Kallidus will be running a seminar on optimising talent management at Civil Service Live, London next week. The seminar will examine best practice strategies and provide practical solutions to the pressing talent and succession challenges facing the civil service now and in the future.
Elliott Masie, host of Learning 2014, published a “Letter to Your Boss” for potential participants at Learning 2014, a global meeting to be held from Oct 26 to 29 in Orlando, Florida.
Four New Sponsors Announced for Elliott Masie’s Learning 2014 at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort October 26-29.
Elliott Masie’s Learning 2014 will feature Metra Mehran, a college student from Afghanistan, sharing a story about the role of learning and technology in creating educational freedom for young women in her war-torn country.
Four New Sponsors Announced for Elliott Masie’s Learning 2014.
LMS, LCMS and Learning Systems are evolving and changing. Elliott Masie has announced the “LMS & Learning Systems Forum” for Learning 2014, to be held in Orlando from Oct 26th to 29th.
Five New Sponsors Announced for Elliott Masie’s Learning 2014.
Elliott Masie’s Learning 2014 Embraces Emerging Leaders.
Four New Presentation Sponsors Announced for Elliott Masie’s Learning 2014.
The use of webinars is growing as a learning and training strategy in the workplace. Yet, many webinars are too long, too dull and workers may simultaneously multi-task (eat lunch, check mail, etc.).
Major corporations are overwhelmed with the amount of training and retraining required by compliance and regulatory stipulations – often teaching employees what they know already. Elliott Masie has announced the “Compliance and Learning Crisis Roundtable” for Learning 2014, to be held in Orlando from Oct 26th to 29th.
Four New Presentation Sponsors Announced for Elliott Masie’s Learning 2014.
Elliott Masie will present a provocative session on Big Learning Directions & Big Learning Data on Monday May 5 at the ASTD 2014 Conference in Washington, DC.
Elliott Masie’s Learning 2014 will feature Robin Roberts, Chef Bobby Flay and Sir Ken Robinson
Kallidus has achieved the prestigious Investors in People (IiP) Bronze Accreditation in just 12 months, placing the company at the leading edge of best practice in people management.
QA, the education and skills group which encompasses QA Learning, QA Apprenticeships, QA Higher Education and QA Executive Masters, today announced a significant and immediate sales and relationship management recruitment programme which will result in more than 50 new jobs across the UK.
TIS, a thought leader & leading developer of learning solutions, is a ‘founding sponsor’ of the Center for Talent Reporting (CTR). CTR has developed a set of Talent Development Reporting standards for all key talent processes that help organizations run talent like a business.
Atlas is the key sponsor at the Accelerated Capability Development Conference taking place this week in Amsterdam.
Learning professionals and corporate colleagues are invited to participate in a 9 minute open survey on how Workplace Learning is trending and shifting.
Learning Pool, the fast growing e-learning company, has announced the latest release from its specialist mobile app division based in Belfast.
Speexx, the award-winning provider of online corporate language training, has released a new white paper for the talent management sector. “Championing business agility through better workforce communication” sets the agenda for HR and L&D professionals and shows how communication skills can be instrumental in improving workforce agility.
Elliott Masie and The Learning CONSORTIUM are organizing a deep dive Symposium and LAB to explore the role of MOOCs as a new element in Corporate and Workplace Learning.
Over 50% of organisations say that the single most important question that their employee engagement surveys need to answer is what activities and areas are seen as important to their people. Head Light today releases the findings from its research into how HR organisations need to access from their employee engagement surveys.
Speexx, the award-winning leader in online corporate language training, will exhibit at the upcoming Learning Technologies, on 29th-30th January 2014, held at Olympia 2, London.
Learning Directions, an interactive, blended briefing led by learning analyst Elliott Masie, will focus on what is Up, Down, Changing or Hype in the world of workplace learning. What is working, what is failing, what is growing and what is on the horizon? Sessions scheduled in New York, Chicago, Silicon Valley and Houston.
Elliott Masie’s Learning LAB explores the growing role of Video in Learning with a three-day immersive seminar February 10 to 12, 2014.
The Learning 2013 Program Guide has been published, featuring 167 Learning Sessions taught by learning professionals for learning professionals.
