eLearning course developers and instructional designers have through September 21 to get $400 off the registration fees for BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop) eLearning 2009, held in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Rapid Intake (http://www.rapidintake.com) announced today that it has added SWiSH, an easy-to-use rapid Flash animation tool, to its award-winning e-learning software ProForm Rapid eLearning Studio.

Rapid Intake, a collaborative e-learning software company, based in Provo, Utah, has announced a sponsorship agreement with ASCEND, a Humanitarian Alliance based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

) October 15, 2009 -- Rapid Intake, a collaborative rapid e-learning software company, based in Provo, Utah, has announced a nation-wide academic grant program for K-12 and higher-education institutions.

Rapid Intake, the leader in rapid interactive e-learning course development, announced today that ProForm Rapid eLearning Studio has been named a finalist in the Best of 2008 Elearning! awards in the Course Authoring category. (PRWeb Nov 21, 2008)

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This week Coggno teamed up with Rapid Intake Unison to provide course developers Flash-based course creation.

) October 6, 2008 -- Just log in through any browser and create interactive Flash-based courses online -- it's that easy. Do it as an individual, or collaboratively work as teams. That's the promise of the Rapid Intake (www.rapidintake.com) technology that recently won one of the e-learning industry's most prestigious awards.

eLearning DevCon, the premier eLearning developers conference, announced today two keynote speakers for this year's event: Dan Kazup from KPMG, and Bill Horton of William Horton Consulting. (PRWeb May 16, 2009)

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Rapid Intake is supplying their award-winning, web-based e-learning software, Unison, to two hundred schools for the purpose of creating online learning courses.

Rapid Intake's e-learning software, ProForm Rapid eLearning Studio, is a finalist again in the same award contest where it took first place in 2008, beating out rivals Articulate and Captivate.

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) May 18, 2009 -- CAI's IT Metrics and Productivity Institute will begin providing free webcasts of the Software Best Practices Conferences.

The Software Best Practices Conferences teach CIOs and senior IT practitioners how to leverage best practices to compete in the global marketplace while dramatically improving the productivity and quality of software development and maintenance. All 2009 and 2010 conferences will be webcast for free and all conferences have been accredited with multiple PDU credits by the PMI.

) March 7, 2009 -- SiteSell Inc. launches Site Build It! (SBI!) eLearning (SBI! eLearning), an instructor-led distance learning course that teaches aspiring new entrepreneurs, or existing small business owners who wish to improve their Web site's performance, how to build a flourishing business online.

) May 22, 2009 -- QuickLessons LLC is exhibiting at the ASTD 2009 International Conference & Exposition in Washington DC, between May 31st and June 3rd. This event is widely recognized as one of the largest in the training sector, including a world‐class EXPO with hundreds of suppliers featuring the industry's most innovative solutions and best practices.

During the three day event, over 300 education sessions will take place, offering the opportunity to listen to the leading experts in the industry and to network with more than 8,000 professionals from all over the world.

) July 31, 2009 -- Brett Tabke, PubCon's organizer and WebmasterWorld CEO is often asked how the PubCon Internet Marketing Conference is so affordable. Here, Brett tries to explain more.

Brett Tabke said, "You can go to 150 Internet marketing conferences in the US, but if you want the best value and best information, you need only go to one: PubCon Las Vegas."

) March 11, 2009 -- QuickLessons LLC prepares to land in Orlando, Florida, between March 10th and 13th during the Annual Gathering event promoted by the e-Learning Guild.

This year the event will focus on the Integration of current learning initiatives with emerging technologies that truly enable learning anytime and anywhere. The Annual Gathering will explore technologies and strategies for driving organizational value while enhancing your personal skills and knowledge.

QuickLessons personnel will be available at booth 316 to demonstrate how QuickLessons Rapid eLearning platform helps individual and corporate content developers worldwide leverage the benefits of Software as a Service to meet the growing demand to collaboratively develop content fast and easy.

) September 17, 2009 -- PubCon, the search engine and Internet social media marketing conference and expo, has announced that it's 2010 spring multi-track conference will be held in Dallas, Texas.

PubCon South will bring new marketing opportunities for businesses and attendees to capitalize on one of the major technology hubs around Dallas - Fort Worth, Houston and the greater Texas region, during three exciting days of cutting-edge multi-track sessions and networking events.

) September 22, 2008 -- Internationally-renowned Flash developer Aral Balkan is organizing < head >, the world's first eco-friendly web conference, on October 24-26, 2008.

The conference is unique insofar as all sessions are streamed live over the Internet via an Adobe Flash client. Attendees can watch and interact with the sessions from anywhere in the world with just a fast Internet connection and a web browser running the Adobe Flash player.

