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    • Global Knowledge run for Evie

      Global Knowledge | Wokingham, UK |

      Family friend inspires company to raise money for two year old's life-changing surgery ~ Company pledges to match the total raised in Wokingham half marathon run.

    • The Secret of Business Success? 'Leading with LUV,' new book reveals

      The Ken Blanchard Companies | LONDON |

      What has love got to do with Leadership? Everything according to Lead with LUV: A Different Way to Create Real Success, the latest book by bestselling author and management guru Ken Blanchard, co-authored with the former President of Southwest Airlines, Colleen Barrett.

    • Discover the Surpass e-Assessment Platform at Learning Technologies – Stand 113

      BTL | Shipley, United Kingdom |

      BTL Group Ltd, a leading UK based provider of e-Assessment solutions, will be exhibiting at the Learning Technologies Conference. The conference will be held at Olympia, London on the 26th and 27th January 2011. The conference is now in its 12th year and will attract over 4,000 visitors.

    • Leadership? What’s LUV Got to Do with It!

      The Ken Blanchard Companies | LONDON |

      Leadership has everything to do with LUV, according to management guru Ken Blanchard. He is joining forces with former Southwest Airlines president Colleen Barrett to present a free online seminar revealing the leadership secrets that have propelled Southwest Airlines (stock symbol‘LUV’) to unprecedented business success.

    • e2train acquires Intraventure

      Kallidus | Cirencester |

      e2train, a leading provider of learning and performance management systems and services, today announces that it has acquired Intraventure, a provider of succession planning, talent and performance management software and services.

    • IITT Launch the Learning Year Pass

      Learning and Performance Institute | Coventry, UK |

      The IITT, the leading Institute for Learning & Development professionals has today announced the launch of the Learning Year Pass

    • Creativedge says investing in training is essential

      Creativedge Training | Milton Keynes |

      Mark Rose, Training Director of Creativedge Training & Development explains why successful organisations of the future, will be those that invest in their staff.

    • Kallidus 8.4 uses state-of-the-art technology to simplify sign on to Cloud learning

      Kallidus | Cirencester, England |

      e2train has launched a new version of its Kallidus 8 learning and performance management system with extra features for managers, learners and learning professionals. A state-of-the-art identity provider tool offers remote single sign on and fingerprint registration. Reporting is extended so managers can get data directly to their mailboxes.

    • YouTube backs Open University appeal for Africa

      The Open University | Milton Keynes |

      The Open University (OU) has been invited to take part in YouTube’s Project for Awesome 2010 – an initiative to promote international charities addressing global challenges on the video sharing website.

    • Poor emotional intelligence can derail business relationships but training can help

      Creativedge Training | Milton Keynes |

      Mark Rose, Training Director, of Creativedge Training, the 'bite-size' management and leadership training provider, says that managers are not investing sufficient time in developing their emotional intelligence and has created an intensive 90-minute course and is offering ten top tips to help managers to improve emotional intelligence.

    • Training and e-learning salary and work survey 2010

      Blue Eskimo | Stoke Prior, UK |

      Blue Eskimo, the specialist recruitment company for training and e-learning professionals, is gathering data from L&D professionals for its 2010 salary and work survey, offering L& D professionals the opportunity to take part and get a copy of its report which will be published in January.

    • Blue Eskimo acquires assets of Abbey Recruitment

      Blue Eskimo | Stoke Prior, UK |

      Blue Eskimo, the UK's leader in recruitment for the training, e-learning and learning technologies sector, has acquired assets and goodwill of the e-learning recruitment services business, Abbey Recruitment.

    • Discover BTL Surpass at Online Educa 2010– Stand C116

      BTL | Shipley, United Kingdom |

      BTL Group Ltd, a leading UK based provider of e-Assessment solutions, will be exhibiting at the Online Educa conference. The conference will take place from 1st-3rd December 2010, at the Hotel Intercontinental in Berlin. Online Educa is the largest global e-Learning conference for the corporate, education and public service sectors.

    • GP Strategies Acquires Bath Consultancy Group Expanding Global Leadership Development Capabilities

      GP Strategies | Elkridge, MD |

      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 Bath Consultancy Group, a niche leadership and organisational development consulting firm located in the United Kingdom.

    • e2train counts awards on both sides of the Atlantic

      Kallidus | Cirencester, Glous |

      e2train did the e-learning industry equivalent of winning an Oscar and a Bafta after content developed by its team won prizes at the leading award ceremonies in both the US and the UK in the same week.

    • BTL Sponsors 5th Annual Assessment Tomorrow Conference

      BTL | Shipley, United Kingdom |

      BTL Group Ltd, a leading UK based provider of e-Assessment solutions, is once again delighted to sponsor and exhibit at the Assessment Tomorrow conference, being held at the Hilton Grosvenor, Edinburgh on the 25th November 2010.

    • Aurion Learning nominated as 'InterTradeIreland Business Ambassador'

      Aurion Learning | Belfast, Northern Ireland |

      Aurion Learning was recently recognised as an 'InterTradeIreland Business Ambassador'
      at a special ceremony was held at Parliament Buildings, Stormont and hosted by Minister for Enterprise Trade and Investment, Arlene Foster.

    • QA launches new TOGAF™ training courses

      QA |

      QA, the UK’s leading training company, has added The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF™) courses to its fast-growing enterprise architecture portfolio.

    • BTL Sponsors FAB 2010

      BTL | Shipley, United Kingdom |

      BTL Group Ltd, a leading UK based provider of e-Assessment solutions, is pleased to announce that they will be sponsoring and exhibiting at the Federation of Awarding Bodies conference. The conference will be held at the Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, on the 10th and 11th November 2010.

    • DuPont Sustainable Solutions Launches Disruptive Behavior Program For Healthcare Facilities

      DuPont Sustainable Solutions | Virginia Beach, VA |

      DuPont Sustainable Solutions has released Disruptive Behavior: Too Great A Cost, a DVD training program to help healthcare employees identify and prevent disruptive behavior, such as yelling at co-workers, being condescending and rolling eyes, which can interfere with the care of patients or the effective operation of a healthcare facility.

    • Getting Engaged: A Masterclass in Motivating Europe’s Workforce

      The Ken Blanchard Companies | FRANKFURT |

      It seems the vast majority of workers – and especially middle managers – have been getting more and more disengaged from their work during the recession. Surveys suggest performance management scores have fallen by 14%, a sharp drop that inevitably takes its toll on national productivity and profitability.

    • NetDimensions to Showcase How mEKP Enables Learning Anywhere in Free Webinar

      PeopleFluent | Hong Kong |

      NetDimensions is redefining workforce learning with mEKP, a full-featured LMS that runs on inexpensive USB flash drives. It requires no installation or Internet connectivity. On October 21st, join senior executives from NetDimensions for a live behind-the-scenes presentation of mEKP and learn how you can revolutionize workforce support in your organization.

    • Raytheon and Opel/Vauxhall win International German Training Award

      Raytheon Professional Services | Ruesselsheim, Germany |

      Raytheon Professional Services LLC (RPS), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), has received the Bronze International German Training Award from the Association of German Sales Promoters, Trainers, Consultants and Coaches (BDVT). RPS won the prize for the retail sales consultant curriculum it designed, deployed and delivers on behalf of Opel/Vauxhall in Europe. The BDVT International German Training Award recognizes the best in innovative, cutting-edge training initiatives.