Welcome to the April, 2011 issue of Element K News, the e-Learning newsletter from Element K®, intended for our customers and other friends! Element K News provides a monthly update of our latest e-Learning product releases. But it goes beyond that, variously including partner spotlights, dates of upcoming Element K webinars and conferences, highlights from Element K Blog, and more. This month includes some perspective on overcoming challenges in workplace learning, a spotlight on Element K's partnership with The Center for Creative Leadership, plus many exciting Element K product updates, so please read on!

• The Main Challenges for Learning Professionals 
• The Need for Learning Leaders to Define Goals
  
• Training and Development in Canada
  
• What's New at Element K Blog

• The Center for Creative Leadership
  

• Conference: May 22-25, 2011
  ASTD International Conference and Exposition

• KnowledgeHub Enhancements
• e-Learning Courses
• Real World Blended Learning Subscriptions
• v-Labs
• Knowledge Portals
• Brainbench Exams
  
• GetAbstract Book Summaries
• Did You Know?

The Main Challenges for Learning Professionals

As noted in the March/April 2011 issue of Elearning! magazine, learning professionals face numerous challenges. A recent report from Aberdeen, "Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Execution," by Mollie Lombardi and Justin Bourke, indicates four main challenges:

• Supporting learning after formal learning events
• Linking learning programs to business results
• Assessing competency/skill levels to determine gaps
• Keeping learning agile and responsive to business needs

Do these sound familiar for you and your organization?

Fortunately, several Element K products and services are geared towards helping learning professionals overcome these challenges. Our blended learning products help take learning beyond the formal learning event. And our experienced Learning Consultants group works with our customers by providing services that help map learning programs to competency gaps, link learning programs to business results, and recommend the latest learning solutions to help keep learning professionals agile and current.

Contact your Element K Account Executive or Learning Consultant to learn more about Element K's many learning solutions, including our blended learning solutions and our Learning Consultant services.

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The Need for Learning Leaders to Define Goals

The February issue of Chief Learning Officer magazine included a special report titled "Form Following Function," by Mike Prokopeak. The article focused on the technology-driven growth of new learning tools, and the need for learning leaders to carefully focus on goals in order to choose the most appropriate form of delivery.

Noting an analogy between the critical need for a CLO to define a program's purpose and the architect -- following Louis Sullivan's dictum that "form ever follows function" -- Prokopeak states that: "In today's world, the form learning delivery takes is increasingly driven by the function it is intended to serve." Although still the primary approach, Prokopeak notes the continued, slow decline in the use of instructor-led training classrooms, with the primary beneficiary being the various forms of e-Learning. He cites survey data from the past three years that clearly indicates the primary drivers for this shift as being time-schedule flexibility (with the self-paced e-Learning format), the ability to reach a large audience with few resources, and the cost savings of e-Learning over the traditional classroom.

Looking forward, Prokopeak notes that in addition to traditional e-Learning, learning organizations appear ready to increase their use of video-based learning, mobile learning, social learning, and enterprise-level collaboration tools. He notes the inconsistent deployment of some technologies, as organizations grapple with how best to integrate and align them -- but that is exactly the overarching point: learning leaders need to carefully determine when, where, and why to use each of the new approaches available in their toolkits.

Prokopeak then notes the role that a traditional tool, an organization's learning management system, has the potential to play: "The learning management system (LMS) could play an important role in solving that problem. Long seen as a tool for tracking compliance, the traditional LMS is evolving away from a formal catalog of courseware to a more robust repository of knowledge and collaboration and a portal to a rich set of informal learning opportunities."

Contact your Element K Account Executive or Learning Consultant to learn more about Element K's broad range of learning solutions, including not only our award-winning libraries of self-paced e-Learning courses, but also our video content, mobile learning delivery services, and the collaboration features in our learning management system, KnowledgeHub.

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Training and Development in Canada

The March issue of ASTD's T+D magazine noted the results of a recent online survey by BMO Bank of Montreal and concludes that "Canadians are expecting their companies to invest more in training and hiring in 2011." The survey included responses from 1,506 working Canadians, with 33 percent indicating that they thought their employers will invest in training in 2011, slightly higher than the 29 percent who expect to see new equipment purchases.

