on any device.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 345 Park Ave.
San Jose, CA 95110-2704
Phone: (408) 536-6000
Website: www.adobe.com/products/
captivateprime.html
MOBILE AUTHORING TOOL
WINNER: DominKnow ONE Flow
PRODUCT INFORMATION
dominKnow ONE Flow outputs fully responsive and adaptive content, so you don’t have to worry about specific devices or multiple versions of the same content.
ONE Flow is easy to get started with but packed with options to customize page behavior and create engaging and visually stunning content. The ONE Flow authoring stage is a live-author environment. View your page across all screen-width settings as you make it, or pop open a preview to see the page come to life.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Built-in widgets, like tab sets, panels and carousels
>> Design and tracking tools are built in
>> Project assets stored in one central location
>> Comments logged and tracked for streamlined review
CLIENTS
CAI, Unical Aviation, GuideWell Source
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Great templates to help get you started — but all the flexibility I need to create whatever kind of learning tool or jobaid I need.”
>> “Flow outputs fully responsive and adaptive content, so we don’t have to worry about specific devices or multiple versions of the same content.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 183 Michael Cowpland Dr.
Kanata, ON Canada, K2M 0M3
Phone: (613) 800-8733
Website: www.dominknow.com
SIMULATION TOOL
WINNER: DominKnow ONE Capture
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Use dominKnow’s Capture to create cross-platform, software simulations for stand-alone use or integration with other learning content.
Capture is a hybrid tool that allows you to work from your local desktop for speed and efficiency, but stores your work to the Cloud immediately — and it works on both Windows and Mac.
Once you’ve made a Capture, you can quickly add highlighting or arrows using the Draw tools. Or, add tips using the Markers tool to help your learners better navigate the learning process.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Real-time collaboration
>> Publish to LMS, LRS, apps, print
>> Built-in features, including customizable testing, branching, etc.
>> Ability to receive feedback from content reviewers
CLIENTS
RLG Capital, University of Michigan, Studio5D
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Capture automatically creates Step-byStep Instruction (Show me) — records all steps and provides an interactive video-like experience.”
>> “The annotation capabilities are key for me — as is its intuitiveness.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 183 Michael Cowpland Dr.
Kanata, ON Canada, K2M 0M3
Phone: (613) 800-8733
Website: www.dominknow.com
EMERGING LEARNING SOLUTION
Award of Excellence: Bigger Brains BrainBot
PRODUCT INFORMATION
BrainBot is an intelligent, A.I.-based chatbot that sends short, periodic communications to help you retain knowledge from selected Bigger Brains and other training courses.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> BrainBot’s artificial intelligence helps calculate if your learners answer correctly or not, and will provide constructive feedback
>> Offers resources, including links to articles, videos or downloads
>> Works with learners in their natural workflow
CLIENTS
Greenville Technical College, CT Edinburgh West
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Great for follow-up to ensure learning retention.”
>> “Easy to use, adaptive to multiple responses.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 1520 E. Greenville St., Suite D
Anderson, SC 29621
Phone: (864) 421-6950 or (800) 743-2724
Website: www.getbiggerbrains.com
Award of Excellence: Immersive VR Education – VR ENGAGE Platform
PRODUCT INFORMATION
ENGAGE makes it easy to collaborate and learn through virtual reality. Perfect for educators, trainers and corporate teams.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
>> Connects up to 36 people remotely from all over the world in the same virtual room
>> ENGAGE IFX system allows loading 3D objects and effects into virtual environments
>> Collaborate and create immersive experiences with a wide range of interactive objects and features
CLIENTS
Nokia, RCSI, Shenandoah Center for Immersive Learning
TESTIMONIALS
>> “Their IPO essentially validating the VR-based learning market.”
>> “ENGAGE allows educators, third-party developers and corporate trainers to create and share their own content within the ENGAGE publishing platform.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: Unit 9 – Cleaboy Business Park,
Cork Road, Waterford City, Ireland
Phone: +353 51 585 837
Website: https://engagevr.io
