CM Group expands campus following success of rapid eLearning publishing platform, Luminosity
CM Group | 06/09/2008
Following the rapid growth of Gloucestershire based eLearning content and consultancy company CM Group, employees will this week be spreading into brand new offices with a difference.
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Coastal HealthTrain Launches 11 New eLearning Courses
Coastal Training Technologies | 05/09/2008
Coastal HealthTrain is proud to announce the release of 11 new healthcare e-learning courses covering ambulatory care, home healthcare, long-term care, and general healthcare issues. Like Coastal’s other e-learning titles, these programs deliver customized, consistent and trackable training anytime and anywhere.
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Connected processes for corporate talent management critical to long-term success, according to industry expert
Cornerstone OnDemand | 04/09/2008
Industry analyst David Wilson and executives from Barclays and Allied Irish Bank (AIB) shared insight into key trends and best practices for integrated talent management at Cornerstone OnDemand EMEA user group conference in London.
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Trainer1 develops its US-based operations
Trainer1 | 04/09/2008
Trainer1, the vendor neutral e-learning specialist, is developing its US-based operations with the appointment of former Procter & Gamble (P&G) executive, David Ringo, as chief operations officer (COO) and Richard Lopasky as senior executive of sales in the new Trainer1 (USA) Inc.
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Learn.com to grant $10 million in learning management software to U.S. public academic institutions and nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations
Learn.com | 03/09/2008
SUNRISE, FL – September 3, 2008 -- Learn.com®, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that the company has launched its fourth software grant program in as many years to promote the use of e-learning and distance education in American academia and nonprofit organizations. The 2008 software grant will include Software as a Service (SaaS) licenses to Learn.com's award-winning learning management system (LMS), The LearnCenter® Group Edition platform and Web-based training courses. For more information, please visit www.learn.com/grant.
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The largest UK insurer uses Cobent to help customers improve health and safety
Cobent Group | 03/09/2008
Norwich Union Risk Services, an integral part of Norwich Union, is helping its customers improve the standard of health and safety in the workplace with a new online training portal.
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Clockwork Home Services renews its partnership with Learn.com based on the success of it corporate university initiative
Learn.com | 02/09/2008
Learn.com®, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that Clockwork Home Services (Clockwork), a premier builder of nationally branded companies in the home services market, has renewed its partnership with the company to provide on-demand product knowledge, customer service training, and customer facing training via its Clockwork University to team members located throughout the United States and Canada.
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Further your career with TPS
The Performance Solution | 02/09/2008
Gaining additional qualifications may be an excellent way to boost your employability. The trick is to choose training that relates directly to your career or develops transferable skills.
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ATA adds air-conditioning route in response to new EU legislation
Institute of the Motor Industry | 02/09/2008
A new assessment in air-conditioning has been added to the Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA) scheme to provide an opportunity for businesses and their technicians to comply with new European legislation regarding the handling of refrigerant gases which comes into force in July 2010.
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Survey reports continued growth in CPD importance
Echelon Learning | 02/09/2008
Latest research reveals sustained growth in the use of continuous professional development (CPD) by UK professional bodies.
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Echelon appoints Alistair Morrison as CEO
Echelon Learning | 01/09/2008
The consultancy-led publishing house, Echelon Learning, has appointed Alistair Morrison as its CEO.
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TPS launch 2-day iWAM Certification
The Performance Solution | 30/08/2008
TPS are proud to release their autumn training dates to become certified in using the iWAM assessment tool, exclusively for anyone working within the human resources, training and development and coaching sectors.
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IMI consults industry on occupational standards and 'Time to Train' proposals
Institute of the Motor Industry | 29/08/2008
Employers in the automotive sector are being asked for their views on two areas of major significance which will influence future skills development, in consultations by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI), the professional association and Sector Skills Council.
