2011 Honorable Mentions

CenterPoint Energy (www.centerpointenergy.com), for its Leadership Academy initiative designed to develop bench strength at all levels, create consistent leadership practices and ensure alignment with compliance.

Accenture (www.accenture.com), for its Top Talent program aimed at developing deep business acumen, foundational and functional skills among high-performing team leads and managers.

3M (www.3m.com), for its implementation of GlobalEnglish which provided cost-effective, scalable and on-demand English language training for 3M Brazil employees.

NetApp (www.netapp.com), for NetApp University's customized LMS implementation, which improved customer satisfaction and dramatically lowered costs.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (www.nrc.gov), for the successful upgrade of its Plateau LMS using a systematic approach to change management.

TD Bank Financial Group (www.td.com), for implementing an integrated talent management technology strategy in collaboration with HR, global business lines and technology partners.

Thomson Reuters (www.thomsonreuters.com), for its Knowledge Network, a web-based training model which brings virtual classroom, e-learning and video to the company's global financial professionals.

Bay Group International (www.baygroup.com), for 100minutes™, a Web 2.0 platform used primarily by sales and purchasing organizations to deliver and reinforce content related to effective negotiation with customers or suppliers.

Citrix Online (www.citrixonline.com), for GoToTraining®, a web-based solution delivered via the Software as a Service (SaaS) model, for live, interactive training sessions for up to 200 attendees from any Internet-enabled device.

General Physics Worldwide (www.gpworldwide.com), for Learning e-News, an interactive digital solution which regularly delivers personalized information to employees to help improve their performance.

Learning Tree International (www.learningtree.com), for Learning Tree AnyWare™, a live, online, instructor-led training delivery option that connects participants from anywhere in the world to an actual classroom.

NetDimensions Limited (www.netdimensions.com), for mEKP, a mobile version of the company's Enterprise Knowledge Platform LMS, which enables learners to access training materials from any computer with a USB port.

SkillSoft (www.skillsoft.com), for InGenius, a collaborative social learning module, available through SkillSoft's Books24x7 On Demand Platform, which allows employees to find, create and share knowledge assets and expertise with their colleagues.