The IITT Training 2010 conference and exhibition attracted a record number of delegates to London where Keynote speaker Bob Mosher proved to be the talk of the town.
QA, the UK’s leading training company, is helping small Scottish businesses benefit from up to £500 funding, per employee, for training.
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Aurion Learning, an award winning learning technology company, has designed and built a new competency assessment tool for the Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery (NIPEC).
BusinessGenetics pioneered the (eXtended) Business Modelling Language® (BML™), a revolutionary business modelling methodology that provides a new, scientific view of the business world and enables a quantum leap in business understanding, insights, and improvement.
BTL Group Ltd, a leading UK based provider of e-Assessment solutions is delighted to be sponsoring and exhibiting at the European Association of Test Publishers Conference (E-ATP).
The UK training industry is gearing up for the seventh IITT National Training Conference and Exhibition
Leading training company QA launches new courses to further extend its lead in the emerging Green IT training market.
The company increased its bespoke eLearning course creation revenues by over 11% at a time when much of the training industry was feeling the squeeze.
QA, the UK’s leading training company, is to launch the British Computing Society’s new Specialist Qualifications in IT Service Management.
Upside Learning, a recognized leader in training outsourcing, LMS solutions, custom eLearning & mobile learning, has announced the launch of Upside Blog App for iPhone, iPod and iPad devices. The app allows users to read and interact with the articles on Upside Learning Blog.
Creativedge, the high-performance management, leadership and personal development training provider, has created an exercise to provide managers with insights into how to identify and improve upon their personal strengths.
Leading Welsh University, UWIC, have confirmed that they have purchased the Luminosity rapid eLearning development software platform from CM Group.
BTL Group Ltd, a leading provider of e-Assessment solutions, will be hosting a free half-day seminar showcasing their latest 'Innovative e-Assessment Questions'. The seminar will take place on 22nd September 2010 in London and will be supported by City & Guilds, who will be demonstrating their use of BTL innovative e-Assessment questions for their Functional Skills exams.
Upside Learning, a recognized leader in training outsourcing, custom eLearning development & LMS solutions, has been featured in the latest edition of PC Quest Magazine, India for its innovative work in the Augmented Reality domain with respect to Pune Layar – India’s first Layar.
QA, the UK’s leading training company, is now working with the Institute of Leadership and Management to deliver ILM-accredited training programmes.
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CM Group’s Luminosity product underlined its cost efficiency today by demonstrating its powerful abilities to re-use existing learning objects developed using Flash and PowerPoint.
NetDimensions announced that it is all systems go for Next Steps 2010, the company's annual global user conferences to be held in two centers of global business and learning: New York (Oct. 14 – 15) at the Sheraton Lincoln Harbor Hotel and London (Oct. 19 – 20) at One Whitehall Place.
In response to the announcement that the NHS Appraisal Toolkit contract is to expire, Premier IT is offering NHS Trusts the opportunity to trial its PReP system and receive FREE implementation when they purchase it.
Content Master, part of CM Group, has just completed Oracle Essbase eLearning for finance staff at the leading UK bank.
26th July 2010: Leading higher education organisations are at the heart of the UK’s first national hunt for future cyber security professionals launching today in central London. The Cyber Security Challenge UK is a series of online and face-to-face competitions designed by leading universities (including The Open University, Royal Holloway, Queen’s University Belfast), security companies, trade bodies and government departments.
Saffron is delighted to be organising a social media workshop in collaboration with the not for profit partnership Time &Talents, the reputation management consultancy ReputationInc and Whizz-Kidz, a charity for disabled young people.
DuPont Sustainable Solutions has released Infection Control In Long-Term Care: Protect Your Residents, Protect Yourself, a timely training program that addresses the unique challenge of disease-prevention in long-term care facilities.
Learning Tree International announced that they have been awarded a contract by NATO CIS Services Agency (NCSA) for delivering Project Management, ITIL Certification, Technical, Management and Business Skills training to NATO staff throughout Europe.
The UK’s leading training company, QA, has launched its new ITIL (V3) Foundation eLearning course – designed to provide a high-quality, easily accessible, value-for-money ITIL training solution.
The Rules of Engagement white paper can be accessed at www.trainingfoundation.com.
The Austrian Peter Drucker Society holds its second global Peter Drucker Management Forum in Vienna from November 18th - 19th. World class speakers address a range of highly topical subjects at this year's congress.
AccessPlanit, one of the UK's leading providers of Learning Management Systems and Course Booking Software, has unveiled the key scores from its most recent customer satisfaction survey and it's happy faces all around.
The year-end results for QA, the UK's leading training company, show an increase in profit and net cash as the company continues its outstanding performance, despite difficult trading conditions.
CM Group has announced that it is now making Luminosity, the distance learning authoring software available to the University and higher education sector.
The Happy Manifesto, the second book from training company Happy Ltd, has been released in an online beta version. The idea is that, as with software, the book is market tested before publication with readers suggesting changes and even stories from their own experience.
In his first budget statement yesterday the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, said that he will control spending in government departments to 'get more for less'. The Lean Healthcare Academy can show you how.
CM Group, one of the largest producers of eLearning courseware in the UK are offering a range of consulting services to those organisations entering the eLearning world for the first time or who are looking to ramp up their eLearning activity.
For those clients for whom multi-language support is a must, CM Luminosity, part of CM Group, have announced a new rapid translation support module for Luminosity customers. The module fits alongside the Luminosity rapid eLearning authoring software to provide Luminosity users with the capability to automatically output XLIFF documents ready for translation by the chosen translation method. XLIFF is the industry standard XML document format for content translation and localisation.
NetDimensions (London Stock Exchange, AIM: NETD), has won Computerworld Hong Kong's coveted 2010 HK Technology Company of the Year Award.
The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) has announced that computer based assessments will be central to its revised qualification, due to be launched in July 2010.
Independent training research company Pardo Fox confirms QA’s status as the UK’s top training provider for the fifth year in succession.
Econsultancy, the internet marketing and ecommerce training specialist, has today announced IMRG’s endorsement of its MSc in Internet Retailing.
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.
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