"Instead of making you come to our web conference, we're bringing the web conference to you", said Aral Balkan, conference chair and creator of < head >.

) November 7, 2008 -- QuickMind Knowledge Management ("QuickMind"), leading developer of human capital management, eLearning and knowledge management solutions announced today the establishment of QuickLessons LLC in Miami, Florida. QuickLessons LLC is a joint venture between QuickMind and Nexus Global Partners, LLC ("NGP"), a cross border advisory and investment firm, for international commercialization of QuickLessons rapid eLearning Development platform

) August 3, 2009 -- Washington, DC-based technology group, The Cool Blue Company LLC announces "The Cool Twitter Conferences World Tour" sixth stop taking place in Cleveland on Friday, August 7th at the House of Blues - 308 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114.

Craig James of Cat-Strat | productions (the local partner for Cool Twitter Conference Cleveland) notes: "It's exciting to welcome the Cool Twitter Conference World Tour to Cleveland amongst its impressive list of conference locations worldwide. The conference will connect attendees with innovative thinkers who are leveraging Social Media & Twitter to advance their mission and/or build their business in practical (and sometimes radical) ways..."

) April 6, 2009 -- Shawn Shell, an internationally recognized SharePoint Expert and Principal of Consejo, Inc. will lead the SharePoint Track at the "JBoye Knowledge Sharing Summits for Online Professionals" in Philadelphia, 5 to 9 May 2009.

Produced by internationally acclaimed J Boye Conferences, this symposium attracts a global audience that will have the opportunity to meet and exchange experiences and knowledge.

) September 21, 2009 -- Washington, DC-based technology group, The Cool Blue Company LLC announces "The Cool Twitter Conferences World Tour" tenth stop taking place in San Francisco on Thursday, September 24th at The Aquarium of the Bay located at The Embarcadero & Beach Street, San Francisco, CA 94133.

) July 28, 2009 -- Washington, DC-based technology group, The Cool Blue Company LLC announces "The Cool Twitter Conferences World Tour" fourth stop taking place in Los Angeles on Friday, July 31st at the House of Blues - 8430 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA, 90069.

) October 13, 2008 -- As competition continues to rise, there is a need for small, minority, and disadvantaged businesses to be better positioned when competing for procurement dollars. The How To Conference: Claiming It: Looking Up and Moving Forward, is designed by and for small businesses, to offer comprehensive "how-to" advice for procuring local, state, and commercial prime and subcontracts.

The conference will be held at the Comfort Inn, Bowie, Maryland on October 29, 2008 from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

) August 19, 2009 -- Washington, DC-based technology group, The Cool Blue Company LLC announces "The Cool Twitter Conferences World Tour" eighth stop taking place in New York City on Thursday, August 27th at the Playwright Tavern - 202 W. 49th Street, New York NY, 10019.

The Cool Twitter Conference provides an environment for developers, business people, and enthusiasts from multiple disciplines, who seek to understand and maximize the power of Twitter, the chance to contribute to the discussion and tap into this real-time use of the web. This forum is ideal for advertising and marketing professionals, business owners looking to increase visibility and improve customer experience, and anyone looking to polish their brand or to become more informed on the subject.

) January 27, 2009 -- CFN Services, the leader in the telecom knowledge based integration space, is participating in the Metro Connect 8th Annual Metro Connectivity and Local Access conference. CFN Services has been participating in this event for the past three years.

This year Mark Casey, President of CFN Services, will be participating as part of a panel for the session: Wireless Backhaul: Developing the Optimum Business Model and Capitalizing on New Opportunities - Wednesday, January 28, 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. ET. This session will focus on the drivers and demand for wireless backhaul providers, evaluating the technologies available and the economics of enabling wireless backhaul.

) June 13, 2009 -- Zerista, a provider of software for conferences and trade shows, today announced that is providing its next generation Event Networking Solution for the 17th Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU 17) that is taking place in Denver, CO from June 10 through 14, 2009.

"The Congress for the New Urbanism is very excited to be using Zerista this year," said CNU Communications Director Stephen Filmanowicz. "Attendees have been impressed to find an event networking site that looks great and connects them with the colleagues they'll see at our conference. They're also using it to select and find sessions. It definitely surpassed our expectations."

) February 6, 2009 -- WebmasterRadio.FM presents a series of previews of the upcoming Search Marketing Expo West (SMX West) conference for 2009 featuring three of the most popular voices in the search marketing sector, Danny Sullivan, Marshall Simmonds and Rand Fishkin. Conference co-chair Danny Sullivan is widely considered the "father" of the search marketing industry because of his early coverage and popularization of search engine optimization. Marshall Simmonds is the head SEO at the New York Times. Rand Fishkin is CEO of SEOMoz.org.

