Contents of Elearning! Magazine - MAY-JUN 2012

Elearning! Magazine: Building Smarter Companies via Learning & Workplace Technologies.

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Learning!100:
The second annual Learning! 100 Award recognizes 100 high performing organiza- tions that drive results through innovative, collaborative learning and development operating within a supportive learning cul- ture. This year's corporate honorees aver- aged 300 percent higher net income growth than the Standard and Poor's 500 index. How did these organizations out- perform their peers?
LEARNING! 100 WINNERS PROFILE
This year, 60 percent of the winners were in the private sector and 40 percent were pub- lic sector (government, not-for-profit mili- tary, or educational institutions.) Company sizes ranged from five people firms to global organizations with 1.6 million employees. Of these, 67 percent were global organi- zations, 70 percent supported remote
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employees, and 50 percent also had mobile learners. Almost 90 percent train external stakeholders including customers and sup- pliers. And 93 percent of the Learning! 100 honorees link their learning strategy to their overall business goals. During the 2012 Enterprise Learning!
Summit, 20 organizations shared their strategies for performance. From AT&T; to the Department of Veterans Affairs, all embraced similar themes. The economic environment has made organizations smarter about technology investments, the growing importance of leadership development especially in global markets, and the increasing importance of external stakeholders and learning to enterprise profitability. Hear directly from these organizations by accessing on-demand sessions. (See sidebar.)
ABOUT THE LEARNING! 100 APPLICATION PROCESS
Each year, the Learning! 100 winners are selected from applications submitted between September 1st and December 1st at www.2elearning.com/l100. Learning! 100 nominees are evaluated on three sets of criteria: The Aberdeen Group's Best-in- Class Learning and Development Survey, EMG's Learning Culture Index, and orga- nizational performance. The four categories for which organiza-
tions are honored are: >>Learning Culture >>Collaboration >>Innovation >>Performance
In partnership with Aberdeen, EMG hon-
ors the top 100 organizations at the Enterprise Learning! Summit. Winners and