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BESI Heads to Tampa, Florida for Its 3rd Conference for Certification of Defective Drywall Inspectors & Remediators
The institute, with the help of a workgroup called Defective Drywall in America (DDIA), has developed a cost effective protocol that helps homeowners, insurance companies, investors, financial institutes, and builders. “The institute and its members have an ongoing commitment to helping those who have been devastated by this crisis,” said Jones. - January 16, 2010 - Building Envelope Science Institute
Coaching Attention Deficit Disorder and the Need to Understand Human Development
Host Jeff Copper interviews Dr. Alan Graham on the topic of human development to gain his insight on the need to understand the difference between normal and abnormal behavior and its role in coaching those with attention deficit disorder (ADD). - January 15, 2010 - DIG Coaching Practice LLC
Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale Holds Open House & Hands-On Workshops on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Curious about the culinary arts, fixated on fashion, mulling over the media arts, or inching towards interior design? If yes to any of the above then an education from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale might be exactly the education to pursue. - January 15, 2010 - The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
Web Courseworks and Clark Aldrich Chosen to Develop World Anti-Doping Agency’s Play True Generation Game
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) selected the Web Courseworks (WCW) team and simulation designer Clark Aldrich to design and develop a computer-based game for young athletes to learn about anti-doping. Following an open bid for tenders, WADA awarded WCW the development project. Web Courseworks,... - January 14, 2010 - Web Courseworks
Bradley/Lambert, Inc. Gives Back to the Multiple Sclerosis Community
Bradley/Lambert, Inc. expanded their pro bono services, making significant contributions to the Southern California Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Bradley/Lambert, Inc. (BLI), an organizational performance and consulting firm, has provided custom-designed training on... - January 13, 2010 - Bradley Lambert
CPLP Knowledge Exam Prep Online Facilitated Course from the Owl's Ledge CPLP Mastery Series Starts January 2010
Trish Uhl, a Certified Professional in Learning & Performance (CPLP), a Training Magazine Top Young Trainer award recipient, and the founder & CEO of Owl's Ledge LLC collaborates with other CPLPs to launch the CPLP Mastery Series. The CPLP Mastery Series focuses on helping working learning & performance professionals to be successful in the CPLP credentialing process. - January 12, 2010 - Owl's Ledge LLC
Acuity Institute Launches New Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Training Program
Acuity Institute, one of the industry’s most acclaimed Lean Six Sigma training and certification providers, is pleased to announce the release of an interactive, results-focused online Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training course. This course has been designed to teach Lean Six Sigma... - January 10, 2010 - Acuity Institute
Salt Lake City Sales Training Company Offers Free Workshop
The Business Performance Group (BPG), a Salt Lake City, Utah based sales training and consulting company, is holding a public workshop on February 10, 2010. It is free for those who pre-register by February 5th. After February 5th the cost is $99. The focus of the workshop is “Achieving Your Personal Best” with topics such as goal setting, time management, and how to bring balance back to your life. - January 08, 2010 - The Business Performance Group
A Day of Inspiration and Motivation: Advocis’ The Time is Now
The Time is Now is not only the name of the event hosted by Advocis, The Financial Advisors Association of Canada, but it is also the rallying cry to energize and inspire financial services practitioners for the year ahead. Held in Toronto on January 15, 2010, more than 700 financial advisors and... - January 08, 2010 - Advocis, The Financial Advisors Association of Canada
Dig This® Announces Franchise Opportunities
Distinctive heavy equipment play arena business model now available to entrepreneurs - January 08, 2010 - Dig This
Leadership Expert, Hillary Feder Joins Business Expert Webinars
Business Expert Webinars (BEW), the leading provider of business eLearning, announced that leadership expert, Hillary Feder has joined their speaker portfolio. “A company’s most valued asset is its people. Currently billions of dollars are lost due to disengaged employees. You need... - January 07, 2010 - Business Expert Webinars
Building Envelope Science Institute's Development of Certified Protocols: from Conception to Certification
The Building Envelope Science Institute has taken steps to create a remediation process that works and is both comprehensive and cost effective. The “BESI System” pulled resources from top analytical scientists, chemists, toxicologists, a major university, consultants in the environmental field and twelve business sectors that were considered in the development and analysis. - January 07, 2010 - Building Envelope Science Institute
