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Elearning! Magazine Announces Finalist for Best of 2007 Elearning! Awards
--The First Industry Reader’s Choice Awards Honors 36 Finalists
Corona, CA, December 1, 2007—Elearning! Magazine, the exclusive industry trade magazine produced by B2B Media Company, announced today the finalists of the Best of Elearning! Awards. Readers and professionals from hundreds of organizations nominated and cast ballots for the best e-learning solutions providers across twelve product categories.
“The Best of Elearning! Awards are unlike any hosted in this market,” reported Jerry Roche, Editorial Director of Elearning! Magazine. “Every brand and product was reader nominated and the finalists are the leading vote earners from each product category,” Roche continued.
Readers nominated and voted for products and solutions via Elearning! Magazine’s online ballot. Product categories included: Best LMS, Best Hosted LMS, Best Presentation Tool, Best Authoring Tool, Best Simulation Solution, Best Virtual Classroom Solution, Best Web Conferencing Solution, Best IT Content, Soft Skills and Leadership Training. All ballots were cast between September 1st, 2007 and November 30th, 2007.Each ballot was reviewed and validated by the editorial team. All vendor ballots were voided.
“More than 50% of E-learning professionals rely on word of mouth and referrals as a source of product information,” reported Roche. “This awards program provides a venue for adopters to share what brands and solutions really work for them,” he concluded.
All the finalists and winners of each product category will be featured in the Winter Edition of Elearning! Magazine publishing in January 2008. “Not only will readers of the issue see what products are leaders in each category, but they can read personal testimonials from real-world users of these winning products,” reported Roche.
The finalists of each category are as follows:
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1 Best LMS |
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Learn.com |
LearnCenter |
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Saba |
Saba Learning Suite |
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SumTotal |
Total LMS 7.1 |
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2 Best On-Demand LMS |
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GeoLearning |
Maestro 5.0 |
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Moodle |
Moodle |
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GeoLearning |
Express |
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3 Best IT Content |
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Element K |
Online IT Certification Training |
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Learn.com |
IT Course Library |
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SkillSoft |
Skill Choice IT |
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4 Best Leadership |
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Ninth House |
Situational Leadership II |
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Harvard Business School Publishing |
The Essential Leader |
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Ken Blanchard |
High Performance Organizations |
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AMA |
Leadership Development Blended |
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5 Best Soft Skills |
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Learn.com |
Managing to Excel |
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Ninth House |
Retaining Talent |
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AMA |
Business Skills Blended |
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6 Compliance Training |
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Corpedia |
Compliance E-learning |
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Syntrio |
Sexual Harassment Training |
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Red Hawk |
Ethics Training Series |
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7 Best Virtual Classroom |
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WebEx |
Training Center |
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Saba |
Centra Live |
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iLinc |
LearnLinc |
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8 Best Web Seminar |
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iLinc |
MeetingLinc |
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WebEx |
Meeting Center |
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Saba |
Centra Suite |
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Citrix |
GoTo Meeting |
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9 Presentation Tool |
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Articulate |
Presenter |
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WebSoft |
CourseLab |
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Sonic Foundry |
Media Site |
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10 Best Web Authoring Tool |
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Trivantis |
Lectora |
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Articulate |
Presenter |
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Adobe |
Captivate |
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11 Best Simulation Tool |
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Adobe |
Captivate |
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Techsmith |
Camtasia Studio |
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Harbinger |
Raptivity |
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12 Best Assessment Tool |
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Articulate |
Quizmaker |
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Questionmark |
Perception |
Elearning! Magazine is one product in a family of five media products serving the $60 billion market: Elearning! Magazine, e-zine, Web site and Elearning! E-News, Elearning! Alert and Elearning! virtual trade shows. In combination, these brands reach over 1.1 million executives, practitioners and professionals evaluating, deploying or implementing e-learning solutions across their enterprises. Plus, readers, subscribers, advertisers and sponsors are invited to forward content to their peers and constituencies. To learn more about these products, visit: www.elearning.b2bmediaco.com.
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