Training Today: Partnerships and Alliances (July/Aug 2012)

>> Under a partnership agreement, Focal Press will make part of its library of video-based training covering film, video, postproduction, visual effects, and motion graphics products available via Class on Demand’s secure online delivery platform.

>> Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business in Washington, D.C.; ESADE Business School in Spain; and Brazilian business school EBAPE/Fundação Getulio Vargas are developing a Corporate International Master’s (CIM) degree program with plans to begin in spring 2013. The one-year program will be taught in three 11-day sessions in Washington, D.C.; Rio de Janeiro; and Madrid; one five-day session in Shanghai; and online classes between the four destinations. The program will award three degrees—one from each school.

>> Brainshark, Inc., a developer of online and mobile video presentations, was selected to provide the exclusive rapid content creation solution for use with Blackboard Learn for Sales, a cloud-based learning management solution that is integrated into Salesforce CRM. Brainshark enables users to add their voice—along with video clips, survey and test questions, attachments, and more—to PowerPoint decks and other documents to quickly create interactive online and mobile video presentations and e-learning courses. Brainshark also introduced new features in its SlideShark Team Edition iPad app, including folders to support easy content access and management.