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Raptivity among Software Satisfaction Awards 2008 Finalists
Harbinger Knowledge Products | 28/08/2008
UK-based Sift Media has shortlisted Raptivity software by Harbinger Group for Software Satisfaction Awards 2008. The awards are established to reward high standards from software application providers serving UK businesses.
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Richardson Named to Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing Companies in America for Second Straight Year
Richardson | 26/08/2008
Richardson has again been named to the Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing Companies in America. After a rapid growth rate of more than 75% over the past three years, Richardson's Inc. 5000 rank climbed to number 3908 in 2008, from 4477 in 2007.
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Industry clocks up over 30,000 SkillMiles in first six months
Institute of the Motor Industry | 26/08/2008
A pioneering way of recognising contributions to skills development in the automotive sector has seen more than 100 businesses plus another 100 individuals sign up since the initiative was launched six months ago by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI), the automotive retail industry's Sector Skills Council and professional association.
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TierOne Bank reduces training costs by deploying the Learn.com LearnCenter platform to provide blended learning
Learn.com | 26/08/2008
Learn.com®, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that TierOne Bank, a subsidiary of TierOne Corporation (NASDAQ: TONE), a $3.2 billion federally chartered savings bank, with headquarters in Lincoln, NE, has selected the LearnCenter® platform to provide blended training to its regionally dispersed employee base.
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Salary.com™ acquires InfoBasis limited and extends competency and talent management capabilities
InfoBasis | 26/08/2008
Salary.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:SLRY), a leading provider of on-demand compensation and talent management solutions, announced today that it has acquired InfoBasis Limited – a leading competency-based, learning and development software company located in the United Kingdom for approximately $5 million.
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Popularity increase in the use of Psychometrics
The Performance Solution | 22/08/2008
Psychometric assessments incorporate a number of methods used by employers to choose the right person for the job, or to make promotional decisions and assess a development need and interestingly about 75% of medium to large sized companies that we work with, use some form of psychometrics within their selection procedures.
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ATA public campaign fires on all cylinders with Top Gear
Institute of the Motor Industry | 22/08/2008
One of the UK's most popular motoring websites is being used by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) to promote the Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA) scheme, following the launch of a major public awareness drive at the British International Motor Show.
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Becta funded projects supported by Raptivity and Elicitus
Harbinger Knowledge Products | 22/08/2008
Harbinger Knowledge Products has announced that it is helping schools produce and share content by making its products available to Becta funded projects in England. The products include Raptivity, the award-winning rapid interactivity builder and Elicitus, the leading authoring tool.
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First independent centre opens its doors for ATA autoglazing assessments
Institute of the Motor Industry | 21/08/2008
Chelmsford-based Essex Glass and Windscreens has become the first approved independent assessment centre to offer Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA) in autoglazing for the independent windscreen industry, following approval from the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI), which regulates the scheme.
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Trainer1 becomes Trivantis regional partner
Trainer1 | 21/08/2008
Trainer1, the vendor neutral e-learning specialist, has been promoted in its relationship with publishing technologies and services producer, Trivantis, from ‘reseller’ to ‘regional partner’.
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NetDimensions Releases Enterprise Knowledge Platform 5.5
NetDimensions | 19/08/2008
NetDimensions, a global provider of performance, knowledge and learning management systems announced the release of the Enterprise Knowledge Platform (EKP) 5.5 today.
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Automotive companies are standard bearers for national training excellence
Institute of the Motor Industry | 19/08/2008
Vehicle manufacturers BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and Scania are pioneering efforts to develop a UK-wide benchmark quality standard for training in the motor industry.
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British Helicopter team continues World Rankings rise
Bob Little Press and PR | 19/08/2008
The British Helicopter team – managed by John Matchett, the founder of the training company John Matchett Ltd - rose to third place in the world rankings following this year’s World Helicopter Championship, held in Eisenach, Germany, from 13th to 18th August. This indicates a continuing improvement by the team, which came fifth in the World Helicopter Championships in Austria in 2002 and fourth in the Championships in France in 2005.
