In our season finale, recorded on June 9, 2025, we wrap up another great year of the CarriersEdge Podcast with a mix of updates, insights, and a look ahead. Mark and Jane discuss updates in the course catalogue, learning about layout tools like Adobe InDesign, and highlighting the benefits of reusing training content. Plus, they give you a sneak peek at our upcoming Inside webinar on the U.S. English language proficiency requirements.
Sections include:
- 00:00 - Season finale and course catalogue updates
- 20:04 - Layout tools (Adobe InDesign)
- 28:15 - The advantages of reusing content
- 38:58 - The English Language Proficiency Requirements
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In our season finale, recorded on June 9, 2025, we wrap up another great year of the CarriersEdge Podcast with a mix of updates, insights, and a look ahead. Mark and Jane discuss updates in the course catalogue, learning about layout tools like Adobe InDesign, and highlighting the benefits of reusing training content. Plus, they give you a sneak peek at our upcoming Inside webinar on the U.S. English language proficiency requirements.
Sections include:
- 00:00 - Season finale and course catalogue updates
- 20:04 - Layout tools (Adobe InDesign)
- 28:15 - The advantages of reusing content
- 38:58 - The English Language Proficiency Requirements
In our season finale, recorded on June 9, 2025, we wrap up another great year of the CarriersEdge Podcast with a mix of updates, insights, and a look ahead. Mark and Jane discuss updates in the course catalogue, learning about layout tools like Adobe InDesign, and highlighting the benefits of reusing training content. Plus, they give you a sneak peek at our upcoming Inside webinar on the U.S. English language proficiency requirements.
Sections include:
- 00:00 - Season finale and course catalogue updates
- 20:04 - Layout tools (Adobe InDesign)
- 28:15 - The advantages of reusing content
- 38:58 - The English Language Proficiency Requirements
In Episode 117, recorded on May 20, 2025, we recap highlights from the 2025 NPTC Annual Conference and dive into the growing challenge of the English language proficiency requirements in the US and what carriers can do to prepare.
Sections include:
- 00:00 - NPTC Annual Conference recap
- 17:54 - Texas Trucking Show and PMTC
- 20:37 - English language proficiency requirements
- 41:20 - Coming soon: June Inside webinar
Episode 116, recorded April 28, 2025, discusses AI’s lack of personality, the role drivers play in the Best Fleets evaluation process - and what they tell us when they disagree with the results, and tips and best practices for more effective communication between fleets and drivers.
Sections include:
- 00:00 - AI’s lack of personality
- 15:00 - Drivers' feedback
- 23:29 - The driver role in the Best Fleets evaluation process
- 36:50 - Tips for better communication
Episode 115, recorded April 7, 2025, recaps the highlights of the Mid-America Trucking Show. Mark and Jane discuss updates on several CarriersEdge courses and give listeners a preview of the upcoming Inside Driver Qualification webinar with TruckRight.
Sections include:
- 00:00 - Mid-America Trucking Show
- 15:13 - CE course updates
- 30:21 - Learning Management Systems
- 37:36 - CE Inside Driver Qualification
Episode 114, recorded March 17, 2025, recaps the highlights of the 2025 Best Fleets Education & Awards Conference. Mark and Jane discuss the great disconnection starting to occur between drivers and fleets, and share their thoughts on the upcoming Mid-America Trucking Show.
Sections include:
- 00:00 - Best Fleets to Drive For Education & Awards Conference recap
- 17:48 - The great disconnection
- 30:31 - Best Fleets to Drive For results book
- 36:58 - Mid-America Trucking Show
Episode 113, recorded February 24, 2025, discusses the 2025 Best Fleets Education & Awards Conference happening March 3-4. Mark and Jane share a sneak peek on guest speakers, logistics, and driver survey trends.
Sections include:
00:00 - Best Fleets to Drive For Education & Awards Conference
12:50 - Telling your company’s story
22:12 - 2025 BFCon guest speakers
30:20 - Driver survey trends
Episode 112, recorded February 3, 2025, discusses the Best Fleets 2025 Top 20 announcement and the Education & Awards Conference happening March 3-4. Also, the CarriersEdge monthly webinar is back with two special guests talking about roadside enforcement and safety programs.
