1. The benefits of free membership to Training Magazine Network include access to free tools to help members in their work. Instant Publisher is the free tool that enables members to instantly publish any type of learning content on the internet. It’s a fast, easy-to-use, web-based tool that makes learning content quickly accessible online from anywhere. If you can use Microsoft Word, you can do this . More >>> What is Instant Publisher?

4. Create pages with learning content, then organize them as you need. Example only. Page and group titles are completely up to you. Organize alphabetically, numerically, alpha-numerically or however you’d like. Group content according to your need. Need to reorganize? No problem. It’s easy. Publish & Organize Content – Fast & Easy

5. Instant Publisher – Create Online Learning Content Instantly Instant Publisher enables anyone to quickly and easily put learning content online. In 60 seconds from start to finish, you can create a page and publish it online. Sometimes all you need is a simple text page with a few links or an attachment. Just type in your text. Or paste in from other documents. Basic pages can be create in 1-2 minutes. But we can do much more, too. Or add images >>> Create simple text pages with links quickly

6. Instant Publisher – Add Images Dress up your pages a bit, or insert charts and other informative images. It’s easy to add images into your text pages. Also easy: Linking the images to other pages or external content. Or do much more... Adding color, images and links to your text pages? Easy.

7. Instant Publisher & PowerPoint Suppose you have a PowerPoint you need to make accessible to learners online quickly. Many of us are converting existing PowerPoint or documents to eLearning programs, which can take months. Your business can’t wait. Use Instant Publisher to put existing materials online now , so they can be accessed by those who need the information. You’ll get a lot less pressure from internal clients who are waiting impatiently for the eLearning implementation.

11. Instant Publisher Instead of requiring participants to download your PowerPoint, let’s enable them to view it directly in your page. It’s faster, easier for learners.

15. Embedded PowerPoint Now learners can view the PowerPoint directly in the page you created in about 5 minutes. Whether you attach, link or embed your content is entirely up to you. It’s all in your control. You can do this on your own. Fast. No need for I.T.’s help or interference

17. Instant Publisher & Flash With Instant Publisher, you can publish just about anything online. Insert Flash lessons into your pages... Or....

18. Informal Video Informal video – like YouTube – is so convenient, inexpensive and accepted now that many are using it with Instant Publisher. Here’s a role-play to demonstrate coaching skills. Budget: $00.00 YouTube provides no way to structure videos into modules and lessons, so users embed YouTube in Instant Publisher pages, then use Instant Publisher to organize the content into modules & lessons. Embedding YouTube into your pages is the same as embedding Slideshare.

19. A Wealth of Possibilities You’re probably beginning to realize the many intellectual assets you could begin to put online in moments. Be creative! There are few limits.

20. Enabling New Resources Think about this: Using eLearning software requires specific skills and knowledge, so not everyone can easily contribute directly. Could you create a valuable resource if your Subject Matter Experts could quickly and easily put content online? They can . Anyone can.

21. One creative Training Director needed to create repair procedures for 80 copiers and printers in just 3 weeks. (!) Enabling New Resources

22. One creative Training Director needed to create repair procedures to copiers and printers in just 3 weeks. She asked SMEs (repair technicians) to each make videos with their own digital cameras and embed them in pages using Instant Publisher. + + Instant Publisher Anyone can do this. Click here to see a quick demo now After viewing, return here and continue Enabling New Resources Embedding YouTube in your pages is the same as embedding Slideshare.

23. One creative Training Director needed to create repair procedures to copiers and printers in just 3 weeks. She asked SMEs (repair technicians) to each make a video and embed it in a page using Instant Publisher. 40 repair technicians each made 2 YouTube videos and 2 pages with Instant Publisher. In only 8 days, she had a complete archive of 80 repair procedures with commentary and unique insights by true experts. Enabling New Resources

24. One creative Training Director needed to create repair procedures to copiers and printers in just 3 weeks. She asked SMEs (repair technicians) to each make a video and embed it in a page using Instant Publisher. 40 repair technicians each made a YouTube video and a page with Instant Publisher. In 8 days, she had a complete archive of repair procedures with commentary and unique insights by true experts. She simply used Instant Publisher to quickly organize the pages and provided the main link to learners. Cost: essentially $00.00 Enabling New Resources

25. With Instant Publisher, organize pages in a structure that suits your needs. Organizing Content

26. Create the pages... Label and group them however it best suits your needs Example only. Page and group titles are completely up to you. Organize alphabetically, numerically, alpha-numerically or however you’d like. Organizing Content

28. Ideas - What others are doing with Instant Publisher People love to create. Invite training participants to post role-play videos, learning games and other content. Anyone can do this. Create sections in your hierarchy for SMEs, execs or others to post content. Help them build an archive of insights and business intelligence that will benefit future employees. Click the Add Discussion Group option to add an interactive dialogue around topics and content. Transform static pages into social learning everyone can contribute to. Have links to recorded webinars or podcasts but no way to organize them? Use Instant Publisher. Bonus: Supplement with other materials and discussion groups.

