October 2020
"If you don't stick to your values when they are being tested, they're not values: they're hobbies." – Jon Stewart The great British writer, C. S. Lewis, said, "Integrity is doing…
October 2020
Evidence-Based 8-Step School Improvement Methodology to Meet the Needs of All Students Summary The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to widen the achievement gap. Briljent is providing training and technical assistance on the 8-Step School Improvement…
September 2020
Summary. Learning leaders face unique challenges in today’s business environment. The need is greater to meet learners where they are, budgets are tighter, and emotions are high for learning teams adjusting to new workplace norms. Leaders need to find ways to…
July 2020
To Whom Much is Given, Much is Required Serving others is a primary goal. It’s reflected in our personal lives and our business choices. It drives the types of projects…
March 2020
You live, you learn; you love, you learn; You cry, you learn; you lose, you learn; You bleed, you learn; you scream, you learn. -- Alanis Morissette, You Learn I…
March 2020
Briljent Team Congratulations! We have made it to March! For those of us living in the Midwest and the North that is significant as we are quickly moving toward spring.…
January 2020
When I think about Never Letting Donkeys In The Pool—a saying by which we memorize Briljent’s Non-Negotiable Items (NNIs)—my personal favorite, and the one I think exemplifies the culture of Briljent, is…
December 2019
Color may portray meaning through natural association or collective symbolism. Think about your last visit to a hospital or nursery. What colors did you see throughout the room? More likely…
November 2019
I am delighted to be hosting Healthcare IT TODAY's latest Twitter chat around social determinants of health data and where this intersects with government. Join me, @SusanHouckClark, on Twitter this Friday, November…
October 2019
For much of the twentieth century, the notion of simultaneously facilitating and engaging scores of remote clients from your own desk would have seemed an unfathomably alien concept. But in…
October 2019
Last fall, I was lucky enough to be assigned to work on a 6-week training project supporting training efforts for the Illinois Lottery. With this project, Briljent would be delivering…
September 2019
On September 23, 2019, the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne awarded Kathy Carrier, Briljent CEO and founder of the Luminous Fund, with the Paul Clarke Visionary Award. The award…
September 2019
Briljent president, Matt Odum, sits down with his HRD counterpart, Andrea Butcher, on the latest episode of her HRD Advisory Group podcast. During the lively and candid 17-minute discussion, Matt draws on an example from…
September 2019
The Briljent Team enjoyed another successful and productive MESC conference in Chicago this year, and this time we did something different: Briljent hosted its first MESC event in which we showcased Briljent’s…
May 2019
Rapid changes in technology are affecting all of us. Organizations, large and small, in every sector, want to make smarter, more informed decisions and achieve greater efficiency through improved technology.…
April 2019
Scams and cons are as old as history itself (“I'll sell you a cave for just one mammoth skin if you act now!”). The variety of scams is ever growing and…
April 2019
Web accessibility is the concept that everyone should be able to browse, navigate, and interact with the web. Do you agree with that statement? Here at Briljent, we strive to…
March 2019
So you’ve spent several months planning for and developing your e-Learning training. What’s next? Think about how you can deploy your training to increase productivity and return on investment. Implementing…
March 2019
Learning can come in all shapes and sizes. The Challenge People all learn differently, and learning professionals need lots of options to deliver targeted and compelling online learning. As specialists…
March 2019
Okay, okay. Maybe that’s a stretch, but hear me out. I have been with Briljent for 10 years. Nowadays that is like an eternity! Briljent has been with me through…
February 2019
A frequent struggle I see for many people, including myself, is how we juggle everything life throws at us. Family, faith, work, friends, fun, etc. all dance around our heads…
February 2019
Please join us in congratulating Nick Blake on his promotion to Vice President of Client Services. Nick had served as the Director of Client Services since joining Briljent over 4 years…
February 2019
“With an entrepreneurial dream and a whole lot of ‘never give up," Kathy Carrier started Briljent in 1998. Watch the following video—recorded for Briljent's 20th anniversary in 2018—in which Kathy…
October 2018
You may have noticed a huge uptick in robocalls and phone scams lately. I receive upwards of 6 or 7 of these calls a day, and I know some people…
September 2018
Every year, vendors and state agencies get a chance to come together at the Medicaid Enterprise Systems Conference (MESC) and exchange ideas on how we can improve Medicaid systems. It’s…
June 2018
The Challenge The onboarding of a new hire significantly impacts both the employer and the new employee. The employer’s investment in each new hire starts on day one. The time…
June 2018
Here at Briljent we’ve made it a priority to give back whenever possible, and extend to others from what we’ve received. For us, that means taking the opportunity to use…
May 2018
Company has delivered 3 million+ training hours to tens of thousands of learners. Indianapolis, May 14, 2018: Briljent is proud to announce its twentieth year as a leader in innovative…
April 2018
The Challenge The multigenerational workforce presents many challenges to businesses of all types, including associations. As the baby boomers retire and millennials become the predominant generation in the workforce, organizations…
May 2017
E-learning, if done right, can be a fun, engaging, and interactive training method. E-learning narration, if done right, can add an extra layer of interest to keep the learner engaged.…
May 2017
If you don't know me, you're about to get a small taste of my world in this month's blog. I'm a Briljent Project Manager (PM). It's not a fancy title;…
May 2017
Many linguists insist that our brains are best equipped to learn a second language during our childhood years. Though there is some disagreement over both the extent of this “critical”…
May 2017
Increasingly, I find myself managing geographically dispersed teams, and often not in Briljent offices. For example, for my current Illinois-based project, I have worked with staff based in Springfield; Briljent…