ADVISORY/SmartForce Launches e-Learning Foundation; SmartForce to Announce Details of Bold e-Learning Scholarship Program.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for Friday (Feb. 25) --(BUSINESS WIRE) On Friday, Feb. 25, SmartForce (Nasdaq:SMTF SMTF Shuttle Mission Training Facility SMTF Symmetrix Multihost Transfer Facility Software SMTF Software Maintenance Test Facility SMTF Show Me The Funny (TV show) ), the e-Learning company, will provide details about its e-Learning Foundation scholarships at the Oakland Connects: Bridging the Digital Divide Conference. SmartForce CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Greg Priest will be joined by U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee Barbara Jean Lee (born July 16 1946), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1998, representing California's 9th congressional district (map) and is the first woman to represent that district. (D-Oakland), Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown For the whistleblower, see . Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. (born April 7, 1938), is the Attorney General for the state of California. Brown has had a lengthy political career spanning terms on the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees (1969-1971), as California , and other local leaders to describe the first in-kind scholarships offered under the multi-year, multi-country program designed to help close the Digital Divide. SmartForce, the leading Internet learning company, is the first to implement a program of this kind to address this critical social issue. "We must take bold action to share our nation's prosperity with all our people," said U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee. "It will take all of us, government and business, profit and non-profit, to train, develop and promote our communities. As Silicon Valley moves closer into Oakland's backyard, we must equip our community to respond to the increasing wave of high tech opportunities. Internet learning can and will play a large role in building a more productive and inclusive society."
WHAT: SmartForce e-Learning Foundation Scholarships
WHEN: Friday, Feb. 25, 2000
8:30 a.m.
WHERE: Oakland Connects: Bridging the Digital Divide Conference
First Unitarian Church
685 14th Street, corner of 14th and Castro
Oakland, Calif. 94612
About SmartForce SmartForce, the e-Learning company, formally CBT Systems (CBT Systems, Menlo Park, CA) An acknowledged leader in the design and development of interactive education software for information technology training. Specializing in self-study courses that users can take at their own PCs, CBT developed a library of more than 600 titles for , provides learning solutions based on e-Learning, a fundamentally faster and better way to learn that leverages the power of the Internet. With more than 2,000 major corporate customers, SmartForce offers enterprise e-Learning solutions for the critical training business process. The company has also created SmartForce.com, an e-Learning destination site focused on equipping individuals for career success in the Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. . SmartForce is quoted on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol "SMTF." The company, which has more than 1,300 employees worldwide, has corporate headquarters at 900 Chesapeake Drive, Redwood City Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif., 94603. Phone: 650/817-5900. Fax: 650/817-5061. Web site: www.smartforce.com. |
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