Themen

COSHH eLearning

New Course Released by EssentialSkillz

Milton Keynes (UK), December 2012 - EssentialSkillz has launched a newly updated and enhanced version of its popular COSHH eLearning course. EssentialSkillz is a leading provider of online safety training and risk-assessment software and has added the newly updated course to their comprehensive range of eLearning solutions. According to EssentialSkillz, the COSHH eLearning course uses rich graphics and interactions to engage employees and ensure the important information contained in the course is retained. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

Overpaid and/or over-hyped

London (UK), December 2012 - (by Bob Little) The BBC has announced that Forbes magazine has named Eddie Murphy as 2012's most overpaid actor. Murphy's recent box office flops 'Imagine That', 'A Thousand Words' and 'Meet Dave' mean that for every $1 (62p) he was paid for his last three films, they took an average of $2.30 (£1.40) at the box office. » MORE

Enabling Project

Robert Bosch on the Way to Enterprise 2.0

Stuttgart (GER), December 2012 - Robert Bosch GmbH has launched a new worldwide project that will transform it into an Enterprise 2.0 company. This change is being implemented by using social- business methods internally as well as externally. For this purpose, Robert Bosch GmbH purchased IBM Connect as its social-business software. » MORE

Perseverance Is Required

Online Communities: From Motivation to the Fan Club Stage

Lauenburg (GER), December 2012 - Silke Schippmann is one of Germany's most experienced community managers. She laid the cornerstone of her experience in Community Management of the business portal XING, and via the review portal Qype.com she came to the Internet veteran who-knows-was.de, a subsidiary of the TV channel Pro7 Sat.1. In 2012 she started their own agency, called DialogArtists. On 30 January 2013 at 5:30 pm, she will present a technical panorama in the didactic section of the LEARNTEC Congress. » MORE

Laughter helps

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained: the NWD Success Story

Muenster (GER), December 2012 - Heike Setzkamp is director of NWD Systems, a division of the NWD Group - specialists in the wholesale dental field. She is also head of the firm's virtual academy. On 31 January 2013 in the didactic section at the LEARNTEC Conference, she will talk about the ups and downs in the introduction of eLearning at the NWD Group. Her focus will be on bold, cool ideas for a new training strategy. » MORE

Deutsche Telekom

Increasing Safety Awareness via eLearning

Bonn (GER), December 2012 - In order to ensure information security in business, the "human factor" enters ever more frequently into the spotlight. The keywords are security awareness and competence. With scientific support, Deutsche Telekom has developed a management process and it implemented throughout the Group. Its goal is the continuous improvement of the security awareness and competence of all the firm's employees worldwide. At LEARNTEC on 31 January 2013 at 2:30, Joseph Paulik will report on performance measurement of the Telekom's eLearning activities in the area of information and data security. » MORE

To Go for Growth

New Office Launch of eComScotland

Dunfermline (UK), November 2012 - eCom staff accompanied by clients have celebrated the company's new office launch at Dickson Street. Clive Shepherd, a well-known learning technologist, was the guest speaker for the afternoon and provided thought-provoking insight into the future of learning and collaboration. » MORE

Auction

Interactive Telemedicine Communication System for Sale

San Francisco, CA (US), November 2012 - ICAP Patent Brokerage has announced an auction for a telemedicine consultation system from Medcom Technology Associates, Inc. This interactive, remote medical-services solution covers consultation components including patient identification, communication, and payment. This lot will be included in the seventeenth ICAP Ocean Tomo IP Auction on 29 November 2012, at The Ritz Carlton in San Francisco, CA. » MORE

Partnership

Cegos Opens up to the Brazilian Market

Paris (F), November 2012 - Cegos has continued its international expansion by concluding a new distribution partnership for its range of off-the-shelf eLearning solutions. The contract signed with Affero, one of South America's biggest blended-learning organisations, gives Cegos a foothold in the Brazilian market. » MORE

Multisided

Mpro Mobile Apps Increase Efficiency of Care

Kent (UK), November 2012 - A new breed of mobile healthcare apps for nursing and self-care of patients with chronic conditions promises to improve efficiency, patient safety, and disease management. mpro is used to schedule home visits by community nurses and allows nurses to report a range of patient checks and treatment via mobile devices, reducing form filling and giving managers and clinicians a complete view of nurse activity and patient information. » MORE