Introducing Unpacked: Field Notes, a new series of short, reflective posts drawn from real-world learning and performance work. Each note captures the patterns, tensions, and lessons that surface inside organisations. Designed to spark thought and discussion, these reflections help L&D and HR professionals slow down, ask better questions, and connect learning more closely to performance.
Totara Engage, now part of Totara Learn, brings learning into the flow of work with collaborative workspaces, curated resources, and peer-driven knowledge sharing. This article explores how social learning strengthens engagement, accelerates skills development, and supports real performance improvement across the organisation. See how leading companies are using Engage to build connected, learning-ready cultures that evolve with their people.
Totara gives NGOs more than training records. It connects learning to performance, compliance, and real-world outcomes. This article explores how South African NGOs can use Totara to generate funder-ready evidence, strengthen program quality, and create measurable impact that goes beyond completion rates or box-ticking exercises.
Most learning programs get measured on completion or satisfaction, but that rarely tells the full story. The Phillips ROI Model helps L&D teams connect learning to real business results, showing how skills and behaviour changes translate into measurable financial impact. Learn when and how to apply it effectively.
Tourism and hospitality teams operate in high-pressure, high-turnover environments. This Totara Thursdays article explores how leading brands use Totara to link learning with real performance outcomes. From role-based pathways to skills tracking and manager-led coaching, it shows how modern learning design strengthens capability, consistency and retention across dispersed, customer-facing workforces.
Totara audiences go beyond simple user grouping, they’re a powerful way to deliver personalised learning at scale. This article explores how organisations like MindEd and MediaPharm use audiences to automate enrolment, target content, and align learning with performance, turning an administrative feature into a strategic driver of engagement and impact.
NGOs around the world are using Totara to deliver measurable learning impact — from UNICEF’s global safeguarding training to HFL’s scalable education platform. Discover how features like multi-tenancy, integrations, and reporting are transforming learning into performance and purpose.
Discover how Totara transforms onboarding into a strategic engine for performance, engagement, and retention. From personalized learning paths to collaborative spaces and performance check-ins, learn how enterprises accelerate new hire impact and connect early experiences to long-term business outcomes.
Most learning teams measure activity, not impact. This article explores the frameworks that help L&D leaders move from counting completions to proving results. From Kirkpatrick and Phillips to LTEM and xAPI. Learn how each framework connects learning to measurable performance and business outcomes.
Totara Mobile brings learning into the flow of work by connecting people, performance and progress. Discover how mobile access, offline learning and real-time notifications help enterprises keep teams on their learning pathways and turn everyday moments into measurable impact.
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