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  • Arlo is a Wellington Gold Awards finalist!

    Melanie Hall - June 14th, 2021

    We’re over the moon to announce that we’re a finalist in the Wellington Gold Awards! A finalist in the Cyber Gold category alongside four other top-notch technology creators in the Wellington region. The Wellington Gold Awards recognize and celebrate business excellence in the wider Wellington region. New Zealand may be at the bottom of the […]

  • Reduce admin in your business and leadership training organization

    Melanie Hall - May 31st, 2021

    Hey, business and leadership training providers! How’s your week going? Busy? Yeah. Me too.  I’ve been up to my usual tricks – automating thousands of course management processes, managing and storing complex data, and maximizing the impact of training websites. And by “me”, I mean Arlo. Arlo is a training management system that’s designed to […]

  • 9 steps to good learning design

    Melanie Hall - May 20th, 2021

    “I’m not a designer, I’m a teacher. I don’t know what good learning design looks like.” We hear these words often from our network of training providers when we bring up the topic of learning design. We hear this from professional, successful training providers who’ve been in the game a while. They know their subjects […]

  • Course management software for health and safety training providers

    Melanie Hall - May 6th, 2021

    Health and safety training companies have many complex requirements when it comes to course management software. From compliance to reporting and certification, to integrations, they need a solution that ticks a lot of boxes. But when they do find the right solution – they save a ton of time and money on administrative processes. Software, […]

  • Top training magazines for industry news

    Melanie Hall - May 5th, 2021

    Whether you’re a training center, a higher education provider, or a private consultant, it’s important to be across all of the relevant training magazines. Keeping up to date with what’s happening in the industry is important for context, trends, new technologies and staying one step ahead of your competitors. But with so much information out […]

  • Best online course platforms [2022]

    Melanie Hall - May 3rd, 2021

    We’ve canvassed the market for the best online course platforms (aka learning management systems) for training providers, based on functionality and price.  We’ve compared monthly costs (on an annual billing cycle) at a top level plan as they have the most comparison points. Some offer much cheaper plans but are often not fit for purpose […]

  • Work smarter with a Real Estate training management system

    Melanie Hall - March 12th, 2021

    What if we told you that you could reduce administration in your real estate training operation by 43%? AND increase your registrations at the same time? Between RED, ReConnect, OneBlue and more, we’ve seen first-hand how Arlo training management software is helping real estate training providers work smarter, not harder.  “I could not even begin […]

  • Streamline your accounting with Arlo’s Xero integration

    Melanie Hall - February 12th, 2021

    Accounting is a time consuming task. And as your business grows, so does the amount of manual invoicing, reconciliation and updating information between systems. It’s time to claw back some of that time, so you can focus on the more important aspects of your training business. With Arlo’s training management system at the centre of […]

  • Technology training companies are scaling faster with training management software

    Melanie Hall - February 5th, 2021

    So you run software and technology training courses for IT professionals. You might be offering training courses in Microsoft SharePoint consulting, Project Management, Microsoft Office, Scrum and Agile, change management, DevOps or software testing.  Public courses may make up the majority of your business, with some private company training, consulting and one-to-one leadership baked in. […]

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