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The Critical Role Implementing Smart Responsible Cannabis Vendor Training (RVT)

As the legal cannabis industry continues to expand across the U.S., staying compliant with state regulations is becoming increasingly complex.
For dispensary owners and employees, Responsible Cannabis Vendor Training (RVT) is crucial for maintaining compliance, fostering trust, and ensuring customer safety.
These training programs equip staff with the knowledge needed to handle cannabis products legally and responsibly while adhering to state-specific laws.

What is Responsible Cannabis Vendor Training?
Responsible Cannabis Vendor Training is a state-mandated program that teaches cannabis

09/30/2024 8:00 AM No Comments

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Dispensary Workplace Staff Augmentation

You’ve got work to get done and you’ve decided to bring on temporary talent to augment your dispensary team. What are the cannabis dispensary staff augmentation best practices you should heed?
Here are a few dispensary staff augmentation best practices we’ve cherry-picked from our own experience.
1. Find Your Right Staff Augmentation Vendor
It’s important to think of your vendor as a partner and an extension of your cannabis business team so they should intimately know the work

04/29/2024 8:00 AM No Comments

Cannabis Industry

Engaging Learners (& Marijuana) via Online LMS

Keeping learners engaged isn’t always easy in the cannabis industry and there are many contributing factors, ranging from the fact that they do not feel challenged or the fear of compliance failure.
It often comes down to personal factors, including the instructor and learner relationship or a particular teaching style. Now that so many organizations are implementing remote training in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic (see our free training here), keeping learners engaged with online

06/28/2021 8:00 AM No Comments

Cannabis Industry

[NEW] Cannabis-Infused Product Handler “Freshly Released”

The new training is finally here, and the big day has finally come! We just finished releasing our latest and greatest training called “Cannabis-Infused Product Handler” training (check it out here)… 🥳
Our new mastery training will not only share our PROVEN strategies but also give step-by-step details on how to execute them in the cannabis industry, so they’ll go in-depth into the theory and methodologies behind them.
And unlike so many other mastery training that sits

06/23/2021 8:00 AM No Comments

Cannabis Industry

Cannabis Delivery & Online Ordering

You may soon be able to order cannabis the same way you order restaurant takeout. In April, Uber Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi made headlines when she said the company would look into cannabis delivery if weed becomes federally legal.
The move isn’t shocking from the delivery app given its acquisition of Drizly, an alcohol delivery service, for $1.1 billion in February. Delivering cannabis can be equally – if not more – challenging than delivering alcohol

06/21/2021 8:00 AM No Comments

Cannabis Industry

[NEW] Cannabis Safety and Health Concerns Training Released

A new cannabis industry compliance training is finally here, and the big day has finally come to release this new stuff!
We just finished releasing our latest and greatest training called “Cannabis Safety and Health Concerns” training this is included in our PENDING “MED Responsible Vendor” training application to become approved by Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) (check it out here).
Our new mastery training will not only share our PROVEN strategies but also give step-by-step details

06/09/2021 8:00 AM No Comments

Cannabis Industry

Cannabis Dispensary Interactions & Customer Education

Customer service is a very important part of providing care in a cannabis dispensary. All customers are entitled to friendly and respectful service at ALL times.
Providing exemplary customer service is good for patrons and the dispensary, and it also helps create a more pleasant working environment for the staff. Consumers who perceive that they are getting good customer service are more likely to treat you well in return.
A person may arrive with preconceived ideas (about

01/25/2021 8:00 AM No Comments

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Cannabis Industry COVID-19 Guidance & Checklists

Short and simple-to-use checklists are designed for workers in the cannabis industry to take a quick “snapshot” of safety in their areas of responsibility. Conducting frequent workplace safety and health inspections using these safety checklists is one of the most widely accepted means of identifying COVID-19 hazards and unsafe behavior.
[See Our Free COVID-19 Cannabis Industry Safety]
Regular self-inspection using safety checklists is an essential component of every proactive safety program. These safety checklists are a useful

12/14/2020 8:00 AM No Comments

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[NEW] Robbery Awareness Training “Freshly Released”

The new training is finally here, and the big day has finally come! We just finished releasing our latest and greatest training called Robbery Awareness (check it out here).
Our new mastery training will not only share our PROVEN strategies but also give step-by-step details on how to execute them in the cannabis industry, so they’ll go in-depth into the theory and methodologies behind them.
And unlike so many other training that sits on the “shelf” and

12/02/2020 8:00 AM No Comments

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“Netflix of Cannabis Training” (or YouTube?)

