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Industry analyst David Wilson and executives from Barclays and Allied Irish Bank (AIB) shared insight into key trends and best practices for integrated talent management at Cornerstone OnDemand EMEA user group conference in London.

Trainer1, the vendor neutral e-learning specialist, has expanded its portfolio of technology delivered learning products with the addition of distributing Platte Canyon Multimedia (PCMM)’s products in the UK.

The latest edition of the Legal Commentary – a blog – on the town planning website, 'planningmatters.co.uk', lifts the lid on the debate on the current Planning Bill in the House of Lords.

Entire LTD 100 collection sells out on asos.com in only 2 minutes

Workstation-based just-in-time learning has just got faster and easier following revisions to design and content sign posting at online resource 'learningmatters.com'.

Social networking and collaboration, integrated learning and talent management, and training the extended enterprise are key trends in workforce technology, according to delegates at Convergence 2008.

Trainer1, one of the UK’s leading independent e-learning specialists, has added four ‘entry level’ one-day training courses to its portfolio of successful e-learning and instructional design (ID) related courses.

Instructional design (ID) specialist, Neil Lasher, is conducting a series of courses in ID techniques for the Open University (OU)’s editorial staff and design team, which includes people who are creating the OU’s e-learning materials.

SkillsTrain Project Africa is an initiative from the leading UK based ICT training company SkillsTrain. The Project aims to bring a UK classroom and UK teachers to children and young people from previously disadvantaged schools in South Africa.

Neil Lasher joins key figures from the world of learning technologies to speak at the Learning and Skills Group Conference, being held at London’s Olympia on 30th April.

Key strategy, content and sales management roles at April-launch business skills video producer Digital Training Videos (DTV) - www.DTVuk.com - have been made with the appointments of Sean Walsh and James Ralph.

Tata Interactive Systems will be showcasing its Electronic Performance Support Systems at Dynamic Contact Centre Solutions 2008, an International Quality and Productivity Centre (IQPC) event in Sydney, Australia (31st March to 2nd April).

Tata Interactive Systems and Dave Vance design ‘TOPSIM® – Learning Manager’, the first ever one-day training simulation for effective and efficient management of corporate learning.

Instructional design, along with the latest tools for providing fast on-the-job support are being showcased on Trainer1’s stand at this year’s HRD exhibition (15tto 18 April at the ExCel conference centre in London’s Docklands).

Instructional design specialist, Neil Lasher is running his International two-day Masterclass on a modern approach to instructional design again at the RBS Williams Formula 1 (F1) Conference Centre, in Grove, Oxfordshire, UK.

Senior corporate training professionals regard the variety of content, brevity of videos, clarity and simplicity of site design and overall interactivity as key compelling factors in online-distributed, video-based business skills training.

Cornerstone OnDemand has announced the availability of its Winter 2008 release - MyTeam – which provides one centralised, graphical view of all the talent activity in an organisation to empower the workforce.

The story of how employee recruitment and development aided the successful re-branding of London's St Pancras International as a quality leisure destination is showcased at HRD 2008 (April 15-18 2008, London ExCel) by Echelon Learning.

Web 2.0 innovative technology-enabled learning and development solutions from new provider Digital Training Videos (DTV) are being launched at this year’s HRD event in London, UK.

Report Buyer the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has added a new report called “Museums in the US - IBISWorld Industry Report”

The global learning provider, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), has established a presence in the North East of England with the appointment of Jayne D’Silva as an account director.

Torbay Children’s Services has commissioned the global learning provider, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), to develop an eLearning course in Integrated Working.

Mobile learning is a core feature of Echelon’s stand (number 85) at this month’s Learning Technologies exhibition and seminar (30th - 31st January 2008, at Olympia 2, London).

The global learning provider, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) (www.tatainteractive.com), has scored a ‘business hat trick’ in winning its three largest orders in quick succession.

‘No frills, just outstanding, world-renowned expertise’ is the theme of the Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) stand at the Learning Technologies 2008 exhibition, being held at London’s Olympia on 30th and 31st January 2008.

