Senior business managers and human capital management specialists along with academics and business consultants welcomed Tata Interactive Systems (TIS)'s suite of business simulations - TOPSIM - which are globally available and have now been made available to the UK market for the first time.
The eLearning Network (eLN) has announced details of this year's Showcase - a key event in the eLearning calendar. To be held on 6th July at the Hilton Hotel in London the theme this year is Profiling Excellence and the eLN urges companies keen to exhibit to sign up soon as possible as places are going fast.
A specially invited audience of senior business managers and human capital management specialists from the UK's top companies are being given a special preview of Tata Interactive's suite of business simulations - TOPSIM - which are being launched globally and available to the UK market for the first time.
The eLearning Network (eLN), the UK’s foremost professional association of users and developers of all forms of e-learning, has announced its latest networking and learning event. To be held 25th May at The Society of Chemical Industry, in Belgrave Square, LONDON, the event’s theme is ‘Informal Learning – Learning Despite the Training Department’ and will be launched by Karen Ver, eLearning Business Manager from the CIPD.
On March 29 2007, the Mayor of Swindon, Councillor Mike Bawden cut the ribbon on Develop Training’s brand new, purpose built Confined Space training facility. The Confined Spaces unit offers the closest thing to on-the-job training in the South West UK.
Visitors to this month's HRD Learning and Development Conference and Exhibition 2007 at London's ExCeL will be able to test drive Rapid Create, Epic's new authoring tool for rapid e-learning, launched at the show.
It's a brand new build! Swindon Mayor, Councillor Mike Bawden will be on hand on March 29, 2007 at the official opening of Develop's brand new, purpose built Confined Spaces training facility. The facility, located on Frankland Road in Swindon, is designed to provide top of the line Health & Safety training in the South West area.
Business simulations - both those that simulate an entire organisation and those that look at one aspect of business life - along with blended learning programmes on health and safety and electronic performance support systems were the most popular topics with visitors to global e-learning producer, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS)'s stand at this year's Learning Technologies event, held recently in Olympia, London.
With the release of Windows Vista many IT Managers will be reviewing if and when to upgrade. At its free summit QA-IQ will demonstrate how Windows Vista has significantly simplified Business Desktop Deployment and can offer companies a valuable tool for upgrading without the complex processes required in the past.
What's high on your list of priorities? Beating the competition through better service delivery? Addressing the skills shortages in your organisation? Implementing a new blended, leadership programme? Delivering a new training programme for an IT system that's still being developed? Taking advantage of mobile learning technologies without getting sidetracked by them? Skilling up your team to develop rapid e-learning?
e2train, the UK's leading provider of learning and performance technology, announces a complimentary series of seminars for attendees of Learning Technologies 2007. The bite size, expert-led sessions will uncover how to create powerful e-learning, deliver it to the widest audience and most importantly, make it count, with e2train's solutions.
Year ends on a high with a place on the IITT's "Training Company of the Year" shortlist.
Decision-making multiplayer simulations that offer learners a systemic perspective of the business environment and provide a 'thrilling way to learn' is the theme of a seminar being given at this year's Learning Technologies event by Dr Georg Fehling, of Tata Interactive Systems.
Helping organisations to align their training with their business goals accurately - producing greater productivity, faster acquisition of knowledge and healthier 'bottom lines' - is the theme of global e-learning producer, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS)'s stand at this year's Learning Technologies event, at Olympia, London, on 31st January and 1st February. In particular, the stand focuses on simulations and safety.
ESource Corp. has won the award at the ASTD E-Learning Excellence Awards ceremony on December 12, 2006 in Totowa, NJ. This award is presented only once each year and to only one organization which has provided the most significant contribution to the Chapter and to the learning and performance profession.
The Tata Interactive Learning Disability Forum (TLDF) 2006, a unique global symposium on learning disabilities (LD) - the first of its kind in India - aimed to increase awareness and promote remedial activities, best practices, and knowledge sharing relating to LD.
e2train is delighted to announce the further additions of a leading international e-learning expert and key customers to its list of speakers for Uncovered 2006, the inaugural Kallidus user conference to be held in Wychwood Park, Cheshire on 30 November and 1 December.
Leading industry figure, Dr. Marc Rosenberg is today announced as the keynote speaker for Uncovered 2006. Dr Rosenberg will explore 'Learning and Performance: The Next Steps' at the conference being held in Wychwood Park on 30 November and 1 December.
