April 11 newsletterKINEO NEWSLETTER Contents this month:
>> Editor's note: Welcome to this Kineo Newsletter Royal Wedding special edition! We know our readers around the world look to us to keep them informed on all the latest gossip and insights on both learning and royal matters. We take our correspondent role seriously, and we’ve worked very hard to shoehorn a regal matrimony link into every item this month, including:
And for the honeymoon, why not come to Orlando, where we’ll be at ASTD from 22nd-25th May? It’ll be packed with Princesses (mainly Cinderella and Ariel, sure – but let’s not get picky). With top tips, market updates and more, it’s like your own e-learning street party. And who wouldn’t want one of those. Stephen ** DATES for your diary** Totara Webinar: 27th April 2pm UK, 2pm NZ, 3pm CST 2011 CPD Forum Conference: 12th May 2011, London ASTD 2011: May 23-25th, Orlando, FL Join the discussion and start your own: Elearning Professional Group on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=3724233 --------------------------------------------------- 1. Case study: ARAMARK: blended learning for the world’s most admired company ARAMARK is a leader in professional services, providing award-winning food services, facilities management, and uniform and career apparel to health care institutions, universities and school districts, stadiums and arenas, and businesses around the world. With 255,000 employees, and the title “World’s Most Admired Company” bestowed by Fortune Magazine, how do they maintain a world-class workforce? We’re happy to say that a blended approach from Kineo is part of the answer. Our new case study this month explores how we collaborated with the ARAMARK team to reduce time to competency and engage managers on a key interviewing skills programme.
2. Audio interview: making mobile learning work – view from Clark Quinn Mobile learning: Everyone’s talking about it now, but who was talking about it 10 years ago? Clark Quinn is who. We caught up with Clark to talk about realities of making mobile learning work in practice, and what effective design for mobile learning really means. Watch out for more on mobile learning in future newsletters. Listen in (on your phone, of course)
3. Royal Yachting Association – case study update, more great results A few months ago we were delighted to crack the champagne bottle on the side of our new e-learning and Moodle solution for RYA. Since launching, the programme has received some rave reviews and feedback from RYA’s customers, with 95% of learners rating it at 4 stars and higher. We’ve updated our case study to share it with you.
4. Kineo community: Making webinars work Following the release of our updated Virtual Classroom white paper last month, we asked you to share your views on running webinars and virtual classrooms effectively. Once again we had a great response with some excellent advice on what to (and what not to) do to make your webinars work. We’ve plucked the best of your comments to share in our Kineo community update this month. You like to talk – we love it.
5. Top tip: 3D or not 3D? We’ve been looking at some 3D approaches recently for learning. Why go down the 3D route, and what benefits can it bring? We share our thoughts in boring old 2D.
6. Totara LMS: Come and see it, partners welcome… We’ve been thrilled with the response to Totara so far, with more and more companies turning to Totara, and more partners coming on board. Coming new to the party? Totara is a new kind of LMS for business. It’s built in collaboration between Kineo, Catalyst and Flexible Learning (now Kineo Pacific). It’s a distribution of Moodle, the world’s leading open source LMS, so you know it’s built on a great foundation. With enterprise features including individual development plans, competencies, team management, classroom management and dashboard reporting, Totara is designed specifically to meet the needs of corporates. Totara is fully open source and available on an annual subscription basis for support, updates and patches. Find out more about Totara at www.totaralms.com. Join the LMS revolution by taking the next step with Totara:
7. Market update: A tale of two markets It is the best and worst of times, depending on what kind of training you’re doing. The corporate market for e-learning is booming. The traditional face to face training market isn’t. Why the Dickens has it happened? Let’s have a look in this month’s market update.
8. Kineo news: US continued growth, ASTD 2011 preview, CPD forum, now hiring US Expansion The Kineo US business continues to grow, with great clients including ARAMARK (you’ve seen the case study), Hewlett Packard, McDonald’s and many more. We’ve moved into a new larger office in downtown Chicago, and hiring both there and in our Phoenix office. Our most recent team addition is Monika Walankiewicz, our new Art Director. Monika brings loads of experience and it’s great to have her on board. We’re hiring all the time - get in touch with our US team or email info@kineo.com ASTD 2011 May 23-25th Orlando, FL - see you there Staying with the US, we’re really looking forward to the ASTD International Conference and Exhibition from May 23-25th in Orlando, Florida. It looks to be a great show, and we’re running some sessions on e-learning and Totara case studies on Booth 608. Find out more about our plans and let’s make a date
We’ve working a large number of professional bodies recently, including Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Association of Accounting Technicians, Institute of Directors and many others. Last year we established a Moodle User Group for Professional Bodies which was very well received and kicked off some useful conversations and networking opportunities for the delegates. Building on our presence in this sector and in using Moodle and Totara for CPD (continuing professional development) we are sponsoring, exhibiting and presenting at the 2011 CPD Forum Conference. If you’re in the business of delivering CPD for your learners, you’ll get a lot out of this event. Find out more about the CPD Conference
We’re really pleased to announce our partnership with the Charity Learning Consortium. We’ve worked together to deliver high quality e-learning and Moodle solutions for many in the charity and voluntary sector, and we’re delighted to have the opportunity to make a difference here through learning. Find out more about our partnership here: http://www.kineo.com/kineo-press-releases/clc-and-kineo-partner-to-enhance-charity-elearning.html Now hiring We’re continuing to grow our team in the UK and the US and some positions in New Zealand. We’re looking for passionate, creative, enthusiastic people to join us as
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