The article notes that with a economic recovery perhaps starting to take hold in Canada (growth projected at 2.7 percent in 2011), the demand for labor will also increase. As Lynn Rodger, senior vice president, talent strategies and executive resourcing at BMO Financial Group puts it: "Employees are the very foundation of a successful business and can be a source of competitive advantage. How a company attracts, develops, and retains individuals executing the business strategy should be a top priority for leaders." This thinking is in line with the survey results, as the highest expectations for training investment were seen in the prairie provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, which also have the lowest unemployment rates at 5.1 and 5.5 percent, respectively.

So what are your employees expecting from your training and development spending and programs in 2011? How prepared are you to support their professional development and learning needs?

Contact your Element K Account Executive or Learning Consultant to learn more about Element K's broad range of learning solutions.

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What's New at Element K Blog

At Element K Blog, we provide commentary and insights on the Learning and Development industry. This includes reports on industry conferences, pointers to the best industry resource sites, and the regular feature "Learning and Development Roundup," where we point you to key resources and opinions from the past four to six weeks.

Here is what you'll find at Element K Blog recently:

• Learning and Development Roundup (vol. 20) - Includes links to items from Clark Quinn, David Mallon, Will Thalheimer, Marcia Conner, Gary Woodill, Karie Willyerd, Jane Hart, and many more.
• The Value of Reflecting on the Weekly Lrnchat - How one blogger is providing summaries of the weekly L&D industry Twitter chat.
• Consider the Benefits of Games and Gaming Concepts for Learning - A great TED video that relates gaming concepts to learning.

We hope you'll check out Element K Blog, come back regularly, and add us to your RSS reader. Also, if you use Twitter, you can follow us there at our account @Element_K.

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Conference: ASTD International Conference & Exposition

May 22-25, 2011, Orlando, Florida

As described at the conference website, "Held each spring, this premier event for workplace learning and development professionals welcomes 8,000 attendees from more than 70 countries. These professionals manage all aspects of learning in their organizations. From CEO to specialist, from dean to student, ASTD 2011 welcomes people from across the globe. The ASTD 2011 International Conference & Exposition features more than 230 educational sessions from industry-leading experts and a world-class EXPO filled with the latest products and services from top suppliers."

We look forward to seeing you at this great annual event, and please stop by and see Element K at booth #827 in the Expo Hall!

For more information, see the conference website.

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The Center for Creative Leadership

We at Element K are constantly looking for the best subject matter experts (SME) to inform our offerings. Co-development partnerships take this approach to the next level. These relationships are unique, as they give us the opportunity to work with industry leaders to develop content based on their writings and methodologies.

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) is a top-ranked provider of executive education, with nearly half a million alumni and serving 20,000 organizations worldwide. For nearly 40 years, CCL has been developing better leaders through its focus on strong interpersonal skills, personal reflection, and self-awareness. Whether you're leading a department, a function, or an entire organization, CCL addresses your leadership challenges to make you a more effective leader.

Through a co-development partnership with CCL, Element K now offers a series of e-Learning courses designed to advance the understanding, practice, and development of leadership. Our award-winning content development and delivery, combined with CCL's years of research, assessment, and coaching, results in best-in-class leadership training in a focused, accessible online format. These self-paced courses feature engaging content, interactive simulations, and downloadable resources to ensure key ideas resonate and lessons are absorbed.

The courses that have been developed in partnership with CCL and are currently available include:

• Creating a Vision
• Feedback That Works
• Managing Conflict with Direct Reports
• Managing Conflict with Peers
• Managing Conflict with Your Boss
• Raising Sensitive Issues in a Team Environment
• Selling Your Ideas to your Organization
• Selling Yourself without Selling Out

But those titles are only the beginning, as additional courses will be created in partnership with CCL, with the next two being:

• Communicating Across Cultures
• Developing Cultural Adaptability

Contact your Element K Account Executive or Learning Consultant for more information about Element K's Business Professional Course Collections, and our co-development partnership with The Center for Creative Leadership.

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KnowledgeHub Enhancements

Element K is always striving to improve the functionality of our award-winning, SaaS-based (Software-as-a-Service) learning management system, KnowledgeHub. Two recent enhancements worth noting to our customers are:

• Instructor-led training management tool improvements. Administrators can now assign a grade or score to learners who complete an ILT session. Administrators can also track individual learner's attendance in a session with the following statuses: Attended, No-Show, and Partially Attended. In addition, administrators can also make notes as needed in order to better track details pertaining to their learners.
• KnowledgeHub customer homepage improvements. You can now create up to five small editorial blocks in various formats, or one large block that fills the screen. This includes a new "editorial block styler" that allows you to choose the color and the style of the block.

