MindLeaders, a world leader in the information systems
training market, has an extensive library of e-Learning.
We understand the problems of obtaining access to
high-quality training at low cost. If you are like the
thousands of customers we serve every day, you want access
to quality training at any time, anywhere at reasonable
cost. You would also like to take the courses at home or the
office when it is convenient for you. Many of you also want
to prepare for either the Microsoft Certified Systems
Engineer or Microsoft Office User Specialist certifications
which typically lead to better paying positions.
MindLeaders provides you with annual access to a large
number of courses through our low priced subscription plans.
In fact, our pricing is so low many customers wonder if our
courses are high in quality. We have also been providing
self- paced training to Fortune 2000 companies for 20 years,
further attesting to our quality courses.
Our courses are always conveniently available to you. All
of our courses are available to you in real-time through the
Internet. There is no downloading of the courses to your
hard drive and no CDs to install. You simply click and go.
Our courses were also designed specifically for real- time
presentation through the Internet using a 28.8
Kilobits/second modem or faster.
Testing of your skills is built into our courses. We
provide you with the option of taking a pre-test to help
determine what areas of a topic you have not yet mastered
before you take a course. This eliminates the need for you
to take an entire course if it is unnecessary. A post-test
can be taken to determine your mastery of the topic once you
have finished a course. If you pass the post-test for a
topic, you have mastered it.
Try one of our demo courses today and see for yourself.
Then, join the thousands of others we have helped by signing
up for a course Subscription with our partner.
Sincerely,
Carol Clark
President and CEO - MindLeaders, Inc.
About MindLeaders
MindLeaders was founded in 1981 as a developer of custom
computer-based training. With the advent of emerging
technologies, MindLeaders has evolved into a world leader in
the information systems training market with an extensive
library of top-quality, ready-to-use computer-based training
(CBT) and self-study products. From our headquarters in
Columbus, Ohio, we have been providing CBT solutions for
Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies. Now our
expertise is available to everyone, over 700 courses and
thousands of hours of instruction make our library the most
comprehensive interactive e-Learning library in the
industry. Our clients worldwide attest to the fact that we
have remained true to our guiding principle: "Do what you do
best."
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MindLeaders Named Company To Watch In New IDC Report
Revenue growth in a difficult economy and quality product
offering cited as reasons why company is poised for continued
success
COLUMBUS, Ohio – July 1, 2002 – MindLeaders, a leader in
enterprise-quality off-the-shelf self-paced e-Learning,
announced today it has been selected as one of four firms among
the “Worldwide Other Top IT Training Providers” mentioned within
The Top 15 Worldwide IT Education and Training Providers in 2001
report whose revenues outpaced the overall e-Learning market.
This marks the second consecutive year MindLeaders has been
mentioned in the report.
The annual report from IDC tracks the largest IT training and
education services providers to show historical growth rates and
growth in relation to the overall market by company. Revenue is
used as the gauge to rank the vendors because it is the most
accurate method of size and quite representative of brand
awareness.
“MindLeaders continues to develop high-quality courseware
with dependable instructional support and reinforcement, and a
practical management offering,” said Cushing Anderson, Program
Manager for Learning Services Research. “As MindLeaders
continues to expand its audience, growth will continue and the
company will ultimately become a dominant provider across the
complete e-Learning market.”
“We are delighted to be recognized again as a strong
contender in the vast IT e-Learning market,” said Angus Carroll,
MindLeaders chief operating officer. “As a provider of
high-quality, off-the-shelf self-paced e-Learning for the past
20-years with a library of over 800 courses and a customer base
of over 1000 large organizations combined with thousands of
small-medium size companies, we have worked relentlessly to earn
the respect of our customers and to become a leader in this
market.”
About MindLeaders
MindLeaders, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, provides
subscription-based, self-paced e-Learning courses to small,
medium and large businesses and organizations via
industry-standard Web browsers. Custom courseware services are
also provided. MindLeaders has a customer base of more than 1000
large organizations and tens of thousands of small-medium size
businesses. MindLeaders enterprise-quality courses are used for
desktop, IT and business skills training with both just-in-time
reference and mentoring. MindLeaders provides e-Learning that
works to companies such as A. G. Edwards, Freddie Mac, Perot
Systems and US Steel. For more information, please visit us at
www.mindleaders.com.
New Features Unveiled with MindLeaders March Release
Flash
 With
the March release of MindLeaders courses comes the adoption of
Flash, a versatile multimedia player that allows us to include
complex animations within our courses. Flash is incorporated
into all new series of courses, enhancing our simulations and
other interactive elements. Since Flash is an embedded component
of current browsers, it minimizes the need for learners to
download a plug-in.
Audio
Beginning with the Network+ Series release in March, and
followed by all new course series in June, audio will exist in
the introduction to each lesson in a course. Lesson
introductions are viewable in either a Flash animated version or
a text version. This allows us to offer both audio and animation
to enhance the student experience, yet at the same time minimize
bandwidth requirements.
New Structure
To help learners access just the information they want and
need right away, course content is now organized into smaller,
more explicitly structured learning objects. Both course
introductions and lesson summaries are now available, enabling
learners to distinguish right away what a course encompasses and
whether it is appropriate for them.
Course in Review
 What
else has been added to courses? New courses will include a
"Course in Review" lesson that summarizes all the topics within
the course, and includes supplemental information on the topics.
