FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For further information, contact: November 1, 2006
Catherine Upton, Publisher
888-201-2841 x845
cupton@b2bmediaco.com
www.elearning.b2bmediaco.com
Elearning! Magazine Readers to Select Best of Elearning! Award Winners for 2006
—The Industry’s First Reader’s Choice Awards Now Open for Nominations
Corona, CA, November 1, 2006—Elearning! Magazine, the exclusive industry trade magazine produced by B2B Media Company, announced balloting for the Best of 2006 Elearning! Awards is now open. Readers and professionals from hundreds of organizations can nominate and cast ballots for the best e-learning solutions providers across nine product categories by visiting:
http://www.elearning.b2bmediaco.com/2006_ballot.html .
“The Best of Elearning! Awards honors the best and the brightest among hundreds of solutions providers,” reported Catherine Upton, Publisher of Elearning! Magazine. “With more than 50% of professionals relying on word of mouth and referrals as a source of product sourcing, this awards program provides the venue for adopters to share what brands and solutions really worked for them,” concluded Upton.
Readers can nominate and vote for products and solutions via Elearning! Magazine’s online ballot between September 15 and December 15, 2006. Each ballot will be reviewed and validated by the editorial team, and all vendor ballots are voided.
“The Best of Elearning! Awards are unlike any hosted in this market,” said Upton. “We do not create a list of candidates from which readers can select. Every brand and product is reader-nominated and the winners are the leading vote earners from each product category,” she added.
Last year’s Best of Elearning! Award winners and finalists were:
| Category | Company | Product |
| Best LMS Winner | SABA | Enterprise Suite |
| Finalist | WBT Systems | Top Class |
| Finalist | Learn.com | Learn Center |
| Finalist | GeoLearning | GeoMaestro |
| Best Hosted LMS Winner | GeoLearning | GeoMaestro |
| Finalist | NetDimensions | EKP |
| Finalist | Learn.com | Learn Center |
| Best Presentation Tools Winner | Microsoft | PowerPoint |
| Finalist | Adobe | Breeze |
| Finalist | Articulate | Presenter |
| Best Authoring Tool Finalist | Learn.com | CourseMaker Studio |
| Finalist | Articulate | Presenter |
| Finalist | Trivantis | Lectora |
| Finalist | Adobe | Flex |
| Best Virtual Classroom Winner | WebEx | Training Center |
| Finalist | Thompson NetG | |
| Finalist | Blackboard | |
| Finalist | Centra | Symposium |
| Best Web Seminar Winner | Communiqué | Web Conferencing |
| Finalist | Web Ex | Training & Meeting Centers |
| Finalist | iLinc | Conferencing Suite |
| Best IT Content Winner | Books 24/7 | Referenceware |
| Finalist | Learn.com | Learn2 IT Training |
| Finalist | Thomson NetG | IT Desktop Library |
| Finalist | Skillsoft | IT Skills |
| Best Soft Skills Winner | Skillsoft | Business Skills Library |
| Finalist | Ken Blanchard | One Minute Manager |
| Finalist | Learn.com | Learn2 Library |
| Best Simulation Solution Winner | Adobe | Captiva |
| Finalist | Learn.com | Learn Center |
| Finalist | STT | Trainer |
All the finalists and winners of each product category will be featured in the winter edition of Elearning! Magazine published January 2007. “The industry can see what products are leaders in each category, and read personal testimonials from real-world users of the winning products,” said Sarah Chapman, Editor of Elearning! Magazine.
Elearning! Magazine is one product in a family of five media products serving the $50 billion market: Elearning! Magazine, e-zine, Web site and Elearning! e-news, Elearning! Alert and virtual events. In combination, these brands reach over 600,000 executives, practitioners and professionals all 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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About Elearning!
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