Mary Payne, a QA customer service representative is used to looking after customers needs the length and breadth of the UK, but in June she takes this to a greater level.
BTL Group Ltd is proud to announce that, in the latest release of its Surpass e-Assessment solution, they have added additional exam delivery options.
This May TPS has launched its own book shop with recommended reading for managers, leaders, coaches, post grad students and lots more.
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, has received accreditation from the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) to offer a live class nationwide entitled “Introduction to Climate Change and Carbon Accounting”.
Luminosity Content Server, part of the Luminosity suite of products is now available as a fully scalable online service from CM Group.
Bob Mosher, the global thought leader on learning performance and excellence is to keynote at the IITT National Conference due to popular demand from delegates at last year’s sold-out event.
Europe Arab Bank selects Communicaid to develop the intercultural skills of its employees as they seek to develop relationships with colleagues and clients across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
To support the continued expansion of its UK and US sales, Content Master, part of CM Group announces more technical and trainer recruitment in its UK office.
It's been a tough time, but your business is still here. You've had to cope with shrinking budgets, downsized workforces, customers who exhibit totally new buying behaviours and expectations, and jittery employees. So what should your next move be?
National Learning at Work Day 2010 will take place on 20th of May as part of Adult Learners' Week. GoodPractice, the UK’s leading provider of on-demand learning, has supported previous Learning at Work campaigns and this year has put together a free Learning at Work Day Toolkit.
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Apprentices get inspired by future technologies and Lord Digby Jones urges employers to recognise apprentices as the future.
Digital marketing training group Econsultancy has joined forces with leading international business school Hult to develop a new Master in Digital Marketing programme, starting in September 2010.
QA leads the market with new training workshops and toolkits to help organisations understand and comply with the Equality Act 2010.
AccessPlanit, a UK based provider of learning management systems, today announced it is the winner of a coveted Brandon Hall award for technology excellence.
For the fourth successive year, the US-based learning portal TrainingIndustry.com has named KnowledgePool, the UK market leader in managed learning, as one of the global training outsourcing industry’s Top 20 providers.
2010 – QA did it again. To consolidate their position as the learning services company of choice in the UK, QA, has been recognised for its outstanding performance and industry innovation and impact in Managed Learning Services, for another year running.
Richardson's SalesCallPlanner™ wins the bronze award in the Best Advance in Performance Support Technology category of The Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Technology Awards.
The good news for Training and Development professionals is that the latest annual Corporate Issues Survey by The Ken Blanchard Companies suggests the majority of companies are spending the same or more on T&D initiatives than they did last year. The bad news is very few businesses believe the economy is going to recover any time soon.
To support the expansion of its US and UK teams, Content Master, part of CM Group has announced a range of appointments in its US office.
NetDimensions has won a coveted Brandon Hall Award for Excellence in Learning Technology.
At the 2010 Service Desk and IT Support Show, QA will demonstrate its new Service Management Learning Consultancy and training programmes to help organisations become more efficient, profitable and ethical.
Microsoft patterns & practices group use Content Master for Silverlight online guidance project.
eLearning supplier Content Master, part of CM Group, produces the high profile Standards of Business Conduct course taken by all Microsoft staff worldwide.
Crossrail engages Communicaid to help develop the cross cultural skills of its staff working to engage successfully with local London communities via targeted cross cultural training programmes.
Richardso CEO David DiStefano will be moderating a session entitled Transforming the Sales Organization at Selling Power's Sales Leadership Conference on April 19, 2010 at the Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas.
Surpass is capable of delivering over 18,000 simultaneous online exams - in addition to the virtually unlimited exams delivered via LAN.
At HRD 2010, leading training company QA is to showcase training programmes that are designed to help organisations develop their focus on the people within their business.
The latest version of Luminosity, the major eLearning authoring software platform is on display on stand 622 at the CIPD Learning & Organisation Development show at Olympia on 21st and 22nd April 2010. Attendees can come and see the easiest to use system of its kind on the market and talk to Luminosity and other CM Group eLearning consultants about how they can increase their training reach whilst reducing their training spend.
BTL Group Ltd is once again delighted to support the AAT’s (Association of Accounting Technicians) annual conference. The conference will be held at the Radisson SAS Hotel, London Stansted Airport, 22nd – 23rd April 2010.
GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), the corporate parent of global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), announced that GP's wholly-owned subsidiary, General Physics (UK) Ltd, has acquired Marton House PLC, a provider of custom e-learning content development with expertise in leadership and sales product training.