Kallidus, the leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, will be sponsoring this year’s Retail HR Summit, taking place on 8 October 2013 in central London. Kallidus will be speaking alongside high street brands including Marks & Spencer, B&Q, the Body Shop and Home Retail Group.
Learning 2013, Orlando, November 3 to 6, contains 168 different learning sessions and workshops; details published on the Learning 2013 website.
Learning Personalization, Content Compression and Lazy LMS’s are just a few of the topics that Elliott Masie, chair of the Learning CONSORTIUM, will address in an open webinar on October 2nd.
The Learning 2013 Concert will feature performances from Broadway stars Adam Pascal, Eden Espinosa, Marcus Paul James and Telly Leung and is hosted by Elliott Masie.
Practical guidance for international HR and L&D leaders to boost business communications skills.
61% of working people own a smart phone. Technically, we are more able to connect than ever before but, according to research by The Ken Blanchard Companies, more than 80% of leaders don’t listen and 82% never praise, redirect, or give appropriate feedback to their colleagues. 64% wish they could talk to their boss about problems with their colleagues, but only 8% actually do. The alarming truth is that our human connections in the workplace are alarmingly dysfunctional.
Elliott Masie’s Learning 2013 will feature Actor George Takei, keynoting on Storytelling, Learning & Social Media.
What if we asked 500 managers to design a new manager development program? “Crowd Learning Design” to be highlighted at Learning 2013.
Elliott Masie Announces Learning 2013 Keynote Speakers Stu Crabb and Mike Rognlien from Facebook. They will talk about Facebook's ‘One-Size-Fits-One’ learning strategy and commitment to the personalization of learning and empowering employees.
Susan Peters, GE’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources, to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Elliott Masie's Learning 2013.
How is the learning marketplace for the purchasing of learning systems, services, content and materials shifting in 2013?
Elliott Masie’s Learning 2013 Embraces Emerging Leaders
Jane Pauley just announced as a featured keynote speaker on Boomers in the Workplace at Elliott Masie's Learning 2013.
The MASIE Center and Learning CONSORTIUM are pleased to announce that the Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the keynote speaker at Learning 2013.
Leading e-learning supplier Learning Pool has announced that Denise Hudson-Lawson, Head of Online Services for Parliamentary ICT, and Steve Wheeler, Associate Professor of Learning Technologies at Plymouth University, will headline the agenda at each of the three Learning Pool Live events in October.
Totara Learning Solutions has announced that Oxford Strategic Consulting (OSC) is joining the Totara Solution Partner Network.
Global portfolio enhanced with two new cloud-based language training solutions to offer organisations an even more flexible and exclusive learning experience.
Blue Eskimo, specialist learning and training recruitment provider, is aligning its services with the Learning & Performance Institute’s Capability Map.
Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS) needed to give its 1,000 firefighters quick and easy access to risk-critical training - without burning through their budget.
Insights from 230 organisations across five continents, representing more than 1.6 million employees to help HR Managers make better decisions
Richardson and its clients took Gold, Silver, and Bronze — a total of nine awards – at the Seventh Annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Winners of this international competition, which recognizes sales excellence in disciplines vital to business success, were announced Monday, February 25, at a gala ceremony at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas.
Global performance improvement solutions provider GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX) is pleased to announce the publication of the third edition of Leading Out Loud by thought leader and business partner, Terry Pearce, and the accompanying Leadership Development Program updated by GP Strategies’ BlessingWhite division.
The workforce is increasingly working from home! The MASIE Center’s Learning CONSORTIUM has announced TeleWork 2013, a global conference focused on the changing world of teleworking and telecommuting, from June 23 to 25 in Saratoga Springs, NY.
Learning Pool has announced plans to create new jobs with the launch of its Rising Star Programme.
Jurys Inn faced the challenge of engaging with over 1,900 employees, working in a busy 24/7 environment, in 35 locations across the UK and Ireland. Using Totara from Learning Pool ensures that a comprehensive and consistent learning and development experience is delivered.
Fujitsu chooses QA to help transform learning and development.
Executives Increasingly Seek Virtual Personal Coaching Solutions to Facilitate Advanced Skill Development and Accelerate Business Growth
The UK’s leader in learning and development recruitment, Blue Eskimo, has just launched its annual salary and work survey.