Contact your Element K Account Executive or Learning Consultant for more information about KnowledgeHub, or visit us online at www.elementk.com/products/knowledgehub.

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E-Learning Courses

Element K's award-winning e-Learning content includes robust multimedia content, software simulations, business simulations, quizzes, assessments, and more. And our massive libraries continue to grow each month! Experience some of our e-Learning courses for yourself at our demo center.

The latest e-Learning course additions are grouped by general topic area, and then listed under the primary current offering headings. (For those courses that have also been added to old primary offerings, those are indicated in parentheses).

Business and Soft Skills

Business Professional: Management & Leadership (Element K Series: Business Skills)

• Business Crisis Management 2: Communicating During Business Crises
• Managing Conflict with Direct Reports
• Managing Conflict with Your Boss
• Working with Consultants 1: Sourcing Consultants

Business Professional: Personal Effectiveness (Element K Series: Business Skills)

• Effective Business Meetings 1: Conducting Effective Meetings

Business Professional: Sales & Marketing (Element K Series: Business Skills)

• Consulting Skills 1: The Basics
• Sales Negotiation 3: Negotiating an Agreement
• Sales Territory Management 1: Understanding Your Territory
• Sales Territory Management 2: Organizing Your Time

Business Professional: iPad beta Course Collection

• Feedback That Works - iPad beta
• Having Tough Talks - iPad beta
• Harnessing Innovation Within Teams 1: Being an Innovator - iPad beta
• Harnessing Innovation Within Teams 2: Being an Innovator - iPad beta
• Harnessing Innovation Within Teams 3: Being an Innovator - iPad beta
• Harnessing Innovation Within Teams 4: Being an Innovator - iPad beta
• Managing Multigenerational Teams: Dealing with Intergenerational Problems in the Workplace - iPad beta
• Managing Multigenerational Teams: Leveraging the Capabilities of Intergenerational Teams - iPad beta
• Raising Sensitive Issues in a Team Environment - iPad beta

Compliance

Element K Series: Government Compliance

• Section 508 Awareness

Element K Series: Safety

• Fall Protection (Global Edition)

Element K Series: Workplace Compliance

• Business Ethics: Protecting Intellectual Property

POV Learning Collection

• Bill 168 - Violence and Harassment in the Workplace - Employee package (POV Learning)
• Understanding and Preventing Violence and Harassment in the Workplace - Employee package (Canada) (POV Learning)
• Understanding and Preventing Violence and Harassment in the Workplace - Manager package (Canada) (POV Learning)

Design and Media

Adobe Pack Course Collection (Adobe Pack)

• Adobe® Acrobat® X Pro: Level 1
• Adobe® Acrobat® X Pro: Level 2
• Adobe® Flash® CS5: Level 1
• Adobe® Photoshop® CS5: Level 1
• Adobe® Illustrator® CS5: Level 1
• Adobe® Captivate® 5
• Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS5: Level 1

Design and Media Course Collection (Design and Media)

• Adobe® Acrobat® X Pro: Level 1
• Adobe® Acrobat® X Pro: Level 2
• Adobe® Flash® CS5: Level 1
• Adobe® Photoshop® CS5: Level 1
• Adobe® Illustrator® CS5: Level 1
• Adobe® Captivate® 5
• Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS5: Level 1

Desktop Applications

Desktop Applications Course Collection (Office Productivity)

• Adobe® Acrobat® X Pro: Level 1
• Adobe® Acrobat® X Pro: Level 2
• Microsoft® Office Excel® 2011: Level 1 (Macintosh)
• Microsoft® Office Excel® 2011: Level 2 (Macintosh)
• Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2011: Level 1 (Macintosh)
• Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2011: Level 2 (Macintosh)
• Microsoft® Office Word® 2011: Level 1 (Macintosh)
• Microsoft® Office Word 2011: Level 2 (Macintosh)
• Microsoft® OneNote® 2010
• Microsoft® Visio® 2010: Level 1
• Microsoft® Visio® 2010: Level 2
• Working with Microsoft Lync 2010 for Collaboration (10360)

Microsoft Office Pack Course Collection (Microsoft Office Pack)

• Microsoft® Office Excel® 2011: Level 1 (Macintosh)
• Microsoft® Office Excel® 2011: Level 2 (Macintosh)
• Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2011: Level 1 (Macintosh)
• Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2011: Level 2 (Macintosh)
• Microsoft® Office Word® 2011: Level 1 (Macintosh)
• Microsoft® Office Word 2011: Level 2 (Macintosh)
• Microsoft® OneNote® 2010