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OnPoint Digital Joins the BlackBerry ISV Alliance Program
OnPoint Digital | 19/08/2008
OnPoint Digital, Inc. has joined the BlackBerry® Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Alliance Program to better support its award-winning CellCast Solution and joins a growing number of software developers building applications for the full range of BlackBerry® smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM)(NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM). As a member of the ISV Alliance Program, OnPoint can better leverage the business and marketing resources RIM offers to introduce its CellCast Solution to the global market.
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CustomGuide Releases Customizable Online Learning
CustomGuide | 19/08/2008
CustomGuide announced the availability of their customizable online learning platform which lets organizations create custom online courses that include only the topics they want.
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Knowledge Solutions announce client wins in logistics, the NHS and manufacturing sectors
Knowledge Solutions | 18/08/2008
Knowledge Solutions (UK) Ltd (www.knowledgeuk.com), the leading provider of knowledge transfer and learning technologies, has announced key client wins with major organisations spanning logistics, the NHS, and manufacturing sectors.
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Mission Federal Credit Union deploys the Learn.com LearnCenter platform to automate blended learning
Learn.com | 18/08/2008
-- Learn.com®, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that Mission Federal Credit Union, a nonprofit financial cooperative serving the San Diego community, has implemented the LearnCenter® platform to provide training for its employees dispersed throughout 23 San Diego County branches.
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TrainerBase trainer rates survey seeks input from purchasers of training
TrainerBase | 17/08/2008
TrainerBase, the Association for Learning Practitioners is currently conducting the 5th annual survey into the rates charged by independent learning and development providers and is seeking input from purchasers.
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NLP: What is it?
The Performance Solution | 15/08/2008
Today and unbeknown to most people, NLP forms the basis of much of today’s communication that employees and employers are embracing the term with infinite ease
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Learn.com clients KeyBank, Extra Space Storage and Swiss Reinsurance among Bersin & Associates' list of high-impact learning organizations
Learn.com | 14/08/2008
-- Learn.com®, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that its clients Extra Space Storage, KeyBank and Swiss Reinsurance were among 80 organizations recognized for their use of learning best practices driving significant business impact. Called The HILO 80*, the list was based on research and analysis conducted by Bersin amp; Associates, an analyst and advisory firm focused on enterprise learning and talent management.
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Learn.com client Gables Residential named recipient of prestigious ASTD BEST Award for Employee Learning Success
Learn.com | 14/08/2008
-- Learn.com, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that Gables Residential, a real estate management and development firm, with headquarters in Atlanta, GA and offices located around the country, has been named by ASTD as a recipient of its annual BEST award.
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Scottish auto technician claims top spot in UK skills competition
Institute of the Motor Industry | 14/08/2008
Twenty year old Paul Abbey, from Melrose, has been crowned the UK's top young automotive technician in a national skills competition.
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Race ace Cleland boosts Scottish motor industry's skills mission
Institute of the Motor Industry | 14/08/2008
Former two-time British Touring Car champion, John Cleland, Dealer Principal at Clelands Jaguar in Galashiels, has joined forces with the Institute of the Motor Industry (IM) to drive forward its mission to improve skills in the retail motor industry in Scotland.
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Coastal Takes Driver Safety Training to the Next Gear
Coastal Training Technologies | 14/08/2008
Coastal Training Technologies just released a timely and much-needed driver safety training program, Before You Turn The Key. This compelling DVD program re-examines simple, life-saving practices that many drivers neglect, often at great personal cost to themselves and others.
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BTL e-Assessment Tools Ranked Number One in Recent UKCDR Analysis
BTL | 14/08/2008
The University of Manchester's UKCDR project team (UK Collaboration for a Digital Repository for High Stakes Exams) found that BTL e-Assessment solutions came out on top in their independent study analysing current e-Assessment tools. The study, funded by JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee), was conducted to determine which tools could potentially form part of an e-Assessment solution that would be sophisticated enough to support in house and national examinations.
