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London, UK: 29th August 2006


Echelon case studies learning at Online Info 06


Information and learning resource publisher, Echelon rolls out case studies of electronically accessible solutions geared to enhance employee and organisational performance in both the corporate and public sectors at this year's Online Information show in London.


The exhibition and a supporting conference addresses online content and information management solutions and which runs from the 28th to 30th November 2006 at Olympia, London.


On Stand 662, Echelon is showcasing resources that meet the requirements of professional bodies offering distance learning for student qualifications as well as continuous professional development (CPD) for members.


Studies of commercial organisations using Echelon to repackage knowledge and learning for employees to access via company intranets will be on show together with generic business and management resources for self-learners to support personal development and performance at work as well as off-the-peg training material for trainers and consultants.


In addition to publishing, Echelon offers electronic management and distribution tools in content and learning management. These enable highly effective content control, updating and re-purposing in the publishing process, and ease of search and usage tracking in web-based distribution.


"Clients are seeing benefit from the ready availability of precisely targeted materials that support employees at their time of need leading to improved performance and enhanced customer service and employee satisfaction," says Echelon Publishing director David Hill. "Online Information provides a natural forum for looking in greater detail at the benefits and how they have been reached."


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Released August 2006 on behalf of Echelon Publishing by BLP&PR

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Email: echelon@pmpr.co.uk

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Email: david@echelonl.com

About Echelon Learning
Echelon Learning is a consultancy-led publishing house that integrates electronically-delivered knowledge and learning into the development of management skills and business performance.

Echelon Consulting spearheads the company's service with the development of new content in meeting clients' requirements. This is usually derived from analysing employee knowledge and learning needs captured during client learning programmes.

Where appropriate, Echelon Publishing then offers this new content to a wider audience by publishing the material in generic format. This is made available in the form of easy to use 'learning nuggets' and is complimented with business development information licensed exclusively from one of the market's best-known providers, Bloomsbury.

Echelon e-Learning provides the electronic systems which enable content to be published, distributed and usage tracked, and offers work-based solutions to a global audience. Now Echelon's blended learning based on a bespoke site populated with material selected to support specific courses, builds knowledge prior to the event and refreshes application when back at the desk.


About Echelon Publishing
Echelon technologies help organisations place solutions at people's fingertips, whether solving everyday business and work-related problems or helping gain qualifications and continued professional development.

Echelon:

• Has a content management system enabling informational or learning material to be developed or converted into XML so that it can be published and distributed in text and/or via the web.

• Has a learning management system to provide ready access via the web to highly structured information, which is easily searched and retrieved, and whose usage can be tracked and learning logged.

• Publishes and/or reformats content for professional bodies and commercial organisations to help students and employees maintain or develop requisite skills throughout their careers.

• Supports people from the outset of their careers in working with professional bodies to develop and deliver the learning content required by students in preparing for examination.

• Frees up the knowledge and learning contained within a business so that people have ready access to these resources in helping them to solve problems or develop their careers.

• Works with a number of blue chip organisations and professional bodies, including:

COMMERCIAL

BUPA
Coventry Building Society
Lincoln Financial
Moat House Hotels
Modernisation Agency (NHS)
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
NHS Logistics
Vodafone

INSTITUTIONAL

Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development
Chartered Institute of Public Finance Accountants
Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply
Construction Industry Training Board
Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators
Institute of Chartered Accountants in E & W
Institute of Civil Engineers
Royal Town Planning Institute