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London (UK), November 2017 - New research published by The Ludic Group has found that the changing nature of workforces and the growing need for a flexible workplace are creating new challenges for communication, collaboration and engagement for businesses across the UK.  » MORE

Bracknell (UK), November 2017 — Saba, a provider of people-centric talent-management solutions, has announced the expansion of its strategic leadership team in the EMEA region, naming industry veterans to key posts. To accelerate regional go-to-market strategies and local market expansion, Saba has appointed Christian Foerg as General Manager EMEA Region.  » MORE

London (UK), November 2017 - Hundreds of thousands of UK businesses are in the dark about GDPR, with research finding that almost a third have never even heard of it. Learning provider Litmos Heroes has discovered that over 30% of UK businesses have done nothing to meet the new EU regulations, which come into force in May 2018. Worryingly, 10% aren't planning on doing anything about the regulation, despite the threat of fines of up to twenty million euros. » MORE

Cirencester (UK), November 2017 - With economic, technological, and social change creating a perfect storm for organisations and employees alike, 600+ HR leaders gave their views on the future of work to Fosway Group. Can HR's strategies hold the key to success in these turbulent times? » MORE

New York, NY (USA), November 2017 - BlueBottleBiz, the first collaborative learning platform for business professionals, has experienced a 50 percent increase in the number of business books and videos hosted in the platform's library so far in 2017. The library now features 50,000 assets, provided by 400 publishing partners. Content is available in six languages, including English, Spanish, German, French, Chinese, and Portuguese. » MORE

London (UK), November 2017 - An expert group of former education ministers and heads of government, including former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and former UK Secretary of State for Education Nicky Morgan, has written an open letter to G20 heads of government calling for international education aid to be enshrined in law to combat a global education crisis. » MORE

Reno, NV (USA) / Athens (GR), November 2017 - Learning-management system (LMS) producers and vendors can now promote their products and services via eLearning Industry's pay-per-click (PPC) platform. The recently launched platform, which allows the world’s 1,230 or so LMS vendors to advertise their products and services online, provides targeted pay-per-click (PPC) internet marketing.  » MORE

Oxfordshire (UK), November 2017 - Learning and development specialist Explosive Learning Solutions (ELS) is working with the NHS Improvement to deliver training to 400 people across England. The programme aims to provide these students with the skills to enable them to train their NHS colleagues in the operation and implementation of Demand and Capacity (D&C) models.  » MORE

Campbell CA, (USA), November 2017 - Clarity Consultants, a provider of corporate learning and development consultancy, has announced the development of a performance management program for a high-technology service provider client. Several years ago a large high-technology service provider for multinational corporations decided to completely refashion their approach to performance management. » MORE

Farmington, UT (USA), November 2017 - Pluralsight, an enterprise technology learning platform, has announced a new skills assessment and development suite that replaces traditional methods for assessing and benchmarking technology talent. The new suite, which includes Pluralsight IQ, advanced skills analytics, and advanced channels analytics, is designed to provide technology professionals and leaders with a fast, accurate, and affordable way to measure technology skills. The new suite uses machine learning and modern testing theory to significantly reduce the amount of time and cost usually dedicated to validating technology skills. » MORE

New York, NY (USA), November 2017 - What does it mean for a school to be “accessible”? How much effort does it take? What are the consequences if a school fails to do so? » MORE

Berlin (GER), November 2017 - This year’s OEB Global conference explores the future of digital education. Over 2,300 attendees from the worldwide academic, corporate, and public sectors are expected at this year’s OEB Global in Berlin, making it the largest international conference and exhibition focusing on educational and learning technologies. » MORE

Ilkley (UK), November 2017 - Virtual College, in collaboration with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECWMF), will be exhibiting and presenting at this year’s eLearning Network Annual Conference. The ELN CONNECT 2017 event, 07 November, marked the 30^th birthday of the eLearning Network, an organisation for learning professionals. » MORE

Berlin (GER), November 2017 - In the future, digital technologies will play a decisive role in the success of businesses in all sectors and will shape our society. But how can big data, blockchain, artificial intelligence, or virtual reality be applied today? What will the digital cities of the future look like; how will intelligent mobility change logistics and transport; and what will a fully digitalised financial or healthcare system look like? One hundred and thirty top-class speakers will answer these and the many more questions of digitisation at hub.berlin, 28 November.  » MORE

London (UK), November 2017 – Next generation learning solutions provider Fuse Universal have unveiled their plans for latest networking Soirée event, in collaboration with Towards Maturity, in November. Founder and CEO of Fuse Universal, Steve Dineen, invites learning professionals to attend an evening networking event with speakers from the Fuse team and Towards Maturity’s CEO, Laura Overton. » MORE

New York, NY (USA), November 2017 - ICELW 2018, the eleventh annual International Conference on eLearning in the Workplace, will be held at Columbia University in New York, 13-15 June 2018. The ICELW 2018 call for proposals is now open, and the deadline is 15 December 2017. » MORE