John Sharp is a Principal Technologist at Content Master, part of CM Group. He is recognised as one of the leading thinkers in software development in the Microsoft environment. His latest book focuses on Visual Studio 2010 and version 4.0 of C# and follows a string of bestselling titles in this field.
Following the successful launch of the Luminosity collaborative, rapid eLearning authoring software platform at the start of 2009, CM Group has announced that the latest version, v2.5, is available for new and existing clients from 2nd April 2010.
The new version has increased the market leading functionality of the Luminosity eLearning software product and yet still achieves that difficult feat of keeping it the easiest-to-use system on the market.
Internet marketing and training specialists Econsultancy have received industry endorsement for their groundbreaking MSc in Digital Publishing, a professional qualification that covers every aspect of digital publishing.
Linda Richardson, Founder and Executive Chairwoman of Richardson, will be delivering the keynote speech at the American Society of Training and Development, Sales Training Drivers Online Virtual Sales Coaching Forum, being held on April 7-8, 2010.
Richardson has been honored by both TrainingIndustry.com and Selling Power Magazine for sales performance improvement excellence. Richardson has been named to Training Industry’s list of Top Twenty Sales Methodology Companies for the third consecutive year and to Selling Power’s list of Top 10 Sales Training Companies.
Why should my child learn foreign languages? What is the best age to start? How can I make it a fun experience for the whole family? Find the answers to these questions (and much more) at the new European Commission website http://piccolingo.europa.eu.
Aurion Learning is proud to be taking part in Business in the Community's 'Time to Read' initiative.
Richardson, a leading sales training and performance improvement consultancy, today announced the sponsorship of UK Paralympian table tennis player, Will Bayley.
~ Global L&D luminaries back body's new independent status ~ Key influencers and thinkers in the world of learning & development have added their support to the new self-governing status of the Institute of IT Training (IITT). The Institute became an independent body following a management buy-out from the National Computing Centre.
BTL Group Ltd, a leading UK based provider of e-Assessment solutions, is delighted to support the e-Assessment Question Conference. The event is being held at the America Square Conference Centre, City of London, on the 17th and 18th March 2010. The focus for this year’s conference is ‘Ensuring fitness for purpose and quality in e-Assessment’.
QA, the UK’s leading IT training company, has been nominated in two categories in the Green IT magazine awards for 2009.
Raytheon Professional Services LLC, a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), announced a technology and services-based 'Price per Event' package to provide European customers cost efficiency and flexibility when fulfilling training administration and records management needs.
Coastal Training Technologies has released a new distracted driving awareness DVD – Driven to Distraction II. The new training program features a narrator who personifies distractions and rides along in every vehicle – egging drivers on to give in to the myriad of distractions drivers face today. The sobering ending may be just the wake-up call your employees need.
To better understand the primary areas that a sales team should focus on in 2010, Richardson’s Research Group conducted a survey of over 15,000 sales professionals across every major industry segment and a variety of sales roles. Leveraging this survey data, Richardson developed a report that highlights the most pressing issues facing sales organizations in 2010.
Richardson named as one of the top businesses in the United States by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading business-to-business Internet portal.
Saffron Interactive, one of Europe’s leading e-learning, mobile and blended learning companies, is excited to announce the launch of Assure, its innovative BlackBerry based compliance tool.
BTL Group Ltd, a leading UK based provider of e-Assessment solutions, is pleased to report that their SecureClient software has passed rigorous independent testing. The test performed was the Microsoft Platform Test for ISV Solutions on VeriTest®.
In this year’s Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track survey, QA has been identified as one of the UK’s top 100 performing private-equity backed companies.
Coastal Training Technologies announces the release of Bloodborne Pathogens In Schools: The Fundamentals, a new training program that explains how school staff members can stop the spread of bloodborne pathogens.
Coastal Training Technologies has released Gang Awareness In Schools: Know The Signs, a new training course that will help schools reduce gang activity, protect their staff members and students and secure their facilities.
Government-funded training for 16-19* year olds provides valuable source of IT skills for employers.
Bray Leino's BroadSkill division was awarded the Silver Award in the 2010 Training Company of the Year category at the IITT Awards ceremony which took place last night at the Dorchester hotel, London. Alan Bellinger, head of judging for the IITT says 'we were particularly impressed by Bray Leino's ability to exploit the synergy between the training part of the business and other Bray Leino business units - notably marketing and consulting. In addition, its record of exploiting multiple delivery channels and delivering new models are to be applauded. The organisation is clearly meeting the needs of its extensive client base.'
The Institute of IT Training’s Training Awards 2010 were presented at a glittering gala dinner held at The Dorchester in London last night.
