Upside Learning makes it to the Training Industry’s Training Outsourcing Watch List for the Sixth Consecutive Year

Upside Learning Solutions, a leading provider of Custom learning solutions has been listed in the Training Industry, Inc’s – Training Outsourcing Companies Watch List for the year 2020 yet again. This is the Sixth time that Upside Learning has been recognized as a leading training outsourcing company.

Trainingindustry.com compiles a list of the Top Learning Providers worldwide every year after thorough analysis of the capabilities, expertise and experience of each company considered.

Amit Garg, Founder & Director – “It is a great feeling for every one of us at Upside Learning, we feel delighted to be featured among the Top Training Outsourcing Companies – Watch List, offering the best-in-class learning solutions. The accolade is a testament to the capabilities of our 150 learning specialists who strive to Go Beyond and design engaging Learning solutions for our clients.”

Upside Learning has been recognized particularly on these counts:

• Innovative service offerings
• Ability to provide services on a global basis
• Profile of clients

For over 16 years, Upside Learning has consistently delivered best-in-class custom learning solutions to organizations worldwide. Helping customers deliver real outcomes by helping them achieve performance improvements that are aligned with their business objectives. Upside Learning aims to make a real impact on organizational metrics & behaviors by supporting organizations to bolster their core teams.

About Upside Learning

Upside Learning is a leading provider of custom learning solutions to organizations worldwide. They help their customers deliver real outcomes by helping them achieve performance improvements that are aligned with their business objectives.

By making the effort to Go Beyond at each step of the designing process, Upside Learning aims to make a real and sustainable impact on organizational metrics and behaviours by supporting organizations to bolster their core teams, be it operations, sales or human resources.

Upside Learning provides consultancy for crafting effective learning solutions, custom eLearning, responsive and mobile learning, performance support, translation and localization, video and animations, and instructor-led trainings.

In its 16 years, Upside Learning has won 48 awards (including 19 Brandon Hall Excellence Awards) and several accolades.

Learn more about Upside Learning at: www.upsidelearning.com

The APEX 2015 Awards for Publication Excellence, which were announced yesterday, feature Upside Learning as a winner in 3 categories for its work in Electronic Media and Social Media. The 3 awards have been won for its Framework for Responsive eLearning Development (FRED) under Electronic Media – Special Purpose category, its blog – The Upside Learning Solutions Blog under Social Media – Blog Content category, and an eLearning course developed for its client under Electronic Media – Multimedia category.

Upside Learning’s Framework for Responsive eLearning Development (FRED) is an innovative HTML-based framework that helps develop responsive learning and performance support interventions on multiple devices seamlessly. The Upside Learning Solutions Blog, maintained and contributed to by the Upside Learning team, focuses on Innovation, Design, Development and Trends in the Learning Solutions domain. With over 1 Million views (in July 2013), it has 700+ blog posts on a wide variety of topics, thousands of subscribers and loyal readers, and recognitions and rankings from some of the apex awarding bodies.

APEX 2015, the 27^th Annual Awards for Publication Excellence, is an international competition that recognizes outstanding publications from newsletters and magazines to annual reports, brochures and websites. This year close to 1,900 entries were evaluated by a panel of judges that includes John De Lellis, Concepts Editor & Publisher; Kenneth J. Turtoro, noted circulation executive and Marketing Director with the New York agency, Shain+Oringer, Christine Turner, Contributing Editor of the Writing That Works Archives and Bill Londino, Consulting Editor of Writer’s Web Watch.

According to the APEX 2015 judges, “The awards were based on excellence in graphic design, quality of editorial content and the success of the entry in conveying the message and achieving overall communications effectiveness.”

Every year, Learning Technologies Summer Forum provides a unique opportunity to all visitors to revisit the best of Learning Technologies Exhibition & Conference held early that year. This year too, the Summer Forum, to be held on 16^th of June in Olympia, London, will bring together thought leaders and L&D professionals and act as a platform to explore the best sessions, new technologies, demos and companies that might have been missed at the January event.

Leveraging its 11+ years of experience in designing and developing eLearning, Upside Learning, is all set to take its wide range of Multi-device Learning solutions and services to the forum.

Amit Garg, Director of Custom Learning Solutions & Co-founder of Upside Learning, will present a session on ‘Smart Ways to do Multi-Device Learning‘, which addresses the challenges of today’s multi-device world and reveals some smart ways to design, develop, test and deliver multi-device eLearning.The session will be held on 16^th June 2015, 12:00 – 12:30 at Theatre 3.

