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Jennifer Hofmann

Jennifer Hofmann, virtual classroom, and blended learning visionary is founder and president of InSync Training, LLC. InSync is a global virtual consulting firm specializing in the design and delivery of engaging, innovative, and effective virtual learning. The company is a leader in the L&D industry in world-class virtual design, facilitation, and production. InSync delivers services using a proprietary virtual learning and engagement model called the InQuire Engagement Framework® which uses brain science best practices to ignite and sustain learner engagement. Under Jennifer’s expert leadership, Inc. 500|5000 named InSync training the 10th Fastest Growing Education Company in the U.S. in 2013, the 20th Fastest Growing Education Company in 2014, and to their Inc. 5000 list for four consecutive years. Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network, Forbes Most Powerful Women Issue, The NativeAdVantage, and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program have all recognized her entrepreneurial drive. Jennifer has written, and contributed to, a number of well-received and highly-regarded books including: The Synchronous Trainer’s Survival Guide: Facilitating Successful Live Online Courses, Meetings, and Events, Live and Online!: Tips, Techniques, and Ready to Use Activities for the Virtual Classroom, and Tailored Learning: Designing the Blend That Fits with Dr. Nanette Miner. Her latest book, Blended Learning ,introduces a new instructional design model that addresses the needs of the modern workplace and modern learners. Jennifer frequently presents in-person and online for leading learning organizations including The Learning Guild, Training Industry, HR.com, and Training Mag Network. She serves on the Board of Directors for International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), supporting the accreditation InSync has maintained since 2008.

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Virtual First - A Lasting Outcome of the 2020 Pandemic

Welcome to 2021. It seems that everyone is taking a collective breath as we look forward with expectation of promise and insight in a new workplace environment largely mandated by long-term impacts of COVID-19. By the time the pandemic will be...

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COVID 19 Has Changed The Way We Use Virtual Classrooms

What are the Long Term Effects? I remember January. Traditionally, January and February are the slowest months at InSync Training. Organizations tend...

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Lesson Learned: Virtual Classroom Producers Can Maximize Training Value

In 1998, I envisioned that the role of the producer in the virtual classroom would be to “make the talent look good.” My reasoning was, the virtual...

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Virtual Facilitation is DIFFERENT Than Traditional Facilitation

In 2020, we’ll be sharing the lessons we’ve learned about the virtual classroom over the last twenty years, and we’ll link back to our more detailed...

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A Lesson About Workflow Learning from a Teenage Chef

Workflow learning is something we're starting to hear a lot about. It's the concept of embedding content into the flow of work at each moment of...

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Managing Mindsets: Why it Matters in Modern Blended Learning

Modern workplace learning professionals wear many hats. Gone are the days of specialization. Our organizations expect us to design, deliver,...

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Developing Competencies for Virtual Classroom Facilitators

BYTE Session Recap This blog post will highlight five key virtual facilitator competencies I discussed in a recent InSync BYTE session. At the end of...

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Where is Everyone in Your Virtual Class? Teaching to Mixed Audiences

We've all experienced it. Our virtual classroom participants often seem to have gotten together and planned to drive us crazy! Three people are...

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Virtual Teams Are Here To Stay (No Matter What Yahoo Says)

How InSync Training Enables Its Virtual Workforce If you are a regular follower of this blog, you probably know that our company, InSync Training,...

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Show Your Work: Book Review

Do you work? Do you ever talk about your work? If so, then you should be showing your work, and sharing the wealth of knowledge that you (and all of...

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