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November 2004
  A newsletter addressing the latest e-Learning news from ASK International

Greetings!

Welcome to the November issue of the ASK International e-Learning newsletter. This issue contains an original article by Dr. Eric Parks, CEO/founder of ASK International. We hope that you find the articles useful and if there is a topic that you would like addressed in a future publication, please let us know.

In this Issue:

Training Outsourcing: How to Cope and Thrive
Eric R. Parks, Ph.D., President, ASK International and COO, TeraLearn.com, Inc.

Motivated by a desire to reduce the cost of operations and rapidly respond to changing market conditions, many organizations are looking to automate and outsource select business processes. Traditional outsourced business processes such as payroll, advertising and information technology services are now making way for a new kid on the block: training. Spurred by ultra-competitive markets, legal compliance requirements, product shelf lives, knowledge atrophy and downsizing, training demands have dramatically grown in most organizations. Here are some Training Business Process Outsourcing (TBPO) facts... Learn more


Maximize the Impact of Sales Training
Lisa Ahrons, Project Manager, ASK International

One of the most talked about topics at a recent training conference in San Francisco was sales training. Between 2003-04, ASK took on the huge endeavor of providing Washington Mutual with online training. Designated for the financial institution’s 55,000 employees, the online training was designed to enhance customer service and increase sales. This article provides a sales training case study of a blended learning solution consisting largely of online learning in conjunction with printed resource materials and existing classroom training... Learn more


ASK Debuts a NEW No-Cost Webinar
ASK announces the debut of its newest webinar. Outsourcing: How to Cope and Thrive, built from Dr. Parks’ latest article of the same name, addresses questions and concerns including: where outsourcing leaves trainers, training developers and managers; are training jobs at risk to be outsourced; and will trainers be working for large consulting firms specializing in training outsourcing in the future? The newest webinar in the ASK lineup highlights the business case for outsourcing training functions while assuring training professionals that there job is safe. In addition, attendees will examine the benefits, challenges and risks of outsourcing training, analyze the different types of outsourcing, identify the steps necessary to "take the plunge," and determine if Business Processes Outsourcing (BPO) is right for their organization's training initiatives.... Learn more


PPT for WBT Workshop Goes on Tour
Leveraging his popular PowerPoint for Web-Based Training webinar with his acclaimed fundraising workshop, Dr. Eric Parks, CEO/founder of ASK International, is now booking on-site workshops for 2005. e-Learning: From Storyboard to Deployment Using PowerPoint highlights the cost savings associated with developing and deploying e-Learning in PowerPoint. Avoid purchasing expensive authoring tools and decrease development time by using PowerPoint to storyboard and program the courses that your organization already has in PowerPoint... Learn more


 
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