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Lincoln, Massachusetts (PRWEB) February 13, 2013
KnowledgeVision has been named a 2013 Award Finalist by the internationally renowned Edison Awards. KnowledgeVision, with its KVTrack analytics features, is a Finalist for Content Management in the Electronics & Computers category, one of twelve categories honored by the Edison Awards. The distinguished awards symbolize the persistence and excellence personified by Thomas Alva Edison, inspiring creative minds to remain in the forefront of innovation, creativity and ingenuity in the global economy.
KnowledgeVision is the technology leader in online presentations. Its online tools help companies and individuals create, deploy, and track interactive online experiences that combine sychronized video, presentation slides and images, dynamic footnotes and reference links, virtual handouts, navigation, and social media connections. Its KVTrack features, introduced earlier this year, help content creators to measure and act on the way that individual viewers interact with their presentation content.
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More than any year, this year’s slate of Finalists demonstrate the enormous value of teamwork, experimentation, consumer focus, market awareness and game-changing success, said Frank Bonafilia, Edison Awards executive director. Its exciting to see companies like KnowledgeVision continuing Thomas Edisons legacy of challenging conventional thinking.
KnowledgeVisions KVTrack and its engagement scoring methodology are changing the game for marketers and e-learning professionals all over the world, said KnowledgeVision CEO Michael Kolowich. Were particularly honored to have been recognized as an innovator by an award program bearing a name that personifies innovation, creativity, and ingenuity.
The ballot of nominees for the Edison Awards is judged by more than 3,000 senior business executives and academics from across the nation whose votes acknowledge the Finalists success in meeting the award criteria of Concept, Value, Delivery and Impact. The Panel includes members of the Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG), the American Association Advertising Agencies (4As) the Chief Marketing Officer Council (CMO), the Design Management Institute (DMI), the American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC) the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Association of Technology Management & Applied Engineering (ATMAE). Also on the Panel are hundreds of past Edison Award winners, marketing professionals, scientists, designers, engineers and academics.
Award winners will be announced April 25, 2013 at the Edison Awards Annual Gala, held in the Grand Ballroom at historic Navy Pier in Chicago, IL.
About The Edison Awards
The Edison Awards is a program conducted by Edison Universe, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to fostering future innovators. The 2013 Edison Awards are sponsored by Nielsen, Discovery Communications, Science Channel, and USA Today. For more information about the Edison Awards, Edison Universe and a list of past winners, visit http://www.edisonawards.com.
About KnowledgeVision
KnowledgeVision is single-mindedly focused on making online video work harder:
–to make it perform better as a content marketing tool;
–to make it more impactful as a sales tool;
–to make it more engaging as a learning tool; and
–to make it more effective as a corporate communications tool.
Clients all over the world use KnowledgeVisions tools — KVStudio and Knovio — to create, share and track orchestrated online video and audio presentations that combine their best communicators with PowerPoint slides, web pages and applications and supplemental material, and make them available from web browsers and mobile devices anytime, anywhere.
KnowledgeVision is a venture-backed company based in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
KnowledgeVision is a registered trademark of KnowledgeVision Systems, Incorporated.
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Orlando, Fla. (PRWEB) November 12, 2012
The last two months of the year bring on the holiday cheer, but its also one of the busiest and most nutritionally-challenged times for adults. Between work, planning and shopping for the holidays, running errands and helping out with kids activities, most adults forget about their own daily nutritional needs.
According to Alyssa Greenstein, RD, LD/N, senior manager for nutrition affairs at the Dairy Council of Florida, there are some simple steps adults can take to ensure theyre keeping energy levels high and getting their daily nutrition intake during these busy holiday months.
Dont skip your meals. Its easy to do, the busier you are. Well balanced meals that include fruits, vegetables, dairy and lean proteins give you the nutrients (potassium, fiber, calcium, iron) and energy you need, especially on those busy days.
Put some healthy snacks in your purse and briefcase, such as nuts, crackers, string cheese or yogurt bars. That way, it will be there if you need it on those especially time-strapped days.