) July 23, 2009 -- Washington, DC-based technology group, The Cool Blue Company LLC announces "The Cool Twitter Conferences World Tour" third stop taking place in Seattle, WA on Monday, July 27th at the Silver Cloud Inn - Broadway at 1100 Broadway, Seattle, Washington, 98122.

) July 2, 2009 -- Washington, DC-based technology group, The Cool Blue Company LLC announces "The Cool Twitter Conferences World Tour" second stop taking place in San Diego, CA on Wednesday, July 15th at Croce's Restaurant and Jazz Bar, 802 5th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101 in the heart of the Gaslamp quarter.

) October 5, 2009 -- Washington, DC-based technology group, The Cool Blue Company LLC in association with Andrew Windham and Insurance Georgia announces "The Cool Twitter Conferences World Tour" eleventh stop taking place in Atlanta on Wednesday, October 14th at the Gordon Biersh Restaurant and Brewery located at 3242 Peachtree Road NE, Buckhead, Atlanta, GA, 30305.

) July 22, 2009 -- Conference Hound, Inc., a privately-held start-up company based in San Francisco, CA and Austin, TX, launched a new web platform today that will fundamentally transform the conference search space. The new B2B web site allows users to search for conferences, trade shows, and professional continuing education by time of year, location, professional interest and, coming soon, by the leisure activities available at each conference.

The Boost eLearning - Fig Leaf relationship to help improve knowledge worker’s Search proficiency through training on better utilization of the Google Search Appliance and Google Search Engine.

) May 27, 2009 -- Washington, DC-based technology group, The Cool Blue Company announces "The Cool Twitter Conferences World Tour" with the first of several global one-day events kicking off Thursday, June 11, 2009, 10:00am - 5:00pm at Busboys & Poets, 2021 14th Street NW, Washington DC 20009 (intersection of 14th & V Streets). The Cool Twitter Conference provides an environment for developers, people in business, and enthusiasts from multiple disciplines, who seek to understand and maximize the power of Twitter, the chance to contribute to the discussion and tap into this real-time use of the web.

) October 9, 2009 -- Washington, DC-based technology group, The Cool Blue Company LLC in association with Kevin Powell announces "The Cool Twitter Conferences World Tour" twelfth stop taking place in Brooklyn on Tuesday, October 20th at the MoCADA (Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts) located at 80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, New York, 11217.

"I am thrilled to partner with Bob Fine and his Cool Twitter Conference in Brooklyn, New York", said Kevin Powell, co-organizer. "With our 2.5 million residents, 100-plus cultural and ethnic groups, and our status as America's 4th largest 'city,' Brooklyn is ripe for rich and provocative discussions about Twitter and the future of social networks on our lives."

) January 20, 2009 -- Hey Otto, the only collaboration service provider to replace conference call PIN numbers with voice-controlled entry, today announced the release of its first iPhone application. Hey Otto Conference Calls and Meetings helps iPhone users who also have a Hey Otto account, quickly and easily start conferences. To host a conference, leaders pick people from their list of iPhone contacts then ask the virtual conference assistant, Otto, to independently call and conversationally invite each person to join a phone meeting.

) October 5, 2009 -- The world's largest search engine marketing conference series, Search Marketing Expo - SMX, has added Toronto, Ontario to its list of destinations for 2010.

SMX Toronto

SMX Toronto will be held April 8-9, 2010 at the Delta Chelsea Toronto.

SMX Toronto will be co-produced by Search Marketing Expo owner Third Door Media and specialist business event producer Rising Media.

) October 13, 2009 -- Incisive Media's Search Engine Strategies (SES) announced today that, for the first time, they will participate in the 2009 BlogWorld & New Media Expo being held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, October 15-17. SES produces conferences and training workshops focused on search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM), and Incisive Media provides specialized business news and information, in print, in person and online.

) December 10, 2008 -- Pay Per Click (PPC) Summit, premier Search Engine Marketing educational conference announces its 2009 event lineup designed to educate online businesses on how to make more money with Pay Per Click advertising during two-days of comprehensive training in cities across the U.S. PPC Summit offers full-scale Search Engine Marketing education and laser-focused training to help online advertisers extend their marketing dollars in a recession.

) November 14, 2008 - Trivantis Corporation®, the leader in publishing software for the FORTUNE 1000, today announced the release of Lectora® Version 9. Major new enhancements include: