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Themen

Talent Management

Turn Succession Planning on Its Head

Santa Monica CA (USA), October 2009 - Career Centre is designed to help organizations engage, motivate, and retain talented people, while also empowering employees to take a more active role in managing their career within a company. By aligning employee career aspirations and development plans with the strategic needs of the business, companies are able to maximize their current workforce and maintain valuable corporate knowledge. » MORE

Cooperation

Giunti Labs Partners with Banca d'Italia

Sestri Levante (IT), October 2009 - Giunti Labs, a learning and mobile content management solution provider, has agreed a framework agreement with Italy's central bank, Banca d'Italia, to establish a catalogue of web-based training (WBT) materials that the Bank's staff can access. » MORE

Evaluation

IMC Positioned in Visionaries Quadrant

Saarbruecken (GER), October 2009 - IMC AG, a provider of learning technologies, has announced that it has been positioned in the Visionaries quadrant of the 2009 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems (CLS). This year's Magic Quadrant evaluated seventeen CLS providers worldwide according to their completeness of vision and their ability to execute that vision. » MORE

Content Management

XML-based Learning Solutions on EMC Documentum

Boulder CO (USA), October 2009 - Xyleme, a provider of 100% XML, SCORM 2004-certified learning content management solutions and Flatirons Solutions, a developer of enterprise and XML content management solutions, have announced their alliance to offer EMC Documentum services to training organizations in order to meet comprehensive, global learning requirements. » MORE

Letter from UK

Executives opt for low tech training tools

London (UK), October 2009 - (by Bob Little) Despite the alleged popularity of electronic performance support systems (EPSS) software among the UK's eLearning community, new independent research - commissioned by IMC (UK) Learning - shows that many executives are unaware of both what this EPSS software can do and its benefits for individuals and organisations. » MORE

Training Standards

New Appointment Reinforces QA's ITIL Credentials

Slough (UK), October 2009 - Jeff Payne, Director of Professional Best Practice at QA, a provider of learning services, has been nominated by ISEB as the representative for Europe to the ITIL V3 ATO Sub-Group. In this role, Payne represents all Accredited Training Organizations (ATOs) across Europe as well as QA. » MORE

Letter from UK

Overtly confusing yet oddly coherent

London (UK), September 2009 - (by Bob Little) Research by Learning and Skills (L&S) - the new exhibition being co-located in London's Olympia exhibition venue with the Learning Technologies conference and exhibition in January 2010 - claims that businesses in the UK are responding to the adverse economic conditions by continuing to invest in skills that will be needed in the future. Donald H Taylor, chair of the L&S Group's membership community, is quoted as saying: "Training budgets used to be cut as a way of saving costs whereas, this time, companies seem to have recognized the need to keep investing in skills." » MORE

Social Learning

blueKiwi and CrossKnowledge Sign Partnership Agreement

Paris (FR)/London (UK), September 2009 - blueKiwi, a provider of enterprise social software, and CrossKnowledge, expert in the development of managerial and leadership skills through new technologies, have combined their expertise to offer their customers an integrated and innovative solution in the field of social learning. » MORE

Virtual Classroom

English Language Training with Barack Obama

Munich (GER), September 2009 - Learning should be fun, motivating, and interactive. That's why the language-learning specialists from digital publishing send a tutor and other learners to their client's homes - via the Internet. » MORE

Fresh Face

Kerry Pascall Is New Head of Digital Learning

Barnstaple (UK), September 2009 - Following strong growth in its digital learning business, Bray Leino BroadSkill has appointed Kerry Pascall in the new role of head of digital learning. In her new role, Kerry will work with Bray Leino's account directors to deliver cost-effective learning solutions for clients. » MORE