Fall 2012 CLO Symposium

AchieveGlobal

AchieveGlobal helps organizations translate business strategies into results by developing the performance of their people. Across industries and in 40 countries around the world, our clients rely on AchieveGlobal’s skills training and consulting expertise in leadership development, customer service and sales effectiveness.

By implementing research-based learning solutions, AchieveGlobal empowers clients to successfully develop leaders and acquire, grow and retain profitable customer relationships. Our clients succeed due to our continued commitment to original research, yielding important strategic information about customer needs and business trends, as well as measurable results, the primary goal of skills training.

American Public University

Developing and retaining your employees is important. American Public University understands. With more than 100 accredited degree and certificate programs to choose from, the tools for successful professional development and retention are at your fingertips. APU's monthly course starts and flexible online format allow employees to easily balance personal and professional commitments. At $750 and $975 per three credit undergraduate and graduate course, corporate tuition benefit dollars go further with each employee. Find out today why more than 100,000 students around the world choose APU. Visit us at www.StudyAtAPU.com/Solutions or call (877) 777-9081. American Public University. Respected. Affordable. Online.

Aperian Global

Aperian Global provides consulting, training, and web tools for global talent development. Our thought and industry leadership is reflected in each of our practice areas: Global Diversity & Inclusion, Global Leadership, Global Teams, Global Mobility, and Global Business Skills. We partner with our clients to address their needs with solutions designed to develop employees’ knowledge, skills, and awareness to perform more effectively in a global business environment. We have offices in Bangalore, Boston, Dubai, Kolding, Paris, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo, and staff and associates in over 80 locations worldwide.

Aptara

Aptara provides digital learning and performance solutions that deliver significant gains in cost, effectiveness and time-to-market. As a market leader in custom eLearning solutions that leverage new media, Aptara's 600+ learning and development specialists have helped Fortune 500 companies and other organizations develop and deliver thousands of hours of custom learning content for employees, customers, and business partners. Tailoring each project team of instructional designers, content developers and media technologists to match customers’ unique needs, Aptara gives organizations the edge they need to compete by reducing job-related costs and accelerating people performance.

Founded in 1988, Aptara is a U.S.-based company with 5,000 + professionals worldwide serving leaders in Media and Publishing, Information Services, Professional Services, Manufacturing, Technology, Engineering, Hospitality, Healthcare and Government. For more information visit http://www.aptaracorp.com.

Ashford University

Ashford University is a private university located in Clinton, Iowa, which offers both on-campus and online instruction. Ashford University was founded in 1918 and has over 50 programs at the Associate’s, Bachelor’s and Master’s levels. Benefit from one of the lowest program costs available online. If your organization offers tuition assistance, employees will work with their own financial services advisor to apply it toward their education. Ensure that your past investments in training will continue to benefit your workforce. With Ashford’s Prior Learning Assessment, your corporate-sponsored training can translate into credits toward a bachelor’s degree. Student-employees can earn up to 75 transfer credits by documenting what they have learned. Ashford University is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Bellevue University

Bellevue University is one of the leading national voices in corporate learning. Founded, in part, to serve military and veteran students, Bellevue University also understands what veterans need to be successful learners and supports their transition to fulfilling civilian careers with an entire suite of services designed specifically for veterans. Our innovative approach to corporate learning solutions is rooted in a 40-year history of understanding adult learning needs and a mission devoted to preparing our students and corporate partners to meet the challenges of a dynamic, competitive world. Learning options such as bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, Ph.D. degrees, custom, contextualized and certificate programs help move corporations forward.

Colorado Technical University

Established in 1965, CTU is a regionally accredited higher education institution that is industry-focused and offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate (master’s and doctoral) degree programs and concentrations. Degree programs include business and management, criminal justice, engineering and computer science, health sciences, information systems and technology, and psychology. With five campus locations and a virtual campus for online learning, students have options to attend part-time or full-time — on campus, online or blended.

ConnectSolutions

ConnectSolutions is a leading private-cloud service provider of Unified-Communications-as-a-Service (UCaaS) solutions for large enterprise and government organizations. We deploy best-of-breed communication, conferencing, and collaboration applications like Adobe Connect and Microsoft Lync, on a secure, reliable, and scalable platform. We work with our clients to architect a comprehensive UC solution that is specifically tailored to an organization’s needs.

Franklin Covey Co.

