» What’s New in 6.6 Webinar Series – Recordings Available

Did you miss the recent webinar series featuring a look at the new 6.6 release?  If so, be sure to check out the recordings now available!  These 60-minute sessions provide you with a close-up look at the new features and are presented by our very own Pathlore LMS Technical Experts. Each recording can also be found online on the SumTotal Customer Productivity Center (CPC):

1. Usability and Configuration Improvements in 6.6
2. Mail and Security Improvements in 6.6
3. 6.6 Reporting Using the New Storage Model for SCORM/AICC data

» Webinar: Top Five Emerging Trends in Learning Management

Talent Management, Mobile Learning, Social Networking, Gaming…the list of evolving technologies and practices that impact how organizations deliver learning is rapidly changing. Web 2.0 tools are expanding collaboration and communication, and giving companies faster and more effective ways to leverage knowledge as a competitive advantage. What do you need to know to bring your learning organization to this next level?  Gain an understanding of the top emerging learning technology trends and how they will impact your organization by listening in on this recorded web seminar event.

Click here to download and view the recorded webcast

» Webinar: Get More Out of Your Learning Solution Investments

Learn how leading content and LMS vendors Eedo and SumTotal are using standards-based SkillSoft Open Learning Services to offer richer learning content and related services to customers.

Event Details:

• Date: Wednesday, March 5
• Time: 9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST

Register today – Click Here

TotalConnection User Conference Update

» The hunt for site location & venue continues….
The site search and date selection for our next TotalConnection User Conference is still underway. Due to limitations in adequately sized venues to fit our program and available dates, we have expanded our search for TotalConnection into Spring 2009.

Please stay tuned to your e-News for ongoing updates and official announcement this spring.

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Exciting news! SumTotal was recently selected from dozens of companies worldwide as a 2007 Learning Leader by Bersin & Associates, a research and advisory firm.

This award, in the category of "Initiative Excellence," was awarded on the basis of two internal talent management and development programs at SumTotal, TotalImmersion and Total Satisfaction.  Based on detailed criteria compiled over years of research, Bersin’s Learning Leaders Program recognizes organizations which have developed and implemented effective and efficient approaches to employee learning and development resulting in significant business improvement.

The two programs, for new and existing SumTotal employees, showed dramatic business results, including reduced time to competency for new technical and service employees, improved employee retention, and has helped increase customer satisfaction  . . .

Read on and learn more:

• Press Release
• Details about the winning organizations and activities: www.bersin.com/leaders.
• Webcast presented by SumTotal’s Dawn Cassidy: “Employee Engagement Drives Customer Satisfaction: How to Power Results”

Did you know that SumTotal proudly maintains strong partnerships with world leaders in a wide range of learning content, software technology, educational, and consulting specialties?   SumTotal’s Content Provider Network continues to expand with partners that offer and/or develop course content that can be integrated with SumTotal’s LMS platforms to provide a complete learning solution.  Please join us in welcoming to the network:

Delmar Cengage Learning is an innovative force in healthcare education and training solutions. They provide comprehensive health care education and training solutions to meet the needs of instructors, students, and professionals within all health care avocations and settings.  Leading the industry in creative solutions, Delmar Cengage Learning are advancing the standard of health education by delivering dynamic health care content through the latest technology.  Learn more by visiting the catalog at www.Netlearning.com/license.

SumTotal’s Alliance Program also includes:

• Technology Partners providing complementary technology that adds value to SumTotal talent management solutions and/or marketing efforts.
• Business Process Outsourcing Services embed one or all of SumTotal’s applications into a BPO solution offering for outsourced customers.
• Solutions Integrators resell SumTotal software and/or services as part of their own value-added solutions, which may include consulting and integration services.

By Sanjay Dholakia, Sr. Vice President, Corporate & Business Dev't, SumTotal Systems

Wikis, blogs, social networking — there are seemingly 101 ways for employees to find information, collaborate and execute work. But what can organizations do to establish processes to fully leverage the benefits of Web 2.0-enabled technology on a consistent basis?

Unfortunately, most companies struggle not only when assessing employee performance but when attempting to use employee reviews and other performance-related information to actually improve workforce productivity. For many managers and employees, taking part in appraisals and executing other pieces in a regular performance management system can seem an almost Sisyphean task, but savvy employers can facilitate the process by taking an interactive approach to this piece of talent management.

>> Read the full article