CARY, NC – April 2, 2015 – Training Industry announced its 2015 Readership and Editors’ Award nominations. The nominees were selected from the “Top 10 Articles of 2014” release published on TrainingIndustry.com. The award recipients will be announced at the Training Industry Conference and Expo in Raleigh, NC, May 5, 2015.

The Training Industry Readership Award honors 10 of the most-read articles published on TrainingIndustry.com and Training Industry Magazine from the past year. The nominees are selected based on readership appeal and attention.

The Training Industry Editors’ Award recognizes articles that captured the attention of both the readership and the Training Industry editorial team, had a unique perspective on the topic area, and displayed diligent research and quality writing.

The 2015 Readership and Editors’ Award nominees are as follows:

  • Combating the Forgetting Curve
    By Bill Rosenthal, Logical Operations
  • Five Things Proactive Sales Managers Do Differently
    By Kevin Davis, TopLine Leadership
  • Achieving Business Objectives via Team Building
    By Ash Curtis, Bluehat Group
  • How Training is Like Vacuuming
    By Peter Hochstaetter, Siemens Healthcare
  • Measuring Informal Learning
    By Tom Kelly, Consultant
  • Six Tips for an Impactful Onboarding Program
    By Joellen Sorenson, SAVO
  • The Direct Path to Training ROI
    By John Buelow, Shapiro Negotiations
  • Improving e-Learning Usability
    By Ryan Moore, Uncanny Owl
  • Five Ways to Inspire Your Team
    By Ravinder Tulsiani, Training Edge
  • L&D for the Next Generation of Leaders
    By Sean Graber, Virtuali
  • What L&D Professionals Need to Know About Gamification
    By Karl Kapp, Professor & Author
  • Women, Leadership and Emotional Intelligence
    By Dr. Shawn Andrews, Allergan
  • The Currency of Trust: The Difference between Flourishing and Floundering
    By Kimberly Gerber, Excelerate
  • Giving Old Content New Life
    By Sheri Winter, GP Strategies
  • Raising the Bar: The Impact of Sales Training on Effective Customer Engagement
    By Steve Andersen & Craig Jones, PMI
  • The Business Leader’s Bottom Line: Aligning Learning with Organizational Needs
    By Ajay Pangarkar & Teresa Kirkwood, Authors
  • How Games Drive Learning
    By Gregg Collins, NIIT
  • The Language of Measurement: When to Assess, Evaluate and Test
    By John Mattox, Corporate Executive Board & Michele Graham, KPMG
  • From Mind-full to Mindful: The Intention/Instruction Intersection
    By Julie Winkle Giulioni, Author
  • Gamification in Sales Training: Seven Critical Considerations Before the Games Begin
    By Jeb Brooks, The Brooks Group

“It’s always exciting to see which articles resonate with our audience,” said Ken Taylor, editor in chief and president, Training Industry, Inc. “This group of articles represent some of the most well-received articles that Training Industry has published in the past year and allows us to see what is trending in the marketplace and the topics that are most important to our readers.”

“We strive to produce quality content for business and training professionals,” said Doug Harward, chief executive officer, Training Industry, Inc. “It’s great to see the range of topics that made the list of most-read articles, which gives us a snapshot of where the market is heading.”

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