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Perfect Capture

Perfect Recall

Perfect Execution

Insuring that what gets taught gets adopted is the increasingly difficult challenge of every Learning Professional.  The old joke that "all learning has a half-life" – trainees forget another half every 30 days – is no laughing matter in a training world faced with adoption challenges due to information overload.

Watch: How the Smartpen works


ES Research, in an important 2008 study on training adoption, found that 80% of sales training is forgotten after only 120 days and has little to no impact on long term results.  Their conclusion: corporations spend billions on sales training each year, but have little to show for it.

Likewise, Training Leaders are struggling to keep pace in the most important race of all - the knowledge transfer race.  This is the race between technology and education.  Simply, business information is compounding at such a rapid rate - and becoming so technically complex - that trainees cannot keep up anymore.

"Too much, too soon, too complex, too fast" has become the new reality.

Look no further than the annual sales meeting - an event that leaves salespeople mentally exhausted and overwhelmed due to increasingly larger amounts of training being squeezed into shorter periods of time.  These "brain jams" are effective learning experiences as long as information re-call and fluency are ignored as measures of success.

Is it time to change?  And, if so, is there a technology available that finally solves the crisis of adoption problem preventing organizations from developing knowledge-advantaged workforces.

The answer - yes.

We believe that change begins with a process called Intelligent Note-Taking - a disruptive training process made possible with a new, ingenious learning device called the SmartPen.  When Trainees engage in Intelligent Note-Taking - something possible in only a matter of minutes - learning is perfectly captured, recalled, and executed - with no behavior change required on the part of the Trainee.

Here's how it works:

1. Intelligent Note-Taking:  Trainees use a SmartPen in training - simply replacing normal pen and paper with intelligent note-taking tools.  The Smartpen takes about two minutes to learn - literally no behavior change required for immediate implementation.
2. 100% Capture - and Instant Recall:  During normal note-taking, the SmartPen captures every spoken work of instruction.  Later, by simply tapping on their written notes, trainees can re-listen to the instructor at that exact moment in time.
3. Instant Search & Access:  In essence, the SmartPen enables a student to index the audio portion of instruction during their normal note-taking process.  This enables instant search and access to critical information at later dates - just-in-time, when trainees most need the information to execute on the job.
4. Normal Workbook/Slide Decks:  Note-Taking occurs in normal training workbook materials and slide-deck handouts.
5. Interactive Job Aides:  Interactive job aides can also be created that support field recall and drill - unique performance support documents & job aides that verbally help guide, direct, coach, reinforce, and shape behavior.
6. Remote Coaching: Best of all, Trainees later use their SmartPen in the office or field to capture critical conversations and interactions.  This often enables remote coaching - the ability of line managers to virtually listen to and coach - without the inconvenience and expense of travel!  This solves the feedback challenge with mobile professionals who must execute on critical competencies in the field - away from the eyes and ears of line managers.
    

Watch:  How to Send and Share "Talking Notes"


We welcome the opportunity to enable your next important training event or learning experience with our SmartPen Intelligent Note-Taking solutions.  Learning will never be the same in your organization.