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Salman Khan in the News!

This week’s Business Week includes a fascinating article about our Fluent in Finance collaborator, Sal Khan. Sal has made the news in a big way, meeting with Bill Gates and many other celebrities, and...

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Friday Spotlight > AMD Changing the Game

AMD Changing the Game, an initiative of the AMD Foundation, is AMD’s global signature education program designed to take gaming beyond entertainment, and inspire youth to learn. Houndstooth, Enspire...

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In Defense of Errors

You may make fewer mistakes by making more mistakes. (Whoah… that was deep, man.) A recent post by Dr. Heidi Halvorson on Psychology Today makes that argument. In summary, if you let yourself make...

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Friday Spotlight > Math on the Street

The University of Phoenix engaged with Enspire to create two video enhancements for the University’s EED/415 Elementary Methods: Mathematics course. Enter the Houndstooth team. For this video...

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4 Takeaways from Elliott Masie’s LeadershipDev Conference

I just returned from Elliott Masie’s LeadershipDev Conference in Las Vegas, where I saw robotic virtual humans, listened to Marshall Goldsmith’s coaching advice, and had a great time exploring the...

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2011 LeadershipDev Clip

After you watch the video, also check out my latest post, 4 Key Takeaways from Elliott Masie’s LeadershipDev Conference.

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TrainingIndustry.com Names Enspire Learning to Top 20 Content Development...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUSTIN, TX – June 29, 2011 – Enspire Learning, a leading learning solution provider, announced today that it has been named to the Top 20 Content Development Companies by...

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The Promise of Computer-Based Instruction

I’ve been dreaming about the true promise of computer-based instruction since my days as a program coordinator for adult literacy services. The promise is adaptive and personalized learning. Two...

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Friday Spotlight > Millennial Moms

Sherry Matthews Advocacy Marketing partnered with Houndstooth, Enspire’s media arm, to produce this motion graphics pitch for a new WIC social media campaign. Check it out!

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The Art, Science, and Practice of Coaching – Part 1

Enspire is delighted to introduce guest blogger Kate McLagan. Over the next three Wednesdays, Kate will define “The Art, Science, and Practice of Coaching.” Read on for Part 1: The Art of Coaching....

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The Art, Science, and Practice of Coaching – Part 2

Kate McLagan continues her discussion of “The Art, Science, and Practice of Coaching.” Click to read Part 1: The Art of Coaching. The Science of Coaching To get the best out of people, we have to...

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Do Business Simulations Need to Model Reality?

Recently, I have had a few lively discussions about how closely leadership and business simulations should model reality to be meaningful learning experiences. For example, to what extent does a...

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The Art, Science, and Practice of Coaching – Part 3

Kate McLagan continues her discussion of “The Art, Science, and Practice of Coaching.” Read Part 1: The Art of Coaching and Part 2: The Science of Coaching. The Practice of Coaching A recent study...

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Enspire Learning Blog Now Featured on eLearning Learning

We’re excited to announce that our blog has joined eLearning Learning, an online community that collects and organizes the best information on the web about e-learning. eLearning Learning provides a...

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Friday Spotlight > Personal Finance Training for Kids

JA Worldwide partnered with Enspire Learning to create JA Finance Park® Virtual, a groundbreaking financial training game for Middle and High School students. Houndstooth, Enspire’s media arm, just...

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How Does a Real Flight Simulator Feel?

I’ve been in the simulation development business for ten years and have learned a bit about creating powerful simulation experiences, yet nothing I have done or seen so far comes close to the...

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Vote Now! Top 10 E-Learning Thought Leaders

We’re honored to have our blog nominated in the E-Learning Council’s Top 10 E-Learning Thought Leaders poll. We’re in excellent company with some very notable bloggers, and we wish them all best of...

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Practice Makes Performance

My professional mantra is “practice makes performance.” Beyond the fun of its alliteration, the phrase distills both the goal and means to learning – ergo, performance. Just as spiritual mantras are...

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Friday Spotlight > Houndstooth motion graphics

Earlier this summer Enspire’s media arm, Houndstooth, worked with AMD to create a piece showcasing high performance Radeon GPUs. All production occurred on the 3rd floor of our 1708 Guadalupe Street...

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Mobile Learning and France

Enspire Learning will offer a webinar entitled “Mobile Learning: The Low Hanging Fruit” on October 5, 2011. Click here for more information. Many of our clients ask what role mobile learning might play...

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Transmedia Storytelling as a Teaching Tool

Enspire’s own Matt Lisle will speak at the eLearning Guild’s Top Trends in eLearning Online Forum on Friday, Sept. 16. Matt’s session, Transmedia Storytelling as a Teaching Tool, is one of ten sessions...

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The Power of Play

Shopping for a friend’s birthday gift, I stopped into a pool supply store. See, my friend V has a new above-ground pool; so I’m looking for a gift to complement the fun. The young store clerk...

