Kamy Anderson

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Kamy Anderson

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Kamy Anderson is a Senior Writer specializing in online learning and training. His blog focuses on trends in eLearning, online training, webinars, course development, employee training, gamification, LMS, AI, and more. Kamy's articles have been published in eLearningIndustry, TrainingMag, Training Zone, and Learning Solutions Magazine. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

Articles by Kamy Anderson

10 Best Learning Pool Alternatives & Competitors in 2026

If you’re looking at Learning Pool alternatives, something specific probably broke down. Maybe your reporting got unwieldy as you scaled. Maybe your admins are spending more time figuring out the backend than actually running programs. Maybe the platform worked fine at 300 learners and now feels like it’s lagging at 1,500. Whatever the trigger, this...
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10 Best Acorn PLMS Alternatives and Competitors That Are Faster and Easier to Scale

I’ve been looking at learning management platforms for a while now, and Acorn PLMS comes up more often than you’d expect in evaluations. It’s a solid platform, especially if performance-linked learning is the pitch point.  But it’s also a niche one.  The contact-for-pricing model, slower performance under load, and the reporting limitations reviewers repeatedly flag...
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Soft Skills Training for Employees: What the Best Programs Have in Common

I’ve seen teams with serious technical horsepower consistently underperform because nobody could run a meeting, deliver feedback, or flag a problem before it became a crisis. I’ve also seen the opposite: average technical teams do excellent work because they communicate well, trust each other, and solve problems without drama. That gap is almost always a...
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How to Measure Employee Learning Outcomes Effectively

Every training report I have ever sent to leadership had the same number front and center: completion rate. Clean, high, and almost meaningless. Because completing a course and actually learning something from it are two very different things, I was for a long time measuring the first and calling it the second. Knowing how to...
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10+ EdCast Alternatives for When Your Compliance Auditor Stops Finding Your Answers Amusing

I’ve been on the evaluation side of enough LMS decisions to know what “we’re looking for EdCast alternatives” usually means. It means someone on the team finally said out loud what they’d been thinking for months. The platform works, technically. But it works for a different problem than the one you’re trying to solve. EdCast...
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10 Wise LMS Alternatives That Are Worth Every Dollar You Spend in 2026

I’ve spent enough time evaluating learning platforms to know that most listicles on this topic are written by people who’ve never actually logged into the admin panel.  So I’ll be direct: Wise is a tutoring-first tool. Scheduling, billing, live sessions, it does those things. But if you’re running corporate training, onboarding distributed teams, or proving...
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10 Best Leadership Training Software for Corporate Mentorship Programs

I’ve evaluated a lot of leadership training software, and the pattern repeats itself on a reliable schedule. Pretty dashboard. Impressive demo. Library of courses with titles like “Strategic Communication for Modern Leaders..”  And then, three months later, your managers are doing exactly what they were doing before, except now they have a PDF certificate in...
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6 Best Agriculture LMS Platforms for People Who Work in Dirt, Not Offices

When I started looking for the best agriculture LMS, I expected green logos and stock photos of people in overalls. What I didn’t expect was how few platforms actually understood farming training. Farming has always been one of the hardest industries to train people for. The courses felt too theoretical, and most of the software...
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