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Salvo Global announces Talent Management for High Professionals 30th-31st Oct 2008
Salvo Global | 12/08/2008
A two day workshop examining theoretical and global best practices in recruiting, developing, retaining and positioning the best technical and professional workers.
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Brainvisa announces its new range of services for rapid Mobile Learning
Brainvisa | 12/08/2008
Moving up to the next level in Learning, Brainvisa unveils its capabilities in mLearning including-rapid eLearning authoring systems, custom mobile-based portals and custom content for Mobile phones.
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IMI Executive Board votes to increase its Operational Team
Institute of the Motor Industry | 11/08/2008
After unprecedented growth over the past year, the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) Executive Board has decided to increase its Senior Operational Team and will commence recruitment of a Chief Operating Officer immediately. It is anticipated that the post will be filled with a commencement date of January 2009.
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Additional regional centres strengthen VDA accreditation process
Institute of the Motor Industry | 11/08/2008
Increasing the opportunities for Vehicle Damage Assessors to achieve Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA) is a major focus of the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI), which governs the scheme.
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Clyde Companies selects the LearnCenter platform to launch its online university
Learn.com | 11/08/2008
-- Learn.com®, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that Clyde Companies, the parent company of Geneva Rock, Sunroc, W.W. Clyde, Gorge Rock, Clements Concrete and Beehive Insurance, with headquarters in Springville, Utah, has selected the LearnCenter® platform to launch its groundbreaking Web-based corporate university.
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Premier IT to host free SharePoint showcase event with Microsoft
Premier IT | 11/08/2008
Premier IT, in partnership with Microsoft, will be hosting a FREE, half-day seminar to showcase Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, on Thursday September 11th 2008. It will be held at Premier IT's central London training centre in Russell Square, WC1.
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Praxis42 Launches Online Safety Shop
Praxis42 | 11/08/2008
Over 5,000 safety products available to buy online.
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SIA Group Welcome ex BBC Presenter and Producer as New Addition to their Team
SIA | 08/08/2008
SIA Group, leaders in training and development, are pleased to announce a new addition to their team, Helen Sewell, an award winning presenter and producer, specialising in voice and presentation training for business managers and senior executives.
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Leading learning solutions company, PPi Learning Services (PPi) to support the MOD in their military learning initiative
PPi | 08/08/2008
PPi, a leading learning solutions company, today announces that it has been selected to deliver training programmes for the MOD over the next 2 years, with an option for a third, on all aspects of the IS systems in military locations across the UK and Germany.
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Coaches: The benefit of training
The Performance Solution | 08/08/2008
The Performance Solution have become one of the leaders of providing Executive Coach training through the support of Managing Director, Sally Vanson – but often she is asked what are the benefits of becoming a coach?
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Outstart Now Certified for the Force.com AppExchange from Salesforce.com - SellingEdge.com Creates Hub for All Sales Knowledge
Eedo Knowledgeware | 07/08/2008
Boston - August 7, 2008 - OutStart, a global provider of software for learning and social software, has received Force.com AppExchange certification from salesforce.com for its OutStart SellingEdge.com product. The Force.com AppExchange certification includes extensive testing of the application by salesforce.com as well as the submission of endorsements from customers. The certification gives users access to SellingEdge.com through a tightly integrated connection in Salesforce CRM, the industry-leading customer relationship management solution.
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QA-IQ appoints Director of Professional Best Practice: Jeff Payne to lead business unit
QA-IQ | 07/08/2008
QA-IQ has appointed its first Director of Professional Best Practice to lead and develop a new business unit. Jeff Payne, previously Head of the Service Management Practice at QA-IQ, will broaden his focus from August 2008 to include the Project and Programme Management and Business Analysis and Systems Development Practices as well as ensuring the continued success of the fast-growing Service Management portfolio.
