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Themen

Business Cooperation

Kelly Services Deploys Talent-Management Suite

Santa Monica, CA (USA), April 2009 - Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. has announced that Kelly Services, a provider of workforce management services and human resources solutions, is deploying Cornerstone's integrated learning and talent-management software suite to nearly 659,000 employees worldwide, including temporary professional employees and full-time employees. » MORE

Generational Perspectives

Fostering Diversity: Leading Across the Ages

Boston, MA (USA), April 2009 - Harvard Business Publishing has released Leading Across the Ages: Reframing Generational Perspectives, an online course based on extensive research by Tamara Erickson, award-winning expert, author, and speaker on managing the generations in a changing workforce. European distributor for Learning Across the Ages is the Swiss Company bridge2think AG. » MORE

Contracts

The Latest on US Government Bids

Washington, DC (USA), April 2009 - Federal, state, and local governments spend over $2 trillion every year. GovCB.com helps businesses win government contracts and find potential teaming partners online. GovCB is a website providing government bid and award notices online and via email. » MORE

Teaming Up

ICWE and ELIG Join Forces to Lobby for eLearning

Berlin (GER)/Paris (FR), April 2009 - The Paris-based European Learning Industry Group (ELIG) and the German agency ICWE, which specialises in organizing events in education, training, and ICT, have announced that they will work closely together to foster and implement innovative learning technologies. » MORE

Letter from UK

'Little's Britain': Benefits of experience

London (UK), April 2009 - (by Bob Little)The recent eLearning Network meeting in London produced a valuable insight from Charles Jennings, recently retired as chief learning officer at Thomson Reuters and now heading up the Duntroon consultancy. Jennings revealed research results showing that the effectiveness of any learning depends primarily on what the learner's manager does before the learning intervention - such as stating what is expected of the learner and how the learner will be measured. » MORE

Business Cooperation

Echelon Enters Partnering Agreement with LSS

London/Hatfield (UK), April 2009 - Organisation-development consultancy Echelon has concluded a partnering arrangement with software developer and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Live Software Solutions (LSS). Under the terms of the partnering agreement, the companies will deliver a single client interface for systems development and implementation. » MORE

Employee Development

Ellerton and Echelon Support Scottish Borders Council

London/Edinburgh (UK), April 2009 - The Scottish Borders Council has subscribed to organisation development (OD) consultancy Echelon's online management learning resource. The employees will have 24/7 access to a learning resource that covers a wide range of subject areas, including leadership, communication, teamwork, finance, coaching, and customer relationships. » MORE

Stay Posted

New Official Fifty Lessons Blog

Burlington, MA (USA), April 2009 - Fifty Lessons has announced the launch of the Fifty Lessons Blog. It represents the next stage in the evolution of the monthly newsletter, Lessons' News, Tips, & Updates. » MORE

eDOCS and EMC

Unisys content partner of LearningGuide Solutions

Atterbury (UK) / Amsterdam (NL), April 2009 - LearningGuide Solutions has closed a partnership with Unisys. As a supplier of Electronic Content Management (ECM) systems, Unisys is content partner for the learning solution LearningGuide. Unisys will provide content in relation to Open Text eDOCS and EMC-Documentum. » MORE

Letter from UK

'Little's Britain': Rapid - vapid but valuable

London (UK), April 2009 - (by Bob Little) At the eLearning Network meeting, held in London, William Ward, formerly of Cable & Wireless but now an independent consultant, examined the rise of "rapid eLearning". Dating the rise of rapid eLearning to 2003 with the arrival of tools such as Qarbon, Breeze and ToolBook, Ward stated that these rapid application tools posed significant competition to the bespoke eLearning world. They had not only changed buying patterns within the industry but also ideas about why and where to use eLearning. » MORE