TrainingPros Opens Ohio Office to Provide Outsourced Training Support

Aug. 23, 2010 - PRLog -- TrainingPros provides leading Fortune 1000 companies with highly qualified contract human performance professionals specializing in organization development, instructional design, eLearning development, training delivery and facilitation, technical writing and editing, project management, human resource development and change management consulting.

Alison Brown has joined TrainingPros as a Relationship Manager for the Columbus virtual office. Alison specializes in customized education, training and development strategies and coaching for individuals and organizations to improve performance, productivity and retention. She has worked with organizations of 500 to 50,000 employees in the areas of management skills, organizational development, leadership, time management, supervisory skills, customer service, conflict resolution, and team building.  Additionally, her role for several years focused client-centered technical training and system implementation.  Alison has developed more than 30 soft skills training programs for business and industry. She is a former instructor and curriculum designer for Capital University’s School of Management and is an online instructor at Central Ohio Technical College, teaching management and business courses.

Alison has been featured in three books on leadership and professional development with Dr. Stephen Covey, Dr. Warren Bennis, and former Secretary of State Alexander Haig. She has written several organizational development articles published by divisions of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the National Retail Federation.  Alison has been featured in several magazines and newspapers, including Ohio Libraries, Franklin University’s Alumni Magazine and Business First. In 2003, she was nominated for Ohio Business Person of the Year, a prestigious award that has been given since 1956. In that same year, she was nominated for Small Business Person of the Year, an award given by the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce. Alison is a graduate of the Business Executive Program at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. She has earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Franklin University and is completing a master’s degree in Labor Relations/Human Resources at The Ohio State University.

“I joined TrainingPros because I wanted to align myself with an organization that continuously works to live up to its brand of utilizing local talent.” Alison said. “In these budget-conscious times, clients appreciate not having to spend organizational and professional development dollars on travel-related expenses.”

TrainingPros also has Relationship Management teams in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas Fort-Worth, Jacksonville/Orlando/Tampa, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia and the Washington, DC/Northern Virginia/Baltimore area, with plans to continue growth into additional markets including Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Seattle.

Founded in 1997, TrainingPros focuses on developing deep, personal client relationships to become a valued business partner and trusted human performance advisor. “We frequently take part in our clients’ human performance strategy discussions,” says TrainingPros founder and President Steve Kapaun. “And because of our deep client relationships and extensive personal expertise as human performance consultants, we can place the right person in the right position the first time.”

“When you contact us, we won’t just send you a stack of résumés and hope that one of them meets your needs,” Kapaun continued. “We spend time understanding the problem you are trying to solve and submit a single candidate who will not only have the requisite skills and experience, but also the personality to work effectively with you, your team and your organization’s culture.”

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TrainingPros provides human performance professionals who specialize in organization development, instructional design, eLearning development, training & facilitation, technical writing, project management, human resource development & change management