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SPI Italy Study Abroad Students Take Part in Historic Event in Siena
High school students participating on SPI’s Siena, Italy study abroad program get to experience a major event in Italian history and culture: Il Palio di Siena - January 25, 2014 - SPI Study Abroad
Tickets on Sale for JFCS 10th Annual Celebrity Chefs & Wine Tasting & Golf Challenge
JFCS the premier local safety net social service organization, has opened ticket sales for its 10th Annual Celebrity Chefs Food & Wine Tasting & Golf Challenge to be held Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at The Resort at Longboat Key Club. - January 25, 2014 - Jewish Family & Children's Service
American Students Join Efforts with Indigenous Costa Rican Tribe in New Tourism Website
North Carolina graduate students will launch http://www.tourterraba.com on January 28th to invite the global community to participate in touring Costa Rica’s Térraba community through tribe-guided cultural enrichment activities and a variety of accommodations. - January 25, 2014 - TourTerraba.com
Kaju AZ Hosts Free Self Defense Clinics for Public on Saturday, February 1st
Fact: Every 40 seconds in the United States, a child is reported missing or abducted, according to the Department of Justice. Kajukenbo AZ doesn’t want women and children of the the East Valley to be scared – they want them to be prepared to defend themselves! Each quarter, the school hosts its Self Defense classes for women and children at both the Mesa/Tempe and Gilbert locations at no charge. - January 24, 2014 - Kajukenbo Arizona
Call for Nominations Now Open for 2014 Blue Ribbon Award
Prevent Child Abuse-Sonoma County (PCA-SC) and the California Parenting Institute (CPI) announces a call for nominations for the 2014 Blue Ribbon Award. This award is given annually to exemplary individuals who have made a difference in the prevention of child abuse in Sonoma County. - January 24, 2014 - Child Parent Institute
Local Certified Chair Yoga Teacher, Tamera Nielsen, Pledges 10% of All Proceeds from Chair Yoga Classes in 2014 to KIDS Place
In an effort to raise awareness and funds for KIDS Place, Tamera Nielsen, year round resident of Franklin and the only Certified Chair Yoga Teacher in Western North Carolina pledges 10% of all 2014 chair yoga class proceeds to KIDS Place. - January 24, 2014 - Feel Well Yoga
Five Day Lecture Series by Nilita Vachani, SACAC, New Delhi
Documentary and the Representation of Reality would be held at SACAC from the 5th to 9th of February, 2014. - January 24, 2014 - Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts & Communication
Upside Learning Asks for Top Mobile Learning Challenges
Upside Learning is building a list of the top challenges of mobile learning knowledge by "crowdsourcing" contributions in the run up to Learning Technologies 2014. - January 24, 2014 - Upside Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
CommLab India Welcomes 2014 in Its New Office
CommLab India, a custom eLearning company, started the New Year by moving to a larger, spacious and newly renovated office to accommodate its expansion. - January 24, 2014 - CommLab India
MindMeister Releases Major Update of Mind Mapping App for Android
MindMeister, the market-leading web-based mind mapping and brainstorming solution, just released version 2.3 of its native Android app. - January 24, 2014 - MindMeister
CS Odessa Announces Winter Sports Solution to ConceptDraw Solution Park to Better Illustrate Winter Sports
New additions to Concept Draw PRO and ConceptDraw Solution Park extend vector libraries with Winter Sports addition to Sport Area. - January 24, 2014 - Computer System Odessa
87% of GMAT Cheat Sheet Users Report Increases in GMAT Scores of at Least 30 Points
The GMAT Cheat Sheet is a type of reviewer for the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) that summarizes the math formulas needed for the test in a way that allows its users to complete their reviews faster, easier and more effectively. In a telling survey, a huge majority of GMAT Cheat Sheet users reported that the system dramatically improved their GMAT scores. - January 24, 2014 - GMAT Cheat Sheet
Dental Practice Achieves Highest-Ever Volume of Collections in 2013
Neil Woods, DDS, Builds Multi-Million Dollar Practice with Consulting Program from Sterling - January 24, 2014 - Sterling
Free2Luv and Vin-T Bikini Create Custom Seattle Seahawks Bikinis to Benefit Bullying Prevention
