Yes, this is a blatantly promotional post for my new
employer, ej4. I have been here for three months and I love it! I think all
employees should have the chance to improve their skills, find new talents and
develop new competencies that will help them advance in their career and help
their employer be more successful.
Throughout my career I have had many, opportunities for
training in a variety of settings:
one-day, instructor led classes, lunch and learns, new manager series
and multi-day marketing conferences on brand, lead management, SEO etc. Most of
these required at least a full day away from my day-to-day responsibilities and
some even required the added expense of travel. I have never worked for a
company that had video training available for all employees like ej4
offers.
So here are the 8 reasons why you should use ej4 or add ej4 to
your corporate training program:
On-Demand Videos
Day one all employees have access to the full library of
courses. They don’t have to wait for the
quarterly scheduled class or wait until next Thursday. They can watch and re-watch as needed. For fun, someone watches a series on
‘presentations.’ Then when they are asked to present at the quarterly meeting
they re-watch the series to prepare.
(How often have you ever referred back to the big binder you received
from a training class?)
Short-Form, Videos
Our videos average 5-7 minutes so employees can fit them
into their schedule individually, not on a schedule determined by a class. We take a complex topic and break it into 5-6
short videos that are easier to digest than one boring, long video. In corporate America, many employees spend
their days moving from meeting to meeting.
When you have 15 minutes in between, how do you spend your time? Check email? Chit chat about Survivor? Now you can watch a quick video on creativity
or negotiating or any number of helpful topics! Check out a few free videos on our site.
Creative, Engaging Content
Imaginative graphics, comical sound effects, upbeat music
and live hosts make our videos more fun and engaging than the stereotypical
corporate training video with local actors in awkward role playing situations! Creative
and entertaining videos will keep your employees engaged while the sound instructional
design will ensure they are learning the information that will make them more
successful and help your company grow.
Fresh, New videos Every Month
We are constantly recording new content to add to our course
libraries. (We have studios in St. Louis and Kansas City!) We release new
content each month and continue to add value to our clients. From what I’ve
seen, we are the only vendor who continuously adds new content at no additional cost.
Videos Accessible on Any Device 24/7/365
Not all your employees sit at a computer all day. Our platform makes the videos available on
any device so your warehouse employees can stay in the warehouse while they
watch the safety videos on a tablet or your sales employees can re-watch sales
skills videos on their phone in the car before they meet their prospect. Speaking of our
platform…
Thinkzoom, our learning management system, is included if
you don’t already have one! This makes
the pricing even more appealing. If you
have your own LMS, our videos are Scorm and AICC compliant.
Sales People Who are Not Pushy or Creepy
I sit with the sales reps in an open work environment so I
hear them on the phone all the time. They
are patient and persistent in their approach but never cheesy or pushy like timeshare
sales people. We have an awesome product
so once you get on the phone with them, they don’t have to be aggressive, they
just walk you through the features and benefits and answer your questions. Very
often I hear them laughing and joking with prospects, asking for details about
their vacation or their kids’ birthday!
Learning Consultants to Hold Your Hand
I sit across the hall from this team so I hear them on the
phone sometimes too. From implementation
to daily support you have a dedicated, live human being to email or call with
questions as opposed to submitting a ticket to a giant call center and getting
a new person each time. They will help you enroll employees, create groups and
curriculums, create custom reports etc. They are super nice and have an endless
supply of patience.
Potpourri of Other Reasons
English and Spanish closed-captioning on many videos, comprehensive
reporting, video creation tool so you can create your own video content
specific to your own needs, training reinforcement quizzes, marketing tool kit
to help you promote to your employees and much more! Sign up for a free trial! (No cc# required) (Yes, I said this was going to be blatantly promotional1)
So, you can see why I am so happy to be with ej4 and you
would be too! These videos can help
employees at all levels including executives. I’ve watched people make a career
of not making decisions or managers who are control freaks and don’t know how
to empower their employees. A few simple
videos can help them make changes that make a big impact on a company’s bottom
line. Your bottom line.