Keep a nutrition first aid kit at work. Put some chocolate milk in the office fridge, along with some fruit, cheese and yogurt. Stash whole grain cereal, almonds, crackers and peanut butter in your office. These are great on the go snacks and a better alternative to sugary snacks and candy. Plus, chocolate milk is a great way to refuel and rehydrate.
Invite nutrition (and fun) into your team meetings with smoothies or frozen yogurt bars. Or have mid-afternoon cookie and milk breaks. Milk is the number one food source of calcium, potassium and vitamin D three of the four nutrients that the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans says are lacking in the diets of both adults and children. Plus, research shows that three servings of milk, cheese or yogurt each day as part of a nutrient-rich, balanced diet may help maintain a healthy weight — especially important during the holiday time.
If youre feeling sluggish and fatigued, try a low-carb/high-protein snack such as nuts or eat a small meal of chicken or fish and a vegetable.
Talk to your dietitian about your optimal vitamin intake this holiday season. A little more vitamins and minerals could help you stay healthier and ward off colds and other sicknesses.
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About Florida Dairy Farmers
Florida Dairy Farmers is Floridas milk promotion group, working to enhance the image of the dairy farming industry and increase milk and dairy product sales statewide via education and marketing. FDF is one of 18 member organizations of the United Dairy Industry Association and carries out the programs of Dairy Management Inc., the umbrella organization based in Chicago, Ill. For more information, call 407- 647-8899 or visit http://www.floridamilk.com.
Rocky Hill, CT (PRWEB) October 04, 2012
NetDimensions (AIM: NETD; OTCQX: NETDY), a global provider of performance, knowledge, and learning management systems, will showcase a practical and flexible approach to talent management at the 15th Annual HR Technology Conference & Exposition in Chicago, IL, next week.
NetDimensions Talent Suite provides a new fresh approach to employee engagement that targets not only the high performers and high potentials, but all the employees within the organization, said Alex Poulos, Chief Marketing Officer at NetDimensions.
This can be achieved through an agile and dynamic talent management model that has learning and performance at its core, which the NetDimensions Talent Suite delivers to our clients around the world.
The NetDimensions Talent Suite includes NetDimensions Learning, NetDimensions Exams, and NetDimensions Performance, as well as mobile, social, compliance, and extended enterprise solutions. The suite supports 21 CFR part 11 compliance requirements and it is available as both secure SaaS and on-premise deployment options.
“We would like to invite all delegates to visit our booth (#844) to experience the NetDimensions Talent Suite, said Mark Sanmarco, Senior Vice President at NetDimensions.
We will also be showcasing our full suite of mobile solutions for talent management and learning delivery including our latest application for the iPad and other tablets. Were very excited to showcase this new mobile application at the industrys highly anticipated event for HR technologies.
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Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) September 12, 2012
TopRight Partners, a leading strategic management consultancy, announced today that Mark Landi has joined their executive team as Managing Partner. Mark will head TopRights newly formed Technology practice that helps businesses drive organic growth and optimize marketing performance by leveraging technologies across marketing functions.
According to Dave Sutton, Founder of TopRight, Mark is a proven leader who brings a unique blend of management consulting expertise, deep knowledge of software technology and experience as a Fortune 100 sales and marketing executive. We are thrilled to have him on board to lead our fastest growing practice and extend our capabilities and solutions to serve our clients.
TopRight launched the technology practice in response to the challenges that businesses face in todays increasingly complex, distributed and digitally driven environment, where marketers need to better integrate and manage data, creative resources, brand assets, go-to-market functions, best of breed solutions, and customer experiences.
Mark Landi added, TopRights strength and reputation for providing strategic marketing guidance to some of the most well-known companies is world class. TopRight Technology is a natural extension of offerings for our clients, to help them select, deploy and utilize the right technologies to streamline business processes, automate key marketing functions, provide effective measures and insights, and keep customers engaged.
Mark has over 20 years experience as a consultant and business leader including executive roles with prestigious companies such as IBM, Oracle, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, and BTG. He joins TopRight from Acumen Consulting Partners, Inc. where he served as Managing Partner, providing strategic consulting and insightful leadership to large enterprises and entrepreneurial start-ups for growth strategies, go-to-market plans and the optimal use of information technology as a key enabler to drive business results.
