In just a few months since its launch, the Jam Pan learning marketplace has attracted a host of exciting, creatively led suppliers and agencies. In total, over 200 members have joined. They include interactive movie makers, eLearning companies, games developers, animators and storytellers, augmented-reality developers (including Oculus Rift specialists), app developers, social-media companies and content authors, video-production companies, IT-performance specialists, 3D interactive specialists, and many more.

"Jam Pan’s marketplace brings the latest market thinking, business expertise, and creative production capability to the eLearning table," points out David Wood, the CEO and founder of Jam Pan.

Clients post learning and performance needs via the Jam Pan website. Potential providers from the marketplace of suppliers from across the digital creative and eLearning sector then propose solutions, budgets, portfolios, and elucidate their previous track record.

"Clients get to see some really innovative options and are able to solve performance needs with fresh, creative ideas. It is exciting to see such a variety of digital expertise from differing backgrounds coming together in one marketplace. Having direct access to the wider creative industries is exactly what L&D and the eLearning sector needs," explains Wood.

Dr. Mark Forrest, an education provider in the healthcare sector, is one of Jam Pan’s early adopters and is enthusiastic about its potential. "Not only did Jam Pan take the work out of researching potential suppliers, but it quickly and effectively provided me with a range of relevant solutions and suppliers to select from. In less than ten days, we posted our project, received six bids and selected a supplier. Jam Pan saved me an incredible amount of time and provided us with a solution that we could never have found on our own."

Recent solutions resourced through Jam Pan include an animated storyteller producing compliance training and a games developer producing a game for sales teams.