Do Less With Less Transforming Crisis To Opportunity

Doing Less with Less:Transforming Crisis into
Presented by:
Glenn Oclassen, Jr.
Jon Lloyd
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Sept. 23, 2009

Introductions
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Glenn Oclassen, Jr., CEO, VMG
Industry Experience
Director, Education Partner Programs, Salesforce.com
Director, North America Channel Readiness, Autodesk
VP, Corporate Development, GeneEd
Senior Director, Business Development, Headlight.com
Jon Lloyd, SVP Client Services, VMG
Industry Experience
Director, Global Education, Websense
Director, Partner Readiness, Adobe
Director, Customer Educ & Enablement Services, Macromedia
Director, Education Services, eHelp
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Tectonic shifts in our industry
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these budget constraints actually deliver
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By doing less with less
Examine… Cull… Refine… Innovate… Scale
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How do I do less with less?
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Purpose to Plan
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Content: it’s time to cull the herd
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Simplify your technology
Complex processes required
to serve technology
Simplified technology to serve
simplified processes
Multiple LMS products
LCMS & content dev environments
Multiple content dev tools & methods
A room full of servers
Standard content dev tools/templates
Standard delivery & tracking
Reporting integrations
Cloud/SaaS learning technology
Reporting tools
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Plan to take out the garbage
Account for obsolescence in everything that you do
Know what is obsolete and when
Within courses
Across the curricula
Map your content dev cycles to your product cycles
Regularly cull the obsolete content
Do not over-engineer any one course
Use reusable content templates for everything
Build ID into the templates
Build all content as components
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Standardize everything you do
Standardization requires
No ‘homebrew’ development models
Reusable templates, methods, processes, and media
Just-in-time assembly rather than finish carpentry
Standardized goal setting, scoping, design, dev, and delivery
Vigilance on scope creep- hold everyone accountable
Fixed bid for outsourced projects
Standardization delivers
Speed
Scale
Simplicity
Disposability
Re-use and re-purpose
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Equation: doing less with less
Net Annual Scope = (defined purpose – content/training outside of purpose)
Social Learning = (user-generated content + knowledge communities)
Net annual Scope (purpose - stuff outside of purpose)
Extraneous development & delivery technology
Simplified/standardized processes, tools & templates
Planned obsolescence cycles
Social Learning
Smart outsourcing for the remainder
Doing Less with Less
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Social learning is more than cool
Social Learning = user-generated content + knowledge communities
(a derivative of social media, applied to a learning or user community)
Social Learning helps your organization
Cut development costs
Leverage informal networks
Aggregate existing content and resources
Identify SME’s and champions
Source gap content and tools
Deliver a complete learning environment
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How does Smartsourcing work?
Smartsourcing requires standardization, tight project scope,
and a willingness to think about your business
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Less with less = more value
Run your organization like a business (because it is…)
Use budget constraints as the catalyst for innovation
Eliminate what you don’t need
Simplify and standardize
Measure everything against your goals
Social learning is cool, but it also can be leveraged
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Thank You! Questions?
glenn@velocitymg.com
jon@velocitymg.com
To learn more: www.velocitymg.com
VMG blogs: http://velocitymg.com/category/explorations/
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