Addressing Man's ‘Grand Challenges'
With the support of NASA, Google and a broad range of technology thought leaders and entrepreneurs, a new university will launch in Silicon Valley this summer with the goal of preparing the next generation of leaders to address "humanity's grand challenges."...

New Research Finds Lack of Readiness
TalentWatch, Bersin & Associates' quarterly analysis of key trends in corporate talent management and training, reveals a startling lack of confidence in the ability of first-line managers, sales representatives...

Collaborative Leverage in E-Learning
With many large businesses becoming decentralized over the last decade, the ability to collaborate across time and space is even more critical...

Deals

SUCCESSFACTORS
SUCCESSFACTORS, a supplier of on-demand performance and talent-management solutions, integrates with SkillSoft, a SaaS provider of e-learning and performance support   solutions...

TECHSMITH CORP.
TECHSMITH CORP., a provider of screen-capture and recording solutions, will supply Camtasia Relay to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) for campus-wide lecture capture solution...

CERTIPORT
CERTIPORT has inked an agreement with Element K to deliver E-Learning for Microsoft Office and Windows Vista certification to its network of more than 12,000 centers in 135 countries worldwide...

CONTENT: Wolters Kluwer Financial Services and Learn.com Partner for Compliance Training
Learn.com and Wolters Kluwer Financial Services has integrated regulatory compliance training courses for financial institutions into Learn.com's LearnCenter®     platform  ...

WEB 2.0: Composica Introduces Social E-learning Authoring and Social Learning in Version 4.0
Composica 4.0 has merged its authoring capabilities with social media to create true e-learning 2.0 courses...

CONTENT: IBM "Serious Game" Provides No Cost Training to Tackle Global Business Challenges
IBM announced INNOV8 v.2, a new version of its "serious game" that helps students and professionals hone their business and technology skills in a compelling, familiar video game format...

Ken Blanchard & Colleagues to Speak on Leadership in Government

With budgets tightening and staff reductions, more organizations are leveraging learning technologies to keep pace with training and development needs. Over the next few weeks, Elearning! Magazine will survey hundreds of organizations to identify the drivers of enterprise learning, which strategies, programs and tools they have in place (or plan to put in place) to address the growing needs of employee development.

The findings from this study will be published July 1st in Elearning! Magazine's Annual Fact Book. All who participate in this 15-minute online study can receive a complimentary copy of the complete report soon after publication. In addition, Elearning! will make a donation to E-learning for Kids, in your name.

Thank You for taking part in this important research.