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Pearson VUE announce new partnership with BCS
Pearson VUE | 07/08/2008
IT professionals in over 160 countries to accelerate their careers with British Computer Society and Pearson VUE partnership.
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Latest Release of the OnPoint Learning & Performance Suite Brings Added Functionality
OnPoint Digital | 06/08/2008
OnPoint Digital, Inc., a leading provider of Online (e-learning) and Mobile Learning (m-learning) solutions, today announced the general availability of their second quarter release of the OnPoint Learning & Performance Suite software which introduces a host of new features to the award winning LMS/LCMS and Mobile Learning platform. Highlights of the release include new dashboard reporting for managers, organizational chart capabilities, new functionality based on specific test scores, improved support for SCORM courseware, and an anonymous feedback survey option.
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Seasoned learning professionals team up for Britain in the World Helicopter Championships
Bob Little Press and PR | 06/08/2008
John Matchett, the founder of the training company John Matchett Ltd, and corporate learning public relations specialist Bob Little have teamed up to help the British team in its bid to win the World Helicopter Championship.
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"Oscar of the education industry" for German language experts: digital publishing bags three Worlddidac Awards
digital publishing | 06/08/2008
Munich/Basle. digital publishing, the leader in online language training services, announced that the company led the "Worlddidac Awards" with honors in three categories. The Munich/Germany based company has been awarded a trio of the prestigious prizes for their range of language training software, winning a Worlddidac Award each for the corporate solution "CLT Intensive" online language school as well as for the private consumer products "English Interactive Language Tour" and "Business English Intensive Course".
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Managing Virtual Or Remote Teams - A Training Solution For Lessening Environmental & Economic Impact
Matchett | 06/08/2008
Matchett's Managing Virtual or Remote Teams (MVRT) training course could prove just the medicine in helping lessen the environmental and economic headache of running global teams in multinational organisations.
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PHM launches BlackBerry-based sales aid
PHM Group | 05/08/2008
In conjunction with Research In Motion (RIM), the makers of the BlackBerry smartphone, the London based consultancy PHM has developed 'Activ8' - an application that communicates with, supports and motivates sales teams.
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FireScope Europe appoints strong, experienced management team
Firescope | 04/08/2008
Business Service Management (BSM) software specialist FireScope has put in place a strong, experienced management team for its European operations.
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Good news and bad news for managers, the latest Krauthammer study shows
KRAUTHAMMER | 31/07/2008
The gaps between the kind of behaviour employees expect and actually experience from their managers are highly significant the latest European wide Krauthammer survey indicates. People's expectations are not being met in a range of fundamental areas. And yet, despite these failings in managerial performance, around 70% of employees still appear to trust their managers.
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Department for Work and Pensions deploys InfoBasis ESM for capability management
InfoBasis | 31/07/2008
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has deployed the InfoBasis capability management platform as part of its drive to improve organisational capability. The DWP is using InfoBasis ESM for the present to manage the competencies of over 1,000 personnel.
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Informa Selects Xyleme LCMS as they Converge Learning and Enterprise Content Management
Xyleme | 30/07/2008
Xyleme-Documentum integration creates single source environment for Informa's print-based learning, e-learning and knowledge portals.
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Create vast interaction libraries offline, in a short time span with RapideL-i
Brainvisa | 29/07/2008
RapideL-i, the internet-based rapid e-Learning tool has been upgraded to include a new feature to create courses offline.
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OnPoint Digital Signs Technology License Agreement with Impatica
OnPoint Digital | 28/07/2008
OnPoint Digital, Inc. is pleased to announce the signing of a Technology License Agreement with Impatica, Inc. This agreement grants OnPoint an exclusive license to use Impatica’s proprietary technology to help convert standard Microsoft PowerPoint® presentations into mobile-ready content for immediate playback on leading smartphones. The technology has already been integrated into OnPoint’s new CellCast Mobile Widget offering which supports content delivery and tracking to leading enterprise class mobile devices.