NetDimensions and OpenSesame announced a powerful partnership and platform integration. This partnership will enable NetDimensions’ millions of users to search for, purchase, and deploy training courses within the NetDimensions Talent Suite, instantly.
DuPont Sustainable Solutions announces the release of HazCom: In Sync with GHS, a new training program that explains the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) revised HazCom standard. The standard now incorporates the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS).
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.
Blue Eskimo, the specialist recruitment company for training and e-learning professionals, is available at Learning Live to discuss how the skills needed by learning professionals are changing.
L&D recruitment specialist Blue Eskimo believes that linking the organisation’s LMS with its talent management system or recruitment processes delivers real benefits.
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.
Specialist learning recruitment company Blue Eskimo says that organisations are working ineffectively if HR, recruitment and training operate separately.
The British "We Mean Business" National Info Day will show how companies benefit from hosting international trainees. The National Info Day will take place at the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills Conference Centre in London. The recently launched "We Mean Business" initiative aims to encourage companies to host more Erasmus and Leonardo da Vinci trainee placements to boost young people's skills and employability as well as to help companies' competitiveness and search for new staff.
Metersbonwe has selected the NetDimensions Talent Suite to support its multi-stage talent management strategy for its 20,000 employees across mainland China.
DVDs Address Ethics and Compliance, Responsible Business Communications and Respect in the Workplace.
Lumesse, a global leader in integrated talent management solutions, today announced that it was ranked #1 among the top providers of talent management software in HRO Today’s 2012 Baker’s Dozen Ratings. The rankings were based on independent customer surveys carried out in the first quarter of 2012.
The Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) has today (Monday) launched the Learning Survey 2012 – a comprehensive review of the workplace learning sector.
Webanywhere, a leading provider of web technology solutions for workplace learning, is pleased to announce that it has become a sponsor of Leeds Business School's new HRD and Leadership Research Unit. Other sponsor organisations include WM Morrison Supermarkets plc, Hallmark Cards, Unilever and BUPA.
Information overload - such as that experienced by UK workers - can only be tackled by a company wide solution, such as behavioural training, according to a senior Australian psychologist.
EssentialSkillz, the global provider of online safety training and risk assessment software has added a new course on Social Media Policy to its suite of e-learning solutions.
Salvo Global's 5th Annual Global Learning Summit is taking place in Singapore on February 22-24, 2012. The summit brings together the most up to date learning solutions and strategies, senior-level renowned speakers from across the globe and great networking opportunities, and, now in its fifth year, has grown onto one of the esteemed learning industry events in Singapore.
The failure of a Government project to set up nine regional fire control centres at a cost of £439m to the taxpayer could have been predicted, says The Ken Blanchard Companies. The 'Firecontrol' project, which should have replaced 46 regional control centres was scrapped last year, having achieved none of its original objectives. Now MPs are saying it was 'flawed from the outset.'
The Bribery Act 2010 covers all organisations operating in or controlled from the UK. Organisations of all types need to ensure that they have taken all reasonable steps to ensure compliance. So part of the challenge set by the Act is to ensure that all managers, staff and associates are trained in the context and requirements of the new Act and that a reliable audit trail of the training is maintained.
In a bid to help ‘UK plc’ run more smoothly and become more successful, Ron Rosenhead, chief executive of the project management training and development specialist, Project Agency, has revealed the eight key factors that keep active projects on track.
Leading barrister and specialist on the Bribery Act James Vine talks to CM Group's Tim Buff about the new Act and its implications for us all.
Leading UK training and development company CM Group produces training on a wide range of topics and has just confirmed that in the past twelve months it helped train over 85,000 people across the world specifically in the subject of ethical business alone.
Maximizing the latest learning strategies and successful integration of innovative technologies onto your learning and development practices; taking your business to the next level.
With the new UK Bribery Act coming into force July 1st, the new course is aimed at educating employees on how it affects them and how it impacts on current working practices.
For the last three years, Core Learning Services (CLS), a consultancy providing e-learning-related products and services, has been working in partnership with Global Radio - the UK's premier commercial radio company – to host Global Radio’s LMS solution for developing health and safety e-learning materials to its staff.
Although training is no guarantee that accidents will be prevented, it certainly helps mitigate the risk to both the employee and the business.
