Your employees have completed all the necessary steps to complete training, including the pre- and post-assessment, eCourses, live workshops, and have been coaching along the way for additional reinforcement; but what should you do to insist the training is transferred to employee performance? ASTD’s T+D Magazine provided 3 helpful tips for training professionals to ensure their employee’s performance is reached!

 http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2012/08/Intelligence-3-Ways-to-Help-Employees-Practice-What-Theyve-Learned

Russell Associates’ newest service, TotalTrain™ Blended Learning Solutions (TTBLS) is a proven six-phase system that enhances your employee’s performance. TTBLS is distinct in how it applies blended learning to enhance your training Return on Investment (ROI). It maximizes individual learning preferences so participants learn more, faster, and have the greatest likelihood of embracing desired and successful behaviors. So, you might ask, ‘How does it do that?’ Click here to learn more about the Performance Breakthrough Model which is a unique approach utilized within TTBLS!

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To meet the growing need to conduct efficient & effective employee training, while providing producers the means to properly document and easily retrieve compliance records, Russell Associates unveils its newest service:

iMPACT:  intRAtrain™ Management Platform for Animal Caretaker Training

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This year, at the World Pork Expo 212, Russell Associates is giving a presentation, “The Urgency of Training, Testing and Documentation in Today’s Environment.” We’ll cover the importance of not just training but also documenting competencies — including innovative, easy-to-use platforms to make it happen. Given the environment surrounding pork production these days, we’ve found that training employees and documenting competency is more essential than ever!

Meeting and Additional Info:
• Date: Thursday, June 7th
• Time: 2:30 PM
• Place: Upper West Room, Varied Industries Building
• Topic: The Urgency of Training, Testing, and Documentation in the Pork Industry – Including How to Get it Done.

Please respond by filling out the RSVP Form with the provided link so we can hold a seat for you.

Russell Associates will be hosting a series of informational showcases about TotalTrain™ Blended Learning Solutions (TTBLS).  For companies concerned how they will effect continued positive behavior change while retaining their best employees, training the next generation of leaders and preparing for the retirement of today’s leaders, TTBLS is the performance breakthrough model to follow!

TTBLS uses a blended approach to learning that incorporates pre- and post-assessment to ensure participants learned the critical and need-to-know information; performance contracting that sets desired behavior change; eLearning that maximizes knowledge transfer; live learning that optimizes skill development; and reinforcement/virtual coaching that ensures ongoing focus and extends the behavior and performance change process .

“I am excited to demonstrate to businesses how TTBLS can help them develop their employees and leaders using a new and unique approach.  TTBLS allows employees to achieve more and faster while focusing on key business principles that make companies stronger,” states Jerry Van Oort, CEO of Russell Associates.  

This series of showcase demonstrations will be held in La Crosse, WI; Mankato, MN; Bloomington, MN and Rochester MN from November 15 through November 20.  Pre-register today for a TTBLS Product Showcase at www.intratrain.com/ttbls or by calling 1-800-593-6266.  Come – learn how TTBLS can help increase the ROI on a company’s training investment. 

Russell Associates is an industry leader in developing and delivering products and services to train today’s employees to be tomorrow’s leaders.   Using technology, Russell Associates develops solutions that improve effectiveness and efficiencies, reduce cost, and improve ROI from training and testing.

Have you read the article below? The findings of this article and research are getting the attention of the media and consumers.  What do you think? 

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-11/food-sickens-millions-as-industry-paid-inspectors-find-it-safe.html

Not sure where to begin?  Give Russell Associates a call.  Together we will review your current approach to food safety and then we will work to reduce your food safety regulation exposure.

Most of us can count on two hands how many exciting and engaging workshop sessions we have participated in. In the training and development profession, we want to help you with the challenges of leading dull workshop sessions. This is a great article which provides a four-pronged approach to follow when leading a session!

http://www.trainingmag.com/content/last-word-less-teaching%E2%80%A6more-learning

Our newest addition to the TotalTrain™ family is TotalTrain™ Blended Learning Solutions, or TTBLS is what we like to refer it to. This unique system combines: pre and post test assessments, performance contracting, eLearning courses, live workshops, and coaching to ensure ongoing focus and extends the performance change process.

Are you taking the necessary steps for implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)?   We recently came across an article in Quality Assurance and Food Safety Magazine that stresses that although delays are occurring in the implementation of the regulations and policies related to FSMA, companies should have policies and procedures in place that will achieve compliance now.    

http://www.qualityassurancemag.com/qa1012-food-safety-modernization-act.aspx

A complete HACCP program is one way to compliance in addition to ensuring compliance steps are documented and recorded.   Russell Associates provides solutions that can help.  Our line of Food Safety training for managers and operators provides the knowledge your employees need to ensure the safe operation of facilities and equipment.  Learn more by visiting www.intratrain.com/products/safetrain

Who’s responsible for food safety?  Are the consumers responsible?  Is the supplier responsible?  What about the producer?  In many instances it is assumed that the producer is taking all the necessary steps to keep the food you eat safe.  A recent article in Food Quality News detailed a paper critiquing the efforts of the producer.

http://www.foodqualitynews.com/Public-Concerns/Food-safety-ultimately-the-producers-responsibility-says-professor/

Do you think the audits recommended by this article would help?  Russell Associates offers a tablet-based solution that streamlines data collection and provides better inspection/audits results in less time.  Learn more by visiting www.inspectiTRAC.com

Russell Associates launched their TotalTrain™ Blended Learning Solutions (TTBLS) model for delivering training using a Poly Modal approach.  Today, Russell Associates is announcing the intRAtrain™ Management Platform for Active Corporate Training (iMPACT) which is the infrastructure on which TTBLS is delivered.

This all inclusive platform incorporates seven components that guide the delivery of TotalTrain™ Blended Learning Solutions to achieving Excellence.  These steps include: Pre-Knowledge Assessment; Training; Testing; Documentation and Reporting; Observation and Verification; Reinforcement and Feedback; and Post-Knowledge Assessment.  Each step serves a specific purpose in ensuring learners achieve performance mastery faster and with greater motivation than traditional training.

Russell Associates will be hosting product showcases, lunch and learn sessions, and virtual demonstrations of the TotalTrain™ Blended Learning Solutions training on Making Great Decisions utilizing the iMPACT platform delivery system.  Watch for opportunities to experience this revolutionary training concept. To learn more about TTBLS and iMPACT, check out www.intratrain.com or contact us today!

Are you ready to eliminate foodborne illness?  We recently came across the article below detailing some of the preventative measures companies can employ to reduce and mitigate their exposure.  Do you agree?

http://nrn.com/article/wiping-out-foodborne-illness?page=0,0

Did you know Russell Associates can help?  We provide training development and educational technology that has provided results-oriented solutions to the food industry.  Our Services include a web-based learning management platform, eBased classroom and individual testing; training content development; classroom, eLearning, and customized blended learning solutions for food industry employees, operators, and managers. We also offer a tablet-based software application and online management system for automating data collection, transfer and management of inspections, audits and observations.

In order to be successful with your company’s eLearning program, you must have the key “ingredients” present. This article, from the Training Magazine, provides a great example comparing learning to ride a bike with a structured learning process – key ingredients being: trial, error, adjustments, and practice.

http://www.trainingmag.com/article/conference-highlight-success-elearning-missing-ingredients

Visit www.intratrain.com to learn more about TotalTrain™ Blended Learning Solutions today! This proven six-phase performance system includes all the right ingredients and brings novice or experienced learners to performance mastery faster, with greater motivation than traditional “training programs.”