Strategy Praxis™ Institute Launches Strategy Blog
The Strategy Praxis™ Institute has launched a strategy blog at http://strategypraxis.blogspot.com/ where the Institute will be posting informative short articles on a variety of topics related to strategy and geared especially for entrepreneurs and business professionals. - January 07, 2010 - Strategy Praxis Institute
Bellwether Services Takes Proactive Steps to Improve Air, Water Quality
Bellwether Services, an award winning and globally recognized advisory firm has been selected to a forward thinking Environmental and Sustainability Program. The Partnership Program for a Sustainable Georgia is committed to help encourage companies achieve environment excellence. - January 06, 2010 - Bellwether Services
Andrew Laurie is the Newest Business Coach for ActionCOACH
Andrew Laurie was in the process of setting up his own business when he found out about ActionCOACH. - January 06, 2010 - ActionCOACH
Upside Learning a Finalist for the 2009 Red Herring Global 100 Award
After winning a Red Herring 100 Asia Award in 2008, Upside Learning has been selected as a finalist for the 2009 Red Herring Global 100 Award. - January 06, 2010 - Upside Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Upside Learning Announces Reseller Program for UpsideLMS
Upside Learning, a recognized leader in training outsourcing announced today the launch of its Reseller program for UpsideLMS, the company’s popular learning management system, and related services. Upside Learning invites independent organizations and individual professionals to the program. With this program, Upside Learning aims to expand its reach to markets and customers in need of reliable eLearning solutions by offering UpsideLMS and services to customers through its partners. - January 04, 2010 - Upside Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Upside Learning Enables 7 More Training Companies to Grow Business with Online Training
In last 4 months, 7 training companies subscribed to UpsideLMS to deliver their training online. This reflects the growing popularity of UpsideLMS and also indicates that training companies are looking for capable partners, like Upside Learning, to support them in their online training business initiative. - January 04, 2010 - Upside Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Sales Relationship Expert, Jerry Acuff Joins Business Expert Webinars
Business Expert Webinars (BEW), the leading provider of business eLearning, announced that sales relationship expert, Jerry Acuff has joined their speaker portfolio. “The most powerful tool in the sales person's arsenal is relationship building. Yet, few have mastered the use of this tool as... - January 04, 2010 - Business Expert Webinars
Unitek Education Announces Stratos Learning, a New Cloud-Computing Division
Unitek Education, a leader in high-tech computer training, announced their new cloud-computing division, Stratos Learning. This new division provides various training opportunities for those who seek education on cloud computing. Classes are currently offered at the Fremont California location and... - January 04, 2010 - Cloud Computing Training Courses at StratosLearning.com
UT Southwestern Medical Center to Incorporate PMI Certification Training for Its Medical Office Professionals in 2010
Practice Management Institute® (PMI) and UT Southwestern Medical Center today announced the debut of a new certification track for medical office professionals at the Dallas campus. Enrollment will begin next week with new classes opening up over the next several months. UT Southwestern, one... - January 01, 2010 - Practice Management Institute
Ombassa Inspires Returns to USA Bringing Relief from Grief
UK based communications company re-enters a new headspace as they move their headquarters back to Atlanta, GA. Ombassa Inspires, a subsidiary of Life Conversations, sets up a flagship in the personal growth community after five years of absence from the USA and leaving a huge following in the United Kingdom. - December 31, 2009 - Ombassa Inspires
U.S. Green Building Council Approves 11 New RedVector Online Courses
Thirty-four additional course hours bring RedVector’s USGBC-approved total to 95 hours of green building and design online education RedVector, the company that offers the most complete line of online LEED exam preparation products in the marketplace, has just received the U.S. Green... - December 31, 2009 - RedVector
Bellwether Services Presents Business Solution - H.B. 2454, American Clean Energy and Senate Environmental Bill - Green Supply Chain Measurement Guide
John Wilkerson, a Supply Chain, Strategic Sourcing Executive and Sustainability, Environmental Champion, has authored the First Edition of the Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) Professional Development Series, the North American Sourcing Manager's Green Supply Chain Measurement Guide and Green Lexicon. The 2nd Edition of the GSCM Series, Carbon Footprint Reduction: A Comprehensive Strategy for the Food & Beverage Industry is scheduled for release in late 2009. - December 30, 2009 - Bellwether Services
Classroom Investing Simulations Reinforce Inaccurate Concepts for Students. Jetlag Learning Combats Problem with Dynamic, Online Simulation, simCEO.