Sections include:
- 00:00 - Best Fleets to Drive For announcement
- 11:56 - Best Fleets Education & Awards Conference
- 25:00 - Short-haul routes and managing expectations
- 41:45 - CarriersEdge monthly webinar - Inside Enforcement
Episode 111, recorded January 13, 2025, recaps the Best Fleets 2025 program scoring, questions, and finalists. Also, this year’s announcement is coming soon!
Sections include:
00:00 - Happy New Year and Best Fleets scoring recap
05:57 - Best Fleets program new questions
22:39 - Online training is now the default
47:10 - Using simulators in driver training
Episode 110, recorded December 2, 2024, discusses the Best Fleets interview process, regulatory changes affecting the Driver Inc. model, and tracking scheduled and unscheduled work. Also, a new Air Brakes course is coming soon!
Sections include:
- 00:00 - Best Fleets interview process
- 8:30 - Driver Inc. model
- 24:28 - Maintenance systems
- 37:38 - Air Brakes and Difficult Conversations
Episode 109, recorded November 12, 2024, recaps the annual Fleet Safety Council Educational Conference, what makes a successful mentoring program, and interviews begin for the 2025 Best Fleets to Drive For program.
Sections include:
- 00:00 - Transitions and process changes
- 10:48 - Annual Fleet Safety Council Educational Conference recap
- 19:09 - 2025 Best Fleets to Drive For program
- 36:25 - CE webinar: Inside Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Episode 108, recorded October 21, 2024, recaps the ATA MCE, and discusses technical support, and the annual Fleet Safety Council conference in Ontario, Canada.
Sections include:
- 00:00 - Technical support
- 18:23 - ATA MCE recap
- 25:00 - Cutting costs
- 39:06 - Fleet Safety Council Educational Conference
Episode 107, recorded September 30, 2024, discusses the air brakes course, ATA MCE 2024, and the Best Fleets to Drive For 2025 program
Sections include:
- 0:00 - Air brakes course
- 19:00 - Documentation and research
- 28:00 - MCE and Best Fleets education session
- 38:00 - The Best Fleets to Drive For program
Episode 106, recorded September 9, 2024, discusses the new podcast season, Best Fleets to Drive For 2025 program, and the concept of microlearning
Sections include:
- 0:00 - New season
- 6:44 - Best Fleets to Drive For nominations
- 14:54 - New courses
- 36:52 - Microlearning
The last podcast of the season! Recorded June 24, 2024, looks at listening skills, leadership styles and the opportunities and pitfalls of using AI to generate content.
Episode 103, recorded May 13, 2024, discusses service experiences, an article on learning styles, and the importance of literacy.
Sections include:
- 0:00 - Bad service experience and manifesting a better service
- 11:44 - Learning styles
- 30:12 - Literacy and misinformation
- 44:01 - Inside the Business of Safety
Episode 101, recorded April 1, 2024, discusses the Best Fleets Education & Awards Conference, then driver surveys, plus AI replacements, chatbots, and new entrant programs.
Sections include:
- 0:00 - Education & Awards Conference content
- 12:30 - Best Fleets driver surveys
- 23:25 - AI replacements and chatbots
- 39:08 - New entrant programs and education
Episode 100, recorded March 11, 2024, discusses Podcasts in trucking, then the education session at the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS), plus workplace experiences and the Best Fleets Education & Awards Conference.
Sections include:
- 0:00 - Episode 100 and podcasts in trucking
- 10:55 - Education session at Mid-America Trucking Show
- 24:25 - Pay packages and workplace experience
- 36:28 - Best Fleets Education & Awards Conference
Episode 99, recorded February 22, 2024, discusses Best Fleets Announcement Day, then topics for media interviews, plus education on pay packages and web content accessibility.
Sections include:
- 0:00 - Best Fleets Announcement Day and media interviews
- 8:00 - Electric vehicles vs fuel vehicles, and calming chaos
- 22:00 - Education on pay packages for drivers
- 32:30 - Accessibility and eLearning
In our season finale, recorded on June 9, 2025, we wrap up another great year of the CarriersEdge Podcast with a mix of updates, insights, and a look ahead. Mark and Jane discuss updates in the course catalogue, learning about layout tools like Adobe InDesign, and highlighting the benefits of reusing training content. Plus, they give you a sneak peek at our upcoming Inside webinar on the U.S. English language proficiency requirements.
Sections include:
- 00:00 - Season finale and course catalogue updates
- 20:04 - Layout tools (Adobe InDesign)
- 28:15 - The advantages of reusing content
- 38:58 - The English Language Proficiency Requirements
