Genworth Records Management online course developed by Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) has been selected for a Bronze Brandon Hall Learning Award.
Raytheon Professional Services LLC (RPS), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), has opened a training center in Samara, Russia, to provide basic and advanced technical and sales training for automotive dealerships.
The ROI Academy™ has been contracted by e-skills UK to measure the value of the ITQ to corporate clients. The ITQ is a qualification based on building capability in the use of IT systems and software. The ROI Academy is developing a case study looking at the impact of the ITQ programme within a major National Retailer.
Harbinger Group, the global provider of software products and services, today launched YawnBuster, a path-breaking new addition to its range of innovative software products.
Impact International and 'Save The Children' join forces for emergency aid operation in Myanmar.
BTL Group Ltd is proud to support the CBT (Computer Based Testing) conference in Baarn, Holland on 16th October 2008. The aim of the conference is to share experiences in using computer based technology to administer exams.
BTL Group is pleased to announce it will be exhibiting at this year's Federation of Awarding Bodies Conference, Ricoh Arena, Coventry on the 15th and 16th of October.
Coastal Training Technologies announces the release of a timely environmental protection training program. Spill Prevention & Control: Insuring A Safer World examines the safeguards and procedures to prevent and contain oil spills and leaks. It addresses the training needs of oil facilities for production, distribution, consumption and storage, helping them comply with SPCC regulations and maintain safe and environment-friendly operations.
Richardson announced that Linda Richardson's newest book, Perfect Selling: Open the Door, Close the Deal. (McGraw-Hill; July; $19.95), has won a 2008 Editors' Choice Award from SalesPractice.com. The Editors' Choice award recognizes the 'best of the best' sales training resources and includes websites, blogs, books, articles, videos, and more.
Coastal Training Technologies has released a timely program to address an issue that puts thousands of facilities and their surrounding communities at risk. Combustible Dust: Up In A Flash explores the nature of dust explosions and examines how they can be prevented.
In a ground breaking move following extensive research and development, the Institute of IT Training (IITT) has today launched a nationwide programme to upgrade and monitor the performance quality of trainers of all disciplines.
QA-IQ Group has today announced that its offer to acquire Xpertise Group PLC has been declared wholly unconditional. As two of the leading companies in the delivery of training to technology departments, the combination of the strengths, experience and knowledge of the organisations will provide significant benefit for existing customers and new opportunities for future development.
Following the successful launch of the new elearning publishing platform Luminosity, CM Group has this month promoted Tom Randell to the role of technologist.
Perfect Selling, written by Founder Linda Richardson, has reached the Best Seller List for BusinessWeek magazine, adding to Perfect Selling's appearance on Best Seller List of The New York Times and USA Today.
Organisations can cut up to 30 per cent off their learning costs by addressing four areas of inefficiency, according to a new white paper launched today by KnowledgePool.
Called Are You Cutting It?, the paper exposes supplier management, administration, scheduling and solution design as four areas where organisations can make significant savings. It features a worked example showing how a company with a £1m learning budget could cut its learning costs by 31.9 per cent.
Coastal Training Technologies has released a vital new training program, Confined Space Entry: Keeping Public Employees Safe. It surveys the issue’s critical aspects - confined space definitions, permit space characteristics, the permit space process, changing conditions, OSHA permit, lockout/tagout, ventilation, flammability, testing, toxicity, retesting, heat precautions, communication, equipment, PPE, and rescue and training duties. Available on DVD or video, the program provides life-saving know-how to keep public employees safe and well-informed in confined space conditions.
A team led by Raytheon Technical Services Company (RTSC) LLC, a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), has received a 10-year contract to provide training support for Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers. The single contractor award is valued at $437 million for the five-year base period. The contract also has two options. If exercised, the first option is three years and the second option, two years.
eglue and Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) signed a worldwide partnership agreement under which TIS will promote and distribute the eglue InterAct suite and also provide professional services around eglue’s products.
