Learn.com Names New Vice President of Client Success…from Learn.com

April 15, 2009

 

HRchitect includes Learn.com in our list of top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider.

 

Learn.com, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that Bill D’Amico, former Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Services at Pathlore Software (acquired by SumTotal Systems in 2005), has been named the companies new Vice President of Client Success.

 

In his new role, Bill D’Amico will assume the oversight of the Account Management and Client Support divisions at Learn.com. Mr. D’Amico has over 25 years of experience in the technology space with an emphasis on client success.

D’Amico worked for a number of technology companies including Pathlore Software, Novell Software Corporation, and Computer Associates.

 

“I am very excited to be a part of the Learn.com team. My passion revolves around client success and I know this is in line with Learn.com’s vision, mission and goals,” said Bill D’Amico, Vice President of Client Success at Learn.com.

 

“As Learn.com continues our growth trajectory we wanted to be sure we had a seasoned professional to shape the client lifecycle and to monitor and ensure client success. We are confident Bill has the passion, leadership, the skill set and the deep experience to allow our clients to leverage the Learn.com product, peer network, collective wisdom and best practices to their economic and business benefit. This demonstrable success will allow our clients to unequivocally demonstrate that their training and HR functions are the most critical functions that ensure their organization’s long term success and competitive advantage,” said JW Ray Chief Operating Officer at Learn.com.

 

For more information on Learn.com, please visit www.learn.com

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Sales Performance International and Learn.com partner to deliver a complete sales training solution to the market…from Learn.com

April 11, 2009

 

Learn.com, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that the company has signed a bi-directional partnership agreement with Sales Performance International (SPI).

 

HRchitect includes Learn.com in our list of top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider.

 

The partnership certifies Learn.com is a reseller of SPI products and services and names SPI a preferred referral partner of the company’s award-winning learning and talent management suite, the LearnCenter Platform. 

 

“We are very enthused about our new partnership with Learn.com. The joint partnership will benefit the market greatly by providing a comprehensive sales training solution for the first time. This seamlessly integrated solution will not only ensure that online sales training is monitored and tracked but that blended learning, career development, collaboration, document repositories and performance management are all managed through one complete suite, scalable for any organization,” said Keith Eades, Chief Operating Officer and Founder of SPI.

 

“The partnership combines two storied organizations that offer best in class technology and services, said JW Ray, Chief Operating Officer at Learn.com.  Studies show that proactive, regular and consistent sales training increases sales. We want to be sure our clients have the tools needed to be a competitive powerhouse.”

 

For more information on Learn.com, please visit www.learn.com. For more information on Sales Performance International, please visit www.spisales.com

 

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Learn.com Honors 2009 Global User Conference Award Winners…from Learn.com

April 10, 2009

 

HRchitect includes Learn.com in our list of top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider.

 

Learn.com, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, has announced the 2009 Empowerment Award recipients.  The awards were presented at the company’s Fourth Annual Global User Conference entitled “Empowerment 2009″ held March 16-18, 2009 at the Ritz Carlton Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 

 

Winning clients include, KeyBank, a subsidiary of KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY), Newell Rubbermaid (NYSE: NWL), Jackson Hewitt (NYSE: JTX), Amedisys (Nasdaq: AMED), Extra Space Storage (NYSE: EXR), The United States Department of Commerce, The National Archives and Records Administration, CUNA Mutual Group, Intuit (Nasdaq: INTU), State Street Global Advisors ( NYSE: STT), The National FFA Organization, The College Board, National Association of Critical Care Nurses, Cash America, Classic Residence by Hyatt, and FM Global.

 

The Empowerment awards ceremony recognized clients who have achieved excellence in ten categories including Highest Course Completions, Best LearnCenter Marketing Campaign, Best Design Using the LearnCenter course editor, Best LearnCenter Dashboards, Administrator of the Year, Best LearnCenter Website, Best Use of Skills & Competencies, Best use of Performance Management, and Best External Usage of the LearnCenter.

 

“Year after year, our clients’ career and LearnCenter achievements make the awards selection process a very difficult one. Just as the LearnCenter platform has developed into the world’s leading learning and talent management suite, so has many of our clients’ capabilities to expand its functionality. We are honored to recognize the individuals and organizations that help elevate their companies’ organizational development initiatives as they share their innovations with our other clients,” said Don Cook, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Learn.com.

 

For more information on Learn.com, please visit www.learn.com


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Learn.com announces free online education and structured job development programs to help the nation’s transitioning workforce…from Learn.com

February 20, 2009

 

HRchitect includes Learn.com in our list of top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider.

 

Learn.com, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that  the company plans to launch the Learn.com Personal Edition in April 2009 which will offer free web-based training and education to help individuals acquire new skills needed for the transforming economy. The Learn.com Personal Edition (LPE) will greatly prepare the displaced workforce affected by the downturn in the world economy to improve their hirability and competitive advantage.