Upside Learning will also be showcasing its Best Value, Responsive Learning Management System, UpsideLMS, Framework for Responsive eLearning Development (FRED), that enables faster and more reliable development of Responsive eLearning, and its Multi-device Testing Lab, that ensures through testing of multi-device eLearning projects at booth# 25.

Individuals interested in having a one-on-one discussion with Amit Garg, can drop in at booth 25 or can book a timeslot in advance by sending an email at uk.sales@upsidelearning.com, specifying the preferred time.

Learn more about Learning Technologies 2015 Summer Forum here –

http://www.learningtechnologies.co.uk/Content/LEARNING-TECHNOLOGIES-SUMMER-FORUM/11/

The recently announced 2015 Content Development Companies Watch List by Training Industry Inc., features Upside Learning amongst 19 other companies from across the globe that provide content development services. Upside Learning has emerged as a winner after undergoing extensive research, including thorough analysis of its capabilities, experience, and expertise. This marks a milestone for the company as it gets listed in the prestigious Watch List for the 2^nd consecutive year.

Upside Learning has been providing world-class Custom Learning solutions to organisations worldwide since its inception in 2004. In a short span of 11+ years it has successfully completed more than 1000 corporate and academic projects for over 200 clients, amounting to over 6000 hours of Custom Learning. Its expertise includes creating a variety of Custom eLearning and Custom mLearning solutions spanning direct content exposition, stories and scenarios, simulations, exploratory environments, thematic presentation and interactivities, and games. Upside Learning’s in-house developed, HTML-based Framework for Responsive eLearning Development (FRED) helps in creating solutions for delivery on any combination of devices – be it desktop PCs or Macs, laptops, tablets, or smartphones. This is complemented by its Multi-device Testing Lab service. The company also provides Translation and Localisation services to support global eLearning rollouts, whether as a part of end-to-end project development or as independent services.

Selection to the 2015 Content Development Watch List is based on the following criteria:

• Industry visibility, innovation and impact
• Capability to develop and deliver multiple types of content
• Company size and growth potential
• Depth and breadth of subject matter expertise
• Quality of clients
• Geographic reach

The June 2015 issue of Upside Learning’s UL Buzz marks a milestone in the corporate newsletter’s journey as it reaches its 50^th issue. Started in May 2011, with a subscriber base of 2500, the newsletter today enjoys a loyal readership of 11000+ subscribers.

Targeted at learning professionals and other stakeholders, UL Buzz is steeped in news and findings from the learning industry. It also includes major activities and events happening within the organisation to keep the stakeholders and other parties updated with the latest information. After being in circulation for the past 4 years, it has been successful in doing what it aimed to – share knowledge, new developments and technologies in the eLearning space with thousands of readers across the world.

UL Buzz has gone through various transitions; each with a view to enhance the standard of articles presented and the reading experience in general. The colour, layout, and design aesthetics, which undergo constant improvement to reflect the latest design standards, have also been made responsive for a seamless reading experience on any device. Today, 50 issues later, UL Buzz continues to evolve with each issue, providing the readers with the latest in learning and making reading a pleasing experience.

The 50^th issue can be viewed here – https://upsidelearning.com/resourses/elearning-newsletter/June-2015.html
Previous issues are available for viewing at https://upsidelearning.com/newsletters/

To subscribe to Upside Learning Buzz, please log on to –
https://upsidelearning.com/newsletters/

eLearning companies from across the globe and large number of L&D professionals revisited the key learning themes from January’s Learning Technologies Exhibition and Conference at the recently concluded Learning Technologies 2015 Summer Forum (LTSF 2015).

The visionary ideas of organisations steeped in learning technology echoed through the walls with stalls adorning the floors of Olympia Conference Centre, London. eLearning companies communicated their key messages and offerings through an exhibition floor of products and services, live demos, learning sessions, and open discussions.

Amit Garg, Director of Custom Learning Solutions & Co-founder of Upside Learning, presented a session, titled ‘Smart Ways to do Multi-Device Learning’. The 30 minute session, which addressed the multi-device usage in our day-to-day lives and its direct impact on eLearning, was a huge crowd puller. Theatre 3 was fully packed with avid listeners on 16th June from 12:00 to 12.30PM as Amit provided some smart tips on designing, testing and delivering multi-device learning.

Amit Garg was listed amongst the top ten eLearning movers and shakers for 2013 and 2014 in the World list, was on top of the Australia-Pacific list for 2013 , 2014 and continues to hold the top ten position for the year 2015. He frequently shares his thoughts, knowledge and insights on technology and learning on Upside Learning’s blog and has co–authored many eBooks too. He also presents webinars and has spoken at renowned L&D events in the UK, Australia, and India and has served as a judge for the prestigious Brandon Hall awards for 4 years.

