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10th December 2007

Neil Lasher becomes the eLearning Network's deputy chairman

Trainer1's Neil Lasher has been appointed deputy chair of The eLearning Network (eLN), the UK's foremost professional association of users and developers of all forms of e-learning.

Lasher, a long-time member of the association's steering committee, has been appointed to serve alongside the eLN's new chairman, Clive Shepherd, the well known independent consultant who specialises in the application of technology to learning and communications at work.

Lasher, who runs Trainer1, one of the UK's leading independent e-learning specialists, has almost 30 years' experience of working in the field of IT and learning. Renowned as a 'master' of e-learning instructional design, he is a well known figure in the e-learning world and has recently presented courses on instructional design for delegates in the UK, USA, Russia and Continental Europe.

"Having worked as an eLN committee member for the last few years with some of the finest people this industry has had to offer, I am excited by the opportunity to work, now, as deputy chairman with Clive Shepherd and a committee of enthusiastic experts," said Lasher. "Together, over the next year, we hope to be able to steer the eLN into a new area of growth and create a network that will become an essential port of call for anyone who uses technology for learning."

The eLN, which celebrated its 20th anniversary at the end of November, is a non-profit making body that exists to promote information and best practice among the e-learning industry. In addition to helping to guide the eLN, Lasher heads the UK Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), and works with standards bodies such as the AICC to ensure that technology is meeting the needs of users worldwide, as well as the guidelines determined by the governing groups in the e-learning industry.

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About the eLearning Network

Formed as The Association for Computer Based Training (TACT) in 1987, the eLearning Network (ELN) is the UK's foremost professional association of users and developers of all forms of e-learning. It is a non-profit making body that exists to promote information and best practice among all those who are involved in the e-learning world, as well as act as a networking medium for its members.

 
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:

Trainer1 Offices and HQ located at 26 Kimberley Court, Kimberley Road, London NW6 7SL
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Neil Lasher, Trainer1, +44 (0) 20 7624 4844

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