 

Users of the Learn.com Personal Edition will be able to select any desired job profile and take essential training in order to acquire the skills needed to achieve a Learn.com SkillScore for that job.  Users may also create their own content for publication and revenue sharing. The Learn.com SkillScore tracking will allow individuals to be business-ready for these new jobs and will provide employers with comfort in knowing these top Learn.com SkillScore candidates do not need the typical three to six months of job on-boarding to acquire the required skills to be an exemplary performer.

 

Throughout the month of March, the first 500,000 registrants on Learn.com’s new Personal Edition Website, found at www.learn.com/personal will receive a premium 90-day pass providing them with access to more than 1,000 courses, multiple job profiles and the ability for them to create their own courses for re-sale. Topics for these courses include medical and financial training, accounting, college courses, sales skills, Microsoft Office & Windows courses and other general business skills and certifications.

 

“Learn.com grew up on the web providing individuals one central location to learn, teach and meet. This new Personal Edition is a culmination of a decade’s work and will be the world’s largest source of formal and informal education and training, in a self paced and structured format,” said Jim Riley, Chief Executive Officer at Learn.com. “This site will allow individuals to search the top job profiles in the United States, visually see the required skill sets, and immediately begin to take the training mapped to those skill sets. Furthermore, this site will enable any subject matter expert in the world to create and publish a course, lesson, or knowledge object of any kind to the user generated content library within the site and allow that author to share in revenue generated by their content. The Learn.com Personal Edition is truly – the smartest place on the web.”

 

Individuals interested in taking advantage of this free offer can register at www.learn.com/personal.  This offer is only valid for the first 500,000 registrants.

 

Over the last decade, Learn.com has sold millions of interactive training CD-ROMs and online courses through its retail sales channel, consumer and business websites to train employees at companies of all sizes, including Fortune 500 firms and federal, state, and local governments. Learn.com offers more than 1,000 online courses designed to empower its subscribers with critical personal, business, and life skills needed to attain success in today’s competitive marketplace, where now more than ever, knowledge is power.

 

For more information on Learn.com, please visit www.learn.com

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Bartlett Cocke General Contractors Uses on-Demand Learning Software…from Learn.com

February 17, 2009

 

Bartlett Cocke General Contractors uses on-demand learning software to improve efficiency of employee training

 

HRchitect includes Learn.com in our list of top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider.

 

Learn.com, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that Bartlett Cocke General Contractors, one of the largest building contractors in the state of Texas, is streamlining the training of its employees by implementing an award-winning learning management system (LMS).

 

Bartlett Cocke General Contractors, with headquarters in San Antonio, TX, is utilizing the on-demand capabilities of the LearnCenter platform from Learn.com to provide flexible training options to its employees. Employees throughout the state of Texas will have access to web-based training courses and will have the ability to self-manage their individual training plans.

 

Bartlett Cocke General Contractors will also use the LearnCenter platform to create industry specific courses for its employees. Quality training is a high priority to Bartlett Cocke General Contractors, who was recently selected as a Best Places to Work award recipient by the San Antonio Business Journal.

 

“Our desire is for all our employees to be the most well trained individuals in the industry,” said Debbie Stallings, Training Manager at Bartlett Cocke General Contractors. “We anticipate that the LearnCenter platform will make this a reality.”

 

For more information on Learn.com, please visit www.learn.com

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Learn.com Announces the MyProfile Module for the LearnCenter Platform – Pioneering Pull Learning Technology …from Learn.com

January 18, 2009

 

HRchitect featured Learn.com in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider.

 

Learn.com, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that the company has released the much anticipated MyProfile module for the LearnCenter Platform.  This new module introduces true Pull Learning Technology (PLT) to the industry for the first time.

 

Learn.com’s MyProfile, featuring Pull Learning Technology (PLT), is the way of the future for organizational development. PLT is the converse of the more traditional learning method known as “push” or “assigned” learning.  The MyProfile module for the LearnCenter platform and soon to be released WebPad platform has pioneered Pull Learning Technology, thus putting the power of self-development and learning into the hands of the individual employee for the first time ever.

 

Using the MyProfile module for the LearnCenter platform, end users are now able to:

 

  • Compare their current skill set against the skill set needed for another job profile within the organization, quickly isolating gaps and areas of improvement. This will give the individual the ability to perform career planning by researching their own readiness for open positions or rate themselves on career development objectives.
  • View a graphical representation of skills gaps that would need to be filled before an individual would be qualified for a particular job or role.
  • Requests a job profile from their manager with one-click to allow the LearnCenter platform to assign skills, development plans, competencies, courses and assessments needed to be an exemplary performer for a particular job role or job profile.
  • Create bench strength by allowing the users to begin elevating their skill sets in jobs they are most interested in advancing in allowing the end users to proactively build organizational bench strength.
  • Import requested job profiles into a current development plan. Any employee can pick the job or career of their dreams and develop themselves for their future role within the company! The NEW job profile will automatically add the NEW development plan and mapped to the existing job profile of the employee including the courseware or other training associated with it. Everything the employee needs to prepare themselves for the future job will be delivered at their fingertips.
  • Find Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and allow end users to query the organization’s job profile bank to find the absolute exemplary performers and their key traits and begin collaboration across the enterprise.
  • Provide end users and managers visibility as to what is clearly expected of employees in their current role and ones they aspire to.