Free2Luv, a nonprofit passionate about empowering youth, teams up with Vin-T Bikini to create custom Seattle Seahawks bikinis to benefit bullying prevention program. - January 24, 2014 - Free2Luv
Seminole Tribe of Florida - Native Learning Center is Awarded Training and Technical Assistance Funding from HUD
Seminole Tribe of Florida Native Learning Center (NLC) was named the only Tribe authorized to receive a cooperative agreement award from HUD. - January 24, 2014 - Native Learning Center
Girls Lacrosse Tournament Raises $10,000 for Girls Athletic League of Smithtown & The Maurer Foundation
The girls lacrosse tournament LAX for ME & the GALS, held October 27, 2013, raised a total of $10,000, benefiting both the breast cancer non-profit The Maurer Foundation and the girls lacrosse non-profit Girls Athletic League of Smithtown (G.A.L.S.). The two charities teamed up for the second... - January 24, 2014 - The Maurer Foundation
Percolate LMS Ranked #28 According to the 2014 State of the LMS Industry Report
Michaels & Associates received high honors this week for their Percolate LMS‒now globally recognized as one of the top learning management systems (LMSs) according to the 2014 State of the LMS Industry Report authored by Craig Weiss of E-Learning 24/7. Percolate, developed by Michaels & Associates and a strong newcomer to the industry, is ranked #28 in the report’s Top 50 LMSs. Percolate’s 90 second demo featured in the report can be viewed here: http://www.lmsdemos.com/video/78579408. - January 23, 2014 - Michaels & Associates
Harrow Bangkok Hosting Gala Concert Spectacular “Movie Under the Stars”
Gala Concert, 13th March 2014 - Harrow International School Bangkok - January 23, 2014 - Harrow International School Bangkok
UH Researcher Finds Anonymity Makes a Difference with Online Comments
Study Reports Most Anonymous Comments Online are Uncivil. - January 23, 2014 - University of Houston
Chef Tony Hanslits Selected as Winner of 2013 Healing Spirit Award
Local Culinary Institute’s Executive Chef Receives Honor from Cancer Support Community Central Indiana. - January 23, 2014 - The Chef's Academy
Vibetality Human Optimization Studio Open House & Grand Opening Celebration
Vibetality The area’s newest yoga, fitness, float tank and optimization studio, would like to invite you to a Grand Opening Open House Celebration to be held on Saturday January 25th. The new 2,600 square-foot studio offers a variety of convenient health and fitness options for the east... - January 23, 2014 - Vibetality
AIC Researchers Investigate Role of Collaborative Teaching
Interdisciplinary collaboration may play an important role in the education of future clinicians in the rapidly changing healthcare environment. That, according to researchers at American International College. The research was presented recently at the Annual Conference of the American Association... - January 23, 2014 - American International College
CM Group’s Next Generation Learning Management System Wins Worldwide Top 10 LMS Award
Mobile and eLearning solutions company CM Group has underlined its leadership in the field of innovative learning solutions by winning the prestigious “Top 10 in the World” award for its Luminosity Reach next generation Learning Management System (LMS). - January 23, 2014 - Agylia
Learning Light Supports PresentationTube by Making Open Content Available via the E-Learning Centre
Learning Light, which provides advice and help to organisations on how to use e-learning and learning technologies to improve their business performance, is making PresentationTube available via the The E-Learning Centre website. The E-learning Centre is an information resource about e-learning... - January 23, 2014 - Learning Light
New Age Training Offers Quality Education and Training to Compete in a Competitive Market
New Age Training is pleased to announce that an annual report from the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) certification exams shows that over 90 percent of New Age Training graduates in the Nurse Aide Advance Program and Medical Assistant Program pass their exams on the first attempt. New Age... - January 23, 2014 - New Age Training
Play Hard Playbook’s New Year, New You Series
The New Year, New You Series by Play Hard Playbook tackles the challenges in setting a resolution and really making permanent and real changes in your life. - January 23, 2014 - Play Hard Playbook