Teachers have created a new investing and entrepreneurial simulation to overcome misconceptions in popular investing simulations. Played entirely online, SimCEO allows students to 1) Create companies (business plans), 2) Research each others' companies, and 3) Buy/Sell shares of stock which immediately influence prices. SimCEO is getting strong teacher reviews for its ability to energize students and apply classroom skills in a meaningful and authentic way. - December 29, 2009 - Jetlag Learning
Bookkeeping Made Simple
Boogles (an award-winning bookkeeping company) has created a business picture book series called “Boogles and the busy manager” whereby Boogles meets different business people and helps them with various aspects of their business. The books feature mumpreneurs, self employed consultants and partners in business. - December 29, 2009 - Boogles Ltd
Global Debt Systems Releases Debt Settlement eBook
A free eBook introducing a comprehensive professional training program updated with the timeliest information, prepared in the most useful way. - December 25, 2009 - Global Debt Systems
Mars Venus Coaching Expands Arizona Team
Mars Venus Coaching recently expanded the Arizona coaching team with the addition of Andrew and Laura Zaplitny. - December 25, 2009 - Mars Venus Coaching
A Blue Christmas: PsychTests Offers a Free Depression Test to Help Sufferers During the Holidays
PsychTests, the online testing professionals, offer their Depression Test for free (go to http://testyourself.psychtests.com/testid/2087) until January 31, 2010, anticipating an upsurge of sadness and grief during the holiday season. - December 25, 2009 - PsychTests AIM Inc.
Zavitz to Take the Helm of Advocis' 2010 Board of Directors
The members of Advocis, The Financial Advisors Association of Canada, have elected a new slate of directors for their board for 2010 at their annual general meeting held in Toronto on November 30. And leading the organization will be Terry Zavitz, B.Mus.A, CFP, CLU, RHU, EPC, GBA, who will take on... - December 24, 2009 - Advocis, The Financial Advisors Association of Canada
Student Volunteers Give Rehabilitation Center Patients New Holiday Looks
Students from the barbering program at Atlanta Technical College (ATC) provided complimentary holiday grooming services to patients at the Crestview Rehabilitation Center. - December 24, 2009 - Atlanta Technical College
Precast Concrete RFID Temperature Monitoring and Control Solution Implemented
This article concerns the successful Ramp RFID implementation of a process temperature monitoring and control solution for construction company Fulton Hogan’s precast facility in Victoria - December 23, 2009 - Ramp RFID Solutions
Fuentek President Laura A. Schoppe Led Webinar on Protecting Commercial Value of Projects
Fuentek, LLC (www.fuentek.com) has announced that President Laura A. Schoppe led a webinar for the Conrad Foundation’s Spirit of Innovation Awards on Dec. 1. Schoppe used her experience in intellectual property and technology management to offer expert advice to high school students looking... - December 23, 2009 - Fuentek, LLC
Lorna Phillipson Promoted to CEO at Leadership and Corporate Governance Think Tank, Stewart Forbes
Stewart Forbes, Inc. announces the appointment of Lorna Phillipson as Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Phillipson joined Stewart Forbes as their Chief Financial Officer in 2006. Ms. Phillipson has worked for over twenty global organizations headquartered in seven different countries. Her industry experience includes software and technology companies, private equity and investment banking. She attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Templeton College at Oxford University. - December 23, 2009 - Stewart Forbes Inc
Upside Learning Declared Winner in the Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2009 Program
Upside Learning ranked as one of the 500 Fastest Growing Technology Company on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2009. - December 23, 2009 - Upside Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Real Value Houses LLC Proudly Presents the New Website to Teach Realtors the Art and Science of Internet Marketing and Social Networking
AgentNetBlog.com created by the team of experts, has opened its doors to teach realtors the intricacies of becoming successful using Online Marketing and Social Networking and how to leverage Internet technology in order to obtain new clients. - December 21, 2009 - Real Value Houses LLC
Community Business College Expands and Upgrades Language Learning Programs