The global e-learning producer, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), is hosting the Tata Interactive Learning Disability Forum (TLDF) 2006, a unique global symposium on learning disabilities (LD) - the first of its kind in India - on 30th November and 1st December.
The global e-learning producer, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), has held the latest in its worldwide series of 'Tata Interactive Learning Forums' - in New York (on 28th September) and in Chicago (on 2nd October).
Delegates at the recent eLN conference attempted - and achieved - the heroic feat of designing, developing and producing four pieces of e-learning from scratch. So, in prefacing their task, the eLN's acting chairman, Phil Green, parodied the 'band of brothers' speech from Shakespeare's Henry V in his opening remarks.
e2train is to run a conference for all users and potential users of its Kallidus software suite. Uncovered 2006 will be held in Wychwood Park, Cheshire on 29, 30 November and 1 December.
An intensive, hands-on conference, on instructional design for designers and developers of e-learning materials, being held in London on 29th September, has attracted so many delegates from an impressive collection of organisations, that its organisers - the eLearning Network (eLN) - are urging anyone who wants to attend but has not yet booked a place, to book now to avoid disappointment.
Speaking at the second Annual Mergers & Acquisitions Forum being held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Sanjaya Sharma, chief executive of the global e-learning producer, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), has outlined an integration solution that enables companies to maximise value from an acquired or merged business.
Computing has today announced its shortlist for its 2006 Computing Awards. BroadSkill has been short listed in the 'Most IT-enabled small business' category along with; Coffee Republic, MSB International, NECC, Smart Holograms.
A forum in which senior human resources and training specialists in the rail industry discussed 'making blended learning relevant to the rail industry' was held recently (24th August) in London and facilitated by the global e-learning producer Tata Interactive Systems (TIS).
Peter Des Forges, Business Manager of Develop's High Voltage Training section, has been invited to speak at the Annual Conference of the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM). Peter produced High Voltage Safety Rules and Procedures which have contributed to Develop's highly successful AP015 High Voltage Authorised Persons Course and has just finished authoring updated Regulations for the Department of Health.
National technical training specialist Develop is gearing up to host the Rutland Challenge in September 2006. Situated on the northern shores of Rutland Water, the company's Whitwell Hotel and Conference Centre is also a specialist water industry skills training centre and lends itself perfectly to the event.
Global e-learning producer Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) won its fifth major award of 2006 when its Story-based Learning Objects (StoBLs TM) information security programme - 'BA Confidential' - won the APEX 2006 Award of Excellence.
For the second successive year, the eLearning Network (eLN) - the UK's foremost professional association of users and developers of all forms of e-learning - will be raising money for Macmillan Cancer Relief as part of this year's 'World's Biggest Coffee Morning' at its conference in London on Friday 29th September.
Learning Futures, Dublin, Ireland, Trinity College, July 10 and 11th, http://www.learningfutures.com
Global e-learning developer Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) is organising a conference to explore ways of overcoming learning disabilities, particularly among children. The conference - the Tata Learning Disabilities Forum (TLDF) - is being held in Mumbai, in India, over two days November 30th and December 1st, and aims to attract learning specialists from all over the world.
National training company Develop opens its latest purpose designed facility for utilities training.
The Training Foundation, winners of the Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2005, were invited back to this year's winners celebratory event on April 24th held at the Gladstone Library, Whitehall, London in the presence of HRH the Princess Royal.
QA is demonstrating its support for project management best practice by speaking at the APM Group's annual showcase event.
QA provides insight into popular ITIL approach: with many companies seeing an increase in the volume of IT services spend coupled with a greater requirement for regulation and compliance, the IT Infrastructure Library's (ITIL) best practice approach to IT service management is one of the hottest topics in IT.
BroadSkill the UK's leading provider of freelance trainers will be exhibiting at the Institute of IT Training's National Trainers' Conference 2006. The event takes place on Tuesday 16th May 2006.
Organisational learning is changing, and training professionals are increasingly being asked to provide a new type of service to their organisation. With a growing acceptance that learning should directly raise performance in the workplace, it is critical for managers to keep pace with trends in the industry and be able to challenge traditional thinking.
Games and simulations; performance support; measuring e-learning effectively, and implementing e-learning throughout large organisations were the key themes of this year's Tata Interactive Learning Forum (TLF), held in London, on 6th April.
E-learning specialists from higher education institutions including the London School of Economics, the Open University, De Montfort University, Cranfield University and Imperial College, London, debated key issues relating to e-learning within the higher education sphere at the Tata Interactive Systems Higher Education Forum.
