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A record number of delegates are set to pack out the conference and exhibition for LEARNING LIVE 2012.
A record number of delegates are set to pack out the conference and exhibition for LEARNING LIVE 2012.
Blue Eskimo, the specialist recruitment company for training and e-learning professionals, has received accreditation from the Learning & Performance Institute for the third year running.
2012 Tata Interactive Learning Forum (TLF) Will Launch Talent Development Reporting Principles (TDRp).
Information Transfer has changed its name to Acteon Communication and Learning. We’re making this change to better convey the positive impact we are delivering for our clients.
The exclusive, by-invitation only, Tata Interactive Learning Forum invites thought leaders and decision makers from the Learning and Training industry to share ideas, innovations and insights
e2train today announced that it is changing its name to Kallidus. The name change, which comes into effect at the end of September, is part of a rebranding effort which reflects the company’s growth and transformation and conveys its learning, performance and talent management capabilities and solutions approach to consultancy, technology and service excellence.
Industry leading Health and Safety E-Learning provider, EssentialSkillz, has received approval from RoSPA for a further 5 of their E-Learning courses, bringing their list of RoSPA Approved courses to 10.
The Training Associates ™ (TTA ™), the largest provider of learning and development consultants and solutions, announced the hiring of David Derezinski as a Sales Consultant.
Join Xyleme and Bryan Chapman on September 12th at 10am MDT for “Developing Single-Source Learning: An Online Workshop with Bryan Chapman." It’s never been more critical or strategically important to deliver your learning content on demand to any device or application, making single source something you need to look into!
Introducing CoastalFlix™, the new video streaming solution that enables employees to experience compelling DuPont content via any web-enable device.
e2train, the leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, today announced that its revenues for the financial year ending June 2012 are up 31% on the previous year. This is the eighth year in a row that e2train has shown annual profitable growth, with the company’s operating profits up 80% on 2011’s year end results.
Following the rapid International growth and Channel strategy, Docebo signed a brand-new collaboration agreement with Verum Group, a leading IT company located in Uruguay.
The dedicated conference group represents a unique opportunity to explore differences and share global best practice
Indra, a global technology, innovation, and talent company, has successfully rolled out NetDimensions Talent Suite to its employees around the world.
e2train today announced that it has been shortlisted for four prestigious E-learning Awards this year. The E-Learning Awards recognise industry excellence and are organised and presented by e.learning age and judged by an independent judging panel.
The agreement will see all members of The Charity Learning Consortium gain Learning and Performance Institute membership
NetDimensions has been named among the Top 20 Learning Portal Companies for the third year running by TrainingIndustry.com.
On the 16-17th of August, Forth Valley College in Scotland held their ‘Focus on Learning Summer Conference’ at the Falkirk campus, during a busy period a week before student inductions. Ken George and Debbie Fairman of Learning Nexus were invited to support the conference, and demonstrate what schemes, resources and assistance are available to them, their students and external contacts regarding learning.
Virtual College is celebrating reaching a staggering 750,000 unique online learners, an increase of quarter of a million on this time last year. One of the UK’s leading online training providers, Virtual College continues to buck the economic trend and now boasts a team of over 80 at its offices in Ilkley, West Yorkshire.
Upside Learning will be presenting a learning session titled ‘Key Decisions to Make in Mobile Learning Implementation’ on 30th August at LearnX Asia Pacific 2012. Targeted at organizations planning to incorporate mobile learning in their training mix, the session will be presented by Amit Garg at 11 AM AEST.
Learning Nexus Ltd is always striving to make sure that content for its courses is not only relevant and up-to-date, but meets the legislative needs that it knows are important to its customers.
NetDimensions and Peak Pacific have been chosen to support Finnair Flight Academy in delivering quality training services to its customers and partners.
eCom Scotland, a leading provider of eAssessment solutions will be exhibiting and hosting a workshop at eAssessment Scotland. Once again the conference will be held at the University of Dundee on Friday 31 August 2012.
NetDimensions is once again a finalist in two categories at the annual Best of Elearning! Awards for the second consecutive year.
Richardson's expanded blog covers all aspects of sales and sales management and share current thinking on today’s most critical revenue-generation strategies and challenges.