New languages of Tagalog, Vietnamese, Turkish and Latin are added to the Community Business College online language training program. The learning management system has also been upgraded with more reports and gift certificates are also now available for those who want to “Give the gift of language.” - December 21, 2009 - Community Business College
Miami-Based Business Advisors MgtAction Now Are Authorized Providers of Excellence Audit™
Winning in the future depends on companies creating the conditions where their talent is impassioned to deliver on brand promise. With Tom Peters Company’s Excellence Audit™ analysis instrument, MgtAction helps organizations achieve this. - December 20, 2009 - MgtAction LLC
ActionCOACH is an AllBusiness.com All Star
ActionCOACH was named an All Star Franchise and the Top Coaching Franchise for 2010 by AllBusiness.com. - December 19, 2009 - ActionCOACH
RedVector Achieves Milestone as 45th Private University Launches
RedVector’s initiative to provide a comprehensive online training and education solution to corporations in the design and construction industry is wrapping up its first full year with ongoing success and the launch of its 45th private online university. - December 19, 2009 - RedVector
Free Seminar on 3D Animation and TV Production at Alliance Training and Solutions - Lahore, Pakistan
Mr. Aamir Baig will deliver the seminar on 21st December 2009 at 5:00 PM - December 18, 2009 - Alliance Training and Solution
Virtual Presentation Expert, Roger Courville Joins Business Expert Webinars
Business Expert Webinars (BEW), the leading provider of business eLearning, announced that virtual presentation expert, Roger Courville has joined their speaker portfolio. “The economy has brought about recognition of the benefits of delivering presentations through webinars. Yet, the... - December 18, 2009 - Business Expert Webinars
Mobile Marketing Expert, Kelly McIvor Joins Business Expert Webinars
Business Expert Webinars (BEW), the leading provider of business eLearning, announced that mobile marketing expert, Kelly McIvor has joined their speaker portfolio. “The success of the iPhone, and other cell phone technologies, has created a unique, powerful B2C marketing opportunity. While... - December 18, 2009 - Business Expert Webinars
Donovan & Watkins Partners with IASeminars to Offer Training Courses on IFRS
Donovan & Watkins, a subsidiary of Willis Group Companies, is pleased to announce their collaboration with IASeminars, a leading global provider of training courses on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), in order to offer CPA consultants and other financial professionals a... - December 17, 2009 - IASeminars Ltd
Free Office 2010 & Exchange Server 2010 Sneak Peek Announced for January 14, 2010
MLT/Instructing Technologies will host two sneak peek seminars on January 13 for Office 2010 & Exchange Server 2010 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. - December 17, 2009 - MLT/Instructing Technologies
Mars Venus Coaching Expands to China
Shanghai, China is among the list of international cities where Mars Venus Coaching has opened an office as part of its ongoing expansion. - December 16, 2009 - Mars Venus Coaching
ActionCOACH Takes Top Honors
ActionCOACH was ranked No. 1 in Entrepreneur’s 2010 Franchise 500 Business Coaching category, the company’s seventh consecutive year at No. 1. - December 16, 2009 - ActionCOACH
Fuentek Names New Technology Transfer Consultant
Laura A. Schoppe, president of Fuentek, LLC (www.fuentek.com), has announced that Debora Good has joined Fuentek as a technology transfer consultant. In this position, Good studies new technologies, identifies those with promise and then contacts applicable companies to determine commercial... - December 16, 2009 - Fuentek, LLC
Oxford Scholar and Former BYU All-American, Dr. Timothy R. Clark, Releases New Book —"The Leadership Test: Will You Pass?"
Leadership authority, Dr. Timothy R. Clark, has released a short, engaging narrative on leadership that synthesizes his experience with leaders around the world. “The Leadership Test stopped me dead in my tracks. In a word, it is brilliant,” said Britt Berrett, CEO of Medical City Dallas Hospital. - December 15, 2009 - TRCLARK LLC
eXample Consulting Group Launches Strategy and Analytics Training Programs in the Indian Market
eXample Consulting Group's Strategy programs aim to build competencies in Strategic Planning, Implementation, Performance management while Analytics program helps develop Business and Predictive data analysis capabilities. - December 15, 2009 - eXample Consulting Group