News Highlights from 2007
  • Prospero has moved its Toronto headquarters — On September 8, 2007, Prospero moved to 160 Bloor Street East, Suite 900, at the north east corner of Bloor and Church Streets. Our Toronto phone numbers remain the same.
  • A&W and Customer Service Training — A&W and Prospero have partnered to update and convert the A&W Customer Service Training Program to an interactive e-learning solution that will reduce new hire time to competence and the time managers/franchisees must invest in training each new hire.
  • Financial e-Learning for Pharmaceutical Managers Prospero has partnered with a Fortune 50 Pharma company to produce three 30-minute elearning modules on Financial Awareness for all middle and senior managers.
  • Enterprise-wide e-Learning for Bank of MontrealBMO has partnered with Prospero to produce an enterprise-wide e-Learning program on Performance Management for all people managers.
  • Product Knowledge e-Learning at RBC Insurance RBC Insurance has engaged Prospero to develop a new product knowledge e-learning solution.
  • CN Rail’s Signal Challenge GameCN has selected Prospero to produce an online game for conductors that tests their ability to identify and interpret signal lights in a fun and challenging way. "
  • Attendance Management E-Learning for Royal BankProspero has been selected by RBC to convert and streamline a legacy CBT on Attendance Management to e-learning and to improve the usability, interactivity, and functionality.
  • Suncor Car Wash ProgramProspero is updating the Car Wash e-Learning program for Suncor.
  • Brandon Hall’s Excellence in Learning AwardProspero and ExxonMobil have won an award from Brandon Hall’s Excellence in Learning Awards in the category of Best Custom Content. The award will be announced at the Brandon Hall Innovations in Learning Conference in September.
  • Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Regulation 903The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has updated Reg 903 and Fleming College has come to Prospero to update the ten-day certification workshop previously designed by Prospero and to write an Industry Best Practice Guide.
  • Retail Operations Manual for SuncorSuncor has requested that Prospero update their Retail Operations Manual and then produce a searchable electronic version for distribution to their Franchisees.
  • Brandon Hall Innovations in Learning Conference, September 24-26, 2007Prospero was a Bronze Sponsor of the first annual Brandon Hall Innovations in Learning Conference in Santa Clara September 24-26, 2007.
  • Training Tech Solutions Conference and Expo October 15-16, 2007Prospero exhibited at Training Magazine’s Training Tech Solutions Conference and Expo October 15-16, 2007 in Salt Lake City.
  • CSTD Annual Conference and Expo, December 2-5, 2007Prospero was proud to be a Silver Sponsor of CSTD and all its events. This comprehensive sponsorship included the Annual Symposium, the Annual Conference & Expo, as well as LearningWeek.
  • The Leadership Summit, Phoenix — Prospero sponsored the Leadership Summit (formerly the Training Directors' Forum) in Phoenix Arizona, June 25-27, 2007.
  • ASTD 2007, Altanta Prospero exhibits at the ASTD International Conference & Exposition, June 3–6, 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Brenda Langburt joins ProsperoProspero is very excited to announce that Brenda Langburt has joined the Prospero team as our Montreal-based Business Development Manager. Brenda has 15 years experience in the training industry and selling custom solutions to Fortune 2000 companies in the US and Canada.
  • Learningworks LMS Reviewed by Brandon HallBrandon-Hall includes Learningworks, Prospero’s proprietary LMS, in its LMS KnowledgeBase 2007, the annual review of commercial learning management systems. For more information, click here.
  • Webinar Software Training for Royal BankRoyal Bank partners with Prospero to produce a series of 8 webinars to teach Retail Banking Managers how to use the new Staff-Smart staff scheduling software customized for the banking industry and for RBC’s needs. Learners from more than 800 RBC branches will be accessing the webinars in English and French from RBC’s Plateau LMS.
  • Performance Management for OLGFor Ontario Lottery and Gaming, Prospero completes a second phase of a Performance Management project, creating a 3-hour instructor-led module on Setting Objectives and Development Plans. This workshop will be delivered to OLG managers and supervisors with direct reports.
  • Imperial Oil Limited Pilots LearningworksImperial Oil (IOL) uses Prospero’s proprietary LMS as a platform to distribute an e-Learning course on Tobacco Merchandizing to English and French learners across Canada. By reviewing progress reports in the LMS, IOL is able to determine who has successfully completed their online learning.
  • Rexall Drugs (Katz Group) Pilots LearningworksRexall and Prospero partner to use Learningworks LMS as a new platform for distributing their training modules and certification checklists for its new and comprehensive Front Store Manager Training Program for retail staff.
  • Sarbanes-Oxley E-Learning for SC JohnsonWisconsin-based SC Johnson has partnered with Prospero to produce a 60 minute e-Learning course on the topic of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, its impact on corporate governance and how it will be applied at SC Johnson.
  • ISPI 2007, San FranciscoOn May 3rd, Prospero and Exxon Mobil picked up the Award of Excellence for Outstanding Human Performance Intervention, presented by the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) at the ISPI Annual Conference.
  • Centre for Diversity Launches LearningworksLearningworks LMS is launched for the Center for Diversity. High school students across Canada will be accessing the LMS to complete an e-Learning course on diversity, also produced by Prospero for the Centre for Diversity.
  • Instructional Design for the Metrix GroupThe Metrix Group has partnered with Prospero to provide Instructional Designers to Loblaws for custom learning solutions.
  • De Beers Canada — De Beers Canada selects Prospero’s Learningworks™ LMS. De Beers Canada has also partnered with Prospero to produce e-learning for training new employees at their Snap Lake Mine.
  • Canadian Centre for Diversity — Prospero has been asked by the Canadian Centre for Diversity to produce their first e-learning course. The Centre has also selected Learningworks™ to be their LMS for all their e-learning initiatives.
  • Royal Bank of Canada — Prospero begins work on a new web-based learning solution for RBC insurance.
  • Ontario Lottery and Gaming — Prospero has partnered with Ontario Lottery and Gaming to design a “Performance Review” Workshop for managers.
  • International Society for Performance Improvement — Prospero and Exxon Mobil have been awarded the Award of Excellence for Outstanding Human Performance Intervention by the ISPI.
  • ASTD International Conference & Exposition — Prospero exhibits at the ASTD 2007 conference, June 3 – 6, 2007 Atlanta, Georgia.
  • ISPI Annual Conference 2007 — Lorne Novolker, Prospero’s President, will be speaking along with Exxon Mobil at the ISPI Annual Conference 2007, San Francisco. May 1-3, 2007.
  • Training 2007 Conference & Expo — Prospero exhibits in Orlando February 26-27, 2007.
  • Canadian ROI Network — Prospero’s President Lorne Novolker will be hosting a webinar on Level 2 Evaluations as part of The Canadian ROI Network Online Series on February 21.
  • ASTD TechKnowledge Conference — Prospero exhibits at the ASTD TechKnowledge conference in Las Vegas January 31-February 1st, 2007.
  • DevLearn 2006 — Prospero wins the People’s Choice award for best “Commercial provider of e-learning" during Demofest at the e-learning Guild’s DevLearn 2006 in San-Francisco.

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