SyberWorks LMS e-Learning Implementation Podcast Discusses Leadership, Employment, and Job Search Training for the Chilkoot Indian Association of Alaska

Waltham, MA, April 08, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Dave Boggs, CEO of SyberWorks, states, “This podcast is a fascinating look at an organization’s reaction to their need for leadership training and succession planning. In this episode, Mary Kay Lofurno, Marketing Director of SyberWorks, interviews Robert Whitcomb, Director of Human Resources for Alaska’s Chilkoot Indian Association, about their use of the SyberWorks Learning Management System to track and manage job skills training, tribe leadership training, and employment training. The podcast also describes how the Chilkoot Indian Tribe plans to use e-Learning to preserve and pass down their culture to their young people.”

SyberWorks LMS e-Learning Implementation Podcast Series, Episode #25: “Interview with Robert Whitcomb of Chilkoot Indian Association.” http://www.syberworks.com/audio/chilkoot.mp3 is located in the SyberWorks Online Media Center at http://www.syberworks.com/success_podcast.htm in the ‘About Us’ section of the SyberWorks web site. The transcript is located at http://www.syberworks.com/sspodcastCHILKOOT_transcript.htm.

About the Chilkoot Indian Association

The constitution and by-laws of the Chilkoot Indian Association Tribal government were ratified on December 5th, 1941. A seven-member IRA Tribal Council represents the Association, which has a current membership of 485 Alaskan Natives and American Indians. The Tribal Council is recognized by the federal government as the official Tribal governing body for the predominately Tlingit Natives of Haines, Alaska. (Membership is open to all Alaskan Natives and American Indians who are permanent residents of Haines).

Today, the Tribe has a two-million-dollar annual budget and employs 12 full-time office staff. The Tribe has developed all the departments required for its government, including: Housing and Transportation, Culture and History, Economic Development, Human Resources and Organizational Development, Accounting and Finance, and Administration. (http://chilkoot-nsn.gov/)

About The SyberWorks LMS e-Learning Implementation Podcast Series

The SyberWorks LMS e-Learning Implementation Podcast Series looks at actual Learning Management System (LMS) implementations and e-Learning program rollouts. Developed for busy training and e-Learning professionals, the series explores how corporations, governments, and non-profit organizations are using online training to improve performance, instruct employees, increase customer acquisition and retention, and more.

About SyberWorks

SyberWorks, Inc. (http://www.syberworks.com) is a leader in the custom e-Learning Solutions and Learning Management System industries for Fortune 1000 corporations, higher education, and other organizations. Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company serves the multi-billion-dollar e-Learning market. Since 1995, SyberWorks has developed and delivered unique and economical solutions to create, manage, measure, and improve e-Learning programs at companies and organizations in the United States, Canada, Europe, and other countries.

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