Training Today: Partnerships and Alliances (July/August 2013)

The latest training industry mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and more.

>> Capital Analytics, a consultancy specializing in human capital measurement, partnered withEdLink, a provider of tuition assistance program management services. Together, they will demonstrate the impact tuition assistance programs are having on corporations’ bottom lines.

>>Delta Rigging & Tools, a Houston-based provider of rigging and lifting products, standardized its sales hiring across multiple offices with a job candidate assessment tool from Rise Performance Group. The Rise sales assessment tool measures how well a person fits specific sales jobs in a company and can be used to select new hires or to manage existing salespeople and account managers.

>> Aasonn, a leader in cloud-based human resource and business execution software solutions for enterprises implementing SAP SuccessFactors, launched Aasonn University, which integrates SuccessFactors learning tools into a company’s existing business process and Human Capital Management (HCM) operations, and provides education services that range from on-site training with experienced instructors to e-learning courses.

>> The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (EI)and University of Phoenixformed a partnership to expand academic opportunities for hospitality professionals. They also formed a Credit Recommendation Guide (CRG)learning assessment tool for EI’s courses.

>> CourseSmart, an educational services platform and provider of digital course materials, partnered with Metrodigi,an e-book development and publishing software company. This collaboration allows publishers to develop interactive e-textbooks more efficiently and affordably. Students benefit from access to interactive and visual course materials through CourseSmart’s new Interactive Reader.

Lorri Freifeld
Lorri Freifeld is the editor/publisher of Training magazine. She writes on a number of topics, including talent management, training technology, and leadership development. She spearheads two awards programs: the Training APEX Awards and Emerging Training Leaders. A writer/editor for the last 30 years, she has held editing positions at a variety of publications and holds a Master’s degree in journalism from New York University.