Europe's leading dedicated conference and exhibition for training professionals is just six weeks away and the Institute of IT Training has announced an all-star line up conference programme.
The third Tata Interactive Learning Forum, being held at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, in London, on 6th April, will bring together companies from across the UK and Europe to discuss the industry's key trends and issues. Attendance is by invitation only.
Yorkshire's top e-learning specialists, along with other key figures from industry and the public sector in the county have attended the official launch, in Sheffield, of Learning Light.
Europe's only dedicated conference for training professionals is just 2 months away and the Institute of IT Training has just announced an all-star line up conference programme.
The global e-learning producer, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), has launched an initiative to create a clearer focus, drive a culture of innovation and improve its service to clients through greater efficiencies achieved by a new operating structure.
With an increasing number of organisations now adapting their training strategy to incorporate blended learning solutions that integrate a variety of face-to-face and online media, The Training Foundation has recognised the need as many trainers as possible to become conversant with the wide range of options available and the critical factors in making blended learning a success. The new TAP Certificate in Blended Learning, available via a two-day classroom course or online, provides the essential knowledge and skills trainers need to engage successfully with twenty-first century learning media.
At this year's Learning Technologies exhibition, being held in London, the global e-learning producer, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), has on display its range of leading edge approaches to e-learning.
New programme of free seminars available for Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005! Following huge demand for its Microsoft seminars held in 2005, QA is holding more free events to help its customers understand the new features of Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005.
Global e-learning producer, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), has launched a corporate e-learning-related blog (http://blog.tatainteractive.com).
Constant change in the workplace, such as new applications, changing policies and procedures and the increased importance of compliance, all impact the way we work and the type of training needed to improve performance. New technologies are key to this change, and electronic performance support systems (EPSS), such as LearningGuide, are already playing an important part in accelerating skills uptake.
If you want to find out more about what is coming up from Microsoft in the next twelve months, why not visit QA, Training Company of the Year 2005, at this year’s DevWeek. Taking place from 20–24 February at London’s Business Design Centre, the ninth annual conference for software developers, database professionals and IT architects will be looking at some of the exciting technology that will soon be available.
Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), the leading global e-learning producer, has announced plans for its second, annual Tata Learning Forum (TLF) in London. The event will be held at the Millennium Conference Centre, in Kensington, on 6th April 2006 and will be followed by a dinner at the nearby Bombay Brasserie.
Ensuring that e-learning materials are fully 'accessible' to anyone - especially those with physical or learning disabilities - was the theme of a conference, held in London at the end of November and organised by global e-learning producer, Tata Interactive Systems.
Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) played host to some 100 of the world's leaders in training and online learning at the Tata Learning Forum in Boston, MA.
This year's Post-Expo 2005 congress and exhibition, being held in Paris from 3rd to 5th October and recognised as the world's leading event for the postal, parcel and logistics industry, sees a new exhibitor in Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), the global e-learning pioneer.
The eLearning Network (ELN), the UK's leading professional association for users and developers of e-learning, used its September meeting to help raise nearly £100 for Macmillan Cancer Relief's work in supporting people living with cancer.
The Tata Learning Forum (TLF), organized by Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), and held at the Executive Leadership Center at Boston University School of Management on September 19 and 20, provided an invaluable opportunity for sharing and learning from others' experiences.
QA, Training Company of the Year 2005, is hosting a second exclusive SharePoint Summit with Todd Bleeker and Bill English, world authorities on the technology.
Gain two Personal Development Units from the PMI for attending! QA, Training Company of the Year 2005, is hosting a free breakfast seminar to help managers drive project success, while ensuring they make the most of the resources and expertise available in their project teams.
e2train and Thomson NETg are sponsoring a series of free one-day e-learning workshops during October 2005. Located in Manchester (4th October), Birmingham (11th October) and London (18th October) they are designed to help learning professionals implement their own enterprise-wide elearning solutions.
SumTotal Systems™, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUMTE) and Pathlore® Software Corporation, two leading enterprise software companies in the learning and business performance management market, today announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement for SumTotal to acquire Pathlore for approximately $48 million.
BroadSkill, the UK's largest supplier of freelance IT trainers and a major provider of IT solutions, has moved to new premises at Mollington Grange, Parkgate Road, Chester. Ben Chapman, MP for Wirral South, will officially open the new offices on the 28th of July.
