Five Ways to Enhance Property Management Learning through Social Engagement

A learning management system such as EasyLMS can revolutionize the acquisition of new knowledge and skills at your property management company, making your staff a continually improving asset. As your first line of learning, an LMS is loaded with industry, software and company-specific knowledge for everyone from your maintenance tech to leasing staff to property manager. Through EasyLMS, there are many ways to leverage online courses and social channels to accelerate learning even further. With in-person training gradually giving way to online training and certification, and teams often geographically dispersed, it’s more important than ever to complement your LMS with learning activities that leverage the Internet and its opportunities for social engagement. Here are five suggestions to put the “social” back into learning. 1.  Set up learning groups When users support one another in their learning, everyone learns more. That’s why you see study groups in graduate schools, for example (think of the famous hotel cram session in “The Paper Chase”). You can manage study groups based on peers, roles or regions, adding competitions to spice up the interaction. The Activity Feed in EasyLMS can act as a social network, allowing the ability to “like” and comment back and forth. Leaders can jump in to encourage learners and add their expertise. 2. Enable learning circles Related to learning groups are “learning circles,” where the participants choose others to follow online in order to see what they are learning, how they are progressing and how they compare on the Activity Feed on a day-to-day basis. By viewing themselves in relation to their peers, employees gain motivation to excel. 3. Foster mentorships For all but a few top people in your company, there’s someone in a higher position whose knowledge can be critical to their acquisition of new skills. By formalizing a...