A game, developed for ICICI Bank in India by the global learning provider, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), has been shortlisted for an IITT award in the ‘E-learning Project of the Year’ category.

Global learning provider Tata Interactive Systems received the Readers’ Digest Pegasus CSR Gold Award, in the category ‘Contribution to Society – Imparting Education’, at a ceremony held in Mumbai, India, on 12th December.

The Institute of Direct Marketing (IDM) has commissioned Trainer1 to update e-learning materials relating to its professional qualifications programme - leading to both ‘diploma’ and ‘certificate’ level qualifications.

Trainer1 – one of the UK’s leading independent e-learning specialists and Britain’s premier Lectora distributor – is among the first in the UK to offer customers Lectora 2008, the latest version of the Lectora authoring tool from Trivantis.

Thanks to help from the global learning provider, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), more than 3,300 children with learning difficulties are now getting professional help and advice with their education.

Trainer1’s Neil Lasher has been appointed deputy chair of The eLearning Network (eLN), the UK's foremost professional association of users and developers of all forms of e-learning.

Training in the booming Indian retail sector was given a boost this week as Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) signed an agreement with British organisation, Skillsmart Retail, to offer a retail training scheme.

Free ebook from Webooks.co.uk offers information and advice for international students planning to study at UK universities. Users can access the full text of “A Guide to Studying and Living in Britain”, a step-by-step handbook for students.

The management simulation ‘TOPSIM’ not only proved popular at the Tata Interactive Learning Forums, held recently in Chicago and Boston, in the USA, but also demonstrated a way of making corporate learning both effective and efficient.

The Tata Interactive Learning Forums (TLFs), held recently in Chicago and Boston, in the USA, debated key issues in learning and learning technologies in the corporate and academic worlds.

The global learning provider, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), is bringing the basics of corporate e-learning to a wider audience by producing a series of 365 animated stories for the satellite television company Tata Sky.

The global learning provider, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), is expanding its presence in Scandinavia and the Benelux countries by opening a sales office in the Netherlands to service the learning market in Northern Europe.

Trainer1, one of the UK’s leading independent e-learning specialists, has upgraded its partnership agreement with Harbinger Knowledge Products (HKP), of Pune, India, the makers of the Raptivity rapid e-learning authoring tool.

Trainer1 has become the UK’s first e-learning specialist to become 'Vendor Neutral', supplying products from several competing manufacturers.

Trainer1, one of the UK’s leading independent e-learning specialists, has signed a partnership deal to become the first UK re-seller for the software simulation tool, Epiplex500.

Trainer1 is running a further Cracking e-learning workshop at the Radisson Edwardian HEATHROW Hotel, London, on 21st November. Further workshops will follow, in the USA.

Electronic performance support systems (EPSS) developed by Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), have already delivered several millions of dollars in savings for TIS clients.

Trainer1, one of the UK’s leading independent e-learning specialists, has won the contract to supply The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust with its e-learning infrastructure.

Echelon Learning’s online, interactive programme ‘Teaching Best Practice’ is being shown for the first time at October’s British Education Supplies Association’s seminar exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (BESA KL).

Echelon Learning’s stand (662) at December’s Online Information exhibition and conference contains learning materials in line with the UK Government’s ‘Pathway to Professions’ initiative.

Tata Interactive Systems has extended the range of its TOPSIM® workshops to address specific post-merger integration (PMI) issues.

Following the immense success of the Tata Interactive Learning Disability Forum (TLDF) last year, Tata Interactive Systems (http://www.tatainteractive.com) is hosting the second annual TLDF - a unique global symposium on learning disabilities (LD).

A record number of hospitality employees are downloading training in an online initiative by industry membership body, the Institute of Hospitality and learning provider, Echelon Publishing.

Tata Interactive Systems discusses the latest trends in training and education during the latest in its worldwide series of ‘Tata Interactive Learning Forums’ in Chicago (October 29) and in Boston (November 1).

Independent e-learning specialists Trainer1 have brought the concept of ‘take away’ pricing to learning with their à la carte and set menus for teaching the use of the popular e-learning authoring tool, Lectora.