SilkWeb recently completed their participation in Adobe’s prerelease of its next suite of e-learning tools. We were amazed at the improvements that have been made in their product line-up and we were thrilled to have been a part of this adventure. We look forward to working with these new tools next year.
SilkWeb uses Adobe products to create interactive, engaging, and entertaining e-learning courses for our clients. SilkWeb can create custom courses for your organization or you may pick and choose from our wide array of off-the-shelf courses available in our catalog.
For more information please contact Dr. Mike Shaw or Laurel Silk at info@silkwebconsulting.com or at 623.465.5956.
December 30th, 2008
SilkWeb was recently asked to participate on the Arizona Small Business Association’s Education Committee. The mission of the ASBA Education Committee will be to provide guidance, feedback and support related to the educational programs and resources provided by ASBA to members and the general business community. ASBA Education currently encompasses ground classes, ASBA Academy, Webinars, Tele seminars and ASBA Communities.
SilkWeb joined ASBA in early 2008 in order to get more involved in the local small business comunity. We are honored to have been asked to become a committee member and look forward to providing guidance and ideas for future education programs and resources that will help the business community in Arizona.
November 27th, 2008
As many organizations have begun to slash jobs many professionals are wondering about the fate of instructor-led training. Though many departments are going to become leaner in the near future, we feel that training will still be part of the cost of doing business. High attrition rates and career changing create a need for on-the-job training. However, along with the need for training there comes a need to keep the costs down. E-learning has increasingly become a popular option for small and mid-sized organizations who don’t want to spend thousands of dollars training a handful of employees. E-learning provides the most cost-effective strategy and with the ease of SilkWeb’s turn-key training solutions businesses organizations find it easier to outsource their training. There will always be some topics better served by a live or virtual instructor but e-learning is becoming an indispensible acpect of the new leaner training departments. After all if a poor economy teaches us anything it is where we can cut back on spending.
To learn more about our Turn Key Training Solutions please contact us at info@silkwebconsulting.com
November 20th, 2008
NEWS RELEASE
November 20, 2008
CONTACT:
Laurel Silk, Vice President
SilkWeb Consulting & Development, LLC
623.465.5956
info@silkwebconsulting.com
www.SilkWebconsulting.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SilkWeb Consulting Offers Small Businesses a Low-Cost Training Portal
SilkWeb Consulting & Development is now offering complete LMS training packages to small businesses and non-profit organizations who need to keep their employees up-to-date on current business topics. This turn-key learning solution includes online courses in the areas of finance, soft skills, computer software, and business skills. Our low-cost Learning Management System allows any sized business to start offering quality web-based courses to employees with NO start up fees. Businesses only pay for the courses they need on a per-user basis. There are no hidden LMS fees or high priced start up charges to deal with.
SilkWeb can get your online training department set-up within days – not weeks or months like other expensive LMS providers. In order to keep our content as current as possible, SilkWeb Consulting & Development has recently added new e-courses in: Finance, Cultural Awareness, Selling Smarter, Marketing, Conflict Management, Typology, Managing Change, Managing Your Anger, Coaching Skills, Human Resources and more! Look for our new 3-part training series for Access, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word in 2009!
For more information or to schedule a demonstration contact Laurel Silk or Dr. Michael Shaw at SilkWeb Consulting & Development: info@silkwebconsulting.com or visit the SilkWeb e-Learning Portal at http://login.elearning-portal.com/ to view a short product and service demonstration. For purchasing information and pricing please email SilkWeb’s president – Dr. Shaw at mshaw@silkwebconsulting.com
SilkWeb was formed by Dr. Michael Shaw and Laurel Silk, M.Ed. Based in Phoenix, Arizona SilkWeb focuses on training and development using proven instructional design methods combined with educational technology to bring corporate clientele the most useful and up-to-date online training courses on the market. Our clients include organizations in the field of higher education, automotive, and business. For more information, call SilkWeb Consulting & Development, LLC at: 623-465-5956 or email at info@silkwebconsulting.com or visit their Website at www.login.elearning-portal.com / www.silkwebconsulting.com
November 20th, 2008
SilkWeb is offering a 1-hour webinar on November 11th. Please read the details below:
Tuesday, November 11 2 - 3 p.m.
WEBINAR - Managing: Groups & Teams
Attendees will have the opportunity to examine the nature and developmental stages of groups, review the benefits of team conflict, understand the steps of successfully delegating work in groups and learn strategies for enhancing team effectiveness. Presented by Laurel Silk, SilkWeb Consulting & Development. Fees: ASBA members - $30 and non-members - $40
Particpants can register online through ASBA’s web site or by Contacting SilkWeb at info@silkwebconsulting.com.
