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Bersin & Associates, Federal Government Distributed Learning Association and OutStart Team Up to Put Learning on Tap with Webcast and Seminar

OutStart, the leading provider of eKnowledge software solutions for learning and knowledge-sharing, will sponsor a free webinar titled “Meeting the Demand for ‘Learning On-Demand’” featuring Bersin & Associates Researcher Chris Howard on March 25, 2008, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time (U.S.). During the webinar, Howard will show training professionals the trends, tools and teamwork needed to shift from simply creating courses to giving employees strategic and laser-focused learning at a moment’s notice. Howard is an e-learning industry pioneer who has extensive experience Continue reading →

With OutStart, Cummins Powers the Exchange of Two Kinds of Knowledge

Cummins Power Generation, the Minneapolis maker of electrical generators, decided people need to exchange two kinds of knowledge – structured and informal – to work with its products. So the company has purchased OutStart TrainingEdge.com software to deliver on-demand training and spark collaboration, in one place. The goal is to upgrade the way the Minneapolis company, a division of Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI), teaches its global network of employees, distributors and customers about its products. Initially, the software will deliver on-demand training courses – which Continue reading →

LINGOs Selects OutStart Employee as Volunteer of the Year

Helping its employees who work in challenging disaster situations has always been a priority for the global poverty-fighting agency known as CARE. After the 2005 Pakistan Earthquake, war in Sudan’s Darfur region and the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the need for and urgency of helping workers deal with the trauma that comes from assisting people in crises grew even greater. So CARE turned to two organizations for help: the Headington Institute – a provider of mental and spiritual support for relief workers – and LINGOs, Continue reading →