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The Forgetting Curve for Corporate Trainers

Introduction: The Forgetting Curve for Corporate Trainers The forgetting curve tells us that if you are a corporate trainer, your trainees are forgetting 90% of…

Jordon TaylorAugust 12, 2025

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Why Corporate Trainers Should Embrace Productive Failure

Introduction: If you’ve been in corporate training long enough, you’ve heard about productive failure a hundred different ways: • “We learn more from our mistakes…

Jordon TaylorJuly 7, 2025

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Understanding Learning Styles for Corporate Trainers

Learning Styles and Preferences Introduction: As a new corporate trainer 👩‍🏫, one of the biggest challenges you’ll face is delivering training that resonates with diverse…

Jordon TaylorApril 8, 2025

Training Science

Robert Mager’s Criterion-Referenced Instruction Approach for Trainers

Introduction: Why Criterion-Referenced Instruction Matters in Corporate Training 📚 While Robert Mager’s criterion-referenced instructional approach is all about writing learning objectives and is leveraged more…

Jordon TaylorNovember 13, 2024

Training Science

Robert Gagné’s 5 Types of Learning and 9 Events of Instruction

Introduction: Why Gagné’s Principles Matter in Corporate Training 🌍 Imagine walking into a classroom where a training session seems to flow like a well-crafted story.…

Jordon TaylorOctober 31, 2024

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Bloom’s Taxonomy for Corporate Trainers

Introduction: Why Does Bloom’s Taxonomy for Corporate Trainers Matter? Have you heard of Bloom’s taxonomy for corporate trainers? It’s a helpful model that originated in…

Jordon TaylorOctober 16, 2024

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Applying Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in Corporate Training

Introduction How do you motivate adults to learn in the corporate classroom? One answer lies in understanding what drives people, not just at work but…

Jordon TaylorOctober 1, 2024

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Malcolm Knowles’ Adult Learning Theory for Corporate Trainers

Introduction When it comes to learning, the approaches and sciences behind adult and child learning are radically different. Malcolm Knowles' Adult Learning Theory provides corporate…

Jordon TaylorSeptember 18, 2024