October 30th, 2008
Dr. Michael Shaw, President of SilkWeb Consulting & Development is currently working on a new chapter for a book being published by the IGI Global. The new chapter will include among other topics the use of social media in e-learning. As web-based learning continues to gain in popularity organizations are constantly in search of new technologies to enhance the learner’s experience. Institutions face stiff competition as the number of online schools has grown over the last 5 years. It seems that a new online university6 crops up almost daily! Online learning has always required motivation and personal or professional interest in the subject matter on the part of the learner. However web based training offers several advantages over other types of learning if the first obstacle can be overcome. These include the ability to schedule live chat sessions with instructors, extablishing class discussion forums where learners can engage in discussion with their peers, integration of group learning activities, and streaming video downloads that allow learners to view live or recorded video materials from the comfort of their home or office. New media has a place in e-learning just as it does in the business world. Staying connected and receiving information on demand when a learner needs it - NOW - is why social media popularity will continue to grow in the e-learning community. Colleges and universities that are forward thinking in terms of classroom technologies will find creative ways to integrate it into the existing curriculum. Other schools who are too slow to jump on the social media bus will be relegated to the sidelines and eventually become a piece of the past as they are eaten up by the new e-learning giants.
Since around 1997 the University of Phoenix saw tremendous growth in the online education sector. In the past 3 years that growth has slowed down mostly in part to the competition that has sprung up and the change in traditional brick-and-mortar institutions who now offer online programs. From a consultant’s perspective the mistake made by University of Phoenix was that they rested too long on their laurels and didn’t stay on top of the emerginig technologies. As they sat back and pondered how to spend their fat paychecks they thought of ways to create more money but forgot about why it is important to continue to add value to the classroom experience for their customers/learners. In simple speak: they fell behind the times. They didn’t listen to their critics and they didn’t embrace change - all because they thought they were at the forefront of it. Well we all know what happens when we get a little too confident - we have a tendency of getting knocked down. Now we have some other large players in the game like Walden, Capella, and Argosy. It will be interesting to see who emerges victorious in the war of e-learning.
For more information on how you can implement e-learning solutions for your school or business please contact us for a consultation. We offer consultations for $100-120 per hour. Please contact Dr. Michael Shaw or Laurel Silk, M.Ed.
October 25th, 2008
SilkWeb Consulting & Development wants to send a warm welcome out to Jose Perez of Phoenix, AZ. Jose is our new graphic designer. He has a degree in Visual Communication and is busy working on print and web collateral for SilkWeb and our sister site Job Training World. Jose is a skilled designer who has worked with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Dreamweaver and countless other design software. Welcome Jose!
Do you need a graphic designer to build your website? Are you in need of marketing collateral? Give us a call or email us and we can work with you to design unique branding materials for your organization.
Contact Laurel Silk at lsilk@silkwebconsulting.com for more information!
October 17th, 2008
SilkWeb Consulting & Development is honored to have been invited to participate in the Adobe Captivate 4 prerelease program. We are excited at the opportunity to provide feedback on a product to which we are so reliant upon for the development of our materials. We are long time users of Adobe products and I can remember my first Adobe products- PhotoShop and Dreamweaver. Those two products were used to create the first SilkWeb site over 10 years ago! Adobe has done so much for the design/creative industry and we are taking this endeavor very seriously. We plan on setting aside a good amount of time reviewing the product and providing feedback to help move the development process forward. Thanks Adobe! You can count on SilkWeb Consulting & Development!
October 17th, 2008
SilkWeb has been meaning to make the important announcement of our new team members. We are happy to welcome Mirjam Neelen and Nancy Abenmoha to our instructional design team. Both ladies have a wealth of experience in training and development. Please visit our team page to more about each othem in their bios.
Welcome to SilkWeb!
October 13th, 2008
SilkWeb Consulting & Development is proud to announce that we have added the Leadership Practices Inventory Workshop to our list of instructor-led trainings. This is a 4-hour instructor led training Workshop that includes a comprehensive 360 degree feedback tool that is completed online during the pre-learning of the course.
In this informative course you will take part in a 360 Leadership Assessment tool designed to identify your strengths and weaknesses as a leader and to help you choose actions that you want to take to improve your capacity as a leader. The LPI is a questionnaire with thirty behavioral statements—six for each of The Five Practices—that takes 10 to 20 minutes to complete. Leaders complete the LPI-Self, rating themselves on the frequency with which they think they engage in each of the thirty behaviors. Five to ten other people—typically selected by the leaders—complete the LPI-Observer questionnaire, rating the leaders on the frequency with which they think they engage in each behavior. Respondents can indicate their relationship to the leader—manager, co-worker or peer, direct report, or other observer—but all the observers’ feedback is anonymous.
The 360 assessment is completed prior to the face-to-face workshop. In the workshop you will learn how to analyze the feedback and develop a short-term action plan for improvement. In addition you will examine the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership aimed at helping you integrate the best leadership practices into your life!
The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership are:
1. Model the Way
2. Inspire a Shared Vision
3. Challenge the Process
4. Enable Others to Act
5. Encourage the Heart
Email us to receive a complete list of instructor-led training courses that can be delivered at your location.
Please email Laurel Silk at lsilk@silkwebconsulting for more information!
October 10th, 2008
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