News & Thinking

Retaining talented team members is a critical part of any company’s long-term success. At The Hershey Company, they’re taking strategic steps and leveraging technology to skill their workforce for the future. Leanna Meiser, Director, Enterprise Learning & Organizational Change Management discusses how L&D leaders can shift their thinking from “learning” to “skilling” their workforce. 

L&D professionals are turning to podcasts now more than ever to learn best practices in the training industry. But with so many from which to choose, where do you start?

In addition to d’Vinci’s award-winning podcast, Powered by Learning, we have curated a list of the leading L&D podcasts.

Take a listen and subscribe to them on your favorite podcast directory.

(listed in alphabetical order)

Elizabeth Buchanan joins the d'Vinci team as a Senior Instructional Designer/Project Manager. She brings extensive experience in curriculum development, project management, writing, and editing. She is a specialist in all phases of curriculum design from needs analysis to implementation.

Previously, Buchanan worked as a curriculum manager and taught writing in high school and at the college level. 

At the recent Training Industry Conference & Expo in Raleigh, N.C., more than 400 learning leaders reunited for the first time since the pandemic to talk about the state of the training industry and discuss best practices for L&D in their organizations. Here are some of my quick takeaways from TICE.

Gamification can create engaging learning experiences that increase learning and retention. Intel’s Learning & Development Consultant Usha Chazhiyat shares best practices for any organization looking to integrate gamification into the learning experience. She also offers advice on how to get started and build on learning solutions that leverage technology to teach.

Educating the public requires an integrated approach to engage and inform so that’s why POZ Magazine leveraged online assessment tools and eLearning courses to educate people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS. Ian Anderson, president of Smart + Strong, and Oriol Gutierrez, editorial director for Smart + Strong and editor-in-chief for POZ Magazine join us with more. 

Training Industry has named d’Vinci Interactive to its 2022 Top Training Companies™ Watch List for Custom Content Development.

d’Vinci develops learning experiences, educational websites and web and mobile applications for corporate, government, medical and K-12 educational content clients.

The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) has selected d’Vinci Interactive’s ecoLearn® Learning Management System (LMS) to be its Integrated System for the Management and Administration of Requisite Training (iSMART).  The web-based system will be used to manage all aspects of DDAP’s robust training program for professionals in the field of gambling and substance use disorder.

PBS NewsHour Classroom and d’Vinci Interactive were recently awarded a second phase of a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant for enhancements and support for the Journalism in Action educational website. 

The EdTech Awards selected SAE International’s A World In Motion® (AWIM®), as a Cool Tool finalist in two categories. As SAE’s partner, d'Vinci Interactive created two of the award-winning educational projects - Navigating the Digital Universe and the STEM Sagas: Virtually Rerouted.

Navigating the Digital Universe helps educators teach children about their rights and responsibilities as digital citizens. This online learning adventure is a finalist in the IT Series category.