With certification topic courses, the course in review lesson
also includes certification exam strategies and a comprehensive
listing of exam objectives. Questions in this lesson are
comprehensive and unique from earlier lessons, making them an
ideal exam primer. The associated activities and exercises in
this lesson provide an additional interactive opportunity for
the student to evaluate his or her knowledge level.
The recently accessed courses screen now shows only the last
ten courses a learner has accessed in the last 90 days,
eliminating clutter at the top of the screen and allowing
learners to find their current courses faster.
Press Release:
MindLeaders United Kingdom Partner, Nyala, Receives
Accreditation By The Open And Distance Learning Quality Council
Seal of approval was awarded to WeTrain4U, a division of
the Nyala Group, after a thorough assessment of partner’s
systems, publicity, course materials and tutorial support.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – March 28, 2002 – MindLeaders, a leader in
enterprise-quality Web-based training, announced today that
WeTrain4U, a division of the Nyala Group based in the United
Kingdom, has become the first on-line learning provider in
Britain to have its operation accredited by the Open and
Distance Learning Quality Council.
WeTrain4U provides over 600 Web-based courses to the
educational and business sectors throughout the United Kingdom.
The courses cover a diverse range of subjects including IT,
desktop, business and practical skills.
Tim Totty, of WeTrain4U, says “The Group, with its subsidiary
companies, has spent the past four years establishing its
reputation as a quality provider of training software. The Open
and Distance Learning Council’s accreditation validates all the
hard work spent to create the right learning environment and is
a clear signal of our commitment to the highest quality,” he
said.
“We are absolutely delighted to see the quality of our
partner’s confirmed by an objective third-party organization,”
said Angus Carroll, chief operating officer at MindLeaders. From
the beginning, we have been very selective in choosing our
reseller partners. This accreditation further proves the success
of our efforts.”
WeTrain4U teaching systems has more than 18,000 on-line
students, and the courses have been introduced at a number of
universities and colleges. The Nyala Group’s Web sites are also
averaging one million hits per month.
“Nyala’s vision is to create virtual colleges, supported by
the Learndirect network, right across the board – serving the
education, domestic and commercial communities,” said Mr. Totty.
As well as providing on-line training support for several
universities and colleges throughout the UK, the Nyala Group is
also talking with several large comprehensive schools to support
computerization in the classroom.
In addition, the Nyala Group provides computer training
through Training Centres UK Limited (TCUK). The first of a
planned national chain of centers opened in Nailsea at the end
of last year and several more are scheduled to go on-line during
the summer.
The manager of TCUK, Kevin Underdown, says “the demand for
quality training is growing by the day. Our first training
center has been a huge success, and we are already looking for
an opportunity to expand our operation. There is a huge demand
for IT skills, particularly from the business sector. The
Government has forecast that every home will have a computer and
access to the Internet. While the realization of this prediction
is still a few year in the future, no-one wants to be left
behind.”
TCUK works in partnership with the public sector, to offer
over 600 training courses through the Government’s Learndirect
network and is an approved examining body up to City & Guilds
Stage III. TCUK will also be pioneering the new Learndirect
business program.
Press Release:
MindLeaders E-Commerce Courses Approved For Certified
E-Commerce Consultant Certification Program
MindLeaders partners with The Certified E-Commerce
Consultants Institute to prepare individuals for widely
recognized certification
COLUMBUS, Ohio – November 26, 2001 – MindLeaders, a leader in
enterprise-quality Web-based training, announced its partnership
today with The Certified E-Commerce Consultants Institute to
deliver the MindLeaders e-Commerce Series courses as a
certification path leading to the Certified E-Commerce
Consultant (CEC) certification. The thirteen courses in the
series provide over fifty hours of quality, highly interactive
training in e-Commerce.
The CEC program provides a vendor-neutral e-Business skills
certification upon completing the courses. The CEC certification
is designed to validate and enhance e-Competency by providing a
fast-track e-Commerce certification and credential aimed at job
roles integral to the management of e-Business and e-Commerce.
Such job roles include operations, administration, oversight,
leadership, marketing, public relations and supporting
e-Commerce or e-Business related activities. The American
E-Commerce Association, several colleges and universities and
various associations in the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe
and The Middle East recognize the CEC certification. Numerous
certification authorities including GOCERTIFY, ITCERTINFO,
BRAINBUZZ, CRAMSESSION and others also recognize the CEC
certification.
“We are excited to partner with MindLeaders, a quality
courseware provider, to bring their highly interactive courses
to individuals pursuing our CEC certification,” said George
Mentz, chief executive officer of The Institute Of Certified
E-Commerce Consultants. “The MindLeaders e-Commerce series of
courses provide the coverage and depth needed to prepare
technical and business professionals for the CEC certification.”
“As the use of e-Commerce continues to grow additional job
roles within the enterprise are affected,” said Angus Carroll,
MindLeaders chief operating officer. “The CEC certification
provides a path for individuals to gain the in-depth knowledge
needed to effectively implement, manage and maintain excellent
e-Commerce practices.”
About The Institute Of Certified E-Commerce
Consultants
The Institute of Certified E-Commerce Consultants™, ICECC, is an
association and Graduate Institute of E-Commerce professionals.
The Certified E-Commerce Consultant (CEC) certification belongs
to an elite few in the E-Commerce profession. The CEC
certification is the worldwide e-Commerce and e-Business
credential awarded by the CEC Board of Standards. The CEC
certification is the global symbol and designation of e-commerce
professionalism. Only those who have skills in e-management,
e-commerce strategy, global e-commerce, and e-commerce and
e-business marketing and have at least 2 years of experience and
research can earn the right to attain the CEC credential.
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