 

For more information on Learn.com, please visit www.learn.com

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Learn.com LearnCenter Voted the World’s Best LMS by the 50,000 Readers of ELearning! Magazine For A 2nd Straight Year …from Learn.com

January 14, 2009

 

HRchitect featured Learn.com in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider.

 

Learn.com, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that the readers of ELearning! Magazine have named the company’s LearnCenter platform the world’s best Learning Management System (LMS) for the second year in a row.  Learn.com defeated Outstart, Meridian and Blackboard to win the leadership position.

 

What voters said about the LearnCenter platform according to Elearning! Magazine:

 

  • “Versatile, flexible, and easiest to implement at fixed cost.”
  • “Authoring, testing, ILT, VILT, WBT, performance all in one solution, one low price.”
  • “Has greatly improved the time we get new hires onboard, train them, standardize business processes and promote a corporate culture that believes in rewarding strong achievers.”

 

The magazine’s readers and professionals from hundreds of organizations nominated and cast ballots via Elearning! Magazine’s Web site for the best e-learning solutions providers across 13 product categories.  Learn.com was nominated in an industry high, six categories, tripling the number of its closest competitor.

 

“The Best of Elearning! Awards program is the only readers’ choice awards in the market,” said Catherine Upton, Group Publisher of Elearning! Magazine. “Recognition of this type is increasingly important as more companies deploy e-learning initiatives to impact business and improve efficiencies.”

 

Elearning! Magazine voters nominated Learn.com for “Best Of” honors in the following categories:

 

  • Best LMS
  • Best On-Demand LMS
  • Best IT Content
  • Best Leadership Content
  • Best Soft Skills Content
  • Best Compliance Content

 

For more information on Learn.com, please visit www.learn.com

 
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Learn.com Announces an Employer Stimulus Package…from Learn.com

January 13, 2009

 

Learn.com to guarantee the ROI on new clients’ LearnCenter platform investment

 

HRchitect featured Learn.com in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider.

 

Learn.com, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that the company has deployed an Employer Stimulus Package as an incentive program for the company’s LearnCenter platform prospects.  Under the terms of the Employer Stimulus Package, Learn.com will guarantee a hard dollar return on their clients’ LearnCenter platform investment within the first year of service or the new client will receive their next year of the LearnCenter platform service from Learn.com for free*.  Learn.com is the first and only company in the industry to guarantee an ROI on their products.

 

*Terms and conditions apply.  To learn more please email ROI@learn.com.

 

For more information on Learn.com, please visit www.learn.com

 
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Learn.com Announces Record Breaking 2008 Fiscal Year For Revenue and Profitability as the Company Enters its 10th Year of Service to Clients…from Learn.com

January 9, 2009

 

HRchitect featured Learn.com in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider.

 

Learn.com, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, recently announced that the company’s financial performance shattered several records in 2008.  Learn.com not only turned in another record year in revenue, but the fourth quarter was its best ever, and most importantly, December 2008 was the best sales booking month in the company’s history with more than 50% annual growth.  Learn.com was able to achieve this impressive growth while still maintaining positive net income and cash flow. This strong financial performance underscores the value Learn.com brings to its clients and validates Learn.com’s peerless Software as a Service (SaaS) business model.

 

During the year, Learn.com further expanded its unique partnership with ADP whereby ADP customers can seamlessly integrate the Learn.com LearnCenter Platform with the ADP HRB system and other ADP products.  The company also enhanced and solidified its relationships with ElementK, The Matchett Group, SkillSoft, Vivid Learning and other content providers.

 

New relationships were forged with Kronos, Wolters Kluwer, Get Abstract and many others. These relationships further demonstrate that the LearnCenter platform visibly improves business results and prepares organizations for the competitive landscape. Learn.com has become the go-to partner of choice for some of the world’s largest providers of workforce productivity solutions. These well planned partnerships allow Learn.com to penetrate new channels as well as provide Learn.com clients a one-stop-shop for pre-hire to retire®, with unmatched value, depth of functionality and ease of use.

Other 2008 Accomplishments

 

For more information on Learn.com, please visit www.learn.com

 

 
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Duckwall-Alco Stores To Increase Employee Productivity By Implementing On Demand Software to Train Workforce…from Learn.com

January 7, 2009

 

HRchitect featured Learn.com in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider.

 

Learn.com, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that Duckwall Stores, Inc., a leading value-priced merchandiser, is overhauling the way it trains thousands of its employees through the use of an award-winning learning management system.

 

Duckwall will utilize the LearnCenter platform from Learn.com to automate its training practices and improve operations in more than 250 stores across the United States. The mass retailer will begin implementation of the new system in two phases, starting first with its store managers. Assistant managers will receive mandatory training courses on demand, while current managers will receive refresher courses as needed.

 

In phase two, Duckwall will use the LearnCenter platform for its support center, its distribution center, and to train the company’s remaining 3,500 store associates. The software will also allow Duckwall to create job skill analyses and skills tests, which can be used to promote employees within the company.

 

For more information on Learn.com, please visit www.learn.com

 
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