Global E-Learning provider, EssentialSkillz, have released two new libraries of editable courses under their brand O-LAS Content. Developed using their own authoring tool, O-LAS Author, each course is editable by clients to ensure that the content is relevant to their organisation.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Jan. 25, 2011 – DuPont Sustainable Solutions announced that it is collaborating with the Ethics and Compliance Services Division of Watermark Risk Management International, LLC to provide Watermark’s code of conduct consultation services. Through this association, Watermark, a leading provider of security and risk management consulting, will advise organizations in developing a new or updating an existing code of conduct, and DuPont Sustainable Solutions will provide the training support to help employees understand and implement the code.
WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 13, 2010 - DuPont Sustainable Solutions has released 'Social Media: Reduce the Risk,' a new training course on DVD to help organizations mitigate potential risks resulting from participation in social media networks.
WhiteConcierge is the sector-leading service organisation that provides the customers of its large clients with lifestyle and concierge services. They needed a SharePoint-based solution to combine geospatial data with the data provided by their existing service provider databases and present the results to their front line service staff. In turn enabling the service staff to further improve the quality of service they provide to their customers. CM Group's consulting arm developed the software, integrated it into WhiteConcierge's SharePoint environment, and trained staff on how to use the solution.
Following the cuts, the job-losses and the pay-freezes the public sector is faced with having to continue to provide the same service, with considerably less to offer its staff. However there are things the public sector can do in order to keep their staff motivated and better prepared to handle what lies ahead: Training. A few companies have been putting their heads together to offer the best possible solution, here’s what we’ve come up with:
Dr. Maureen Murphy, Director of Aurion Learning has offered her congratulations to the well-being hub for being a double winner at the Irish News 2010 Workplace and Employment Awards.
DuPont Training Solutions powered by Coastal announces a new Ethics & Compliance training curriculum to help organizations meet corporate compliance requirements and champion ethical business practices.
Training company Happy Ltd was this week rated as one of the UK's Best Workplaces for the 5th successive year. The company won the prestigious Laureate status as one of the few companies to have made the list five times in a row.
Aurion Learning and the Law Society have launched a CPD Centre to help solicitors in England and Wales plan and manage their continuing professional development (CPD).
Raytheon Professional Services LLC, a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), was named the No.1 training outsource provider in HRO Today magazine's 'Baker's Dozen in Learning.'
Aurion Learning, a specialist online learning solutions provider is working with the Law Society of England and Wales to create a new online learning portal. The Belfast based company has beaten off stiff competition to win a substantial contract to design and develop an online continuing professional development (CPD) portal for the Law Society.
November, 2009 – Coastal Training Technologies has released a new program that features privacy guidelines from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Leakproof: 8 Privacy Principles explores these international standards to strengthen privacy policies and increase consumer confidence.
Struggling to find enough money in the kitty to throw an office Christmas party? Then stop looking. Mark Paskowitz, a senior consulting partner with The Ken Blanchard Companies, says there are better ways to let your employees know you’re grateful anyway.
As the November 1, 2009 deadline approaches, financial organizations are finalizing efforts to comply with the Red Flags Rule, the federal regulation that requires pertinent institutions to develop an Identity Theft Program
Coastal's best-selling micro-inequities program, Drop by Drop, earned a perfect, four-star review in Training Media Review (TMR).
Information Transfer and Priory Group have been shortlisted for the E-learning industry award for outstanding achievement. The joint entry tells the story of Foundations for Growth (FFG), a blended corporate learning programme with e-learning at its heart.
Happy Ltd, the training provider that includes Happy Computers, was today named as one of the top 20 employers in the UK for working families. This follows on from Happy being named as the best workplace in IT services and the best company in the UK for health and well-being, both in the last week. Happy joins a list that includes Accenture, BT, Ford, Lloyds TSB and the Nationwide Building Society.
Happy Computers was this week named as the best place to work in the IT services industry.
Happy Ltd, the training company that includes Happy Computers, was last night named as the best company in the UK for the health and well-being for its staff. The award was given at the announcement of the annual Best Workplaces list. Happy was listed as one of the top 20 workplaces in the country for the fourth successive year.
Raytheon Professional Services LLC, a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), and DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE) were awarded the Learning Relationship of the Year Award by the Human Resources Outsourcing Association (HROA) in recognition of the success of their training outsourcing partnership.
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