IT Professional

Communications Technologies

• Fundamentals of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
• Fundamentals of Quality of Service (QoS)

IT Management

• IT Projects: Influencing Without Authority - Comprehensive

Networks and Operating Systems Course Collection (Networking and Operating Systems)

• Configuring a Virtual Environment (6321)
• Configuring and Managing Messaging in Windows® Essential Business Server 2008 (10013)
• Configuring Remote Access in Windows® Essential Business Server 2008 (10014)
• Deploying Systems in a Virtual Environment (6322)
• Foundation Series: Storage
• Installing and Configuring Windows® Essential Business Server 2008 (10011)
• Introducing the Hyper-V Technology (6320)
• Linux Advanced System and Network Administration: LPI Certification (2009 Objectives) (Comprehensive)
• Linux Advanced System and Network Administration: LPI Certification (2009 Objectives) (Part 1 of 3)
• Linux Advanced System and Network Administration: LPI Certification (2009 Objectives) (Part 2 of 3)
• Linux Advanced System and Network Administration: LPI Certification (2009 Objectives) (Part 3 of 3)
• Managing a Virtual Environment by using SCVMM (6324)
• Managing and Maintaining Windows® Essential Business Server 2008 (10012)
• Optimizing a Virtual Environment (6323)
• Securing Windows® Essential Business Server 2008 (10015)
• SNIA Storage Network Foundations - Comprehensive
• What's New in Windows Server 2008 R2 (10183)

Programming and Web Development Course Collection (Programming and Web Development)

• Adobe® ColdFusion® 9: Level 1
• Certified Tester, Advanced Level (CTAL): Test Analyst
• Certified Tester, Advanced Level (CTAL): Test Analyst (Part 1 of 2): Software Testing Fundamentals
• Certified Tester, Advanced Level (CTAL): Test Analyst (Part 2 of 2): Test Management and Test Automation
• Creating and Managing Databases in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (10361)
• Creating and Optimizing Indexes in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (10364)
• Creating Data Types and Tables in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (10362)
• Data Integrity Using Constraints in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (10363)
• Implementing a Service Broker Solution in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (10370)
• Implementing Stored Procedures and Triggers in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (10366)
• Managed Code and Windows PowerShell in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (10369)
• Managing and Monitoring Transactions in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (10368)
• Views and User Defined Functions in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (10367)
• Working with XML Data in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (10365)

Localized Courses

Business Professional (Español) Course Collection (Element K Series: Business Skills (Español))

• Conceptos básicos de finanzas para gerentes no financieros: Introducción a las finanzas (Español)
• Crear un equipo directivo sólido (Segunda Edición) (Español)
• Investigar el problema (Español)
• Habilidades de liderazgo (Español)
• Habilidades de liderazgo: Crear un equipo triunfador (Español)
• Habilidades de liderazgo: Dirigir con seguridad (Español)
• Habilidades de liderazgo: Posicionarse para dirigir (Español)
• Mantenimiento del balance entre la vida y el trabajo (Español)
• Triunfar en equipo en los negocios (Español)

Business Professional (Francais) Course Collection (Element K Series: Business Skills (Français))

• Création d'une équipe de direction solide (Deuxième édition) (Français)
• Réussir en entreprise grâce au travail d'équipe (Français)

Business Professional (International English) Course Collection (Element K Series: Business Skills (International English))

• Creating a Strong Leadership Team (Second Edition) (International English)
• Investigating the Problem (International English)
• Positive Work Environment (International English)
• Positive Work Environment: Creating a Positive Work Environment (International English)
• Positive Work Environment: Overcoming a Negative Work Environment (International English)
• Selecting the Solution for a Problem (International English)
• Succeeding Through Teamwork in Business (International English)

Real World Blended Learning Subscriptions

To have the greatest return, your disparate training materials need to function as a coherent whole. Subscribers to Element K's Real World Blended Learning can experience the learning industry's most integrated set of blended learning materials, all available via one easy subscription. The latest courses added to Element K Real World Blended Learning subscriptions include:

• 084384 Adobe® Photoshop® CS5: Level 1
• 084549 Adobe® Acrobat X Pro: Level 2
• 084552 Microsoft® Office Word® 2011: Level 2 (Macintosh)
• 084554 Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2011: Level 2 (Macintosh)
• 084556 Microsoft® Office Excel® 2011: Level 2 (Macintosh)
• 084594 Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2010: Transition from Outlook® 2003
• 084598 Microsoft® Visio® 2010: Level 1
• 084599 Microsoft® Visio® 2010: Level 2
• 085092 Fundamentals of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
• 085094 Fundamentals of Quality of Service (QoS)
• 085103 SNIA Storage Network Foundations
• 085106 Linux Advanced System and Network Administration: LPI Certification (2009 Objectives)
• 085718 Introduction to Cloud Computing
• 085719 Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA)

Contact your Element K Account Executive or Learning Consultant to learn more about Element K's Real World Blended Learning subscriptions.

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v-Labs

There's no substitute for real experience. Virtual labs (vLab®) enable users to go beyond a static demonstration or simulation, to experiment and make mistakes working with live equipment. In a virtual lab, learners master their hardware and software skills in a real, remote environment. vLabs provide an environment that can mirror almost any hardware or software configuration -- even custom environments or proprietary application modules -- to meet your specific sales training, classroom education, and IT certification requirements. Our e-Learning modules support all major Cisco®, Microsoft®, CompTIA®, and Linux® certifications. The latest vLabs added to our offerings (Networking and Operating Systems Course Collection) include:

• Administering Printers on the Network 2008
• CompTIA A+ (2009 Objectives) (Windows 7): Troubleshooting a Network Connection
• CompTIA A+ (2009 Objectives) (Windows7): Configuring and Optimizing a Windows 7 Ultimate System
• CompTIA A+ (2009 Objectives) (Windows7): Configuring and Testing Local Security Policies
• CompTIA A+ (2009 Objectives) (Windows7): Configuring Windows Operating System
• CompTIA A+ (2009 Objectives) (Windows7): Performing Windows 7 System Maintenance and Recovery
• Creating Active Directory Objects in Windows Server 2008
• Deploying a DHCP Solution on Windows Server 2008
• Deploying a DNS solution on Windows Server 2008
• Deploying TCP-IP Settings on Windows Server 2008
• Implementing Group Policy on Windows Server 2008
• Installing Active Directory in Windows Server 2008
• Installing and Configuring DHCP on Windows Server 2008
• Installing and Configuring IP Security (IPSec) 2008
• Installing and configuring Network Address Translation (NAT) on Windows Server 2008
• Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2008
• Installing and Configuring WINS on Windows Server 2008
• Installing and Connecting Printers 2008
• Managing Active Directory Objects in Windows Server 2008
• Monitoring Server Performance 2008
• Securing Files and Folders Using NTFS 2008
• Setting Printer Priorities and Availability 2008
• Using Command-line Utilities to Test for Security Vulnerabilities 2008
• Using Terminal Services for Remote Administration 2008

Contact your Element K Account Executive or Learning Consultant to learn more about Element K's powerful vLab offerings.

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Knowledge Portals

With our easy-to-use Knowledge Portals, you can quickly utilize the wide variety of tools that are included in your subscription, such as e-Learning courses, e-Reference libraries, management videos, book summaries, and more. In addition, Knowledge Portals provide quick access to relevant Element K blogs and forums on the KnowledgeHub platform. Each Knowledge Portal is centered around a particular job role, topic area, or industry certification area, and displays only the content that the user has a subscription to, so everything they see in the portal is accessible to them.

The latest Knowledge Portal we have created is one focused on U.S. Government organizations.

Additional existing Knowledge Portals include:

• Adobe
• Application Developer
• Business Videos
• Compliance
• CompTIA
• Creative Designer
• Desktop Applications
• HR Professional
• IT Network Administrator
• IT Security
• Java Application Developer
• Leadership
• Management
• Project Management
• Sales Professional
• Systems Administrator
• Web Developer

Contact your Element K Account Executive or Learning Consultant to learn more about Element K's Knowledge Portals.

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Brainbench Exams

Element K has integrated skills testing from Brainbench, the industry leading online testing solution. Brainbench exams can provide results including boosting training ROI, differentiating skills assets, establishing skills accountability, and speeding self-improvement. Brainbench standard assessments provide the ideal tool for measuring the skills, ability, and personality traits of employees, candidates, and training participants. Each standard assessment typically includes 40 questions and takes approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour to complete.

The most recent Brainbench exams added are:

• ASP.NET 3.5
• ColdFusion 8

Contact your Element K Account Executive or Learning Consultant to learn more about the Brainbench offering.

