Upside Learning, a global leader in workplace learning technology solutions, will be participating in LearnX Asia Pacific 2012. A first time participant of this annual event on learning innovations, the company will also be sponsoring this two–day event, and has become the silver sponsor.

To be held in Melbourne, Australia on 29^th and 30^th August 2012, LearnX brings together visionary learning leaders across the globe and conducts interesting events, sessions and awards ceremonies pertaining to learning industry.

At its booth (#19), Upside Learning will be showcasing its wide range of learning technology solutions which includes its best value Learning Management System – UpsideLMS, its revolutionary mobile learning platform – Upside2Go, and its latest offerings in Custom Learning Solutions. Attendees at the expo can experience all these solutions and services first hand, interact with the team and discuss their learning problems and requirements.

Further, Amit Garg, Director of Custom Learning Solutions at Upside Learning, will be delivering a learning session, “Key Decisions to Make in Mobile Learning Implementation”, at the expo. Scheduled at 11 AM AEST (Room 103) on 30^th August, this session will provide insights to implementing mLearning in the workplace – a must attend for professionals planning to deploy mobile learning in their organisation.

As a special LearnX offer, Upside Learning will be offering a free 3 month subscription of UpsideLMS and an additional 10% discount on the final price quote of this multi award–winning Learning Management System at the two–day expo. Details of the offer will be revealed at the company’s booth.

The company’s representatives will be present at booth #19 throughout the event. To pre–arrange a meeting with a member of the Upside Learning team, interested individuals can send an email specifying the preferred time and date to sales@upsidelearning.com.

Upside Learning announced today that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Naizak Global Engineering Systems, KSA. This new partnership, which is in line with both the organisation’ interest, will enable Upside Learning to bring innovative learning solutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through NAIZAK’s strong foot prints.

As a part of this partnership, Naizak and Upside Learning will work together to assist organisation in increasing their learning and training effectiveness, and improving human performance and potential through customised learning solutions, which are closely aligned to the client’s business objectives. The solutions and services covered under the purview of this agreement include consulting, on-premise services, learning platforms, assessment engines, blended learning solutions, rapid learning, mobile learning solutions, and custom eLearning programs.

“Our partnership with Naizak is a significant step towards reaching out to organisation in the KSA. Naizak has been playing a lead role in the growth of the national economy, and our association with Naizak could not have come at a better time. We believe that this partnership hinges on both, NAIZAK’s local acquaintance, goodwill and vast experience, and our award-winning solutions and expertise in the learning domain.”, explains Amit Gautam, Director of Technology Solutions at Upside Learning.

About Naizak Global Engineering Systems

Naizak Global Engineering Systems is an engineering & IT conglomerate providing specialised services to the Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Electrical, Power and IT companies. Established in 1998, it is a subsidiary of Al Abdulkarim Holding Group and has a wide coverage in the Middle East, Asia & Europe with help of its partner companies. Naizak maintains a network of offices in Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates through the Abdulkarim Trading Establishment.

Naizak has built strong foot prints in Kingdom’s corporate world and enjoys privilege relationships by providing right mix of solutions to their clients. NAIZAK utilises these partnerships to keep the processes and knowledge at the highest level across all paradigms.

Its major areas of focus are Industrial & Petroleum Eng. Services, Enterprise Solutions, Telecommunication and Training & Education.

To learn more, visit http://www.naizak.com/

Close on the heels of the announcement of its first independent webinar series, Upside Learning hosted a successful webinar on mLearning, titled ‘No Escaping Mobile Learning’, on 8^th August. Attracting registrations to the tune of 400, the webinar was well attended by L&D professionals as other mLearning enthusiasts from across the globe.

The webinar was presented by Amit Garg, Founder & Director of Upside Learning, along with Abhijit Kadle, Sr. Manager – Instructional Design at Upside Learning. The 45 minutes session, followed by Q&A, was packed with many insights and information related to mobile learning.

