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.