{"id":946,"date":"2012-10-23T11:44:22","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T11:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.efrontlearning.net\/?p=946"},"modified":"2016-05-06T15:52:11","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T15:52:11","slug":"the-new-kid-on-the-block-talentlms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.efrontlearning.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/the-new-kid-on-the-block-talentlms.html","title":{"rendered":"The new kid on the block – TalentLMS"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>You may have already heard the rather exciting news that TalentLMS was released<\/a> on Oct 5th<\/sup>. Since then we\u2019ve been bombarded with questions on how it\u2019s different to eFront<\/a>, how they complement eachother, what the benefits and features are, why you\u2019d choose one over the other etc. so we\u2019ve got together a two-part blog post to cover all your questions. Today we will answer your basic questions and the second post from CTO Athanasios Papagelis will come in the next week, and that will cover TalentLMS use cases and show you how, depending on your needs, you may choose TalentLMS over eFront or vice versa.<\/p>\n

So just what is TalentLMS? <\/strong><\/p>\n

In a nutshell, TalentLMS<\/a> is a handy learning platform for small and medium organizations. It\u2019s aimed at \u201cdemocratizing learning\u201d by making premium elearning technologies affordable and accessible to all companies \u2013 no matter what the size. What\u2019s more, TalentLMS is really simple and there is no need to install, upgrade or backup anything since everything runs from the CLOUD.<\/p>\n

TalentLMS makes effective usage of your time and maximizes the training output.<\/strong> To do so we have eliminated a lot of the fancy but unnecessary functionality, enforced an aesthetic integrity on content presentation and emphasized the reuse of already existing training material.<\/p>\n

Who is it for?<\/strong><\/p>\n

If your organization is serious about training its employees or customers and is thinking about online training being used in conjunction with a training process already in place, or even as a complete replacement \u2013 then TalentLMS is for you.<\/p>\n

TalentLMS can be used in a wide range of industries that need to offer some sort of training. These include but are not restricted to: Education, Retail, Manufacturing, Construction, Public sector, Arts and Entertainment, Mining, Hotel, Non Profit, Marketing and Advertising, Law, Finance and Accounting, Real Estate, Health Care, Well-being and Non-profits. Actually, almost any industry can make use of some good training!<\/p>\n

What are the benefits?<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are a variety of benefits when you move to online training such as: reduced costs, reproducibility of training, no time or place restrictions and comprehensible reporting on who was trained in what.<\/p>\n

TalentLMS may also offer a new revenue stream<\/strong> since it allows you to create and sell your own courses to end-users. We offer all the capabilities you need to create courses, integrate with WordPress and sell your courses.<\/p>\n

For the user, what are some of the product highlights?<\/strong><\/p>\n