Half-price iWAM certification course for anyone who books during international Coaching Week, February 7 - 14.
Econsultancy announce three new courses for 2010 and, due to increased demand, have increased the frequency of others.
The Service Desk Institute (SDI) today announced the appointment of QA Ltd as an Approved Audit Partner to deliver the internationally recognised Service Desk Certification Audit Programme.
QA has been named as a ‘2010 Top Leadership Training Company’ by leading industry website TrainingIndustry.com.
High demand for the UK's first MSc in Digital Marketing has led to a new January intake which has already been filled. Econsultancy now accepting applications for September intake.
UK organisations could be wasting an estimated £9.5bn on training each year, according to a new study from KnowledgePool, the managed learning specialist, which finds that a quarter of all training fails to yield a significant performance improvement.
Ken Blanchard, the business and management author and entrepreneur perhaps best known as the co-author of The One Minute Manager, has been rated as the world’s 3rd most influential leadership guru by an independent public opinion poll of 22,000 business people, consultants, academics and MBAs worldwide, who were asked to make nominations for the award.
BTL Group Ltd, a leading provider of e-Assessment solutions, is delighted to kick-start its 25th anniversary celebrations at Learning Technologies, London Olympia on 27-28 January 2010.
Coastal Training Technologies covers new terrain with Motorcycle Safety Awareness, a timely training program that describes various ways to keep riders secure and help prevent injuries and fatalities.
Premier IT will deliver a free educational seminar at Learning Technologies 2010 entitled Beyond the LMS - integrated technologies to manage, administer and deliver your learning programmes. The seminar will take place from 14.30-15.00 on Wednesday 27th January 2010 in Seminar Theatre 4.
With the growth of business coaching the need for coaching supervision is becoming ever more important. The Performance Solution has launched a new training programme which will allow you to become trained and be able to provide coaching supervision to other coaches.
QA has launched a new range of eLearning, focusing on its market-leading PRINCE2 project management courses. Developed by in-house experts, the eLearning includes ‘as live’ role play and a wide range of supporting interactive learning tools. It is fully accredited by the APMG.
Many companies and Government departments are considering a new wave of investment in technology especially around desktop productivity tools and office efficiency, according to research* carried out by Bray Leino BroadSkill.
Virginia Beach, VA – December 17, 2009 – Coastal has released eight HIPAA training programs that accommodate the new mandates of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.
Situational Leadership® II (SLII®), developed by The Ken Blanchard Companies in 1985 and now the world's most widely used leadership development model, will be available in Germany from February.
Bray Leino BroadSkill has been named as one of five finalists in the training company of the year category of the IITT Awards 2009.
The winner will be revealed at The Institute of IT Training’s awards ceremony on Thursday 4th February 2010 at The Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London.
BTL Group Ltd, a leading UK based provider of e-Assessment solutions, is proud to sponsor and support the AQA annual awards ceremony.
Premier IT is delighted to introduce its new corporate website, developed in-house by our experience Website Development team.
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), announced today that The Black Book of Outsourcing 2009 Top Training and Learning Business Process Outsourcing (LBPO) Vendors survey results ranked GP as number one overall. GP further ranked highest in three of four outsourcing function categories, including outsourced curriculum design, strategy and consulting; outsourced technology infrastructure support and management; and outsourced training and learning operations.
BTL Group Ltd, with partners AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd, has announced the release of their latest FREE white paper titled 'Speed and Accuracy in Skills Assessment'.
AccessPlanit, the creator of the innovative online course booking solution – Course Manager, has added South West-based training provider Acacia Training and Development Ltd to its fast-expanding list of clients.
Coastal Training Technologies has just released a timely and highly relevant program, Arc Flash: Live to Tell, which examines the roots and causes of arc flash and explains how it can be prevented. The program covers the definition of arc flash, proper PPE to wear when at risk, importance of lockout/tagout and safety documentation and regulations.
eLearning Company Aurion Learning in partnership with their client, the Family Planning Association (FPA), triumphed at the international E-Learning Awards held at the Park Lane Hotel in London's Mayfair on 12 November 2009.
Virginia Beach, VA – November 16, 2009 – Coastal has released a new training program that demonstrates how healthcare professionals in long-term care can provide excellent care through world-class customer service principles.
QA has proven the quality of its service management training once again, scooping this year’s itSMF award for UK Service Management Trainer of the Year.
Hanging onto the best and getting the best out of them. The recession, or credit-crunch, (those two vastly over-used words) has thrown companies into turmoil for 2 big reasons. 1. How do you keep your best staff motivated when there is so much insecurity in jobs?
