Knoodle recently announced a new release of their software that makes it more intuitive and easier to use. With the new release, “you get more done in less time”, and let’s face it…who doesn’t want to save time these days.

New updates include:

• Redesigned content creation workflow
• Reduction in the number of steps between uploading content and publishing presentations
• Newly developed tools making synchronizing slides with the timeline and selected media easier
• New drag and drop capabilities to change slide order
• New intuitive UI that makes managing content, editing, and synchronizing easier than ever
• New Preview function to preview work before publishing.

Check out their blog post, New Release: More Content, More Social, More Rapid, to learn more about these exciting new updates.

eLearning Brothers Teaming Up with Knoodle

eLearning Brothers is happy to announce we are teaming up with Knoodle to offer eLearning PowerPoint Templates and Cutout People Images. Using templates adds consistency to your eLearning courses and helps to speed up the design process.

Take a look at these templates that work great with Knoodle.

We thought it would be nice to start the New Year by sharing with you a sample PowerPoint Template…for FREE. That’s right, click the link below to go to our eLearning Templates website and download this free template.

Free PowerPoint Template

Are you tired of the same dull classroom training experiences? Why not start the New Year with a resolution to liven up your classroom training content?

The Brothers have been hard at work designing some new PowerPoint Classroom Games that are a perfect way to add some energy and excitement to your classroom training courses. We currently have two different games available: GameShow and Millionaire.

Game features include:

• Professional graphics and design
• Team play available (GameShow)
• Automated score tracking
• Built in timers on each question slide
• Customizable questions and answers
• Compatible with PC – PowerPoint 03, 07, and 10

Game packages include all source files and an additional PowerPoint file with 40+ different branding themes that you can use to customize the game.

Thought is was time to update “ELB Extreme” for the past year (2011).

Here are a few of the extreme events:

Couple’s Laser Tag
We had to do a “couple’s laser tag” tournament before Brother Shawn moved to Hawaii. Brother Shawn and his wife are true snipers.

eLB Pool Tournament
Brother Shawn is the 2011 Pool Shark. He won the eLB Pool Tournament with Brother Andrew finishing a close 2nd and Brother Justin in 3rd.

Ragnar Relay Race: Wasatch Back
Brother Andrew and his wife, Sharlynn, ran on a 12 person team last summer that covered over 190 miles. The Ragnar relay race was from Logan Utah to Park City Utah (over tons of very steep mountains) and lasted just over 30 hours. Each ran 3 different legs of the race and Andrew’s last leg was 4 miles up a 10% grade (from 7,000 to almost 10,000 feet altitude). Sharlynn ran over 20 miles total. Here’s more about the Ragnar Race.

Hawaii
Brother Shawn got tired of the cold and moved to Hawaii (Kauai) for a year. He now enjoys surfing, long-boarding, spear fishing, and most importantly…the warm weather. If you happen to be in Kauai this year make sure you borrow the eLearning Brother’s surfboard for the day. (Free for nice customers)

The Dirty Dash
Brother Andrew, his wife, and his oldest 2 daughters ran the Dirty Dash last summer. It is a race in Midway Utah at a local ski resort. You run through snow machines, climb walls, slide down slip-n-slides, jump in mud pits, and more. Team Scivally finished the race and didn’t loose any kids.

Moab Biking
Brother Andrew did the Porcupine Rim trail in Moab for the first time last summer. After his group of 4 had broken brakes, snapped spokes, 7 flats, and a shortage of water, they finally made it home. (no broken bones this time)

ASTD and Universal Studios
While at the ASTD International Conference in Orland the Brothers had a chance to play at Universal Studios. The conference reserved most of the park and there was basically no wait on Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, and other rides. Awesome!

Overall is was a fabulous year and we look forward to 2012!

If you’re coming to DevLearn then stop by our booth and say “HI”. We are always excited to see everyone!