Cornerstone OnDemand, a provider of on-demand, integrated learning and talent management software and services, is exhibiting its state-of-the art products at this year's Zukunft Personal 2008 (9 - 10 September, Cologne, Germany).
Gaining additional qualifications may be an excellent way to boost your employability. The trick is to choose training that relates directly to your career or develops transferable skills.
Richardson has again been named to the Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing Companies in America. After a rapid growth rate of more than 75% over the past three years, Richardson's Inc. 5000 rank climbed to number 3908 in 2008, from 4477 in 2007.
Today and unbeknown to most people, NLP forms the basis of much of today’s communication that employees and employers are embracing the term with infinite ease
The University of Manchester's UKCDR project team (UK Collaboration for a Digital Repository for High Stakes Exams) found that BTL e-Assessment solutions came out on top in their independent study analysing current e-Assessment tools. The study, funded by JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee), was conducted to determine which tools could potentially form part of an e-Assessment solution that would be sophisticated enough to support in house and national examinations.
Coastal Training Technologies just released a timely and much-needed driver safety training program, Before You Turn The Key. This compelling DVD program re-examines simple, life-saving practices that many drivers neglect, often at great personal cost to themselves and others.
The Performance Solution have become one of the leaders of providing Executive Coach training through the support of Managing Director, Sally Vanson – but often she is asked what are the benefits of becoming a coach?
QA-IQ has appointed its first Director of Professional Best Practice to lead and develop a new business unit. Jeff Payne, previously Head of the Service Management Practice at QA-IQ, will broaden his focus from August 2008 to include the Project and Programme Management and Business Analysis and Systems Development Practices as well as ensuring the continued success of the fast-growing Service Management portfolio.
Richardson (http://www.richardson.com), a leading sales training and consulting firm, today announced that Perfect Selling, written by Founder Linda Richardson, has reached the Best Seller List of the New York Times.
Richardson (http://www.richardson.com), a leading sales training and consulting firm, today announced that Perfect Selling, written by Founder Linda Richardson, has reached the Best Seller List for USA Today.
Jim Brodo, Senior Vice President of Marketing, was named top Marketing Executive at the 2008 American Business Awards.
The ROI Academy™ has licensed the National Occupational Standards for Management to use in conjunction with its leading edge training evaluation tool, the Performance Pound™.
The Performance Solution know that the concept of CPD is not new, but agree that effective professionals in all fields have always realized the importance of new knowledge, improved skills and the development of personal qualities.
Cornerstone OnDemand delivers a full suite of learning and talent management software-as-a-service solutions to optimise workforce success.
Today's launch of Luminosity, the new eLearning creation platform, heralds a new direction in eLearning development. The solution is being launched by learning content and consultancy specialist CM Group.
QA-IQ has today launched a new relationship with FranklinCovey in the UK. The first exciting new workshops available are based on Stephen Covey's hugely influential bestseller, '7 Habits of Highly Effective People'. Improve your personal performance as an individual, a manager and as a leader, in the workshops available from July 2008.
Richardson (http://www.richardson.com)announced the release of Perfect Selling: Open the Door, Close the Deal (McGraw-Hill; July; $19.95), the latest book written by Founder, Linda Richardson.
KnowledgePool, the UK market leader in managed learning, has been named as one of the Top 20 companies in the global training outsourcing industry, for the second year running, by the web-based knowledge community TrainingOutsourcing.com.
- An Essential Course for Authors Facing the Challenge of Creating e-Assessments - BTL Group Ltd, a leading independent provider of e-Assessment solutions, has teamed up with AlphaPlus, a team of highly experienced educational consultants with extensive experience in e-Assessments, to launch the 'e-Assessment Development: Principles and Practice course'.
BTL Group Ltd, a leading UK e-Assessment development and delivery company, announced today that all of its senior management and the majority of its Project Management, Software Development and IT/Technical Support teams are now ITIL qualified. This further enhances the commitment previously made by BTL to ensure all Project Managers and other relevant members of staff are PRINCE2 qualified.
