Bersin & Associates Announces Call for Applications for 2006 Learning Leaders Program; Program Website Goes Live; Organizations of All Types and Sizes Invited to Participate.OAKLAND Oakland, city (1990 pop. 372,242), seat of Alameda co., W Calif., on the eastern side of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1852. Together with San Francisco and San Jose, the city comprises the fourth largest metropolitan area in the United States. , Calif. -- Bersin & Associates, the only research and advisory firm solely focused on enterprise learning and its organizational impact, today announced the call for applications for the Bersin & Associates Learning Leaders Learning Leaders (previously the New York City School Volunteer Program) is a New York City nonprofit organization that organizes volunteers to provide tutoring and mentoring for public school children. Program 2006, the learning industry's first research-driven recognition program. Organizations interested in applying may go to http://www.bersin.com/leaders for information and to download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. applications. The deadline for application submission is August 31, 2006. Based on detailed criteria compiled over years of research, the Bersin & Associates Learning Leaders Program will recognize 15 organizations which have developed and implemented effective and efficient approaches to employee learning and development resulting in significant business improvement. Organizations may apply in one or more of the following five categories: (1) operational program excellence, (2) leadership program excellence, (3) initiative excellence, (4) technology excellence and (5) organizational management excellence. Each category will have three divisions based on organization size: global enterprise, enterprise, and mid-market. A leader will be selected in each division. "In our many years of research and consulting work, we've we've Contraction of we have. we've have seen countless examples of outstanding learning leadership from all types of organizations," said Josh JOSH Joshua JOSH Job Scheduling Hierarchically Bersin, president of Bersin & Associates. "We're very excited to formalize a program that will recognize excellence and share these case studies and best practices with the broad corporate training community. I'd encourage any organization with a learning success story to visit the web site and see what the program is all about," he added. The 15 winning organizations and their learning programs will be highlighted in a feature story appearing in the March 2007 issue of Elearning! magazine, the media partner for the Bersin & Associates Learning Leaders Program. In addition, Bersin & Associates will develop a comprehensive report on best practices, findings, and observations collected during the evaluation process. All applicants will receive a complimentary copy. Other program-related activities include a series of follow-on public webinars featuring specific training topic areas and leaders. "External recognition is always important for building ongoing support for learning in your organization," said Frank Anderson Frank Anderson may refer to:
"This awards program honors high performers and provides a roadmap for others to achieve a higher level of performance," said Catherine Upton, publisher of Elearning! Magazine. "For the first time, an awards program is being developed with real performance matrices and benchmarking criterion. We're honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. to serve as the media partner for this program." About Bersin & Associates Bersin & Associates is the only research and advisory firm solely focused on corporate-learning with a comprehensive research program targeted to the needs of learning professionals and executives. In 2001, Bersin & Associates introduced the What Works series, primary research that offers learning practitioners factual and practical insight that can improve program effectiveness and results, reduce costs, and avoid time-consuming and costly mistakes. The company specializes in six research areas: planning and strategy, blended learning Blended Learning is the combination of multiple approaches to learning. Blended learning can be accomplished through the use of 'blended' virtual and physical resources. A typical example of this would be a combination of technology-based materials and face-to-face sessions used , content development, learning management systems and infrastructure, measurement and analytics, and talent management. The company develops industry-leading research studies and provides advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal to corporations and learning vendors. For more information, go to www.bersin.com or call (561) 939-6345. About Elearning! Elearning! Magazine, e-zine, Elearning! e-news, Elearning! Alert, Elearning! Virtual Trade Show and web site are produced by B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business Media Company, a privately held trade publishing and electronic media company. Elearning! brands are produced by B2B Media Company's trade publishing unit. The custom publishing division offers complete turnkey See turnkey system. third party publishing, production, and fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. services. To learn more, visit www.elearning.b2bmediaco.com. |
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