2007 Award Winners

Rockwell Collins (www.rockwellcollins.com) - Life Cycle Value Stream program, a highly complex initiative designed to instill core company values and teach the company's business model and key practices to audiences throughout the corporation.

Wachovia (www.wachovia.com) - New hire program for tellers, interactive course that covers all aspects of a teller's job.

SAP (www.sap.com) - Virtual project management simulation, six- part curriculum on managing virtual project teams to help project leaders learn how to effectively manage cross-cultural teams.

Extra Space Storage (www.extraspace.com) - A simple, low-cost, blended program designed to teach sales representatives how to sell renter protection insurance.

Trinity Health (www.trinity-health.org) - Leadership Series developed to help bring two organizational cultures together after a merger and to build a strong leadership pipeline.

Business Development Bank of Canada (www.bdc.ca) - Developed a multi-tier leadership strategy that prepares future leaders and hones the skills of existing leaders at all levels.

SumTotal Systems (www.sumtotalsystems.com) - Two major initiatives, Total Immersion and Total Satisfaction, which reduced time to competency for new technical and service employees, improved employee retention, and increased customer satisfaction.

HP (www.hp.com) - Revamped technical training for internal employees, partners, and customers, included a global LMS implementation and the creation of HP Software University.

CA (www.ca.com) - Delivered high impact training program targeting all employees involved in sales, support, and services for the company's complex IT security products.

CA (www.ca.com) - Complex implementation of an enterprise-wide LMS which replaced nine different legacy systems.

Citibank Asia Pacific Consumer Bank (Citibank APCB) (www.citigroup.com) - Regional learning and development system organized into eight learning academies, each designed to support specific functional areas, such as retail banking, direct sales, and customer service.

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) (www.nsta.org) - Highly methodological, systems-based approach to professional development for science teachers.

Sonic Foundry (www.sonicfoundry.com) - Mediasite, webcast presentation tool.

Regis Learning (www.regislearning.com) - SimPort, simplifies the creation of interactive, complex simulations.

Mohive (www.mohive.com) - e-Learning Publishing System, web-based authoring tool with features designed to support collaborative content development.

Kognito (www.kognito.com) - Smart platform creates realistic scenarios for development of interpersonal skills through the use of virtual characters.

Plateau (www.plateau.com) - iContent, innovative content management platform.

SkillSoft (www.skillsoft.com) - KnowledgeCenters, easy to use learning portal for rapid access to information.

Vangent (www.vangent-hcm.com) - Created a rigorous new teller training program for Bank of America to increase standardization and impact quality assurance.

Ninth House (www.ninthhouse.com) - Very innovative blended leadership training, combined high-quality online courses; classroom work sessions and materials; InstantAdvice, a performance support system; and evaluations and metrics.

PulseLearning (www.pulselearning.com) - Created two rapid content development processes designed to reduce the time-to-market and development for technical training and minimize the time required of SMEs.

Bluepoint Leadership Development (www.bluepointleadership.com) - Customized Leadership Experience workshops address the skills required to shift from mid-level to enterprise-level leadership, focus on topics such as influence, change management, organizational design, and coaching.