The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), a prominent BTL Group Ltd customer, has released a white paper, Innovating Assessment in Scotland, outlining a sustainable model of e-Assessment development utilising BTL's state-of-the-art authoring tool, ContentProducer.
Alan Chambers a renowned motivational speaker and leader of the first British team to walk unsupported to the North Pole is set to return to the UK.
Raytheon Professional Services (RPS), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), has launched an apprenticeship programme to develop future generations of automotive technicians and after-sales personnel in the United Kingdom.
Pearson, the international education and information company, today announces that it has agreed to acquire two privately-owned English language school chains in China.
Scores of major UK companies have made coaching a core part of executive development. The belief is that, under the right circumstances, one-on-one interaction with an objective third party can provide a focus that other forms of organizational support simply cannot.
The Performance Solution is proud to announce a new department, Performance Assessments, to their expanding portfolio of products available to clients.
Cornerstone OnDemand, the provider of on-demand, integrated talent management software and services has announced the availability of 24x7 support as part of its continued global expansion.
The Performance Solution (TPS) have been selected as one of the exclusive providers to the HR Revenue and Customs (HMRC), providing Coaching Development, amongst other skills to their organisation.
The ROI Academy™ was invited to run 2 workshop sessions at last week's launch of the Training Quality Standard (TQS). The Standard, which has been developed and piloted over the last 2 years, was formally launched on Thursday 8th May by the minister, David Lammy MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills.
Content Master will be at the big TechEd show in Orlando from 3rd to 13th June. The show is the premier event of its kind aimed at technical staff and training and education professionals working in the Microsoft technology field with over 12,000 delegates expected.
Global leader in learning solutions and digital asset management receives IBM Public Sector Top Star Award.
BTL Group Ltd, a leading UK Learning and Assessment solutions provider is pleased to announce that they will be assisting the AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) with a three-year project to move from traditional paper based exams to On-Screen delivery.
Richardson has launched new sales training support tool, NanaSalesBooks. NanoSalesBooks are a series of highly-engaging, 15-minute audio podcasts that focus on essential sales topics and can be listened to on most portable audio players, online, or downloaded to a computer.
QA-IQ has today launched a new accredited programme for management development in a unique partnership with Middlesex University's Institute for Work Based Learning. This degree-level qualification combines the flexibility of building knowledge through QA-IQ's renowned 'Art of People' courses with guided learning in the workplace to embed skills and deliver hands-on experience. The programme will be completed by a work based assignment, applying the skills learnt directly to a relevant project.
Cornerstone OnDemand, the provider of on-demand, integrated learning and talent management (ITM) software and services, is exhibiting its state-of-the art products at this year’s HRD exhibition (15-18 April, London ExCel).
New Educational Podcast Series.
BTL Group Ltd, a leading UK Learning and Assessment solutions provider, announced today that the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has selected BTL to provide an enterprise wide e-assessment development and delivery system.
BTL, in partnership with AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd, has produced a highly informative white paper on the current market for e-assessment, taking into consideration the drivers for change and development, and presenting a vision of where e-assessment could be in five years’ time.
Information Transfer are award-winning experts in helping companies maximise the uptake of e-learning. For the last two years they have helped their clients win the Elearning Awards for 'Best elearning project securing widespread adoption'.
A new white paper, from leading training specialist recruitment company Blue Eskimo, says that recruitment services from large, generalist recruitment providers are not best suited to specialist industries such as learning.
QA-IQ, the UK’s leading learning company, will be launching an exciting new partnership for degree-level accreditation of its ‘Art of People’ management and personal development courses at this year’s HRD event.
BTL is delighted to announce that it will be the ‘Technology’ partner in the Workplace Literacy, Language and Numeracy Evaluation Toolkit Project (WoLLNET).