In the “old” days, events were designed months ahead of schedule, locking in speakers, topics and even room assignments. Learning 2012 is blowing up that model by moving toward a Real-Time Design and Elliott Masie has a Day by Day Countdown Blog to track that design in process.
Richardson, a global sales training and strategy execution company, has launched Richardson QuickCheck™, a proven new approach to reinforcing learning. Richardson QuickCheck™ is an e-mail-based program that leverages your salespeople’s mobile devices in order to deliver daily, bite-sized learning.
e2train, a leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, is delighted to announce that its 81Boxes application technology has been awarded Plynt Certification for Application Security. Kallidus Talent and Succession (81Boxes) is an easy to use, smart suite of talent management and succession planning software for HR professionals and senior managers.
Global Health and Safety E-Learning provider, EssentialSkillz, has launched a new Training Needs Analysis tool that simplifies the process of identifying training requirements and enrolling staff on courses.
On Friday the 6th of July, First Wessex Housing Association was the proud recipient of the British American Tobacco Award for Commitment to Education and Training at the South Coast Business Awards 2012.
Raytheon Professional Services LLC (RPS), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), announced that Michael Ross, a graduate of the automotive apprenticeship programme run by RPS for Vauxhall Motors, was recognized for his outstanding achievements in the IMI Awards, the UK Institute of the Motor Industry’s annual competition.
Docebo proudly announces that its Docebo Cloud learning management system has been selected as “Best of Elearning! 2012” finalist in the SaaS category
Clients are looking for business-led L&D solutions, says Ara Ohanian, CERTPOINT’s Chief Happiness Officer and CEO.
Enzyme and Docebo renewed the agreement on partnership and collaboration that both had already initiated and maintained since 2010.
PC Passport for beginners is one of The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) premier ICT qualifications and is perfect for those candidates who want to learn how to use computers, or to improve their existing knowledge. With a new look and courseware to suit the technology that we engage with in every day life, this course inspires and engages the learner.
A recent survey by the Learning & Performance Institute (LPI) has provided evidence that there has never been a greater opportunity for L&D functions to contribute significant value-add to their organisations. At the same time, however, resistance to delivering change, due to budgetary constraints and other factors, has never been greater. This “perfect storm” necessitates the development of a roadmap for L&D managers to successfully navigate through these choppy waters.
After hosting joint webinars with the Brandon Hall Group, Upside Learning announced today the roll out of its independent webinar series. This series will commence this month with the first webinar – ‘No Escaping Mobile Learning’.
L&D recruitment specialist Blue Eskimo believes that linking the organisation’s LMS with its talent management system or recruitment processes delivers real benefits.
Today is a great day for Docebo’s Global Partnership Program: Empresa Web, based in Caracas, Venezuela, is now an E-Learning authorized partner for the Latin America region.
Learning Nexus is proud to announce that after a competitive tendering process, it has been selected as the Vehicle and Operator Service Agency’s (VOSA) Health and Safety e-learning supplier.
Hundreds of organisations have already taken part – study deadline extended to August 21st
Me Learning is now taking advantage of the latest features of NetDimensions Learning to streamline the onboarding and training process for several of the UK’s social care councils to help address high staff turnover rate.
We chose CERTPOINT for its superior product said Rolana Bourland Cummins Mid-South
e2train, the UK leader in learning and talent management software solutions, has recently appointment Paula Harvey as a Senior Talent Consultant.
Research by The Ken Blanchard Companies on Employee Passion supports findings of latest CIPD report.
Exhibitor spaces for the two day conference and exhibition sells out eight weeks ahead of the event.
Exhibitor spaces for the two day conference and exhibition sells out eight weeks ahead of the event.
Training, learning and e-learning recruitment company Blue Eskimo says that even the best learning professionals need to keep their skills sharp to stay relevant.
Virtual College’s Trades e-Academy is offering firms the opportunity to trial online training for free as part of a new initiative to tackle the skills shortage in the construction industry.
Which testing format best suits your programme? How do you protect against test fraud? What is the future of certification? All big questions which Pearson VUE will answer when it addresses industry professionals and experts at this year's European Association of Test Publishers (E-ATP) Conference.
Milan based Talento Learning Innovation has joined the Totara Partner Program as Totara adoption grows in mainland Europe.
e2train, a leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, and its 81Boxes software solution have been shortlisted for the Software Satisfaction Awards 2012.The awards are presented by leading business to business publishers Sift Media in partnership with Intellect, a member-based organisation of over 850 technology companies.