Few key points highlighted in the webinar were:

• Current scale of adoption of mobile devices
• The key drivers accelerating mobile learning adoption in workplaces
• Getting started with mLearning quickly

The timing of the webinar could not have been better. With the massive proliferation of smartphones and tablets, and ever increasing bandwidths and speed of mobile networks – the entire planet has gone mobile quite literally. Organisations have begun to understand the importance of leveraging mobile devices for learning in workplaces as a great opportunity to enhance learning and performance of its employees.

Upside learning strongly believes in sharing knowledge and information with the global community at large. To this effect the company will continue to arrange more such webinars addressing key issues time and again.

Upside Learning, which began as a boot–strapped startup 8 years back, has come a long way since. It is one of the leaders in the learning solutions space offering award winning products and services. Today its offerings reach over 200 clients worldwide include the USA, the UK, Canada, Latin America, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Australia, Singapore, China, South Africa, and India.

The past year has been a very successful one for Upside Learning. Both its products – the Learning Management System – UpsideLMS and the revolutionary mobile learning platform – Upside2Go, won a Brandon Hall award each. In addition it received a Silver in the Learning in Practice Awards by CLO magazine and two 2011 Apex Awards of Excellence for its marketing team.

UpsideLMS has seen a strong growth (approx. 200%) in its client base and Upside2Go has had a successful beginning it its first full year of existence.

The company also released new versions of its products during the year. Upside2Go for BlackBerry was released in October 2011 and then for Android in February 2012. UpsideLMS Arabic version was released in October 2011, which was followed by the release of the latest version of UpsideLMS, version 5.0, in Feb 2012.

Riding on the increasing popularity of UpsideLMS and Upside2Go, and with a view to increase its footprint across the world Upside Learning announced a comprehensive partnership program for these products and have signed up new partners in various parts of the world.

As a part of its continued growth strategy and to be present closer to its client base, Upside Learning appointed a VP Sales for North America in 2011. Further, to support the growth demands and future plans, as a result of new associations in several geographies across the globe, the company augmented its team by approx. 20% over the last 2 quarters.

In last 12 months the company has increased its participation in online and offline trade events. It exhibited in trade shows like the CIPD HRD, ASTD TechKnowledge, ASTD ICE, mLearnCon, Learning Technologies, World of Learning. It also hosted a webinar titled ‘Learner Driven Learning Management System in a Global Environment’, in association with Brandon Hall. The company plans to conduct many such webinars, in association with renowned bodies like ASTD, eLearning Guild, Brandon Hall, in this year.

Attendees of LearnX Asia Pacific 2012 can learn the crucial points to consider before adopting mLearning at their organisation and the steps to take to ensure effective mobile learning implementation, as Upside Learning presents a learning session on mobile learning. Titled ‘Key Decisions to Make in Mobile Learning Implementation’, the session will be presented by Amit Garg, Director of Custom Learning Solutions at Upside Learning, at 11 AM AEST on 30^th August.

Key points that will be discussed in this session include:

• What is mLearning and why is it almost inevitable in today’s age?
• The devices and platforms to consider
• The development and delivery technologies to consider
• Understanding the security issues
• Deciding on the learning content to be deployed

The session is a must attend for organisation looking to include mLearning as a part of their training mix but are unsure how to design, develop and implement a successful mLearning strategy that works for them.

Besides this informative session, attendees can also get a first hand experience of Upside Learning’s multi award–winning Learning Management System, UpsideLMS, revolutionary mobile learning platform, Upside2Go, and Custom Learning Solutions at its booth (#19). There will also be a special offer on UpsideLMS, which will be open only for LearnX attendees.

The company’s representatives will be present at booth #19 throughout the event. To pre-arrange a meeting with a member of the Upside Learning team, interested individuals can send an email specifying the preferred time and date to sales@upsidelearning.com.