2. As the recession lifts, and more jobs become available, how do you retain your talent?
Dr Husam Baki, Technical Director at BTL Group Ltd, will be discussing 'The Future of e-Assessment' at the e-Assessment in Practice Conference, Shrivenham, on the 11th & 12th November 2009. Dr Baki will be supported by Seyhan Baki, Educational Advisor at BTL.
eCornell's suite of online Leadership & Strategic Management Certificate Programs has been named 'Best Leadership Development Program' at the 2009 Best of eLearning Reader's Choice Awards hosted by eLearning magazine. The winners in 16 categories were announced at the virtual eLearning Summit on November 5.
United Biscuits and Magnox South may not have a lot in common; UB is one of the world's pre-eminent branded snack businesses, producing some of the best known and loved products, such as Penguin and Jaffa Cakes. Magnox South is the contractor currently responsible for decommissioning five nuclear sites on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. However, they do both have one thing in common: they have an ongoing need to ensure that employees understand their technical processes; and they have both recently commissioned Information Transfer to help them do that.
BTL Group Ltd is once again delighted to support and sponsor the Assessment Tomorrow event on 11th November at the Hilton Hotel, Edinburgh.
Lancaster based software specialist, AccessPlanit, has just completed a highly successful project to install its 'Course Manager' software platform at the University of the Arts London.
BTL Group Ltd is pleased to be exhibiting at the Federation of Awarding Bodies conference held at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry on the 4th and 5th November 2009.
A new learning portal, launched today, offers small-medium sized companies free training expertise and discounted prices on thousands of courses from the UK’s top training providers.
The list of the world's 50 most influential business gurus is published today (15th October) at the Thinkers 50 conference in Bucharest. Henry Stewart, speaking at the conference, is included in the additional list of 'ones to watch'. Henry is Founder and Chief Executive of Happy Ltd, an award-winning training provider based in central London. 'He is one of the thinkers who we believe will shape the future of business' explained list compiler Stuart Crainer.
Cornerstone OnDemand-sponsored session examines HML's integrated strategy for managing and developing its employees - and how this is driving real business results.
Staff from Bray Leino BroadSkill have taken a much-needed break from running one of the country’s most successful training companies to spend a day helping to improve the grounds and facilities at North Devon Hospice.
Staffordshire University is taking part in a pilot study to explore the issues and benefits involved in making its ‘stock’ of learning content freely available.
GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), the parent of global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), announced that on September 4, 2009 its wholly owned subsidiary General Physics (UK) Ltd acquired certain operating assets and the business of Milsom Industrial Designs Limited, a provider of technical documentation, technical publications, technical recruiting and engineering design services.
Coastal Training Technologies expands its award-winning driver training series with Street Smarts, a program that reminds drivers to follow simple yet life-saving rules on the road. The Street Smarts DVD can be previewed FREE for 7 days with no obligation. To order, call 888-203-9811 and speak to an account representative, or visit www.coastal.com to watch a full-length online preview.
'Finally assessments that provide RESULTS for behavioural change' Dr. Marshall Goldsmith. 'The versatility of Extended DISC lends itself in inclusion in several of our Leaddership Development Programmes' Ashley Miles, Director, Worldwide Learning & Development, Pfizer Inc. 'There are many good assessment tools on the market for use in coaching and leadership development - Extended DISC is just more effective' Jerold Tucker, Principal, The Global Coaching Network Inc.
BTL Group Ltd, a leading provider of e-Assessment solutions, will be hosting a FREE half-day seminar exploring Skills Assessments created using e-Assessment tools. The seminar will take place on 29th October 2009 in London, and will be focusing on Functional Skills and Initial Assessments.
BTL Group Ltd will be speaking and exhibiting at the next series of Assessment Tomorrow seminars being held in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur on the 24th and 30th September 2009.
Remarc has today become part of QA, following the acquisition of the company. By joining QA, Remarc customers will have access to a wider schedule of training courses, across a greater number of subject areas and in more locations.
BTL Group Ltd is delighted to announce that, during the summer of 2009, WJEC - the Cardiff-based awarding body - successfully delivered the first ever on-screen A-Level examinations in England and Wales, using BTL’s Surpass e-Assessment solution.
Virginia Beach, VA, August 25, 2009 – Coastal just released its second Cultural Competency program Cultural Competency: Problem Solving with Communication. This new DVD illustrates how patients from different cultures can receive better care through respect and cultural sensitivity.
Richardsom, a leading sales training company has been named to the prestigious Inc. 5000 list for the third consecutive year. Inc. 5000 is an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies.
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