Michael Laithangbam

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Michael Laithangbam

Author & Editor at ProProfs |

Michael Laithangbam is the senior writer & editor at ProProfs with 12 years of experience in enterprise software and eLearning. Michael's expertise encompasses online training, web-based learning, quizzes & assessments, LMS, and more. Michael’s work has been published in G2, Software Advice, Capterra, and eLearning Industry.

Articles by Michael Laithangbam

Top 24 Online Tools for Teachers: Enhance Your Teaching Strategies

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the dynamics of many industries. Most notably, education was impacted in more ways than one. With schools closed, teachers struggled to keep learning going. But, thanks to technology, there were several online tools for teachers that they could use to enhance learning and run assessments to ensure knowledge retention.  With the...
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How to Evaluate Learning with Pre and Post-Training Tests

If you are investing time, effort, and money to train your employees, it’s reasonable to design a proper method to track the program’s effectiveness accurately. That’s what pre and post tests do. As of 2022, businesses spend over $1,200 and 62 hours per employee on training. So it makes sense to monitor the ROI of...
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How to Conduct a Training Needs Assessment in Your Organization

Did you know that companies around the world spend over $350 billion every year on workplace training? Source This astonishing statistic feels even more surprising when you consider the fact that as many as 70% of employees report not having the adequate skill level for their job.  The reason for this gap is fairly obvious....
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What is an Internal Assessment? Methods, Advantages and Tips

Internal assessments are pretty identical to external assessments as they play a significant role in raising the standards of the learning process.  Assessments have always been considered a systematic way of collecting, reviewing, and using the information to identify existing knowledge gaps and provide a great learning experience. But how significant are assessments really? To...
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15 Best Lead Generation Tools to Boost Your Business 2024

Online lead generation tools provide an effective way to get new customers and boost sales. As a marketing manager, I rely on several lead gen tools to ensure our customer acquisition endeavors never hit a dry spell.   But, as I’ve learned through experience, lead generation is among the biggest marketing challenges, making it paramount to...
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Top 10 Audience Engagement Tools to Keep Learners Interested in 2024

If you are not keeping your audience engaged, they  are already looking for your alternatives. Over the past decade, I’ve been a part of the ever-evolving world of SaaS tools for audience engagement. I witnessed how these technologies rewrote the rules of connecting businesses with their target audiences.  In this blog, I’ll share my personal...
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How to Host a Quiz on Zoom

Zoom quizzes have made their way to being the top choice of people when it comes to conducting quizzes during video conferences.  But where did it all come from? When the pandemic pushed billions of people in their homes, they had to find a way to stay connected to the world. And this is how...
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17 Best Quiz Plugins For WordPress in 2024

Constantly coming up with new ways to interact with your audience can be tough, but you can always create quizzes, especially using WordPress quiz plugins for your website! Today, it’s a known fact that quizzes can hook readers and keep them on websites for hours. They are the most engaging type of content on social...
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Guide to Pre-Employment Personality Tests: An Essential Tool for New Hiring

Productivity, reputation, staff morale, and a whole lot of money—this is what onboarding a bad employee can cost an organization.  Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh once reckoned that his company had lost “well over $100 million” due to hiring miscues. Also, a survey conducted by CareerBuilder in 2017 estimated that companies lost an average of nearly...
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15 Best Strategies for Teaching Online

Effective learning in today’s rapidly changing world requires the evolution of strategies for online teaching. This practice has gained significant momentum since the year 2020 as masses all around the world transitioned towards online means of learning. But how big was the transition? Over 1.2 billion children in 186 countries transitioned to online means of...
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