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Blogging on Bersin.com, Karen O'Leonard recently wrote about the need for a new breed of L&D professional. In O'Leonard's estimation, the ongoing global economic downturn has led to a more centralized approach to learning management as businesses cut back on training development staff to save money. This shift has led to the need for traditional training personnel to evolve into performance consultants who can assess the needs of individual units - and employees - and align them with the overall corporate strategy.

While that may be true, another implication to reductions in employee training personnel is the need for companies to have a scalable, customizable Learning Management System that can handle and track company-wide training development initiatives, as well as specific modules for individual departments and executive training and employee development efforts. In other words, the right training management software for multiple challenges.

Think about it. Everyone is doing more with less, so taking the time to find the right LMS to meet your needs is more crucial than ever. In fact, it's a decision that will have long-term implications for your ROI.

And forget about cutting back on the amount of training you provide - your competitors certainly aren't. An ongoing corporate learning program remains a must-have in the toolkit of any business or organization - large or small, global or local - that wants to remain competitive in a 21st century economy. However, the economic upheaval of the past two years has changed the way that training is delivered, with e-learning and virtual classroom training accounting for one-third of training hours delivered in 2009, which represents an all-time high. That trend is expected to continue, as evidenced by recent projections in the growth of spending on self-paced e-learning tools and services over the next five years.

At Ziiva, we're confident our product and ongoing customer service can meet the needs of your organization.

Conference Alerts has posted a comprehensive list of upcoming events in internet-based education, educational technology and related fields.

January 2010

07 Learning Futures Festival Online 2010 Leicester United Kingdom
07 Hawaii International Conference on Education Honolulu Hawaii
15 New Frontiers in Learning and Innovation Houston Texas
20 MISC 2010 - International Conference on Mobility, Individualisation, Socialisation, Connectivity London United Kingdom
22 The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Future Networks (ICFN 2010) Sanya China
All accepted papers will also be published in theconference proceeding by ASME, and will be listedin the ASME website, and indexed by Ei Compendexand Thomson ISI.
25 2010 International Conference on e-Commerce, e-Administration, e-Society, e-Education, and e-Technology Macau China
The main objective of e-CASE & e-Tech 2010 is toprovide a platform for researchers, engineers,academicians as well as industrial professionalsfrom all over the world to present their researchresults and development activities.
26 Best Learning Center Practices to Support Online Student Success and Retention online
Online students need specific learning & studystrategies support. Learn how to involve learningcenter admin/staff in helping campus studentstaking online courses & how to assist instructorsin integrating learning assistance support.

February 2010

01 3rd Annual Forum on e-Learning Excellence in the Middle-East 2010: Bringing Global Quality to a Local Context Dubai, UAE United Arab Emirates
04 World Conference on Educational Sciences istanbul Turkey
12 The 2010 IEEE International Conference on Data Storage and Data Engineering (DSDE 2010) Bangalore India
All papers of DSDE 2010 will be published by IEEE,and will be included in the IEEE Xplore.
15 Mediterranean Conference for Academic Disciplines Gozo Malta
19 E- resources in Higher Education – Issues, Challenges, Opportunities and Developments Tiruchirappalli India
23 International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL) New Delhi India
25 The International Society for the Social Studies Annual Conference Orlando Florida
26 2010 The 2nd SPIE International Conference on Digital Image Processing (ICDIP 2010) Singapore Singapore
All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceeding by SPIE, and will be SPIEDigital Library, indexed by the INSPEC, EiCompendex, Chemical Abstracts, InternationalAerospace Abstracts.
26 2010 The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering (ICCAE 2010) Singapore Singapore
All accepted papers will also be published in theconference proceeding by ASME or IEEE, and beindexed by the major indexing services, such as EiCompendex and Thomason ISI Proceeding.
26 2010 International Conference on Behavioral, Cognitive and Psychological Sciences (BCPS 2010) Singapore Singapore
The accepted full papers will be published in theBCPS 2010 Proceeding, which will be indexed by theworld major indexing services.

