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Electives co-founder and CEO Jason Lavender in Business Ninjas

Jason Lavender, Electives co-founder and CEO, was recently interviewed by Kelsey McDonald on the Business Ninjas podcast, sponsored by WriteForMe.

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Jason Lavender, Electives co-founder and CEO, was recently interviewed by Kelsey McDonald on the Business Ninjas podcast, sponsored by WriteForMe.

Click here to listen to Jason’s interview and to learn:

  • Why live learning is more impactful than asynchronous training.
  • How Electives is helping HR and people operations leaders deliver better quality learning with less effort.
  • How Electives offers the perfect mix of quality + quantity + diversity of content, instructors and learning formats.
  • About the newly launched Electives Membership, which gives learners the opportunity to choose what and when they learn.

Listen to Jason’s interview here

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