| Membership-Driven |
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What Competencies Are Most Important to You? |
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Delray Beach, FL (USA), April 2011 – Brandon Hall seeks participation in
two of its current research surveys, asking which competencies are needed
for sales professionals. The surveys require five to ten minutes to
complete, and participants will have the results shared with them.
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| Plateau Survey |
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UK Workers Ready to Jump for the Right Offer |
 London (UK)/Arlington,
VA (USA), April 2011 - Despite high overall job satisfaction, most UK
workers would consider job offers - citing salary and career
opportunities. A recent survey of over 2,000 UK workers conducted by
YouGov on behalf of Plateau Systems reveals that, despite high overall job
satisfaction among workers (62%), a large majority (72%) would consider a
new job opportunity if approached.
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| Third Sector |
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More Charities Spread the Cost of eLearning |
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London (UK), April 2011 - The Charity Learning Consortium continues to go
from strength to strength, welcoming several new charities. The Consortium
is the largest UK-based group of Third Sector organisations that
collaborate to share the cost of eLearning. They join almost eighty
membership charities in benefitting from networking, support, and advice,
as well as a comprehensive range of eLearning.
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| Successor |
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EssentialSkillz Appoints New Managing Director |
 Milton Keynes (UK), April 2011 - eLearning
provider EssentialSkillz has announced the appointment of Julian Roberts
as the new Managing Director. He takes charge of the Milton Keynes and
Galway-based business as it celebrates its tenth year in business. Julian
will assume the day-to-day management of the company from the founder,
Tony Dervan, who will focus on Product Development.
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| Career Management |
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81Boxes Adds Team Analysis to Talent Management |
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Cirencester (UK), April 2011 - A new version of 81Boxes, the easy-to-use
SaaS-based talent-management and succession-planning software from
e2train, now includes some powerful new team analysis tools and simple
user-driven branding functions.
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| Compliance |
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Anti-bribery and Corruption eLearning Course |
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London (UK), April 2011 - Saffron Interactive, a European eLearning,
mobile, and blended-learning company, has launched a range of anti-bribery
and corruption eLearning packages to help businesses stay within the law.
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| Public Sector |
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Successful eLearning at the City of Edinburgh Council |
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Brighton (UK), April 2011 - As the Comprehensive Spending Review cuts begin
to bite, and the public sector braces itself, one Scottish council has
shown it is possible to do more with less and win awards in the process.
The City of Edinburgh Council Interactive Learning (CECil) project has so
far achieved savings of £1.18m and transformed the delivery of workplace
training in the municipality.
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| Joining Forces |
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LearnChamp Becomes Totara LMS Partner |
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Wellington (NZ), April 2011 - LearnChamp, eLearning specialists based in
Austria and Germany, has become a Totara LMS Partner. Totara LMS is an
open-source LMS for the corporate sector based on Moodle. It has a range
of enhancements over and above the wide-ranging functionality available in
Moodle.
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| Award |
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Fighting Fires with eLearning |
 London/Cambridge (UK),
April 2011 - The London Fire Brigade's "Training Support Team" were
recognised by the Mayor of London during a ceremony for the introduction
of eLearning across the Brigade using Seminar Author and the Seminar
Knowledge Centre.
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| Testing and Assessing |
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Questionmark Liaises with Software Secure |
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Norwalk, CT (USA), April 2011 – Assessment-technology providers
Questionmark and Software Secure have announced a technology alliance that
will bring added security to certification tests and other higher-stakes
exams administered without the need for someone to travel to a testing
centre.
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| Appointment |
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New Director of Training at The Training Associates |
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Westborough, MA (USA) - The Training Associates (TTA), a provider of
training-delivery solutions and trainers on demand, has announced the
addition of Tricia Girard as Director of Training. Tricia will be
responsible for all internal training activities, including training on
TTA's propriety software system, TrainerTracker™.
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| Strategic Partner Network |
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The Working Manager Links Up with Video Arts Limited |
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Cirencester (UK), April 2011 – The Working Mangager (TWM) has added
award-winning production company Video Arts' Digital Library to its
multimedia content offering. TWM has become a recognised reseller of the
Digital Library and other eLearning materials offered by British-based
training-video production company Video Arts Limited.
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IMC AG Moves North and Is Recognized as a Visionary |
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Saarbrücken (GER), April 2011 - The US market-research company Gartner
Research has recognized IMC AG as a visionary in its current “Market
Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems (CLS)”. For its part, IMC has
announced its further expansion into Scandinavia, with the opening up its
office in Hämeenlinna, around 100km north of Helsinki, Finland.