March 2010

01 Developing an Online Orientation Online Webcast
01 International Conference for Academic Disciplines Orlando Florida
04 TOUCHPOINT 2010 1st Technology in Education Conference Manila Philippines
15 International Conference for Academic Disciplines Las Vegas
15 Microcomputers in Education Conference Tempe Arizona
15 The Eighth IASTED International Conference on Web-based Education ~WBE 2010~ Sharm El Sheikh Egypt
18 GUIDE Association International Workshop 2010 New Challenges for e-learning in cultural, scientific and socio-economic development Rome Italy
19 The 2nd International Conference on Knowledge Discovery (ICKD 2010) Bali Island Indonesia
The ICKD 2010 Conference proceeding will beincluded in the IEEE Xplore and CSDL, and indexedby the IEE INSPEC, Thomson ISI (ISTP), and EICompendex.
26 2010 The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Computer Engineering and Applications (ICCEA 2010) Bali Indonesia
ICCAE 2010 will be published by IEEE, and allpapers in the proceedings will be included in theIEEE Xplore, and indexed by Ei Compendex andThomson ISI.
27 2010 the 2nd International Conference on Advanced Computer Control (ICACC 2010) Shenyang China
All accepted papers will also be published in the conference proceeding by IEEE, and will be indexed by EI Compendex, INSPEC, Thomson ISI, IEEE XploreTM.
30 International Arab Conference on e-Technology Kuwait Kuwait

April 2010

13 IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies Dubai United Arab Emirates
15 1st Symposium on Collective Intelligence (COLLIN 2010) Hagen Germany
15 eLearning and Software for Education conference - eLSE 2010 Bucharest Romania
15 E-learning and software for education Bucharest Romania
15 The 6th International Conference STRATEGIES XXI Bucharest Romania
16 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Building Management (ICIBM 2009) Chengdu China
All ICIBM 2010 papers will be listed in IEEEXplore and CSDL, and indexed by Ei Compendex,Thomson ISI Proceedings and INSPEC.
16 2010 The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Computer Engineering and Technology (ICCET 2010) Chengdu China
The ICCET 2010 proceedings will be included inIEEE Xplore, and Indexed by Thomson ISI and EiCompendex.
16 2010 The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Information Management and Engineering (IEEE ICIME 2010) Chengdu China
Sponsored by IEEE, all papers will be included inIEEE Xplore, and indexed by Ei Compendex andThomson ISI.
21 Defence Academies and Colleges e-Learning Conference The Hague Netherlands
23 2010 The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Systems Engineering and Modeling (ICSEM 2010) Bangkok Thailand
Conference Proceedings will be included in theIEEE Xplore, and indexed by Ei Compendex andThomson ISI.
25 2010 International Conference on Economics and Finance Research (ICEFR 2010) Bangkok Thailand
All the registered papers of ICEFR 2010 will be indexed by British Library, and indexed by Thomson ISI and Nelson.
25 Quality Connections - Boundless Possibilities: Through Open, Flexible and Distance Learning Wellington New Zealand
28 “Mathematical education in a context of changes in primary school” Olomouc Czech Republic
29 Moodle Mini Moot Wellington New Zealand

May 2010

03 LANGUAGES & BUSINESS 2010 Duesseldorf Germany
05 The 3rd International ELT Conference Telling ELT Tales out of School Famagusta, North Cyprus Cyprus
05 2010 KSET International Conference Seoul Korea (South)
05 Educational Technology Forum (ETF) 2010 Sharjah United Arab Emirates
07 2010 The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Computer Research and Development (ICCRD 2010) Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Conference proceedings will be included in IEEEXplore ,and indexed by Ei Compendex, and ISIT Thomson.
10 3rd International Conference on “Innovations in Learning for the Future 2010: e-Learning istanbul Turkey
10 Future Learning 2010 Istanbul Ýstanbul Turkey
12 GLOBAL LEARNING CONFERENCE 2010 Johannesburg South Africa
17 Global Learn Asia Pacific 2010 Penang Malaysia
19 International Conference on TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING, QUALITY OF TEACHING, AND REFORMING EDUCATION: Learning Technologies, Quality of Education, Athens Greece
23 5th International Conference of MITs Learning International Networks Consortium Cambridge Massachusetts
MIT LINC is an international community ofindividuals and organizations that focuses onhigher education in emerging countries and therole that technology can play in expandingeducational reach.
24 American Canadian Conference for Academic Disciplines Toronto Canada
31 Multiple Intelligences World Symposium Beijing China