Property Consultant, Hamptons International has commissioned Information Transfer to write an e-learning course on lone working to complement their classroom training. The course explains personal safety issues and introduces the firm’s policy and procedures for staff who need to work alone.
QA-IQ is ready to lead the way for the popular ITIL Version 3 Managers Bridge course. The company’s first seven Principal Lecturers have already taken the Bridge exam, achieving a 100% pass rate.
In a move to consolidate its position as the UK market leader in managed learning, KnowledgePool has acquired Business Training Partnership (BTP).
As part of Bray Leino's commitment to creating a world class Learning and Training business, we have joined forces with BroadSkill Ltd, one of the UK's leading providers of business process and IT Training.
Giunti Labs, Europe’s leading e-learning and mobile content management solution provider, has finalised its acquisition of the Australian HarvestRoad® brand as well as its HarvestRoad Hive® digital repository, TCMS Technical Content Management Systems and related Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and worldwide installations.
Award-winning training consultancy, Information Transfer, leads the way in helping companies successfully embed e-learning. Come and pick up some hot tips at this year’s HRD exhibition, 15th – 17th April, London ExCel.
Creativedge Training and Development has developed 24 high-impact 90-minute training sessions for busy people.
Project explores the potential of emerging technologies to deliver real-time dynamic training based on a learner's moment of need.
KnowledgePool, the managed learning services company, has introduced a new 'strategic learning diagnostic' service, offering an independent and confidential assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of an organisation's learning operation and a benchmark of the results against best practice.
Coastal Training Technologies has recently released Roadway Worker Safety: In the Zone, its latest program on road construction safety.
Roadway Worker Safety: In the Zone identifies crucial roadwork hazards, from falls, excavation and trenching to electrocution, equipment mishaps and runovers. The program outlines specific safety preventive measures for each, including PPE, Traffic Control Pattern Awareness, and night-work operations. It also offers practical tips on flagging, MSDS use and general safety procedures.
The Petroleum Training Centre (PTC), the training division of the Kuwait Petroleum Company wanted to measure the alignment and value of its BTEC programme which it delivers to all new employees. As the BTEC is an academic qualification providing essential skills that are applied over a working life, it makes measurement more challenging. Therefore, PTC consulted and engaged with The ROI Academy, the UK's leading organisation in this field.
Blue Eskimo, the leading recruitment provider to the training and e-learning sector, says that, as we enter the new year, more people than ever are looking for new jobs within this sector – what’s more, there are a record number of jobs being advertised.
Global Knowledge, the worldwide leader in IT and business training, has been named a finalist in the SC Magazine US Awards program for outstanding achievement in information-technology (IT) security. The company’s Best Professional Training Program was recognized in the Professional Award category. This is the third year in a row that Global Knowledge has been recognized in the SC Magazine Awards program.
With projected growth in excess of 100% per annum over the next 3 years, The ROI Academy, the UK's leading organisation for evaluating and measuring training, appoints Mike Leeson as its Commercial Director.
Driven To Distraction is a groundbreaking new training DVD and video from Coastal that is sure to raise the awareness of the danger of distracted driving. This unique program features a narrator who is the personification of all the distractions drivers face - cell phones, mp3 players, eating and drinking, children, maps, and many more. He candidly demonstrates how distractions can sneak in on every ride with tragic results.
The eLearning Network (eLN) celebrated its 20th anniversary this year with the cutting of a cake at its Annual General Meeting.
Imagine a scenario. A researcher in Bali, working on an international project investigating changes in world weather patterns takes a video of a particularly spectacular typhoon. She quickly uses her mobile phone to upload the video to the project's digital repository.
Organisations gain significantly improved value from their training spend by using structured assessment to identify skills gaps and manage the capabilities of their staff, according to learning services provider QA-IQ.
Free technical training for under 25's: Develop Training Ltd to deliver new NVQ in Transportation.
Develop Training Ltd, one of the UK's leading providers of Technical Skills Training within the Utility, Transport and regulated business sector opens new centre in Warrington.