What comes to mind when you hear the name “Netflix“? Orange Is The New Black… the Wonder Years… your favorite casual pair of nighttime sweatpants…?
While we love binge-watching our favorite TV shows as much as the next guy, we associate Netflix with something else: crazy-good content that accelerates your entertainment like gangbusters when you start streaming.
Netflix’s core belief is that customization wins customer loyalty, a belief that puts data at the center of its corporate

10/12/2020 8:00 AM No Comments

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Scalable Cannabis Industry Training Process

Quarterly training is an essential but at times confusing process. Here’s how the scalable cannabis industry training works… we all know how important training is to set the stage, scale a cannabis business, keep your sanity, and prevent a TON of confusion for your team members.
No doubt, you’re probably doing some version of training already, but I encourage you to stop and think… how effective are your training strategies? If you’re anything like us, your

10/05/2020 8:00 AM No Comments

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Unlock Your Work’s Cannabis Training Budget

[ATTENTION] If you are a…

Manager/Team Leader… Face It… Many Times, You’re Stuck & Need Some Assistance
Cannabis Industry Worker… Unlock Your Company’s Professional Development Budget

Working at a company in the cannabis industry is hard!
The constant change makes it even harder. That’s where we come in… we support businesses via our eLearning solutions, so if your company or work is beyond the startup phase but you aren’t “HR-ready,” you’ve come to the RIGHT place… many HR departments

09/07/2020 8:00 AM No Comments

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Combat Cannabis Industry Turnover Rate

Why do employees leave their job? It’s a question that plagues businesses both within the cannabis industry and across the greater workforce. They report frustration with compensation, feeling undervalued, and a LACK of opportunity for advancement as top reasons for leaving.
Losing people is never easy, but it’s even harder when the departing person is an executive or leader. Not only does it create extra work for you and the other members of the team who

03/16/2020 8:00 AM No Comments

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Is Dispensary Etiquette A Real Thing?

For the ones going to the cannabis dispensary for the first time, the experience can turn out to be unsettling. Even though cannabis has umpteen number of benefits for both recreational and medical users, the knowledge regarding what exactly to buy shall elude you.
Besides, cannabis has always had a stigma around its use for either purpose for a long time, across generations. Hence, even though many US states have legalized its use, there is bound

08/19/2019 8:00 AM No Comments

5 Characteristics of Successful eLearning

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5 Characteristics of Successful eLearning

Now that you’ve decided to upgrade your learning strategy in the cannabis industry, find out the top five (5) characteristics of a successful eLearning course. A successful eLearning course is going to do more than just inform; it’s going to excite, inspire, and actively engage the learner.
Your successful eLearning course should incorporate the best practices of training and development so your learners can find and create meaning in every aspect of their cannabis industry jobs.

07/25/2019 8:00 AM No Comments

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4 Methods For Cannabis Learning & Design

Generally, Learning and Development (or L&D) professionals ask themselves the question when developing training for the cannabis industry: “How can I deliver services as quickly as possible to the wishes of the customer?” On the other hand, others ask a more fundamental question: “Does the service work?”
To determine the effectiveness of any service, the L&D professional looks for scientific evidence. Scientific evidence will help decision-making about learning services. The question is, is this evidence-based or

07/18/2019 8:00 AM No Comments

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Custom Mobile Cannabis Training Solution

Mobile learning, like any learning, is often deployed with a “check-the-box, now we’ve got that covered” mindset. But if you want a real Return On Investment, well-designed custom mobile learning can move that needle. Here’s how.
ROI is about maximizing the benefit of the resources invested. Custom mobile learning offers the highest ROI impact when used for what it does best:

Minimize Barriers To Access: Custom mobile learning can make it easy for learners to find answers

07/11/2019 8:00 AM No Comments

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Personalize Cannabis Training With Videos

Today’s learners are impatient lot, and they want cannabis industry training that is personalized for them. We will show you the value of a personalized learning plan, and how you can leverage on video-based learning to enhance this further.
Today, Learning and Design (L&D) teams incorporate online cannabis industry training as a significant part of their overall learning strategy. The usage of eLearning and mobile learning enables them to reach a wider audience quickly and with

07/04/2019 8:00 AM No Comments

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4 Focuses For Cannabis Industry eLearning Design

Learning practitioners in the cannabis industry often focus solely on getting leadership support for learning. While necessary, what’s often left out is what employees want and need. Stop taking for granted employees will unquestionably accept whatever their leaders expect. This is a recipe for a learning failure.
Does this sound familiar? You’re the cannabis industry eLearning Project Manager meeting an internal dispensary manager for the first time to discuss, in detail, their training needs and overall

06/20/2019 8:00 AM No Comments

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4 Tips For A Successful Dispensary Onboarding

Some businesses wait to start onboarding employees on their first day in the office, but as training becomes digitalized and new online training tools for the cannabis industry become more widely available, it’s easier than ever to begin the onboarding process before a new hire’s first day.
Onboarding refers to the process of developing a program that trains newly hired or transferred employees with the skills, behavior, and knowledge necessary to become effective contributors to the

05/23/2019 8:00 AM No Comments

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