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Management Development and Demographic Trends

Good managers are hard to find, and getting harder. Global demographic trends are increasingly causing scarcity of management talent. This is not a new claim, but recently I looked for actual data to...

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Friday Spotlight > Who’s Driving Tonight?

What does life look like after a DWI conviction? The Texas Department of Transportation wanted a solution to educate drivers on the unglamorous and expensive reality.  Enspire’s media arm, Houndstooth,...

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Meet us at Learning 3.0!

Training magazine’s 2011 Learning 3.0 Conference will be held Oct. 4-5 in Chicago. Enspire CEO Bjorn Billhardt will deliver Serious Gains from Serious Games: How Business Simulations Can Grow...

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Emerging Leaders as Learners

Management and leadership talent development is an increasingly urgent business problem. Global demographic trends are increasingly causing scarcity of management talent with business skills. Responses...

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Free Webinar on Mobile Learning

Join us for a free webinar Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 1 p.m. EDT/10 a.m. CDT Mobile Learning: The Low-Hanging Fruit Led by Matt Lisle, Instructional Designer and Mobile Learning Enthusiast Are you...

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Bjorn to Speak on Austin ASTD Panel

Bjorn Billhardt will join fellow e-learning leaders in the Austin community for a panel discussion on Oct. 27. The Future of E-learning and Instructional Design will bring together CEOs of four...

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Immersive Learning – A Decade Later

A decade ago, an innovative job skills training program called EnterTech launched in Texas. The program combined simulations, team projects, and individual study and personal planning. The goal was to...

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Keeping Austin Beautiful

Enspirees are doing their part to keep Austin beautiful. On Oct. 14, members of the Enspire team joined nearly 500 Austinites for a Fall Service Day organized by the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central...

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Friday Spotlight > Mötley Crüe

Enspire custom learning work, to say nothing of products like Executive Challenge, might seem worlds removed from a concert experience. But this summer, our media arm Houndstooth partnered with Daddy...

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Thoughts on Moving

Long story short: I recently packed up my stuff and moved to Seattle. Seriously, as I type this, I’m still surrounded by boxes and bags and suitcases and piles of stuff that went into my closet years...

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Trick or Treat? 6 E-Learning Demons to Avoid this Halloween

E-learning shouldn’t be scary. Here are 6 ghastly mistakes common to e-learning and tips to avoid them. House of horrors: Feeling frightened, clutching tightly to a friend in the dark, unable to see...

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Friday Spotlight > We’re Ten and One

Enspire Learning celebrated its 10th birthday this week! At the same time Houndstooth marked a first very successful year as our media and experience design arm. Houndstooth deployed its media,...

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Meet us at Masie’s Learning 2011!

Elliott Masie’s Learning 2011 will be held Nov. 6-9 at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando. We’re packing our Mickey Mouse ears and gearing up for three days of learning about learning. We’re...

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Download our Medical and Healthcare E-book

Gathering busy doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals for a classroom training session can be nearly impossible. Custom e-learning courses can allow healthcare team members to train in a...

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Friday Spotlight > Enspire Wayback Machine

When your kids are growing up it’s said the days are long, but years speed by. So true. Ten years of Enspire, distilled neatly into one SWF. Enjoy! —————————— [kml_flashembed publishmethod="static"...

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Captions: On or Off?

True or False? Captions text should be “On” by default because some people like to read rather than listen. False: Best practices for multimedia learning experiences include turning captions “Off” by...

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Survive Thanksgiving Using the ADDIE Model

Instructional designers should apply the ADDIE Model to every aspect of their lives. It is particularly important on Thanksgiving Day. Analysis: Before approaching any food, determine what you’re...

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Enspire and Cisco Win Bronze Brandon Hall Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DELRAY BEACH, FL – Nov. 28, 2011 – Brandon Hall Group awarded Enspire Learning and Cisco Systems a bronze Brandon Hall Excellence Award for Best Custom Content. The winning...

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New Issue of Enspire’s Newsletter

The Autumn 2011 issue of The Dispatch, Enspire’s quarterly newsletter, is now available on the website. This issue includes: Happy 10th Anniversary, Enspire: A Timeline A Word from CEO Bjorn Billhardt...

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Designing Next-Generation Learning Conferences

As we enter the final month of 2011, I suspect that many of us are looking back on the year and summarizing it in one way or another. What stands out for me was a common feeling that I had while at 7...

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Enspire Celebrates 10 Years of Operations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUSTIN, TX – Dec. 6, 2011 – Enspire Learning, a leading provider of management development simulations and custom learning solutions, celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2011....

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The Difference Is in the Details

One thing that has always fascinated me is the question of what creates quality. Everyone strives to be the best at what they do. Quality is often mentioned as the secret ingredient that makes the...

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Friday Spotlight > Holidays at 1708

December is our busiest time of year, but decorations are popping up all over the building, and Houndstooth designers are hard at work on the Enspire/HT 2011 holiday card. This year’s card will use...

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