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Trainer1 expands its portfolio - and gives customers greater informed choice
Trainer1 | 24/07/2008
Trainer1, the vendor neutral e-learning specialist, has expanded its portfolio of technology delivered learning products with the addition of distributing Platte Canyon Multimedia (PCMM)'s products in the UK.
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OutStart and Eedo Knowledgeware Merge - Combined Company is World's Largest Provider of Learning Content Management Software
Eedo Knowledgeware | 23/07/2008
- July 22, 2008 - OutStart Inc. and Eedo Knowledgeware Corp. have combined their operations, making the new company the largest provider of software for creating and sharing organizational knowledge through learning and social collaboration. The merged company, conducting business as OutStart, immediately becomes the dominant vendor of learning content management systems (LCMS).
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Xpertise to acquire Parity Training to create the second largest IT Training company in the UK
Xpertise | 23/07/2008
Xpertise, one of the fastest growing training companies, has today announced that it is has agreed, subject to Shareholder approval, to acquire Parity Training in a deal which will create the second largest IT Training company in the UK.
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Richardson's Perfect Selling Book Listed on New York Times Best Seller List
Richardson | 23/07/2008
Richardson (http://www.richardson.com), a leading sales training and consulting firm, today announced that Perfect Selling, written by Founder Linda Richardson, has reached the Best Seller List of the New York Times.
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Richardson's Perfect Selling Book Reaches USA Today Best Seller List
Richardson | 22/07/2008
Richardson (http://www.richardson.com), a leading sales training and consulting firm, today announced that Perfect Selling, written by Founder Linda Richardson, has reached the Best Seller List for USA Today.
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The ROI Academy™ invited to speak at the HR Exchange Forum
The ROI Academy | 21/07/2008
The ROI Academy™ was invited to run a workshop session at last week’s meeting of the HR Exchange Forum. The HR Exchange forum meet on a quarterly basis to discuss key issues and last week’s meeting was focussed on Reward Issues and Performance Management.
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Website blog reveals Government's problems with the Planning Bill
Echelon Learning | 21/07/2008
The latest edition of the Legal Commentary - a blog - on the town planning website, www.planningmatters.co.uk, lifts the lid on the debate on the current Planning Bill in the House of Lords.
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InfoBasis adds test functionality to competency management platform
InfoBasis | 21/07/2008
InfoBasis, the capability management expert, has expanded its competency management platform, InfoBasis ESI v 5.0, by adding question-based testing. Users can now sit a short test of their knowledge and skills, and use the results to verify skills levels selected during self-assessment.
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O2 and Imparta bring Award-winning Innovation to Retail Training
Imparta | 18/07/2008
Communications company O2 and its training partner Imparta have picked up the prize for 'Best Use of Technology for Employee Training or Communication' at the 2008 European Retail Solutions Awards.
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Richardson Executive Receives Stevie® Award at the 2008 American Business Awards
Richardson | 17/07/2008
Jim Brodo, Senior Vice President of Marketing, was named top Marketing Executive at the 2008 American Business Awards.
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REDTRAY eLearning Package wins Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists IT Award
REDTRAY Group | 17/07/2008
Kerry Watts, lead nurse for medicines management at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, collected a Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists IT Award. The winning e-learning package, developed by blended learning specialist REDTRAY, delivers mandatory medicines management training.
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The ROI Academy™ licenses National Occupational Standards for Management
The ROI Academy | 16/07/2008
The ROI Academy™ has licensed the National Occupational Standards for Management to use in conjunction with its leading edge training evaluation tool, the Performance Pound™.
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Stalis partner with Knowledge Solutions to drive increased NHS efficiency
Knowledge Solutions | 15/07/2008
Stalis Ltd (www.stalis.com), a leading provider of Data and Resource Management solutions for the health industry, has signed an agreement to work with Knowledge Solutions (www.knowledgeuk.com) to ensure end-users successfully adopt new implementations of their systems.