Franklin Covey Co. is a global provider of training and consulting services in the areas of leadership, productivity, strategy execution, customer loyalty, trust, sales performance, government, education and individual effectiveness. Over its history, FranklinCovey has worked with 90 percent of the Fortune 100, more than 75 percent of the Fortune 500, and thousands of small and midsized businesses, as well as numerous government entities and educational institutions. Franklin Covey Co. has 40 direct and licensee offices providing professional services in 147 countries. For more information, visit franklincovey.com.

GP Strategies

Your work creates an impact on your company and the world around you. GP Strategies is a global performance improvement company driven to solve your organization’s business challenges, attain ultimate performance results and together make a greater impact. We equip and enable companies by:

• Developing and delivering learning services, solutions and technologies to make your people and processes more effective and efficient.
• Capturing your organization’s institutional knowledge to support your continual competitive environment.
• Applying our specialized knowledge and expertise within your organization to promote risk management and company value.
• Engineering solutions to help your company run with greater efficiency.

GetAbstract

getAbstract’s mission is to find, expertly compress and provide universal access to critical business knowledge, in a format that can be quickly and easily absorbed, allowing our customers to stay current, competitive, and to become leaders who can make better decisions. Today, our solutions include a library of more than 8,000 business book summaries, used by over 10 million subscribers, including 20 percent of the Fortune 500 companies.

Jack Welch Management Institute

The Jack Welch Management Institute at Strayer University stands apart as the only online executive education program infused with the proven principles and practices of one of our time’s most celebrated leaders. Based on the management canon of Jack Welch and other renowned business leader, the Jack Welch Management Institute prepares graduates to change the trajectory of their companies and careers through the institute’s Executive MBA program, or its Executive Certificates.

KnowledgeAdvisors

KnowledgeAdvisors is the world’s largest provider of learning and talent measurement solutions. Leading organizations access our measurement expertise and on-demand software to ensure a high-performing workforce. As thought leaders in human capital analytics, KnowledgeAdvisors provides the most comprehensive analytics solutions available on the market. By combining measurement expertise, on-demand evaluation software and integrated analytics solutions with benchmarking, organizations gain the necessary insight on how to best develop their workforces.

Korn/Ferry International

As a top ranked leadership development firm, Korn/Ferry assists clients in building a strong pipeline of agile leaders and teams to drive accelerated business results and improve company valuation. The world’s leading organizations turn to Korn/Ferry to align their talent strategies with their business by helping them attract, engage, develop, and retain top leadership and talent. Through a full suite of award-winning services, backed by industry-leading research, we help clients cultivate greatness and change people’s lives.

Linkage Inc.

Linkage works with leaders and leadership teams worldwide to build organizations that produce superior results. For over 25 years, we have delivered on this promise by strategically aligning leadership, talent, and culture within organizations globally. We do this by providing strategic consulting on leadership development and talent management topics and through our learning institutes, skill-building workshops, tailored assessment services, and executive coaching.

Linkage is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts with operations in Atlanta, Boston, New York, San Francisco, St. Louis and outside the U.S. in Athens, Bangalore, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Hamilton, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait City, Mexico City, Rome, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Vilnius.

Lynda.com

It’s tough to stay up to speed with today’s ever-changing software and technical skills. Books go out of date, off-site training is inconvenient and new versions get released all the time. Get proven, effective and current training from lynda.com, the online learning company that helps anyone learn software, creative and business skills. Our library of top-quality instructional videos lets people find what they need to learn quickly, at their level, with bite-sized tutorials or comprehensive courses, available 24/7.

Penn State Executive Programs

Open the doors to transformational learning experiences with Penn State Executive Programs. We work with organizations and leaders from around the world to help shape strategies and practices that fuel competitive advantage and business success. We link strategic understanding with the development of new capabilities in critical areas such as leadership, strategy, innovation, and supply chain management. Open programs are held throughout the year on Penn State’s University Park campus. We also partner with organizations to develop custom learning initiatives and address critical strategic business challenges. These programs can be delivered at locations that meet the client’s needs. Learn more at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep

PricewaterhouseCoopers

PwC's Public Sector Practice helps federal agencies solve complex business issues, manage risk and add value through our comprehensive service offerings in financial management; program management; human capital; enterprise effectiveness; governance, risk and compliance; and technology, all of which are delivered seamlessly throughout the world. To find out more, visit www.pwc.com/publicsector.

Procter & Gamble

Procter & Gamble (P&G) is a global Fortune 500 company and the largest consumer packaged goods company in the world. The company serves more than 4.4 billion people around the world with sustainability goals focusing on products, operations and social responsibility. It has 50 leadership brands accounting for 90 percent of sales and more than 90 percent of profits. P&G brands include Pampers, Tide, Always, Bounty, Crest and Olay. NA CBD Capability is P&G’s North America sales training organization, serving as a strategic business adviser within the sales function and building selling skills and sales leadership capability of the organization.