Upside Learning also showcased its award winning multi-device learning solutions at its stand#25. The key highlights were- UpsideLMS, the best value, responsive Learning Management System, Framework for Responsive eLearning Development (FRED), that enables faster and reliable development of Responsive eLearning and Multi-device Testing Lab, the fool proof solution for testing Multi-device eLearning projects.

Upside Learning recently launched their eBook ‘Mobile learning: Let’s not phone it in‘, that aligns perfectly with their latest initiative that aims at helping companies at different levels of ‘mobile maturity’ to see how better to use mobile technology to achieve their targeted outcomes in spaced learning, long-term development and other structured interventions.

Training approaches have gained popularity over the years owing to the worldwide business environment and the changes taking places in organisations. It is imperative that we should look for ways to leverage technology to support training needs. In such a scenario, mobility is the natural consideration. Mobility, although often discussed, is not always implemented properly.

With the launch of this new eBook, he looks hopeful in addressing the training needs of the modern workplace and integrates mobility to improve their effectiveness. In addition, the 8 informative case studies help the readers get an insight about how mobility can be effectively used as a learning solution.

Interested in knowing how can you use mobility in your training interventions? Download the eBook now.

The new eBook ‘Compliance Training: Stop Ticking the Box’ from Upside Learning aims to help organizations solve the Compliance Training conundrum.

Compliance training has long been notorious for being the unavoidable ‘dull, drab, boring mandate’. To both organizations and employees, the ‘why’ of compliance training largely reveals ‘must have’ and ‘have to do’ undertones. Perceptions take a while to change, but it’s sustained, incremental efforts that can help favorably shape those perceptions—even change them in the long run.

Thinking about the ‘tick the box’ mindset, or the ‘have-to-get-done-with-the-compliance-training’ mindset, the current landscape of and perceptions within compliance training as an L&D domain was explored. The result is an eBook in which the author’s Neeti Sudumbrekar and Amit Garg’s observations and thoughts on compliance training are presented.

Here are some immediate questions that formed the foundation and the theme of the eBook.

• Regarding Key Drivers :How is compliance training currently perceived by organizations and employees?Why are compliance training programs infamously known to be ‘boring’?
• Regarding the ChallengesWhat are the pain points for both groups (organizations themselves, and employees), based on the challenges identified?
• Regarding the PossibilitiesHow can the learning experience of compliance training programs themselves be improved?

As an attempt to answer these questions through the eBook, some industry examples are also presented, along with a few examples from Upside learning, and a possible framework that may help the design decisions towards crafting custom learning experiences in the compliance space.

The eBook brings out the key factors one can optimize, with a fresh outlook towards compliance training, looking into compliance as a culture. With the required attention to the learning environment, the available infrastructure, and the tone of messaging, the effectiveness of such programs can be taken up several notches. The eBook is available to download from Upside Learning’s website.

The Towards Maturity Ambassador Programme, a programme designed for provider companies of learning products and services, enables providers to help with the identification and dissemination of good practice case studies, and to align themselves with Towards Maturity’s vision and values. Upside Learning, a leading provider of workplace learning solutions, which had enrolled in this programme last year, has recently renewed its membership for another year.

Currently consisting of 21 leading learning organisation (ambassadors), the Ambassador Programme complements Towards Maturity’s work with learning practitioners, as the producers of Europe’s leading independent Benchmark Study. As one of these ambassadors, Upside Learning had extended its support to the Benchmark Study last year and will be doing it this year for its 2013 Study too.

The 2013 Towards Maturity Benchmark will build on the 2012 research, but will now seek expert feedback to ensure that the benchmark findings provide maximum value to the community (ambassadors, employers and providers). It aims to provide independent advice and support in applying learning innovation to accelerate business performance and deliver more for less.

While the personalized benchmark report is valued at £300, individuals and organisation participating in the survey before 12th July 2013, can get FREE feedback due to the support of Upside Learning and other ambassadors who share Towards Maturity’s passion for ensuring that independent advice is freely available to all. The participants will also get immediate access to 3 new In-Focus reports on topics like Mobile Learning, Aligning your Learning Strategy to Business and Helping individuals Practice and Perform at the end of this study. Additional details about the 2013 Benchmark Study can be found at-https://www.e-assessment.com/news/towards-maturity-benchmarking/

About Towards Maturity

Towards Maturity is a benchmarking company that provides independent expert advice and support to help organisation use learning technologies to accelerate business performance. It leverages the data of its in-depth Benchmark Study, the UK’s largest learning technology benchmark, gathered by Towards Maturity over 9 years with over 1800 organisation.

To learn more about the company, visit https://learningnews.com/learning-companies/towards-maturity