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August 10 – Virtual Edge Weekly

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Aditya Mishra
– August 10, 2012Posted in: News, Views & Reviews, Virtual Edge Weekly

In this week’s summary of digital meetings, events, learning and community, UBM Studios rolls out new e-learning solution; Digitell integrates 47,000 education sessions on Prolibraries.com with Facebook; Avaya announced the launch of Aura Conferencing 7.0; and Jive unveils its new collaboration solution for marketing teams.

ubm-studios-logo UBM Studios Rolls Out New e-learning Solution

UBM Studios has launched eLearning Light, its new e-learning solution. eLearning Light offers a collaborative virtual environment to bring together disparate training information and provides reporting and ROI tools to track learners’ activity, comprehension and engagement. It also offers engagement features such as live chat, group exercises, video conferencing, social learning, discussion forums and interactive webcasts.

“eLearning Light offers organizations a solution to extend learning nationally and globally to save on face-to-face training and costs.  It also offers learning collaboration and the sharing of best practices in open discussions as well as rich data and reporting capabilities for educators to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of the learning program,” said Michele McPhail, VP, Product Development, UBM Studios. Read more..

digitell Digitell Integrates 47,000 Education Sessions on Prolibraries.com with Facebook

Digitell announced that it has integrated 47,000 educational sessions on Prolibraries.com with Facebook. This integration will help Associations to increase the impact of their content by starting a conversation around the content. As part of Facebook integration, attendees who are accessing their content after the meeting can post comment and share that comment on their Facebook page.

“Most Association’s physical events are maxed out.  The future growth of an Association is in building their online community and we are focused on building the tools to help our clients do just that.  Building an online community will be the most cost effective way to drive more physical attendance,” said Jim Parker, president of Digitell. Read more..

Avaya Announced the Launch of Aura Conferencing 7.0

Business communications and collaboration systems provider Avaya has launched the latest version of its conferencing solution Aura Conferencing 7.0. The new version enables users to collaborate from anywhere using desktops, tablets, and smartphones. It is packed with features such as all-in-one audio/web conferencing, visual and contextual controls, document sharing, IM/presence, email, and scalability to handle 7,500 active conferencing sessions. Avaya also announced the general availability of Avaya Flare Experience for Apple iPad tablets and Windows-based desktops and laptops. Read more..

jive Jive Unveils its New Collaboration Solution for Marketing Teams

Social business solutions provider Jive unveiled Jive for Marketing Teams. Leveraging the power of Jive’s social business platform, Jive for Marketing Teams enables teams to communicate and collaborate and allows them to drive lead, increase brand awareness and slash operational costs.

“With Jive’s new solution, marketing organizations now have one seamless, highly interactive environment where they can sync up and work closely with all key participants, inside and outside the firewall. This will transform cross-functional collaboration, dramatically improve campaign execution and lead to improved sales performance,” said John F. Rizzo, Chief Marketing Officer for Jive Software. Read more..

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Aditya partners with clients to develop online media strategies and increase there visibility. He understands all facets of media relations from press releases, distributions channels, pitching and social media. Aditya develops focused programs specific for each client which include, strategic planning, key message development and positioning, analyst relations, writing, news announcement, creating targeted media list, media relation, review, writing, editing, creating and placing by-lined stories, copy writing, event management and media interview training. Aditya has a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech Communication from Delhi University.

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