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getAbstract Book Summaries

One of our most innovative partners, getAbstract, provides book summaries of the latest and most important books in business. Most of us don't have time to read every interesting book that comes along, but with getAbstract, you don't have to. Access book summaries in a variety of formats, including PDF, audio content, and more. Experience business book summaries for yourself at our demo page. The latest getAbstract additions include:

• Angels, Dragons and Vultures: How to Tame Your Investors...and Not Lose Your Company by Simon Acland
• Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Business by Geoffrey Jones
• Built to Love: Creating Products that Captivate Customers by Peter Boatwright and Jonathan Cagan
• Coach Yourself to Win: 7 Steps to Breakthrough Performance on the Job and in Your Life by Howard M. Guttman
• Copycats: How Smart Companies Use Imitation to Gain a Strategic Edge by Oded Shenkar
• Derailed: Five Lessons Learned from Catastrophic Failures of Leadership by Tim Irwin
• Diversification Strategy: How to grow a business by diversifying successfully by Graham Kenny
• Do More Great Work: Stop the busywork, and start the work that matters by Michael Bungay Stanier
• Ferraris for All: In defence of economic progress by Daniel Ben-Ami
• From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation by Gene Sharp
• How To Say It for First-Time Managers: Winning Words and Strategies for Earning Your Team's Confidence by Jack Griffin
• Jimmy Stewart is Dead: Ending the World's Ongoing Financial Plague with Limited Purpose Banking by Laurence J. Kotlikoff
• Lead with Your Customer: Transforming Your Culture and Brand into World-Class Excellence by Mark David Jones and J. Jeff Kober
• Learn Like a Leader: Today's Top Leaders Share Their Learning Journeys by Marshall Goldsmith, Beverly Kaye and Ken Shelton
• Mobilize: Strategies for Success from the Frontlines of the App Revolution by Rana June Sobhany
• More Than Just Money: Practical and Provocative Steps to Nonprofit Success by Allen J. Proctor
• Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Elizabeth Wiseman and Greg McKeown
• Naturally Selected: The Evolutionary Science of Leadership by Mark van Vugt and Anjana Ahuja
• Now...Build a Great Business!: 7 Ways to Maximize Your Profits in Any Market by Mark Thompson and Brian Tracy
• Seeing Red Cars: Driving Yourself, Your Team, and Your Organization to a Positive Future by Laura Goodrich
• Share This!: How You Will Change the World with Social Networking by Deanna Zandt
• Tax Havens: How Globalization Really Works by Ronen Palan, Richard Murphy and Christian Chavagneux
• The Big Lie: Spying, Scandal, and Ethical Collapse at Hewlett-Packard by Anthony Bianco
• The Five Futures Glasses: How to see and understand more of the future with the Eltville Model by Pero Micic
• The New Brazil: From Backwater to Bric by Riordan Roett
• The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success, 2nd Edition by Scott Eblin
• The One Minute Negotiator: Simple Steps to Reach Better Agreements by Don Hutson and George Lucas
• The Plundered Planet: Why We Must – and How We Can – Manage Nature for Global Prosperity by Paul Collier
• The Shallows: How the internet is changing the way we think, read and remember by Nicholas Carr
• Waiting for Your Cat to Bark?: Persuading Customers When They Ignore Marketing by Bryan Eisenberg, Jeffrey Eisenberg and Lisa T. Davis
• Wired for Survival: The Rational (and Irrational) Choices We Make, from the Gas Pump to Terrorism by Margaret M. Polski
• Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas Still Walk Among Us by John Quiggin

Contact your Element K Account Executive or Learning Consultant to learn more about the getAbstract products.

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Did You Know?

Did you know that 9 out of 10 learning professionals surveyed state that Element K is "better overall" compared to our competition? Element K recently commissioned a survey interviewing e-Learning decision-makers at more than 20 Fortune 500 companies. Each organization participating in the survey recently switched to Element K from their previous learning provider. The survey indicated that 94 percent of responders feel that Element K is superior overall compared to competitors. Three main factors statistically defined satisfaction in this survey: overall quality of content, flexibility in customizing content, and customer service and support. Additional drivers were based largely on attention to client organization needs – these included value for the money, commitment to the client business success, and taking a consultative approach.

To learn more, visit www.elementk.com/why-element-k or contact your Element K Account Executive or Learning Consultant.

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