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11th May 2005

Neil Lasher to speak out in Orlando 

Neil Lasher, managing director of Trainer1, the independent e-learning specialist, is heading the UK delegation and also giving an address at the American Society for Learning and Development (ASTD)’s international conference and exposition (ICE), being held in Orlando, Florida, from 5th to 9th June 2005.

In conjunction with Epic’s Mark Harrison, Lasher will help to lead a ‘hands on’ session that reviews the ASTD’s European Forum, held in London in March, which focused on learning from the research and development of ideas from the European ASTD community and sharing success stories. 

The Forum – attended by over 50 senior learning executives from around Europe - developed a suggested best practice checklist or ‘identikit for the alignment, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of learning. 

Lasher commented: “The ASTD’s goal is to develop a standard set of metrics/indicators and reporting frameworks to monitor, evaluate and compare the alignment, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of the learning and performance function within and across organisations. Mark Harrison and I will be providing a synthesis of the views of the UK’s top HR and learning professionals to help move this process forward.

“The ASTD is a network for serious learning professionals,” he added. “That means that becoming a member of this body – as much in the UK as in the US or anywhere else in the world where the ASTD is represented - provides a way of meeting others in a similar situation. It opens doors to exchanging information and advice – and it offers access to a rich source of training and development related information.”

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Notes for Editors:

For further information about the UK Chapter of the ASTD, contact Rebecca.andrews@barclays.co.uk or visit: www.astd.org 

About Trainer1
Trainer1 is an independent e-learning specialist and creator of sophisticated courseware for learning, with a long experience in computer delivered learning. In particular, Trainer1 has developed, supplies and supports:

• Authoring tools - for the creation of content, meeting SCORM, AICC, LRN, XML, and QTI standards. 

• Learning and Knowledge Management tools - for the management and distribution of content, including accreditation and reporting of data within existing databases. 

• Delivery systems for workflow learning - CSL™. 
  Tools and libraries to create multimedia content, including image editors, easy to use Flash production tools, libraries of sound, graphics and animation. 

• Specialist training events to assist trainers become self sufficient in e-learning design and production. 

• Development services in the creation and maintenance of learning content. 

Trainer1’s client list includes major corporates such as ABN AMRO, Alliance & Leicester, Kraft Foods, Mitsubishi Corporation, Specsavers and Camelot, along with public sector clients including the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, the Department for International Development, Kings College Hospital, the Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability and many local authorities. 

Trainer1 is privately owned and remains a small, friendly company providing high quality product combined with personal service to Blue Chip Companies, as well as small and medium sized enterprises. Trainer1 is a member of many e-learning organisations and works with standards bodies to ensure technology is meeting the needs of users worldwide, as well as the guidelines determined by the governing groups in the e-learning industry.

Further information from:
Neil Lasher, Trainer1, 020 7264 4844
Bob Little, Bob Little Press & PR, 01727 860405

www.trainer1.com