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RapideL-i now helps you convert your Power Point slides into eLearning
Brainvisa | 15/07/2008
RapideL-i, the internet-based rapid e-Learning tool has been upgraded to include a new feature to convert MS Powerpoint slides into eLearning.
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Giunti Labs' HarvestRoad Hive eases content migration issues
Giunti Labs | 14/07/2008
A software system - HarvestRoad Hive, from leading learning and mobile content management technology provider, Giunti Labs - is helping organisations, particularly those in the education sector, to save both time and manpower as they make information more readily available to users.
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Website hits on town planning site continue to soar
Echelon Learning | 14/07/2008
Visits to town planning web site www.planningmatters.co.uk have hit a record high.
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OnPoint Digital Teams with VoiceCloud for Mobile Content Transcription
OnPoint Digital | 14/07/2008
OnPoint Digital, Inc., a leading eLearning and mobile solutions provider, today announced a partnership with VoiceCloud, Inc., an innovative provider of instant speech-to-text conversions, wherein VoiceCloud will transcribe recorded audio responses to voice-based questionnaires, surveys and blog entries submitted by mobile workers via OnPoint's CellCast Solution platform and mobile widgets. Once transcribed, responses are immediately available and searchable, and can be leveraged as institutional knowledge in ongoing communications, informal learning and detailed reporting.
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Latest Course-Source Health Sector Event Highlights Importance of Rich Media to e-Learning
Course Source | 14/07/2008
The latest in Course-Source's series of nationwide events to help develop e-learning in the health sector has focused on the benefits of using rich media in e-learning programmes. The 50 plus health professionals who gathered in Manchester last week heard from various experts on the subject, among them a former BBC TV cameraman and director. All agreed technology is now so far advanced that anyone developing any e-learning programme should be able to include rich media material, whatever their budget.
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The importance of CPD in coaching
The Performance Solution | 13/07/2008
The Performance Solution know that the concept of CPD is not new, but agree that effective professionals in all fields have always realized the importance of new knowledge, improved skills and the development of personal qualities.
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TrainerBase accredits two more Certified Learning Practitioners
TrainerBase | 11/07/2008
TrainerBase, the Association for Learning Practitioners has accredited Andrew Miller and Toni Johnson as Certified Learning Practitioners.
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Raptivity Releases Blackboard and Moodle Integration Accelerators: Makes it Easy to Add Learning Interactions to Course Management Systems
Harbinger Knowledge Products | 10/07/2008
Harbinger Knowledge Products today announced the release of Raptivity Integration Accelerators for Blackboard and Moodle. Trainers and educators who use Blackboard or Moodle can now quickly integrate learning interactions built using Raptivity, the award-winning eLearning software for creation of learning interactions, in their course management systems.
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Matching Courses with Careers Made Easy - SEEK Learning Launches in UK and Ireland
Seek Learning | 10/07/2008
Getting the skills you need for work just got easier with SEEK Learning recently launching in the UK and Ireland, and partnering with the region's leading job boards, reed.co.uk and Irishjobs.ie. SEEK Learning, an online education provider of career-related training and development, provides distance-based education suited to people with busy lifestyles. The IT industry will be the first to benefit from the fast and flexible service with seeklearning.co.uk a licensed distributor of SkillSoft, the world's leading online IT certification training provider.
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Cornerstone in the Leaders Quadrant in leading industry analyst's 2008 Corporate Learning Systems Magic Quadrant
Cornerstone OnDemand | 10/07/2008
Cornerstone OnDemand delivers a full suite of learning and talent management software-as-a-service solutions to optimise workforce success.
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Trainer1 offers the latest in mobile learning technology
Trainer1 | 10/07/2008
Trainer1, the vendor neutral e-learning specialist which has become the UK's only authorised training centre and re-seller for the authoring tool, ToolBook, has revealed that the tool's producer - SumTotal Systems - is about to release ToolBook 9.5.
