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Case Study: How HP Rolled Out Its Virtual Lab for Global Customer Training
Hewlett-Packard wanted to take advantage of an opportunity to meet the growing needs of many customers for virtual technology training. It had to quickly launch a program that would build effective, remotely delivered courses with experiential learning built in while changing as little as possible in existing ILT courseware. HP...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Training, American Society For Training & Development, E-learning, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
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Canada'ss BC Hydro Ties Learning to Performance
Two years into the adoption of a blended learning solution to train its field personnel, Vancouver-based electric utility BC Hydro is already recognized as a best practice operation. Hearing that brings a chuckle to Olivier Schittecatte, the company's manager of training and development for field services. One reason for the...
Tags: Performance, BC Hydro, Training, American Society For Training & Development, Workforce Management, Human Resources
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Rapid E-Learning Approach Helps Malvern Instruments Reduce Time to Market From Weeks to Days
Malvern Instruments is a leading supplier of instrumentation systems that apply advanced technologies for the accurate characterization of particles and bulk material's physical properties. Recognizing the need for a simple, effective way to deliver critical product information - and free up experts and reduce costs - Malvern turned to Brainshark,...
Tags: Web-based Training, E-learning, American Society For Training & Development, Malvern Instruments, Brainshark, Computer-Based Training (CBT)
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Case Study: 'Walter' Makes E-learning a Breeze
This case study describes how Canon USA worked with competing suppliers to create a user-friendly e-learning program for its sales force. Walter is a personable fellow and modest, too. Officially, Walter is a "LearningAgent," a training mascot who walks and talks users through courseware via streaming technology. The concept was...
Tags: Canon Inc., American Society For Training & Development, Walter, E-learning, Enterprise Software, Software
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Why I hate Amazon reviews
What Do You ExpectI can blame it on the state of the American school system. Or I can blame it on American society. I can also point out that a substantial proportion of Americans don't believe in evolution. The bottom line is, we are re
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., feedback, geekend, off-topic, robertmro, Satire
Discussion threads 2006-11-04
Bill Gates Addresses the American Society of Newspaper Editors
Speaking at the annual convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Seattle, Washington, Bill Gates discussed innovation and highlighted features of Windows Vista and the next version of Microsoft Office. As part of the keynote, The New York Times unveiled a prototype of a new application built with...
Tags: New York Times Co., Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Leadership, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management
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Training Skills Development at Tesco
Tesco was founded in 1924. Over the past 79 years the company has grown and developed as the retailing market has changed. In the early summer of 2002 a team from Tesco Academy carried out a comprehensive review of existing policy in relation to training skills development. A decision was...
Tags: Tesco, Training, Workforce Management, Human Resources
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Do other countries have hyphenated citizens?
I have been seeing this for a long time now, and it always amazes me the things people will do or say to separate themselves from the whole.Here in the US, we have African-American, Chinese-American, Irish-American, German-American, Armenian-Americ
Tags: ethnicity, nationality, off-topic, race, jdclyde, culture, identity, jd-quick (formerly clyde)
Discussion threads 2006-10-10
Printek Case Study: American Airlines
Printek's PrintMaster 850 was recently approved for use throughout American Airlines Maintenance group by E.D.S. / Sabre. Extensive tests were performed by the Platform Development Group on the PM850 and PM850 w/Ethernet. After two months of testing, the PrintMaster 850 was given the green light, and is now the preferred...
Tags: American Airlines, Printek, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals
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ASTD site offers specialized resources for training professionals
Check out this community-based site that's dedicated to training and professional development.In the endless quest for information that will keep you up-to-date on the technology you teach—and the technology of teaching—it’s always nice to locate a Web site that shares your focus. The American Society for Training and Development ASTD...
Tags: Workforce management, E-learning, Jody Gilbert, training, ASTD, distance learning
Technical articles 1999-07-29
Coventry Building Society Opts for Legato NetWorker
Coventry Building Society is the fifth largest building society in the United Kingdom. Coventry Building Society began to look for the best possible back up, storage and recovery operation that could move them forward and maintain its competitive advantage. It conducted a product evaluation of four different software packages. As...
Tags: Legato, Access Control, Coventry Building Society, Storage, Hardware
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Encourage professional growth with this development plan template
This simple template can serve as a tool for promoting the professional development of your employees by outlining their developmental objectives and defining specific measures to achieve them. Professional growth involves collaboration between you and your employees. You're responsible for providing training and development opportunities--but they're responsible...
Tags: Employee, Training, Professional Growth, Workforce Management, Professional Development, Human Resources, Career
Tools & templates 2005-08-01
American History Lux (exe)
American History Lux is a strategy game that takes you through the wars that have shaped American history. It includes the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, the Mexican-American War, the US Civil War, 3 separate World War theaters, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Iraq War....
Tags: History, American History Lux, Strategy, Management
Software downloads 2006-04-28
Building Society IT Department Reduces Development Time by Up to 30 Per Cent With New Application Platform
Scarborough Building Society's mainframe environment was restricting business growth. IT managers wanted to migrate business-critical applications onto a new platform, but didn't want to rewrite or rebuild them. They decided to transfer these applications onto the Microsoft .NET Framework. As a result of the migration to Microsoft, the IT team...
Tags: Society, Information Technology, Environment, Microsoft Corp., Mainframes, Strategy, Servers, Hardware, Management
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American History Lux (dmg)
American History Lux is a strategy game that takes you through the wars that have shaped American history. It includes the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, the Mexican-American War, the US Civil War, 3 separate World War theaters, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Iraq War....
Tags: History, American History Lux, Strategy, Management
Software downloads 2006-11-28
SumTotal Systems Helps U.S. Cellular Improve Customer Value
At U.S. Cellular, employee training is a top priority. However, U.S. Cellular's frequent product introductions, nationwide sales force and classroom-focused training and development programs have made it difficult to deliver training in a cost-effective and timely manner. Although U.S. Cellular wanted to continue utilizing Instructor-Led Training ILT in certain situations,...
Tags: SumTotal Systems, U.S. Cellular, Training, Workforce Management, Human Resources
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Training Design Skills Keep English Rugby Refs on the Ball
Andy Melrose is a Referee Development Officer at the Rugby Football Union. He is passionate about the game and the contribution that well-trained referees make to the health of the game and to the safety of players. From the outset Melrose recognised that it would be essential to win over...
Tags: Training, Andy Melrose, Workforce Management, Human Resources
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American Culture (widget)
American Culture allows you to view issues and topics that immigrants and Americans need answers to. American Culture shows the available links which you can click to go to that article on the Web site. By default American Culture will reload every ten minutes. Setting interval preference to zero turns...
Tags: American Culture, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing
Software downloads 2007-06-27
IT Career Development Schemes Praised
Scotland's West Dunbartonshire Council and consulting firm Deloitte have both won British Computer Society BCS Professional Development Awards. The Awards were created with the aim of recognising, encouraging and supporting best practice within employers' career development programmes. The BCS chief executive believes that such initiatives are vital to improving the...
Tags: Career Development, Information Technology, Training, Professional Development, Workforce Management, Career, Human Resources
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How SAP Training Skills Development Workshop Takes Trainers to New Heights at British Airways
As part of a comprehensive SAP implementation called EWS for the airline's engineering function, SAP and British Airways are working in partnership to develop and deliver bespoke training materials to 7,500 users world-wide. The SAP Training Skills Development workshop was a key element in the education strategy, enabling 50 British...
Tags: British Airways Plc., SAP AG, Training, Workforce Management, Human Resources
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