“If you want to know what’s coming next in the world of Learning and what the leaders in the field are thinking and doing, then you need to be at DevLearn — where the expanding possibilities for learning are defined.” (Excerpt from their website)

If you’re an eLearning geek…DevLearn is the conference to be at this fall! (Use this code for a $100 registration discount: 313DL11.)

The ASTD International conference was great! We met tons of training professionals and had a lot of fun.

The grand prize winner this year got an orange eLearning Brothers Unicycle.

Check out the conference video and pictures.

Richard - 1st ever t-shirt give-a-way winner

Awesome Customer

Curtis - Super Fan

Unicycle Enthusiast

Awesome Customer

Awesome Customer

Fellow Utah Guys

Best Personality at the Conference

Saving the attendees from wild crocs

Fighting ugly training

Want to let everyone know that we’ll be at ASTD ICE next week. If you’re at the conference, stop by and say hello.

Here is our booth information. We’re by Articulate and Allen Interactions. (Thought that would be a good place for eLearning geeks to hang out.)

It’s always fun to get on the radio!

Yesterday we had the privilege of being featured on the Zions Bank: Speaking on Business Program. The interview ran on Utah’s top radio news station KSL 1160.

Thanks to Zions Bank for the opportunity to be featured in our local community.

Transcript:

“April 19, 2011

This is Chris Redgrave for Zions Bank Speaking on Business.

How many people can say, and actually mean, that they make money while they sleep? That’s exactly the case for brothers Shawn and Andrew Scivalli (sih-vah-lee) and their company, eLearning Brothers.

With 30 percent of the company’s business outside the United States, this online company is literally making money at any hour of the day. It’s not uncommon for Shawn and Andrew to wake up in the morning and find orders from international clients waiting for them. They provide materials so you can create your own professional and polished online training courses.

The launch of this company couldn’t have come at a better time. E-learning has been steadily growing in popularity for the last 10 years but especially since 2008. The e-learning market was projected to pass the $50 billion mark last year. This is because many companies have been using it to control expenses and avoid travel costs.

ELearning Brothers makes this process easier than ever. Their goal is to make your online training look awesome. They build templates you can use to create your own online training that’s engaging and interactive.

Andrew has been involved with e-learning for 12 years. He worked with major companies to create effective online training, so he knows what a quality training presentation should look like. However, he noticed that many presentations looked terrible.

When it became necessary for Shawn, who has a graphic design background, to work from home, the brothers started creating online training templates. It was a side business for Andrew until a year ago when it made sense for him to quit his job and work eLearning Brothers full-time. It’s working out for him too since they’ve hit all their sales goals so far and have seen a 20 percent increase in the last month alone. This company also consistently ranks in the top 3 for many online key searches.

Kudos to these two brothers creating a thriving company in their basement over the Internet. To check out their information, visit eLearningBrothers.com.

For Zions Bank, I’m Chris Redgrave, speaking on business.”

eLearning Brothers
801-796-BROS
www.eLearningBrothers.com

The new year started out right with a company “team building” activity. Nothing is better than laser tag at 10 in the morning on a weekday when you can have the entire place to yourself.

We were able to learn many things that all brothers should learn. For example, you are not allowed to hit, no running, no fowl language, no climbing over wall, and no crying.

The final results:

• Overall Points Winner – Brother Andrew
• Overall Accuracy Winner – Brother Shawn
• Last Place – Brother Justin (He won the golf challenge last year. Sorry…can’t win everything.)

If you’re ever in Salt Lake City and bored on a day when you should be working…give us a call…we’ll take you laser tagging.

Every year our local Chamber of Commerce hosts a ski event at Sundance Ski Resort in Utah. As expected, we had a great day of skiing.

Special Awards:

• Best ski outfit: Brother Andrew with his purple pants
• Meanest skier: Brother Shawn spraying everyone with snow when they crash
• Best looking snow hat: Brother Justin
• All around best skier: Sister Kim
• Most frozen: Sister Sharlynn