June 2010

01 Foreign Language Teaching Conference: Independent Learning Gaziantep Turkey
02 PLATO @ 50: Conference Celebrating 50th Anniversary of PLATO System Mountain View CA
03 SOLSTICE 2010: Technology Enhanced Learning and the Student Experience Ormskirk United Kingdom
The 5th international SOLSTICE 2010 eLearning Conference will focus on technologies in teaching to support and challenge learners, to bring efficiency and added value to assessment and feedback and impact on employability.
03 The first International Conference on E-Learning For ALL (ELFA2010) Hammamet Tunisia
03 Multiple Intelligences World Symposium Singapore Singapore
07 European College Teaching and Learning Conference Dublin Ireland
This conference seeks papers in all areas ofteaching and learning, administrative, and relatedissues at the K-12 and college levels.
09 Temasek Polytechnic's International Conference on Learning and Teaching Singapore Singapore
09 International Conference on E-Learning in the Workplace (ICELW) New York New York
14 International Conference on Economics, Business and Management ¨C ICEBM 2010 Manila Philippines
All the registered papers of ICEBM 2010 will be indexed by British Library, and indexed by Thomson ISI and Nelson.
22 2010 The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Education Technology and Computer (ICETC 2010) Shanghai China
Based on the success of ICETC 2009, ICETC 2010will be held in Shanghai China during Jun 22-24, 2010.
28 International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2010) London United Kingdom
30 PLAT2010 Edinburgh United Kingdom
30 ICT2010 International Conference on Teaching and Learning Singapore Singapore

July 2010

05 2010 the 2nd International Conference on Signal Processing Systems (ICSPS 2010) Dalian China
ICSPS 2010 is co-sponsored by the DalianUniversity of Technology, InternationalAssociation of Computer Science and InformationTechnology (IACSIT), and IEEE.
06 INC2010 - 8th International Network Conference 2010 Heidelberg Germany
This conference, the eighth in our series, willbring together leading figures from academia andindustry to present and discuss the latestadvances in networking technologies from researchand commercial perspectives.
08 6th International Conference on Education (ICE) 2010 Samos Island Greece
09 2010 International Conference on Instructional and Computer Technology (ICICT 2010) Chengdu China
ICICT 2010 will be published by IEEE CPS, which will be included in the IEEE Xplore, and indexed by the Ei Compendex, ISI Proceeding and other indexing services.
09 2010 the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (IEEE ICCSIT 2010) Chengdu China
Conference proceeding will be published by IEEE,and will be included in the IEEE Xplore, andindexed by Ei Compendex and ISI Proceeding.
09 2010 IEEE International Conference on Information and Applied Electronics (ICIAE 2010) Chengdu China
All accepted papers will be published in theconference proceedings, which will be indexed byIEEE Xplore, Thomason ISI, Ei Compendex and othermajor indexing services.
12 International Conference on e-Learning Penang Malaysia
12 2010 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing Las Vegas Nevada
12 The 2010 International Conference on Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality (CGVR'10) Las Vegas Nevada
12 The 2010 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering (IKE'10) Las Vegas Nevada
12 The 2010 International Conference on Semantic Web and Web Services (SWWS'10) Las Vegas Nevada
12 The 2010 International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government (EEE'10) Las Vegas Nevada
12 The 2010 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS'10) Las Vegas Nevada
15 8th ICICTH - International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Health Samos Island Greece
15 ETLDR 2010 York United Kingdom
17 Cyberpsychology and Computing Psychology Conference (CyComP 2010) Bolton United Kingdom
25 2010 IEEE International Conference on Computer Design and Applications (ICCDA 2010) Qinhuangdao China
All papers in the ICCDA 2010 will be included in IEEE Xplore, and indexed by ISI, Ei Compendex, and CSDL and INSPEC.
26 IADIS International Conference e-Learning 2010 Freiburg Germany
26 IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2010 Freiburg Germany

August 2010

01 Annual International Conference on Computing and ICT Research (ICCIR'10) Kampala Uganda
04 2010 the International Conference of Organizational Innovation Bangkok Thailand
06 The 8th Asia TEFL International Conference Hanoi Viet Nam
20 2010 the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Computer Theory and Engineering (ICACTE 2010) Chengdu China
Sponsord by IEEE, All accepted papers will be published by IEEE, and be included in the IEEE Xplore, and indexed by the Thomson ISI and Ei Compendex.

September 2010

10 The 2nd ASME International Conference on Mechanical and Electrical Technology (ICMET 2010) Singapore Singapore
All accepted papers will also be published in theconference proceeding by ASME, whichwill be indexed by ASME Digital Library, EI Compendex and Thomson ISI.

October 2010

03 2010 The 2nd International Conference on Software Technology and Engineering (ICSTE 2010) Puerto Rico USA
All accepted papers will be published by IEEE, which will be included in IEEE Xplore, and indexed by Ei Compendex, ISI Proceeding and other major indexing services.
18 TARC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LEARNING & TEACHING 2010: Emerging Trends in Higher Education Learning and Teaching Malaysia Malaysia

November 2010

08 International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2010) London United Kingdom
28 European Conference for Academic Disciplines Gottenheim near Freiburg Germany

February 2011

21 eLi - The 2nd International Conference of e-Learning and Distance Learning Riyadh Saudi Arabia

August 2011

17 Conference on eLearning & IT Offshoring New Jersey / New York USA