Recruitment specialist Blue Eskimo says that by advertising all vacancies in the same way, it costs organisations more and takes them longer to fill the specialist roles.
Donald Kirkpatrick, the ‘Father’ of Evaluation, will be making a guest appearance at a special Evaluation webinar for charities around the world on 30 August. Evaluation experts Jim & Wendy Kirkpatrick are once again hosting the free, annual webinar - supported by The Charity Learning Consortium in the UK.
The Training Associates (TTA), the largest provider of learning and development consultants and solutions, has been recognized as one of the fastest growing staffing companies in the United States by Staffing Industry Analysts.
Thought leaders reveal how learning professionals drive information through organizations faster to impact front-line performance - Tuesday July 24 2012.
EssentialSkillz has launched a newly updated and enhanced version of its popular driver safety risk assessment and training software called DriveWize. EssentialSkillz is a leading provider of online safety training and risk assessment software and has added the newly updated course to their comprehensive range of e-learning solutions. According to EssentialSkillz the DriveWize e-learning course will enable organisations and workplaces to uphold their legal duty of care to occupational road users with the detailed, informative and interactive training and risk assessments incorporated in the new course.
The ‘One Minute Manager,’ business guru Dr Ken Blanchard, comes to the UK in October to pass on his legendary wisdom about how to increase productivity and profits.
E-learning specialist Brightwave announces its support of DV8 Training Sussex and commitment to nurturing local talent through newly launched apprenticeship scheme.
LINE Communications, a key provider of learning and development solutions to the defence sector, has sponsored Rally for Heroes (R4H), a 7-day road trip across Europe, aimed at raising money for service personnel who have fallen in the Afghanistan conflict.
e2train, the leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, is hosting the fourth in a series of thought-provoking webinars in partnership with Bersin and Associates, the premier research consultants.
Members of the UK’s largest elearning community, the eLearning Network, are benefiting from the annual Towards Maturity learning benchmark study. Now it is urging other organisations to participate as part of its ongoing ‘Campaign for Effective Elearning’.
The National Trust for Scotland “helps shape our sense of place and identity” and called on the services of eCom to create a central resource that could provide staff and volunteers throughout Scotland with a comprehensive, engaging and formative induction tool about The Trust as a whole.
The popularity of Moodle as an academic learning platform is now migrating into the corporate market too. But built originally for an academic audience and learning model, what’s the reality of Moodle’s usage and suitability for corporate learning? ‘Insights Into Corporate Moodle’, a new report by Elearnity, exposes the reality of how Moodle is actually being used in corporate organisations, and analyses the implications for corporate adopters.
Learning & development recruitment company Blue Eskimo says that companies waste time and money focusing on empty chairs rather than the skills which they need.
Virtual College’s Housing e-Academy recently announced the winners of its first ever award scheme which recognises excellence in e-learning throughout the housing sector.
20 leading learning providers make up Towards Maturity’s Ambassador Programme.
Over the last six months SINAPSE (The Scottish Imaging Network : A Platform for Scientific Excellence) has been working with award winning company eCom Scotland to create a pool of eLearning resources explaining medical imaging.
We are pleased to announce, that following a competitive process, eCom Scotland has been selected to develop a suite of eLearning resources for NHS Education for Scotland (NES).
BTL Group Ltd, the leading UK based provider of assessment solutions, is delighted to announce the official launch of their Advanced Question Types (AQTs) Business Unit. An AQT is a human or computer marked question or a simulation that is rich in functionality and interactivity. It can be used for both formative and summative assessments and can cover a wide range of assessment levels (GCSE, A-Level, Vocational etc.) and subjects (English, Maths, Science, Accounting etc).
Virtual College’s Safeguarding Children e-Academy marked their attendance at the recent 8th British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Congress in Belfast, by supporting The Lighthouse Trust Summer School for sufferers of cerebral palsy with a donation of £2000.
NHSScotland at the SECC, Glasgow on 21 and 22 June, is just a day away and with the theme of “Driving Quality Through Innovation” the event has attracted over 1,000 delegates.
The Training Associates, the largest provider of learning and development consultants and solutions, announced the appointment of Jessica Johnson as a Project Manager.