The Training Foundation is hosting another Open Day in Coventry on Tuesday 26th July. Attendees at this free event will learn about FIT™ - a new and innovative Employment Risk Reduction programme, hear from e-learning guru Clive Shepherd, enjoy a tasty lunch and get hands-on with the latest e-learning technology.
H.E. Mrs Asma al-Assad, first lady of Syria, hosted the Women in Business International Forum in Damascus from 20-22nd May. Over 2000 delegates attended (including many men) and attended sessions focusing on Human Resource Management, Public Relations and Media Management, Strategic Business Leadership, Financial Planning and Managing Work Life Balance. The underlying philosophy of the conference was to promote equal partnerships across genders, politics and cultures to promote mutual understanding in the business world.
An M.A. in Professional Practice gives lawyers, engineers, Doctors, IT programmers and designers, research scientists, headteachers, health managers etc a post graduate recognition of their generic skills. Assessed through a personal learning contact and action learning, this pragmatic evaluation of generic and personal management skills dispels the myth that specialists cannot manage.
New employment-awareness programme focused on respect, enterprise and responsibility is welcomed by leaders in education and industry.
According to Sara Powell - Accreditation Manager for the Financial Services Skills Council, the financial services industry is living with myths about the link between training and business performance - and these myths are preventing firms getting a satisfactory return on their training investment.
The deadline for the receipt of entries in this year's inaugural e-learning Awards is fast approaching. With the winners of these Awards due to be announced at a special event in the autumn. Entries close in June.
The Coaching market is fragmented, over supplied and often coaches are ex management consultants, trainers, or even sports people with no formal coaching qualifications or training and no idea of the damage they can cause.
Huw Griffiths was chosen as Freelance Trainer of the Year at the Institute of IT Training’s awards dinner last Thursday. The title is bestowed on the individual who has shown exceptional skills in managing an IT training project and has made a significant and demonstrable impact on the performance of their client. The award is sponsored by BroadSkill, the UK's largest supplier of freelance IT trainers.
In an unprecedented move, the eLearning Network (ELN) - the UK's foremost professional association for users and developers of all forms of e-learning - has joined with publishers BizMedia to launch the eLearning Awards.
The Tata Learning Forum is a unique event in that it will bring key clients of Tata Interactive Systems together. In this forum, these clients will share their experiences in training & development, exchange views on e-learning, and discuss opportunities e-learning is likely to offer in the future.
The eLearning Network (ELN) Member Showcase - a one day conference held at the Novotel, Hammersmith in July and organised by the ELN, the UK's foremost professional association for users and developers of all forms of e-learning - proved to be one of the most popular e-learning events in the UK this year, with a capacity audience of some 130 people attending.
CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association, is proud to announce the annual CT Summit conference, hosted by CompTIA's Convergence Group. The exclusive event will be held in Orlando, Fla., at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, Aug. 3 - 5, 2004. The CT Summit is the premier convergence technologies conference for solution providers, interconnect dealers and systems integrators.
Pre- and post-conference events build on CompTIA Strategies North America 2004 conference, highlight networking and learning opportunities in IT Training.
The only conference of its type in Europe, the Institute of IT Training's National Trainers' Conference is for IT trainers and managers looking to grow their skills and keep up-to-date with the latest developments in the field.
On the 28th and 29th January, BrightWave will be exhibiting at the Learning Technologies 2004 Exhibition at London Olympia.
CompTIA will host its 11th annual Strategies conference in Las Vegas, June 3-6, 2003 at the J.W. Marriott Resort. Strategies, the only technology-specific learning conference in North America, allows professionals interested in technology learning - one of the hottest topics in the IT industry today - to interact in a vendor-neutral environment.
7 October 2002: Intuition, the UK's largest supplier of freelance trainers, is now providing instructors to Spring IT Training (Spring), one of the UK's leading IT technical, end user and professional skills training companies. The impetus came from a project for a major pharmaceutical company that required expert trainers skilled in VBA and Windows XP at short notice. Unable to release their own trainers in time, Spring turned to Intuition for help. This first project is expected to be followed by others.
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3-5 October 2002, Divani Apollon Palace - Athens, Greece.
The Institute of IT Training has announced its 2002 programme of learning workshops that show trainers can successfully integrate new and traditional media to create training solutions that meet real business needs.
The Institute's acclaimed Making e-Learning Work seminar, run in conjunction with UfI and sponsored by Centra, was claimed a resounding success from delegates at the Coventry presentation.
Yes, it’s that time of year again to get your entries in for the IT Training Awards 2002.
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