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| Resellers Wanted |
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CrossKnowledge Launches Channel Partner Programme |
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London (UK), April 2011 – CrossKnowledge, a European provider of management
and leadership training via new technologies has formally announced the
launch of its Channel Partner Programme. The company is widening its
services within the UK and seeks to establish a network of Value Added
Resellers to promote and sell their eLearning solutions.
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| eLearning for Kids |
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New Book Launched and Volunteers Wanted |
Ardmore, PA (USA), April 2011 - eLearning for Kids, a global non-profit
foundation offering free courseware, has launched a new book entitled
"Next Learning, Unwrapped" by Nick van Dam, (Ph.D.). The organization is
also setting off on a new project that will offer a complete K-6 Math
curriculum.
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| Health and Safety |
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Aurion Learning Delivers eLearning Hospital |
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Belfast (Northern Ireland/UK)/Dublin (IE), April 2011 - Aurion Learning, in
conjunction with St. James’s Hospital Learning and Development Team, has
produced two informative eLearning programmes for hospital staff. The
online learning offerings in Safer Manual Handling and Medication
Administration Safety are designed to instill good practice and safeguard
staff and patient health.
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| Global Presence |
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Kineo Opens Office in Sweden
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Gothenburg (SE), April 2011 - Kineo has announced the opening of Kineo
Sweden, which will offer the full range of Kineo eLearning services in the
country. Expanding into the Swedish eLearning market is a natural step for
Kineo in its continued international growth.
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| TV Everywhere |
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Adobe Video Authentication Solution Now Available |
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San Jose, CA (USA), April 2011 - Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced
the Adobe® Pass service, a new authentication solution that enables pay-TV
subscribers to easily access premium content from virtually any
Internet-connected device. Adobe Pass creates a seamless way for pay-TV
subscribers to view content across multiple websites with just one sign in
and does not require any additional downloads.
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| Competition |
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Hult Global Case Challenge Announces Winner |
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Boston, MA (USA), April 2011 - Hult International Business School has
announced the online winner of its second Annual Hult Global Case
Challenge: University of Cambridge (London). The virtual competition, an
extension of its regional competitions, ended in March; entries were
submitted from schools around the world.
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| eLearning Africa |
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Photo Competition 2011 Attracts Significant Interest |
 Berlin (GER)/Dar es
Salaam (TZ), April 2011 - The second eLearning Africa Photo Competition
has been met with a fantastic response. Dozens of photo enthusiasts from
across Africa have submitted inspiring pictures since this year's contest
opened last month. The closing date for all submissions is 21 April 2011.
Participation in the contest is free.
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| LUDUS Conference |
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Serious Games, Education, and Economic Development |
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Milan (IT), April 2011 - The LUDUS Consortium’s second International
Conference takes place in Milan, Italy, 25-27 May 2011. The event focuses
on educational, psychological, economic, and institutional issues as they
relate to Serious Games, providing various points of view on this theme as
articulated by experts and organizations.
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| LMS |
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CERTPOINT-Sponsored Webinars with Brandon Hall |
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Roslyn, NY (USA), April 2011 – Certpoint Systems, Inc., a global LMS
provider, has announced its partnership with Brandon Hall Research in
presenting a series of webinars covering a range of eLearning topics.
These include LMS selection and how to use social media productively in
the workplace.
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| Registration Open |
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Fourth eLearning Baltics - eLBa 2011 |
 Rostock (GER), April 2011
- This year’s eLearning Baltics (eLBa) takes place 26-27 May 2011 in
Rostock at the Radisson Blu Hotel. Now in its fourth year, this
international conference brings together researchers, practitioners, and
scientists: people using and people producing eLearning products and
services.
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| Conference |
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Teaching and Learning in a Global Age |
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Nanjing (CN), April 2011 - New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)’s
Nanjing campus will host its first international conference, "Crossing
Borders: Teaching and Learning in a Global Age". The event takes place
15-17 April at Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, San
Pailou campus, in Nanjing, China.
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| Workplace eLearning |
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Creating an Effective User Experience |
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New York, NY (USA), April 2011 – The eLearning design course "Workplace
eLearning: Creating an Effective eLearning User Experience" by Dr. David
Guralnick is now offered as an eight-week online course. It focuses on the
design of eLearning in workplace environments from a perspective that looks
to put academic research into practice.
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