Themen

Health Issues

Red Cross Offering Pandemic Preparedness Course Online

Statesville, NC (USA), May 2009 - As reports of cases of swine flu continue to grow, many people in the US are taking measures to ensure they are protected. The American Red Cross Greater Carolinas Chapter is offering online courses in Pandemic Preparedness. » MORE

Housing Sector

Tenant Training eLearning Partnership Breaks New Ground

Ilkley (UK), May 2009 - The Housing e-Academy, part of online training provider Virtual College, is driving forward the adoption of eLearning within the UK housing sector and is celebrating the success of a flagship tenant training pilot project in Lancashire. » MORE

New Vice President

OutStart Appoints Matthias Schulz for European Sales

Boston, MA (USA)/ Berlin (GER), May 2009 - OutStart Inc. has promoted Matthias Schulz to vice president of European Sales, a newly created position. In addition to leading European Sales, Mr. Schulz will continue as the managing director of Berlin-based OutStart GmbH. » MORE

Travel Safety

Edvantage Group Cooperates with Planet Wise

Brighton (UK), May 2009 - Edvantage group, an eLearning company and managed- learning service provider, has been awarded the contract to provide travel-safety experts Planet Wise with four bespoke eLearning modules focussing on UK travel safety, international travel safety, data security, and car safety. » MORE

Resource Management

Swiss Hospital Chooses IMC AG's LIVECONTEXT

Saarbrücken (GER)/Wallisellen (CH), May 2009 - The Swiss Hospital Bruderholz (KSB) is to take advantage of the benefits provided by LIVECONTEXT for its future delivery and resource management. IMC AG's "Electronic Performance Support System" will be implemented for the production and administration of patient schedules. » MORE

Training Investments

Major Funding for eLearning in Australia

Brisbane (AU), April 2009 - More than 145 projects have been awarded a share of $5.3 million to develop innovative eLearning training solutions in all states and territories in 2009 and $1,070,000 has been awarded to develop six new Flexible Learning Toolboxes that will support the delivery of nationally endorsed training packages in critical industries. » MORE

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