by aimee | May 5, 2014 | Business, Features
Introduction: Learnnovators, a leading e-learning company in India, has Christopher Pappas as the guest in its latest edition of “Crystal Balling with Learnnovators” – their thought-provoking interview series that attempts to gaze into the future of e-learning.
Body: Learnnovators, a leading e-learning company in India, has Christopher Pappas as the guest in its latest edition of “Crystal Balling with Learnnovators” – their thought-provoking interview series that attempts to gaze into the future of e-learning.
Christopher Pappas is the founder of ‘The eLearning Industry’s Network’. Currently, The eLearning Industry has a network of more than 75,000 learning professionals and runs many eLearning related sites (including The eLearning Industry, eLearning Infographics, eLearning Weekly, eLearning Tags, and eLearning Feeds). He is also the founder and owner of the Instructional Design and E-Learning Professionals’ Group, which, with over 62,000 members, is the largest online community of professionals involved in the eLearning Industry on LinkedIn.
In this exclusive interview with Learnnovators, Christopher Pappas shares some valuable tips and best practices on managing online learning communities. He also shares his thoughts and experiences on content curation, one of the most important aspects of an online Community Manager’s responsibilities. Equally valuable is his advice to L&D professionals on upskilling themselves to handle the challenges of designing informal and social learning interventions. Christopher’s foresights on the future of organizational learning are truly thought provoking. “Our goal is and always has been to provide e-learning professionals and e-learners with the resources and information they need to be successful.” was Christopher’s reflection on the goal of The eLearning Industry’s Network.
‘Christopher Pappas – Crystal-Balling with Learnnovators’ is available at:
http://learnnovators.com/interview/christopher-pappas-crystal-balling-learnnovators/
About Learnnovators
Learnnovators, headquartered in Chennai (India), specializes in the design and development of innovative and effective learning solutions for the workplace. Since its inception in 2003 (as C2 Workshop), it has successfully delivered and deployed over 6000 hours of learning content for a wide range of domains including Advertising, Automotive, Banking, Defence, Education, Engineering, Glass Technology, Healthcare, Hospitality, HR Services, Insurance, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Nuclear Technology, Oil and Gas, Retail, Safety, Soft Skills and Telecom.
Learnnovators helps clients address skill and performance gaps in their workforce by creating customised learning solutions that are aligned with their business goals. Whether it is choosing the best
mode of learning techniques tailored to organizational objectives, or creating customized content, or
designing interactive modules with the help of games or simulations, Learnnovators has implemented
innumerable programs to the satisfaction of a clientele spread across South Asia, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Europe and North America. These solutions have been deployed on a variety of contexts and devices, such as mobile phones, tablets, interactive white boards, etc.
Learnnovators’ core competencies are in the areas of Curriculum Design, Content Creation, Content Conversion and Content Localization.
To know more about the company, visit www.learnnovators.com
Keywords Learnnovators, Christopher Pappas, Elearning, E-Learning, L&D, Learning & Development, Mobile Learning, Social Learning, Informal Learning, Infographics, Online Learning, Online Education, Digital Learning, Digital Education
Corporate Contact Dinesh Raja
Media Coordinator
contact@learnnovators.com
9840063558
by aimee | Apr 23, 2014 | Business
Paradigm shifts are frequent in the technology sector but never more so then the shift from browser based apps to native apps.
It was not so long ago when everyone was busy moving or planning to move their business applications to the browser. Salesform.com championed this movement with the phenomenal success of their browser based product.
Apple put the brakes on this with the launch of the iPhone. Few will argue that the success of the iPhone should be attributed to Apple’s decision to not only deliver a unique, well-engineered product but also and critically to provide developers with the tools they need to produce and release fantastic native apps.
The public loved the initial apps that were on offer, fuelling developers to deliver more and more and more.
There are now over a million apps available for iOS and Android.
Microsoft also recognised that users now demand native apps and hurried through the release of a new Windows platform centred on native apps available thought it’s Windows Store and launched from its new tile based front end.
However there is still nothing to compete with browser based system for the speed of development for scalable, data-centric apps.
That is until now.
A UK based software company called cc Devnet Ltd, has released a component for software developers called the Data Access Server (a generic application server). This empowers developers to create data-centric native applications at the same speed and scalability as browser based systems but with easier scalability and additionally security and of course offering users the rich content experience that only native apps can offer.
The cc Devnet Data Access Server provides client side support for iOS, Android and Windows Desktop clients and SQL Server, Firebird Server and server side files for the back end.
The company is offering a trail copy from their own website ( www.cc-devnet.com ) and from www.download.com.
About cc Devnet:
cc Devnet Ltd is global software business with offices in the UK, USA, Australia, Bulgaria, Pakistan and India. Its flagship product is the Data Access Server that makes it easy for developers to create data-centric native Windows, iOS and Android apps. It also offer consultancy on n-tier software architecture and provides Bespoke Software Development services.
by aimee | Sep 3, 2013 | Business, Headlines
Ang home-based business ay malaking tulong
sa pamilyang nangangailangan ng karagdagang kita.
