Aug 15
LEGO Systems, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of construction toys and experiences for families, starts a nationwide tour, called The LEGO® Experience, this weekend, August 15 and 16, at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo.
Scheduled to visit 23 cities throughout the United States, The LEGO Experience lets children and adults alike immerse themselves in the best that [...]
Feb 14
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The Certified Training Alliance (CTA) announced the first annual â??Apple Certification Weekâ? program today. CTA members will be hosting â??Open Houseâ? events and offering up to 25% discounts on Apple Certified Courses and Apple Certification Exams booked during the week of February 23rd.
â??Anyone who is interested in becoming Apple Certified should attend an Apple Certification [...]
Dec 29
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Scottrade, a leading branch-supported online investment firm, is doubling the number of local User Summits it hosts in 2009. The investment broker expects more than 15,000 investors to attend workshops in 24 cities across the country next year to learn how to effectively use Scottrade’s trading platforms.
“We saw an overwhelming response in 2008 from attendees [...]
Dec 04
Indianapolis will be the new home of one of the premier non-partisan medical technology think tanks in the United States. The Medical Technology Leadership Forum (MTLF) is relocating from Minneapolis to Indy. To celebrate the organization’s new headquarters location, the group is holding one of their three yearly forums in Indianapolis next Monday and Tuesday, [...]
Dec 02
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Capella University, an accredited*, fully online university that has built its reputation by providing quality education for working adults, has released its latest Inside Online Education podcast. It features a discussion of financial aid options at Capella with Mike Nylund, the university’s financial aid director.
These regular podcasts feature interviews with Capella students, faculty and staff [...]
Nov 19
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Training magazine has named Capella University PhD student Tracy Lendi as a Top 10 Young Trainer. Lendi, who is director of training and development for Standard Parking Corporation, was evaluated on her leadership skills, technical competence, success in meeting difficult training challenges, and experience developing innovative training solutions and programs. As a Top 10 Young [...]
Nov 08
Tort litigators have at least five unique opportunities to take part in fully accredited briefings with unique interactive teleconferences on asbestos liabilities, food safety, shoulder pain pump devices, MRSA & other hospital infections and the Consumer Product Safety Act.
Each 100-minute call costs just $199 for unlimited users (plus $15 per-person CLE processing fee if requested) [...]
Nov 07
Carlson Hotels Worldwide worked together with the Kids in Need foundation in Iowa and local school officials in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to provide more than 3,500 activity bags to area children displaced by flooding. The tote bags contained a fun activity book, colored pencils, stickers, sunglasses or goggles.
Distribution of the bags was kicked off at [...]
Nov 06
Amcom Software and VOX Network Solutions announced that they have completed an agreement under which VOX will distribute Amcom’s industry leading, mission-critical communications software products. The primary focus will be on providing Amcom’s mission-critical solutions for enhanced 911 (E911), emergency notification and management, and call center management to VOX’s extensive customer base of Nortel [...]
Nov 06
Six new screenwriters have been selected as winners in the 23rd Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Each writer or writing team will receive a prestigious $30,000 prize, the first installment of which will be distributed at a gala dinner in Beverly Hills on [...]
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