This month, the ServiceRocket Software Training Blog is focusing on the learning technology ecosystem. It is fitting that on Friday, I read through the 2016 Technology Adoption and Spending Report: Education Services published by the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA). I read this report to stay current on what technologies education services teams are adopting and plan to spend money on. After reading this report, I have three observations that I would like to share.
Customer education technology adoption trends for 2016
Topics: Customer Education, Education Services, TSIA, Benchmarking, CRM, LMS, Hortonworks, TrueAbility
Certification is one proactive solution that ensures customers are trained to properly use software and increases the likelihood that customers will renew year-after-year. Instead of focusing on acquiring new customers, software companies should focus on retaining customers by striving to not only train, but certify their customers so it's ensured customers know how to use the software. After all, renewals are a leading indicator of series A valuations for SaaS companies, if you ask Tomasz Tunguz.
Topics: Certification, Customer Education, Hortonworks, TrueAbility, Performance-based Certification, Software Training
Performance-based Certification for Enterprise Software Companies
Don’t let all the energy put into designing your enterprise software training programs go to waste. Adopt performance-based certification as a way to make sure your customers learn, retain, and perform the tasks learned in the course.
Topics: Certification, Performance-based Certification, Enterprise Software, Customer Education, Software Training, Hortonworks, TrueAbility