No sooner had the global learning provider, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) (www.tatainteractive.com), established a presence in the Netherlands in order to service the Northern European market than it also opened a new office in Koln, Germany.
QA-IQ, the UK’s leading learning provider, has today launched its new portfolio of Management and Personal Development courses. The ‘Art of People’ which includes over forty courses designed to transform your business.
Giunti Labs, Europe's leading vendor of e-learning and mobile learning content management solutions (LCMS), has announced that the new version of its learning eXact LCMS meets the SCORM 2004 final edition specification. SCORM 2004 is the ‘de facto’ e-learning standard for interchanging learning content between compliant LMS and LCMS systems.
Managing business awareness of change is the biggest challenge faced by management teams, according to customers of QA-IQ at a recent change management workshop.
Experienced L&D professionals agreed that making sure that change is effectively communicated, and staff reactions are managed, is central to the success of significant business change – particularly where a wider change in behaviour is sought.
Best selling author John Sharp behind the standard setting WCF book from MS Press.
Learning Tree International has expanded its Project Management curriculum with a new course entitled PRINCE2 in Practice: Applying the Method to Your Projects. The course employs Learning Tree's RealityPlus learning approach in which an experienced instructor/facilitator leads the class through experiential activities, simulating real-world situations for the purpose of
gaining practical experience in applying the PRINCE2 method to their projects.
The eLearning Network (eLN), which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, has announced it is recruiting a new chairman.
Coastal Training Technologies announces the release of a revolutionary safety orientation training program for new and veteran employees. The Newcomers focuses on five new employees as they go through their first days on the job. Participants in this training program keep score as they witness the many mistakes and missed hazards the newcomers encounter.
In an increasingly candidate-driven marketplace, training companies need to carefully define their offerings and take an innovative approach to recruitment.
Global Knowledge has launched a series of courses to provide Cisco and Microsoft staff and channel partners with knowledge about each others' products and services as part of the Cisco and Microsoft enhanced customer collaboration program.
Information Transfer has written a course on a key financial subject for Leeds Teaching Hospitals, the NHS' largest Trust.
Service Management professionals can quickly and effectively update their ITIL® qualifications with two newly launched bridging courses from QA-IQ. Accredited by I.S.E.B. on behalf of the APM Group* , these courses are amongst the first to provide a quick route to the new ITIL v3 Diploma for holders of earlier levels of ITIL® qualifications.
Global Knowledge and Fox IT have announced a strategic partnership to provide the UK with the best-of-breed IT Service Management and Governance consultancy and learning solutions.
Following a successful and ongoing working relationship with pharmaceutical company, Organon UK, Organon Australia and Organon's Head Office in the Netherlands, Information Transfer will now be working with Organon Inc, the company's global division based in New Jersey.
A leading UK residential property agency demonstrated the flexibility and value of e-learning recently as it trained hundreds of staff from 70 UK offices on the rapidly-changing details of the new Home Information Packs.
The Priory Group has been selected as a National Training Award finalist for one of the training areas addressed in their multi-award winning corporate learning programme developed in partnership with Information Transfer.
QA-IQ, the UK's leading learning services company, has launched its new website with an effective new course search facility to quickly put customers in touch with the right training for their needs.
The use of virtual worlds for learning is attracting further attention after the explosion of Second Life™ and similar online virtual communities. However, unleashing the power of virtual collaborative worlds to instructional designers and authors demands much higher levels of openness, accessibility and reusability in the underlying technologies and tools on the one side and lower levels of required investments and skillsets to master the solutions on the other.
Global Knowledge, Europe's leading provider of learning services for IT and management professionals, is giving its IT training course delegates the opportunity to gain hands-on experience and receive additional information on Microsoft Windows Server 2008.
The Performance Solution have limited places available on the Advanced Certificate in Executive Coaching and if you book before 10 August, you'll only pay our 2006 price!
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