31. Q & A Questions? Click here to send your question in e-mail or send a note to TrainingMagNetwork@trainingpayback.com FAQs on the following pages may also help FAQs >>> Click here to start now

32. FAQs How long will it take to create my account? 1-2 minutes. We just need some basic information. Nothing complicated. How long is the trial period? This isn’t a trial version. This is your free system. We have no plans to charge for this tool. Our I.T. department blocks access to outside websites, so our employees can’t use this. Your I.T. department can easily allow access to your main url or domain name. And don’t let them tell you they can’t. Just request it. Our experience is that responsible executives understand the value and usually approve it. How secure it this system? Very. Many large corporations – including financial companies under strict security scrutiny – have certified this system as secure according to state and federal requirements. Is there a guide or manual? Click the Support tab, then Guide and Tips, Administrator Guide for brief video tutorials. More >>> Click here to start now

33. FAQs What will happen when I click the link to start using Instant Publisher? You’ll see a page asking for your “account” information. Since Instant Publisher is web-hosted (meaning you don’t have to download and install it, so you can log in from any computer), we need to create an “account” so you can log in and control your system. This is also where you name your url (or “web address”). You can name it what you like, then it will end in “.trainingpayback.com”. So, if you enter “abclearning” in the website address box, your url will be “abclearning.trainingpayback.com”. More >>> Click here to start now

34. FAQs What about my home page? What will appear there? We provide a default home page to get you started. The Company Name you entered will appear at the top. Since it’s your own website, you can customize the home page with a simple tool we provide. Give it your own look and feel, change the top banner, upload your logo, etc. It’s up to you. Suggestion: If you’re in a hurry to get your content up and allow learners to view it, do that first. You can always redo your home page whenever you like...after the important work is done. Will there be content there already? No. It’s your own system. A blank palette ready for you to create whatever you’d like. I’m a consultant. Can I use this for my clients? Sure – It’s up to you. Many consultants open an account for each client, set it up, then hand it off to the client. Some do it as an added value to their services or products, some charge a one-time fee or a monthly fee for its use. Be creative. Use the system in the way that best suits your needs. It’s up to you. More >>> Click here to start now

35. FAQs When I click, it says “Start your Social Learning System”. Did I click the right thing? Yes. Once you create your account, you’ll have the complete social learning platform. You can use all its functions (discussions, goal setting, etc.) or just the Instant Publisher tool. It’s up to you. We provide the entire social learning platform because once you begin using Instant Publisher, there’s a great deal of value in integrating, for example, discussion groups with the content you post. Let’s say you invite learners to view product tour videos. Adding a discussion group led by the product development or marketing SMEs would greatly enhance the learning value of the product tour. Learners could ask questions, read others’ questions and answers, exchange ideas on selling the product, etc. So, you can choose to use other tools or not. It’s up to you. So my learners will have to log in to view the pages? Yes. Your content is secure, so learners simply create their own username and password to view your pages, join discussions, etc. What if I want to create pages that are publicly accessible? Two ways: You could invite the public to create their own username and password or just provide them a generic username and password everyone could use. More >>> Click here to start now

36. FAQs Can I really do this on my own? Absolutely. And, not only is the Instant Publisher tool free, your pages are hosted on the internet free, courtesy of a partnership between Training magazine and the creator of this system, VFTNetworks.com. No cost for either publishing or hosting. What’s more, your content resides outside your company’s firewall. You don’t even need I.T.’s help to launch it, support it or provide access through the firewall. Any of your employees with an internet connection can access your content from anywhere they can log on. And you don’t need technical knowledge to connect anything to the internet. We do all that for you automatically. So, the public can access these pages, too? No. Employees’ logins are password-protected. Remember registering at Training Magazine Network and creating your own password? Your employees do the same. (The system now accepts capital letters in logins, too.) If you need to, you can even provide passwords to secure access even further. END Click here to start now