Introduction to Decision Making Released by BISCUE App in 7 Languages
Shubiki Corporation, Japan's leading business content provider, has released the courses entitled "Introduction to Decision Making" in 7 languages for its business skills application "BISCUE App." - January 22, 2014 - Shubiki Corporation
Klee Associates, Inc. Closes SAP Training Practice to Focus Exclusively on JD Edwards
Klee Associates, Inc., with a decade of experience training SAP project teams, super users, and end users, announced today that they are closing the doors on their SAP practice. - January 22, 2014 - Klee Associates, Inc
Career Step to Donate to the Sunshine Heroes Foundation and Mac’s Gift Children’s Cancer Foundation
Career Step is pleased to announce that it will be donating $2,000 each to the Sunshine Heroes Foundation and Mac’s Gift Children’s Cancer Foundation. - January 22, 2014 - Career Step
Planning to Learn a Language for the New Year? Lingos is Shaking Things Up Online
The new online language learning platform, Lingos, is transforming the way new language skills are learnt. Free to register, the site already has over 1000 teachers and 700 students and makes learning a new language straightforward, flexible and fast. - January 22, 2014 - Lingos
E-Learning Predictions for 2014 from Learnnovators, Chennai, India
Learnnovators, headquartered in Chennai (India), is a learning design and development company that creates innovative and engaging learning solutions. Since its inception in 2003 as C2 Workshop, it has successfully delivered and deployed over 5500 hours of learning content for clients across India, South Asia, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Europe and North America. - January 22, 2014 - Learnnovators
Social Sports Network Corp. Raises $400K for SportsBeat.com, Opens to Public for Beta Release
Social Sports Network Corporation, the Orange County, CA startup has announced beta release of SportsBeat.com is open to the public. The company closed a seed funding round of $400k to finalize the development of its sports team management platform, with $175k coming from the seed round and $225k... - January 21, 2014 - SportsBeat.com
Speaking Latino Creates a Booklet of Free Resources to Learn Spanish
Speaking Latino, a website dedicated to learning Spanish and Spanish slang, has created a booklet for people that want to learn Spanish and don’t know where to start. The booklet shares the best online tools to learn Spanish for free. The booklet called The Only 6 Tools You Need to Learn... - January 21, 2014 - Speaking Latino
SEDS Announces 2014 University Student Rocketry Challenge
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) is now accepting registration for teams in the fourth annual SEDS University Student Rocketry Challenge (USRC). This competition is open for participation at no cost to SEDS chapters and SEDS members. Universities not currently affiliated... - January 21, 2014 - Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, USA
Knowmedge Announces Publication of High-Yield Internal Medicine Board Review Pearls eBook in iTunes, Google Play, and Kindle Format
The Knowmedge High-Yield Internal Medicine Board Review Pearls eBook, geared towards individuals interested in Internal Medicine Certification, is now available in various digital formats. - January 21, 2014 - Knowmedge
Career Development Programs for Sales Professional
Advance Selling Skills Academy partnered with ISMM for fulfilling the aspirations of ambitious sales professionals. Institute of Sales & Marketing Management (ISMM) is the worldwide representative body for salespeople founded in 1911. - January 20, 2014 - Advance Selling Skills Academy
Free GCP Training Coming Soon
Pharma School – Zero Budget has started working on its first completely free training for the pharmaceutical and biotech industry. The premier course will cover the international ICH Good Clinical Practice guidelines and regulations. This brand new GCP training is scheduled to appear by the... - January 20, 2014 - Pharma Lessons
Parking Pin iPhone App Uses New M7 Chip to Automatically Find Where Your Car is Parked
Portland company, Everyday Odyssey, launches Parking Pin—an iPhone App that uses the newest M7 coprocessor to automatically find where you parked your car. While there are many parking apps on the App Store, Parking Pin solves the old “find my car” problem with fresh new iPhone technology. - January 19, 2014 - Everyday Odyssey LLC
Career Step ICD-10 Physician Education and Training Now Available
Career Step is now enrolling physicians in its ICD-10 Physician Education and Training programs, which provide physicians an overview of the coming ICD-10 changes and information on how documentation practices need to change for the new code set. - January 19, 2014 - CareerStep LLC
Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology Announces New President and CEO
Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology, a leading aviation education college for over 85 years, today announced the appointment of one of its Board members, Peter H. Harris, as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Harris will succeed Jeremy D. Gibson, who served in that role for... - January 18, 2014 - Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology
New Study by Sterling Consultants Reveals Top Areas of Stress for Optometric Practice Owners
Sterling President announces the results of an in-depth study of optometrists which reveals key areas of stress in managing their practices. - January 18, 2014 - Sterling
Campbell Law School Promotes Zeke Bridges to Assistant Dean of Administration
Law School Alumnus and Lundy-Fetterman School of Business Adjunct Faculty, Ulmer Zack “Zeke” Bridges, III, Promoted to Assistant Dean - January 18, 2014 - Campbell Law
N.A.M.E.-National Alliance of Male Executives Recognized by Male Professionals and Executives as a Unique Online Community
N.A.M.E. is a 21st century unique online community for male executives and professionals in all industries. N.A.M.E. offers a blend of business-oriented services and entertainment services in an all inclusive venue. Their online forum and personalized staff makes their clients’ lives easier... - January 17, 2014 - N.A.M.E.
Hutto ISD Students to Choose2Matter
Hutto students and staff will work with the team at Choose2Matter to develop an action plan to solve a societal problem that breaks their hearts. The goal is to create an authentic, social entrepreneurship learning experience for students, in which they learn skills relevant to the modern world. - January 17, 2014 - Choose2Matter
Torch Learning Management System Wins Gold - 2013 Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards in Technology
Torch Learning Management System (LMS) by Prometheus Development, a leader in workplace learning technology, won a coveted Brandon Hall Group gold award for excellence in the Best Advance in Learning Management Technology for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses category. Torch LMS’s win was... - January 17, 2014 - Prometheus Development, Inc.
Preschool Children Plant Tree for Tu B'Shvat
On Tuesday, January 13th students at Ganeinu – Early Childhood Development Center posted a very special certificate at their butterfly garden with great pride – certification from the North American Butterfly Association. Each week, students carefully tend to their garden which boasts... - January 17, 2014 - Ganeinu - Early Childhood Development Center
New Coach Reveals Fresh Insight for Losing Weight and Finding Happiness
The Six Natural Habits for Effective Weight Loss, the long-awaited diet and exercise program that everyone has been waiting for, has been currently updated and is available as of this January 2014 by industry leading publisher, Free-eBooks.net. - January 17, 2014 - RussNagamori.com
Trio of Jeans Days Raises Nearly $1,000 to Benefit New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome
Students and faculty from Mountain View Middle School in Mendham, East Greenwich Township Schools in Mickleton and South Plainfield Middle School took part in the effort. - January 17, 2014 - New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome
Yun Fitness Systems Enters 7th Year of Making Columbus Look Better Naked
2014 marks the beginning of Yun Strength & Fitness Systems’ seventh year helping Columbus residents - along with people everywhere - to get fit, reach their goals, and look better naked. - January 17, 2014 - Yun Strength & Fitness Systems LLC
CM Group to Provide Bespoke eLearning to the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
CM Group, a global leader in the field of innovative learning solutions comprising of interactive eLearning and mobile learning, today announced that it will create and deploy a bespoke eLearning programme for the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO). - January 17, 2014 - Agylia