AMA and Corpedia Announce New E-Learning Partnership; Will share and develop new management training content under AMA-Corpedia brand.

Business/Technology Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 2000

The American Management Association (AMA) and Corpedia LLC today announced that they have teamed-up to offer online learning opportunities to senior executives, managers and their teams, as well as the more than 220,000 corporate and individual members of AMA. AMA and Corpedia will offer co-branded and co-developed courses in areas ranging from general management and sales to business etiquette. The partnership leverages AMA's management content and experience and Corpedia's innovative technology.

AMA and Corpedia will utilize AMA's curriculum of management development seminars to co-develop more than 100 online courses. In the coming months, they will release twenty-five general management and professional effectiveness courses.

Through the AMA-Corpedia co-brand, existing AMA members and customers will also enjoy access to a broad range of current Corpedia offerings. Written by Corpedia's exclusive and internationally recognized faculty, these include Drucker on Management, a ten course, e-learning series created by world-renowned management consultant and educator Dr. Peter F. Drucker. In addition to its existing sales, management, and legal compliance courses, Corpedia is in the process of developing forty more courses written by such respected authorities as The W. Edwards Deming Institute and Tom Hopkins.

"Through our partnership with Corpedia, AMA now offers high quality, online learning at home and at work," said Bob Fraulo, senior vice president of AMA's Corporate Learning Services division. "Online learning offers our corporate customers great opportunities for delivering consistent, just-in-time training to large groups of employees. Through this partnership AMA will maintain its leadership in global management development education."

The AMA-Corpedia offerings enable users to learn anytime, anywhere. The only requirement is a computer with Internet access. The audio and graphics rich e-learning courses average 20-45 minutes in length, and are self-paced and highly interactive.

Corpedia's CEO Alex Brigham said, "AMA's strong reputation and expertise as a management training organization will add value to our expanding Internet knowledge library and introduce our products to a large, new audience."

About Corpedia

As a privately held, corporate e-learning company based in Phoenix, Arizona, Corpedia develops sound and animation rich, Internet delivered business management and compliance courses. Corpedia's elite e-learning faculty is the most distinguished on the Web and includes such partners as Dr. Peter F. Drucker, the W. Edwards Deming Institute and, now, the American Management Association.

About AMA

AMA offers a full range of business education and management development programs for individuals and organizations throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. Through a variety of seminars, conferences, assessments, customized learning solutions, publications, and online resources, AMA members and customers learn superior business skills and best management practices from a faculty of experienced business practitioners.

To learn more about the Corpedia courses available to AMAmembers and customers, call toll-free: [phone]. To view a demo of Drucker on Management, visit ama.corpedia.com.