Raytheon Professional Services

Raytheon Professional Services LLC (RPS) is a global learning services and training outsourcing company. It designs, implements and manages training services that are aligned to business goals and deliver results; applies effective processes and tools; and provides the expertise to ensure improved learning outcomes.

Saba

Saba enables organizations to build a transformative workplace that leverages the advent of social networking in business and the ubiquity of mobile to empower an organization's most mission-critical assets - its people. The company provides a unified set of People Cloud Applications including learning management, talent management, enterprise social networking, and real-time collaboration delivered through the Saba People Cloud. Saba solutions help organizations leverage their people networks to become more competitive through innovation, speed, agility, and trust.

Saba's premier customer base includes major global organizations and industry leaders in financial services, life sciences and healthcare, high tech, automotive and manufacturing, retail, energy and utilities, packaged goods, and public sector organizations. Saba's solutions are underpinned by global services capabilities and partnerships encompassing strategic consulting, comprehensive implementation services, and ongoing worldwide support. For more information, please visit www.saba.com or call +1-877-SABA-101.

Skillsoft

Skillsoft is a leading provider of e-learning and performance support solutions for global enterprises, government, education and small to medium-sized businesses. Skillsoft enables organizations to maximize business performance through the intelligent use of online learning.

Content offerings include business, IT, desktop and compliance courseware, as well as complementary content assets such as Leadership Development Channel, KnowledgeCenter(TM) portals, virtual instructor-led classes and online mentoring services. Books24x7(R) offers access to more than 25,000 digitized IT and business books, as well as book summaries and reports. Technology offerings include the SkillPort(R) LMS, Search & Learn(R), Dialogue(TM) virtual classroom and inGenius™ social learning layer.

Tata Interactive Solutions

Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) is an e-learning and simulations provider. Its learning services are designed to enable organizational initiatives across industries including: education; government and defense; telecommunications and ICT; pharmaceuticals and health care; banking, financial services and insurance; airlines, transportation, logistics and hospitality; consumer package goods; and manufacturing, energy and construction.

With a team of more than 800 multi-disciplinary specialists, TIS creates more than 3,000 hours of learning content across more than 220 concurrent projects every year. TIS’ services have been used at more than 60 Fortune 500 companies, educational institutions and government departments.

TIS is assessed at Level 5 in both the SEI-CMM and P-CMM frameworks. Its services have won awards including Brandon Hall, APEX, BETT and BIMA.

The Training Associates

Founded in 1994, The Training Associates (TTA) is the largest provider of training professionals and solutions. TTA’s stringent recruiting procedures, vast network of more than 25,000 diversely skilled trainers and instructional designers, and convenient training administration services enable organizations to secure top-notch training professionals on demand – without the delays, fixed overhead and administrative burden associated with hiring a large training staff or recruiting training contractors directly. TTA is committed to meet the unique requirements of each training initiative, regardless of size, scope or location. Our award-winning training delivery services include consulting, project management, train-the-trainer, courseware, curriculum development and large-scale roll-out services.

UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School offers a variety of solutions to help you develop your top talent. Our Executive MBA programs allow your employees the opportunity to pursue one of the highest-ranked MBA degrees in the world while continuing to contribute to your company’s success. The MBA@UNC gives your employees unprecedented flexibility to pursue an MBA online. We also deliver world-class non-degree executive education, partnering with companies to deliver highly customized programs designed to address specific business challenges. Your employees can also choose from a variety of short programs designed to offer practical knowledge, skills and experience they can apply immediately.

Vantage Partners

Vantage creates learning strategies and programs for developing relationship management capabilities that lead to measurable business results. Our field-proven, expert designed, practical offerings focus on negotiation, communication, influencing others/working collaboratively, managing change, coaching, and leadership. We are a spin-off of the Harvard Negotiation Project, and authors of numerous books including Getting To YES and Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most as well as articles in leading journals like the Harvard Business Review.

To learn more about Vantage or to access our online library of research and white papers, please visit: www.vantagecorped.com

Xerox

Xerox is a leading provider of comprehensive learning and talent management services to companies who consider people their most valuable investment. Services begin with strategy and current state assessment consulting and include curriculum design and development, competency alignment, training administration and SaaS LMS, LCMS, performance management and managed services. For more than a decade, Xerox has offered comprehensive outsourced learning in a flexible, scalable model, allowing customers the ability to leverage learning to manage change, address workforce globalization or optimize talent performance to achieve the necessary outcomes to meet business goals.