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New eLearning creation platform set to transform training strategies
CM Group | 09/07/2008
Today's launch of Luminosity, the new eLearning creation platform, heralds a new direction in eLearning development. The solution is being launched by learning content and consultancy specialist CM Group.
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SITA aligns learning with organizational goals using Global Learning Alliance's analytics services
Global Learning Alliance | 08/07/2008
SITA, a leading European environmental and waste services business is using Global Learning Alliance's learning analytics services to measure the performance of its career development and literacy training programs.
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Seek success with FranklinCovey courses from QA-IQ: New workshops improve personal, organisational and team performance
QA-IQ | 07/07/2008
QA-IQ has today launched a new relationship with FranklinCovey in the UK. The first exciting new workshops available are based on Stephen Covey's hugely influential bestseller, '7 Habits of Highly Effective People'. Improve your personal performance as an individual, a manager and as a leader, in the workshops available from July 2008.
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LearningGuide Solutions Forms a Customer Advisory Board
LearningGuide Solutions | 07/07/2008
Company announces Customer Advisory Board to share implementation success stories and help shape Performance Support industry.
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'Radio Show' to Feature CEO Adam Miller of Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand | 07/07/2008
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc., the provider of on-demand, integrated talent management software and services, today announced that company CEO, Adam Miller, will be the featured guest on this week's "The Bill Kutik Radio Show."
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Richardson Releases Perfect Selling, a New Sales Skills Improvement Book Written by Linda Richardson
Richardson | 03/07/2008
Richardson (http://www.richardson.com)announced the release of Perfect Selling: Open the Door, Close the Deal (McGraw-Hill; July; $19.95), the latest book written by Founder, Linda Richardson.
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Global Knowledge welcomes new Cisco CCNA Concentrations
Global Knowledge | 02/07/2008
Global Knowledge, Europe's leading independent training company, is welcoming the expansion of the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification program which was announced today at Cisco Live. The introduction of three new entry level technology–based CCNA concentrations which are designed to build upon Cisco’s most popular career certification CCNA are seen as an ideal stepping stone for those delegates not able to make the full commitment that a professional level certification requires.
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Call for entries announced for prestigious IT Training Awards 2009
Institute of IT Training | 01/07/2008
The Institute of IT Training (IITT) is delighted to announce the call for entries for the IT Training industry's most prestigious awards event, the IT Training Awards 2009 sponsored by the British Computer Society (BCS).
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ATA motors past 9000
Institute of the Motor Industry | 01/07/2008
Paul West, who works at Inchcape Volkswagen Chelmsford, is the 9,000th technician to achieve the Automotive Technician Accreditation standard, governed by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI).
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REDTRAY in UK's top 50 IT Training Companies
REDTRAY Group | 01/07/2008
REDTRAY, the true blended learning company, has jumped two places in the UK's top 50 IT Training Companies to 28th position with revenues in IT training of £4.4 million in its 2007 financial year. IT training represents half of REDTRAY's revenues alongside its provision of learning solutions for areas such as professional development, compliance and, health and safety.
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Groundbreaking Business Service Management solution from FireScope
Firescope | 01/07/2008
Business Service Management (BSM) software specialist FireScope is heralding its new configuration management database (CMDB) program in support of its pioneering Business Service Management (BSM) solution as revolutionising the way businesses manage their IT operations.
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KnowledgePool named again as one of the world's top training outsourcing companies
KnowledgePool | 01/07/2008
KnowledgePool, the UK market leader in managed learning, has been named as one of the Top 20 companies in the global training outsourcing industry, for the second year running, by the web-based knowledge community TrainingOutsourcing.com.
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Xyleme Unveils Xyleme LCMS 3.2
Xyleme | 30/06/2008
Fully integrated, highly scalable and truly collaborative LCMS for Reusability 2.0
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Hewden's award winning training program LearningGuide: more efficiency and lower cost of ownership