Ang mga karaniwang negosyong naiisip ay sari-sari
store, barbeque stand, water station, at marami
pang iba. Mas makatitipid kapag nag-home-based
business.
Narito ang ilang mga tips upang magkaroon ng
matagumpay na home-based enterprise:
• Piliin ang parte ng bahay na magiging business
area. Mahalaga na matukoy kung anong parte
ng bahay ang gagamitin para sa negosyo. Ipaalam
ito sa buong pamilya upang manatili pa rin
ang privacy.
• Gumawa ng business plan at pumili ng business
name. Hindi kailangang pormal ang business plan
na gagawin. Magsisilbi lamang itong gabay
upang magkaroon ng motivation at mas maging
buo ang loob sa pagpapatuloy ng negosyo.
Produced by:
Department of Trade and Industry -Trade and Industry Information Center. 2F Trade and Industry Bldg., 361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Ave., 1200 Makati City.
Telefax: (02) 895.6487. To subscribe, e-mail: publications@dti.gov.ph
Ang pipiliing business name ay dapat irehistro
sa Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
bago gumawa ng signage.
• Kumuha ng business permit. Kahit nasa tahanan
lang ang negosyo, kailangan pa ring kumuha
ng business permit upang magkaroon ng legal
identity. Kumuha nito sa inyong munisipyo
o barangay. Lumapit sa Home Owner’s Association
para sa mga requirements at iba pang prosesong
dapat sundin kung ang bahay ay nasa loob
ng subdivision.
• Ihanda ang kakailanganing kapital. Ilista lahat
ng mga gagastusin para malaman kung magkano
ang kapital na magagamit. Maglaan din
ng contingency para sa mga biglaang gastusin.
• Mag-inventory. Alamin kung may mga bagay
na matatagpuan sa loob ng bahay na maaari
pang magamit upang hindi na bumili pa. Maaari
ring may mapagkukunan o mabibilhan sa mas
murang halaga.
• Magkaroon ng sistema sa negosyo. Maliit man
o malaki ang negosyo, kailangan pa rin nito
ng sistema upang maging maayos ang operasyon.
Magtalaga ng record keeping, costing, at presyo
ng produkto o serbisyo, at imbentaryo.
• Mag-aral ng manpower requirements. Madalas
na ang may-ari rin ang tauhan sa home-based
business. Gayunpaman, habang lumalaki
ang negosyo, nangangailangan ito ng iba
pang empleyado. Maging mapili sa pagkuha
ng tauhan dahil malaki ang magagawa
at maitutulong nila sa ikatatagumpay ng negosyo.
• Umisip ng mga oportunidad kung paano
makikilala ang negosyo. Kahit home-based
lang ang negosyo, hindi dapat mawala
ang marketing effort. Ito ang magiging life force
ng negosyo kung kaya dapat mas magkaroon
ito ng malaking impresyon sa magiging
mga mamimili.
• Alamin ang oras na magugugol sa negosyo.
Linawin ang oras na itatakda para sa negosyo
upang maipalam at maipaintindi rin
sa mga kasama sa bahay.
by aimee | Jun 1, 2013 | Business, National News
Post a photo, ask a question and get honest opinions from people all over the world, in minutes. That’s Hammer, like no other and exciting new opinion site launched in February, 2013.
Thousands of people across the globe are already sharing opinions on everything from fashion to movies to art and lifestyle. Are you signed up yet?
(Logo:http://www.hammerit.in/images/logo.gif)
Sign Up on Hammer, and:
Ask a single question: Post one image and ask a question. For example, a photo of yourself wearing a shirt and the question: “Does this shirt look good on me?”
Ask a compare question: Post two images. For example, a photo of a Porsche next to an Audi and the question: “Which one is faster?”
Post news: Post a news topic and comment. For example, “Facebook loses millions of US users in six months, were you one of them?”
Vote: Share your thoughts. Click the red ‘h’ if you disagree/don’t like something and green ‘h’ if you like something or agree/prefer.
Sign up, post a poll to All (everyone on Hammer), Male, Female or My Friends (only those you’re connected to) and watch opinions flood in. Friends might say you look great in that skirt or your hair looks better brown, but the truth may be that they’re far too tight and your hair looks bad. The answers you get on Hammer will be truthful and could save you from a major fashion faux pas.
It’s not just individuals seeking global opinion on Hammer; businesses have been starting focus groups. The site has, for example, seen brands asking groups of people their opinion on new product launch.
Capturing popular opinion has never been easier. And the Hammer app for iOS and Android is coming very soon.
When you post a question, your friends will receive a notification – and the clever people at Hammer are working on alerting you each time someone votes, so you can keep on top of polls you create. Users are also notified when they receive a friend request, private message and when a friend request is accepted.
