Advanstar's e-learning Group Enlists Industry Visionary Brandon Hall to Direct Conference, Magazine, Web Content.Business & Technology Editors SANTA ANA Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2000 Advanstar Communications' Technology Communities Group announced today a comprehensive editorial alliance with one of the world's leading e-learning experts, Brandon Hall. Dr. Hall has committed his unique expertise on e-learning issues and technology to enhance the editorial quality of the recently launched magazine e-learning, as well as annual e-learning conferences, and a new e-learning community web site. "Advanstar's e-learning media group is well positioned to provide the e-learning and distance learning communities with high quality information and media resources," said Hall. "This group has demonstrated an intense awareness of the benefits of e-learning technology to users in business, academia and government. I look forward to working closely with them as they help define the e-learning industry in the future." "We are fortunate to be working with a visionary with the reputation and experience that Brandon Hall brings to our media properties," said Advanstar Group Show Director Joseph Flynn. "Brandon's insight into the needs of our customers, subscribers and event attendees will significantly help us service our market." "We feel strongly that our magazine's editorial content will be strengthened as a result of our new relationship with Brandon Hall," said Group Publisher Keith Gallagher Keith Gallagher is an Irish footballer who plays in the League of Ireland. Career Gallagher is a goalkeeper who made his first team debut for Bohemians on June 23 2006 in a 2-0 defeat to Sligo Rovers. It was his only appearance that season for Bohs. . "As special editorial advisor, Brandon will bring his one-of-a-kind perspective on major issues facing training managers and university administrators as they embrace e-learning in their organizations." Hall, who will remain an independent industry commentator through his own organization, brandon-hall.com, will contribute to Advanstar's e-learning Forum at the TeleCon 2000 Conference & Expo, being held December 6-8, 2000 at the Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim Convention Center is a major convention center in Anaheim, California. It is located across from the Disneyland Resort on Katella Avenue. Much of the Anaheim Convention Center has been renovated in recent years with state-of-the-art facilities. . TeleCon 2000 is the world's leading event for enterprise collaboration and distributed learning Distributed Learning means a method of instruction that relies primarily on indirect communication between students and teachers, including internet or other electronic-based delivery, teleconferencing or correspondence; (British Columbia, School Act, 2006). . Hall will also play a significant role in directing the content for the e-learning Conference & Expo, the world's leading event for end-to-end solutions on distributed learning, co-sponsored by the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Distance Learning Association. The e-learning Conference & Expo will take place at the Washington, DC Convention Center April 19-21, 2001. Hall will also help direct editorial content for e-learning magazine, which focuses exclusively on web-based training and distributed learning. e-learning magazine is a quarterly publication, and will be published monthly beginning in 2001. For more information on TeleCon 2000 Conference & Expo, e-learning Conference & Expo and e-learning magazine, please visit http://www.teleconexpos.com. About Brandon Hall Brandon Hall, Ph.D., a leading expert in the e-learning industry, is author of the Web-based Training Cookbook (programming) cookbook - (From amateur electronics and radio) A book of small code segments that the reader can use to do various magic things in programs. One current example is the "PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook" by Adobe Systems, Inc (Addison-Wesley, ISBN . His widely-cited research reports include Return on Investment and Multimedia Training, Integrated Learning Systems Integrated learning systems are hardware/software solutions designed to deliver instructional content. The effective delivery of that content is measured, monitored, and maintained with an array of assessment and management tools that may also be part of that system. , and The Cost of e-Learning Packaged Courses. Dr. Hall has worked extensively in corporate training for over 20 years, and has consulted with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., or simply Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is one of the world's largest global investment banks. Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869, and is headquartered in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City at 85 Broad Street. , Kraft/General Foods, Motorola, Kodak, General Electric, the US Army and others. As an internationally recognized researcher and speaker on e-learning, he has been interviewed by Fortune, The New York Times, The New York Times, The Morning daily newspaper, long the U.S. newspaper of record. From its establishment in 1851 it has aimed to avoid sensationalism and to appeal to cultured, intellectual readers. Wall Street Journal, Business Week, InfoWorld, and has appeared on television in the US and Canada. About Advanstar Technology Communities Advanstar Technology Communities, a business unit of Advanstar Communications Inc., is a world-leading technology media group with 33 publications and 36 major events in ten countries on four continents. 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