Rivertown Communications

Rivertown Communications began its journey by collaborating with 3M, one of the largest global conglomerates, to create their first interactive e-learning program, one that provided critical safety training for their contractors operating on their chemical work sites. Leveraging next-generation technology and expert knowledge of instructional design, Rivertown developed an immersive, interactive module with dynamic video-based scenarios that offered a compelling user experience.

Rivertown Communications' innovative approach to learning management, as demonstrated by its successful engagement with 3M, paved the way for its continued growth and expansion in the e-learning and training industry. Building upon this early success, the firm developed its proprietary learning management system (LMS), the Inspire LCMS^®, to make learning more effective, accessible, and engaging.

“What sets us apart is our unwavering passion for learning and delivering impactful training programs that positively influence learners worldwide. This has made us a trusted partner for some of the world's largest corporations. From compliance training to leadership development, we assist clients in training employees to maximize their potential and achieve their strategic goals,” says Robb Jacobs, president, Rivertown Communications. “Our LMS is unique as we have integrated tools to allow non-programmers to create tailored courses from their content, making our solution a “Learning Content Management System” or “LCMS.”

Inspire LCMS^® by Rivertown Communications is cloud-based, fully hosted, and supported. It offers an easy-to-use, elegant navigation. Custom, dedicated dashboards can be added for organizations. The LMS has a responsive interface that delivers appropriately-sized content to any screen size—desktop, tablet, or smartphone.

Inspire LCMS^® also offers an option to add a custom survey function to direct learners to specific learning paths suitable for them, their job roles, and their career goals. It is well-suited to manage Micro (or Just-in-Time) courses. Inspire LCMS^® comes with an API, which allows for the system to interface with a client’s existing infrastructure for data sharing.

Inspire’s database is backed up multiple times a day to a secure remote location within a SOC2-compliant data center. Inspire LCMS^® features standard reports and the ability to create custom ad hoc reports. Inspire can be branded to match client standards, and courses can be monetized if desired.

A core functionality of Inspire LCMS^® is the “Content Objects” function that enables non-programmers to easily create and deliver courses. Courses can be assembled from textual content, videos, audio, graphics, quizzes, tests, and other materials. The integrated “Item Analysis” feature highlights test questions that are most often missed. This capability is crucial for admin personnel to determine if a test is too easy, poorly worded, or lacking content to support a test question.

In training, learner retention is all important, and Inspire LCMS^® contains built-in tools to maximize retention. With Inspire, you can create interactive scenarios that allow learners to put the knowledge gained into practice, even if the e-learning being presented omits this level of interactivity

The Inspire LCMS^® interface meets all accessibility standards, allowing every learner, including those with vision or hearing disabilities, equal access to all presented training, 24/7 and from any location with Internet access.

What sets us apart is our unwavering passion for learning and delivering impactful training programs that positively influence learners worldwide. This has made us a trusted partner for some of the world’s largest corporations

Backed by a team of instructional designers, multimedia developers, and technical innovation experts, Rivertown Communications delivers a complete training solution, including instructional design, graphics creation, e-learning development, video, animation, and voice-over production, as well as on-screen talent services, to create learning experiences that can change lives.

The Inspire LCMS^® is the perfect platform for small and large organizations to deliver e-learning and video-based training. As clients like the State of Minnesota, Washington State, Hazelden Betty Ford, 3M, the Mayo Clinic, US Dept. of Labor, US Veterans Administration, Sachs Electric, the British Home Office, and a multitude of smaller organizations know, Rivertown Communications is the perfect partner to develop and deliver effective and imaginative training programs.