Hammer statistics*:
Each user votes, on average, 79 times per day
12.1% of votes are accompanied by a comment
Top six categories:
Fashion, Style & Beauty
Movies, Music & TV
Life & Lifestyle
Art & Design
Gadgets & Technology
Photography
Sign up to the world’s honest social networking site at http://www.hammerit.in/ and start collecting opinions from all
About Hammer
Hammer was founded by two brothers and serial entrepreneurs, Amit Khanna and Gaurav Khanna. Both wanted to create a social networking site that was not only the fun place to be online but offered something meaningful. Having spent 11 years studying and working in America, the brothers returned to the family business in India before using their degrees in business and computer science and their entrepreneurial spirit to set up Hammer.
Why is it called Hammer? Why is the logo an elephant sitting on a hammer? Find out more about the world’s most exciting social networking site at http://www.hammerit.in/about
Contact
Press: press@hammerit.in
Corporate: corporate@hammerit.in
Phone: +917926447781 / 82 / 35
SOURCE Americos Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
by aimee | Apr 30, 2013 | Business
Coherent Solutions hires experienced executive to manage sales and recruiting
Minneapolis, MN, March 27, 2013
Coherent Solutions, an information technology consulting and outsourcing firm with offices in Minneapolis, New York, Boston, and Minsk, Belarus, announced that Amy Drury has joined the company as its new Vice President of Sales.
Drury brings 20 years of sales and management expertise in the technology and consulting industry to her new role with the company.
Drury was most recently at FocalPointe Group as the Minneapolis Area Partner where she was responsible for directing all aspects of the business. Prior to that she was Senior Vice President and Managing Director for Genesis10 managing the sales organization, recruiting, delivery and executive client relationships within the 9 geographic markets in Genesis10.
“We’re excited to add someone of Amy’s caliber to our organization,” stated Igor Epshteyn, CEO of Coherent. “She will be critical as deepen our presence within our existing geographies and will assist in strategic sales of Application Development, Mobile Development, and Business Intelligence services.”
Drury will oversee sales and recruiting for all of Coherent’s lines of business.
About Coherent Solutions
Since 1995, Coherent Solutions has helped clients reduce development and maintenance costs and bring products and complex applications to market faster. With experienced teams in the U.S. and Eastern Europe, the company’s model yields superior results as it combines expertise in commercial grade custom software development, a proven global delivery model, modern technologies (such as Java, asp .Net etc) and a passionate commitment to client success. For more information on Coherent Solutions’ technology solutions and outsourcing capabilities, please visit our website at: http://www.coherentsolutions.com.
Robert Duff
1600 Utica Ave S,
Suite 120
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Tel. 612-279-6262
by aimee | Feb 9, 2013 | Business, Features
Vancouver, Canada – February 8, 2013 – KOOSHOO Lifestyle Inc. is a yoga clothing and accessories brand committed to making the world a better place. Their core values – to be charitable, sustainable, ethical, natural and local – have been established as the core of the brand and today inform all business and marketing decisions.
The company makes organic shawls, hairties and headbands for yoga and life. The products are made in Los Angeles by family-operated businesses and 11% of proceeds from each yoga headband, hairtie or shawl sold are donated to the not-for-profit organization Karma Teachers, whose mandate is to empower those that need it most through yoga and community involvement.
Though plenty of yoga clothing and accessories businesses exist, it is the company’s commitment to matching fashion with responsibility that has turned heads. Most recently, acclaimed author Gabby Bernstein of New York Time’s bestselling book, May Cause Miracles, was heard espousing her beautiful KOOSHOO yoga headbands in an interview. Elsewhere, the prominent packaging and design website TheDieline.com devoted a post to the upstart yoga clothing brand and its ethics.
The acclaim has come in recognition of the company’s commitment to values in the design and production of their products and packaging. “Our principle design objective when creating packaging and our yoga headbands, hairties and shawls,” notes KOOSHOO Creative Director Rachel Evens “is to deliver a fun and fashionable experience while being fair and conscious in all our relationships.”
For example, one of the principle challenges for online yoga clothing stores is that yoga apparel must be protected from the elements when shipped. This typically results in thousands upon thousands of one-time-use plastic bags that inevitably fill landfills. To get around this, the yoga clothing brand spent months looking for a biodegradable solution for their yoga headbands, hairties and shawls, eventually finding a made in the USA biodegradeable bag that can be reused multiple times before biodegrading 3-6 months later.
KOOSHOO yoga headbands, hairties and shawls are one-size-fits-all, unisex and act as the perfect gift for the eco-fashion lover or yogi in your life. They are currently eliciting smiles online at www.kooshoo.com and through select retail locations in North America.
Press Contact:
Jesse Schiller, Managing Director, KOOSHOO Lifestyle Inc.
Tel 604.340.8246 |Email Jesse@kooshoo.com
High resolution photos available upon request
About KOOSHOO Lifestyle Inc.
KOOSHOO was founded by Rachel Evans and Jesse Schiller, Vancouver-based yoga teachers who believe they can make a positive difference in the world. To do so, they create products to accessorize their lifestyle, making them in the most conscious way they can. KOOSHOO products are fashionable, functional, made of organic and natural materials, packaged using recycled and biodegradable materials and for every product purchased, a yoga class is donated to someone in need. The name KOOSHOO means “feeling good” in Norfolk, a language indigenous to Norfolk Island in the South Pacific.