About TopRight Partners
TopRight is a strategic marketing consultancy combining creative strategy, innovative analytic techniques and enabling technologies to yield actionable insights and drive business performance. TopRight helps clients accelerate growth and market effectiveness by bringing prominent management consultants, Fortune 500 marketing executives and senior practitioners together to apply expertise and proven methodologies — from strategy to execution, to streamlined business & marketing processes, to leveraging world class technologies. With headquarters in Atlanta and corporate offices in Washington, DC and Chicago, TopRights client list is broad and impressive, consisting of many Global 500 companies and enterprises including American Red Cross, Boeing, Coca-Cola, Delta, Eli Lilly, JP Morgan Chase, and Sonic Healthcare.
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Goshen, Indiana (PRWEB) August 14, 2012
After suddenly finding himself unemployed at the age of 61, business leader and executive Bill Flint faced a gloomy economy, an uncertain future and a feeling that he was being punished. He refers to it as a time when Faith and Fear collided; it was his, Now what, God? moment. Lifes challenges are often shadowy and complicated, but because of his trust in God he wanted Faith to win. Flint is the author of the new book and training process The Journey to Competitive Advantage Through Servant Leadership, published by Westbow Press a Division of Thomas Nelson Publishing.
Having time to think about his life, his relationship with God and the path ahead, he realized that his situation wasnt about punishment after all. It was a life lesson disguised as misfortune, delivered at a time when he would finally be able to give his full attention to something he had dreamed about for many years; starting his own leadership training and consulting firm. Had he not lost his job, he would never have attempted it. He had the security of a good job with a great paycheck and, at 61, would have told himself it was too late to start a business. However, at this intersection in lifes journey, it became clear that Bill was being given the chance to share his 38 years of business experience both the successes and struggles with those who are entrusted to bring out the best in people: leaders of businesses , non-profits and churches.
After starting Flint Strategic Partners in Goshen, Indiana he guided his business through a successful start-up helping organizations develop talented employees by first helping them develop capable leadership. Then, the time was right to step forward with another vision; writing a book, something of a training manual for leaders, that would help teach them about servant leadership and how to motivate, communicate and care about people while finding the real joy and happiness that can come as a leader, if the people you lead are put first.
In The Journey to Competitive Advantage Through Servant Leadership, Flint educates his readers on the characteristics of servant leaders: their passion for people, open communication style, desire to build sincere relationships, motivational skills, honesty, patience, humility and desire to live their lives in a moral and ethical way. Bill, said that during his career he learned that to build a sustainable competitive advantage depends on how people are treated-and the best way to build a successful organization is by creating an environment of caring, mutual trust and respect between the leaders and their people. This is accomplished by helping people discover and reach their God given potential which helps build a sense of community and security for the people and the organization.
In his Ten-P Formula, Flint chose ten words, all beginning with the letter P, to describe the servant leader. One of those words is potential. He says servant leaders talk about the potential of their people, while other leaders talk more about peoples weaknesses. Servant leaders look for potential the minute they first meet someone, and they dont judge based on looks, background and education. The people they lead start with a clean slate and lots of opportunities. He strongly believes there are many passionate and energetic employees in the business world who just need someone to trust and understand them and many potential leaders who just need the right kind of training and accountability to become servant leaders. Flint says, there is so much untapped potential being wasted every day resulting in a gap between a companys vision and the results they are achieving.
Some key lessons he hopes readers take away about servant leadership:
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All 30 MLB ball clubs from around the country will be onsite to provide opportunities for prospects interested in a career in baseball. The daylong event will take place at Chicago's Hyatt Regency McCormick Place and include networking, one-on-one …
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First-Ever PRSA Midwest District Conference Hosts Hundreds in Chicago
Senior communications professionals at top organizations including Motorola, Allstate and Boeing, as well as respected Chicago media, solo PR practitioners and crisis communication experts are teed up to participate. Speaker highlights include: — Al …
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