CIPD HRD 2012’s learning and networking, to be held at Olympia London on April 25^th and 26^th, will see over 60 free learning sessions being delivered by leading exhibitors. The sessions are divided into 4 distinct areas, namely Topic Tasters, Learning Arena, HRD Interactive and Technology for Learning, each featuring sessions on the latest in L&D. Under ‘Technology for Learning’ area, Upside Learning will be delivering a session on Mobile Learning, titled ‘Implementing Mobile Learning In Workplace – Benefits, Strategy& Success Factors’. This session will be held on the concluding day of the conference and exhibition i.e. 26^th April at 10.15 a.m. BST.

The use of mobiles devices for learning in workplace is growing. Some organisation have already implemented mobile learning while some are still in the planning stages. Many organisation are, however, unaware about the key elements to consider and how to best utilise the available tools to maximise the impact and ROI for their company while implementing a mLearning solution. Upside Learning will build on its experience and expertise in developing and implementing mobile learning for various organisation, and share insights on making the most of mLearning initiatives.

Besides this, visitors can also visit Upside Learning’s booth (#671) to get a taste of some of the company’s wide range of mobile learning offerings including Upside2Go the revolutionary platform for Mobile Learning available on iOS, BlackBerry and Android. The company’s representatives will be present at booth (#671) throughout the event. To pre-arrange a meeting with a member of the Upside Learning team, interested attendees can send an email specifying the preferred time and date to sales@upsidelearning.com

Upside Learning has joined hands with New Horizons to jointly offer eLearning solutions in UAE and Kuwait. While UAE will be the primary market for New Horizons, the company will also offer solutions to organisation in Kuwait through its Kuwait-based sister concern.

The two entities have entered into a channel partnership agreement. As part of this partnership, New Horizons and Upside Learning will jointly provide world–class learning solutions and services to organisation, thereby helping them in increasing their learning and training effectiveness, and support in employee retention. The offering includes UpsideLMS (Upside Learning’s best value Learning Management System), Upside2Go (Upside Learning’s revolutionary Mobile Learning platform), custom eLearning development services and mobile learning solutions.

Upside Learning’s wide range of award–winning solutions and services and New Horizon’s extensive experience in the eLearning domain sets the foundation for a successful partnership.

New Horizons is a part of HumanSoft Holding Company KSCC, a Kuwait stock exchange listed company and a Middle East leading organisation in the public education, higher education and Human and IT development fields. With extensive experience of 28 years, it is a pioneer in offering learning methods that have changed the training landscape.

“We are happy to have New Horizons on our channel partner network. The collective experience and wide range of learning solutions and services between Upside Learning and New Horizon make this a promising association.”, said Amit Garg, Director of Custom Learning Solutions at Upside Learning.

About New Horizons

For the past 28 years New Horizons has been providing innovative learning solutions that have transformed businesses and helped 28 million students reach their career goals. Over the last quarter of a century, it has grown into a global network of 300 centers in 60 countries offering more than 4,000 courses in areas spanning business and professional development, everyday desktop use software and IT skills. It also has a dedicated eLearning division that offers effective learning strategy to more complex needs of organisation.

Upside Learning, today, has released a new eBook on mLearning, ‘Mobile Learning: A Quick Start Guide’. This release is in line with the company’s developments in the mLearning domain. While this is one of the key reasons why Upside Learning chose Mobile Learning as the topic for the eBook, another important reason was that the use of mobile devices and technology for learning and information access is rapidly gaining ground across the world. Mobile technology is now finding widespread acceptance as a training and learning device in the workplace as well. But, training departments are unsure how to implement a successful mLearning strategy.

Using its experience and expertise in developing mobile learning solutions, Upside Learning has written an eBook that will help L&D and training professionals understand when to use, how to design, develop and implement mLearning in a way that works for their organisation. The eBook will also cover the strategy part – listing the basics and then going on to elaborate the method to choose the right technologies for an organisation’s learning need and how to implement them effectively.

Some topics that the readers can look forward to reading about in the eBook are:

• Understanding mLearning
• Key Considerations in Mobile Learning
• The Basics of mLearning Strategy
• Determining mLearning Strategy
• The Technical Approach

The eBook has been co-authored by Amit Garg and Abhijit Kadle. Amit is the Director of Custom Learning Solutions and Abhijit is the Sr. Manager – Instructional Design at Upside Learning.

A complimentary copy of the eBook, ‘Mobile Learning: A Quick Start Guide’, can be obtained from http://bit.ly/mlearning-guide. Also, attendees at Upside Learning’s booth (#671) at CIPD HRD 2012 will also be entitled to a free copy of this eBook.

With a view to establishing closer communications with its clients and strengthening its reach in the overseas market, Upside Learning recently welcomed Alan Samuel, former head of UK operations at Tata Interactive Systems, as Director of Client Solutions for the UK & Europe. Alan will head Upside Learning’s offshore Europe and UK market to manage and promote the company’s award–winning suite of eLearning solutions and services.

With over 12 years of eLearning experience, Alan brings with him a wealth of knowledge and understanding of the use of learning technologies in the corporate, education and publishing sectors in the UK market. Prior to joining Upside Learning, Alan headed Tata Interactive Systems’ UK operations for almost 10 years and was a partner in The Learning Coach, a company specialising in building eLearning capability. He has hands–on experience of working with offshore environments and teams, and has helped a number of Fortune 500 companies to develop their eLearning strategies and build eLearning portfolios. Apart from these, Alan has also held senior roles in the fields of IT offshoring, hospitality, media and advertising.

A strong believer in the role of technology in improving and supporting business and individual performance, Alan holds a track record of excellent customer relationships, and is well known for being a leader with clear, direct and effective communication skills.

“I enjoy the challenge of marrying Technology and Learning to build solutions that add value and support people in the work place. The opportunity of being part of an eLearning company whose innovative products and services are helping organizations drive performance and business improvement is exciting!”, said Alan.

“We are pleased to have Alan join us in our journey towards providing the best eLearning solutions in Europe and the UK. His extensive experience in working with offshore teams and a clear understanding of eLearning will help us immensely in strengthening our relationship with our clients and developing effective eLearning strategies for them”, said Amit Garg, Director of Custom Leaning Solutions at Upside Learning.

In today’s day and age where mobile devices and mobile technologies have become ubiquitous in nearly every aspect of our daily lives, it’s no surprise that Mobile Learning is emerging as the future of learning. And one company that has made robust investments in this new learning media is Upside Learning. At the upcoming CIPD HRD 2012 expo, to be held on 25^th and 26^th April at Olympia, London, the company’s focus on mobile learning will be evident as it exhibits its wide range of mobile learning solutions.

Visitors at Upside Learning’s booth (#671) can get a taste of some of the company’s wide range of custom mobile learning offerings that include micro courses, quizzes and games, mbooks, mobile videos, augmented reality apps and custom mobile apps for different smartphones and tablets. Upside2Go, Upside Learning’s revolutionary platform for Mobile Learning available on iOS, BlackBerry and Android, will also be on display.

Visitors can also check out Upside Learning’s Custom eLearning Solutions and the recently released version (version 5.0) of its two-time Brandon Hall award-winning Learning Management System – UpsideLMS.

Attendees at the expo can also attend a session on mobile learning to be delivered by Amit Garg, Director of Custom eLearning Solutions at Upside Learning. Titled ‘Implementing Mobile Learning In Workplace – Benefits, Strategy & Success Factors’, this session will be held on the concluding day of the conference and exhibition i.e. 26^th April at 10.15 a.m. BST.

The company’s representatives will be present at booth (#671) throughout the event. To pre-arrange a meeting with a member of the Upside Learning team, send an email specifying your preferred time and date to sales@upsidelearning.com