Clarity Consultants today announced the appointment of Joe Gruttadauria as its Vice President of Sales.
Clarity Consultants’ Senior Learning Advisor, Michelle Lentz, will be speaking about mobile learning design during several sessions at mLearnCon, June 19 to 21, 2012.
Learning and development needs to prove more than ever before that people are engaged in learning and learning systems. Based on classic marketing steps, global learning technologies innovator CERTPOINT Systems identifies successful steps to engagement
Tata Interactive Systems’ winning entry was the ‘Philips Outdoor Lighting Controls’ game developed for Philips Lighting.
Over 150 guests from manufacturing companies across the north of England attended the recent ninth annual YP Training Awards at the Leeds Marriott hotel, hosted by Ilkley-based Virtual College.
Nurse Anesthetists across the United States are set to continue progressing their careers by undertaking readily accessible industry specific exams, following renewal of the testing partnership between Pearson VUE and the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA).
Insurance professionals can continue to pursue industry recognized certification using the world’s largest most secure test center network, thanks to the renewed partnership between the Iowa Insurance Division (IID) and Pearson VUE.
Clarity Consultants, a leading provider of learning and development consultants, has launched a new website and brand identity, including a refreshed logo.
QA incorporates soft skills and project management tools into training that goes beyond typical industry standards to help create more effective project managers.
Benchmarking in learning is on the increase with a record 600 organisations completing study in 2011.
Upside Learning joins Towards Maturity’s growing international Ambassador Programme.
CERTPOINT Systems' sponsored webinar with Brandon Hall Group and Charles Jennings - Learning without walls: supporting the extended enterprise.
Pearson VUE, the computer-based testing business of Pearson, has been selected by Linux Professional Institute (LPI) as the company’s exclusive delivery provider of LPI certification exams.
Exhibitor spaces at LEARNING LIVE are filling up fast as the event line-up sparks a rise in interest.
eCom has recently been awarded a tender on Understanding NHS procurement, a public facing portal targeted at SME’s on how to procure for the NHS.
Learning Nexus, a leading online learning specialist, has set up another successful e-learning Consortium in the UK, however cannot take all the credit for its success. Medway Council in Kent has always shown a dynamic approach to training solutions, launching a system called i-Share throughout the Kent area in 2009.
Hospital in-patients with diabetes are 10% more likely to die than those without the condition and nearly a third of patients with diabetes experienced at least one medication error in seven days in hospital. However, 75,000 registrations of Virtual College’s Safe Use of Insulin course are contributing to reducing medication errors, according to Anna Morton, Director of NHS Diabetes.
Leeds based charity, Foundation UK, has become one of the latest organisations to choose the Housing e-Academy – part of the Virtual College, the UK’s leading e-learning provider – for their e-learning requirements.
The Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) has expanded its Membership Services team with the appointment of Lesley Price to the role of Membership Services Manager.
TrainingIndustry.com’s annual global survey results confirm Tata Interactive Systems’ supremacy in developing bespoke content.
Learning Nexus is delighted to announce that after a careful and diligent selection process, it has been chosen as the Local Government Association (LGA)’s new e-learning partner, knocking out its previous supplier.
The eLearning Africa 2012 Report is now available for download! The Report was launched by Max Ahouèkè, Benin’s Minister of Communication and Information and Communication Technologies, at the Opening Plenary Session of eLearning Africa 2012 on Wednesday, May 23rd.
A new report released today reveals the impact on corporate customers and competing vendors of the recent billion dollar acquisitions of talent management providers SuccessFactors and Taleo by SAP and Oracle.
Charity L&D budgets have been hit particularly hard in the recession, but it’s more important than ever that staff are equipped to carry out their jobs well. The Charity Learning Consortium is holding a webinar at 11am on 21st June to explain how collaboration can help charities save precious resources, whilst still addressing the essential skills of their staff.
The latest whitepaper from e2train, ‘How to Choose & Deploy Your Next Learning & Talent Management Solution’, offers a step-by-step guide to selecting and/or replacing an existing learning and talent management solution and ensuring long-term success.
Brightwave has announced that it has become a corporate partner of the e-Learning Foundation, joining organisations including Google, Samsung and Intel in supporting the work of the foundation.
As part of the induction pack, the Improvement Service commissioned eCom Scotland to create a flagship elected member induction eLearning course, following a tender exercise.
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