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Posts from September 2007

September 25, 2007

The Federal Reserve Chair advises investing in education

"Education is the best investment. ... As executives accustomed to making hard cost-benefit decisions, you doubtless assign a high priority to the quality of your business’s workforce because you know that a key--perhaps the key--to your success is the capabilities of the people you employ.  To a significant extent, those capabilities are the product of education. "

Salute_2Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, said yesterday that upgrading workers' skills doesn't just improve a company's financial outlook, it improves the outlook of the entire country. This is a great quote for the constant questions trainers face about whether their  training programs are worth spending money on. The leader of the United States banking system just said that it's the best investment you can make. And that it's good for the nation (any nation!), too. If someone is questioning whether to spend money on training your workforce, tell 'em it's the patriotic thing to do!

--Full text of the speech

September 18, 2007

New course features: Notes and matching game

MindLeaders has released two spiffy new features in their courses:

Notes All courses now have a "Notes" button that allows you to copy text from the course pages or to type your own summations, thoughts, or reminders. Those notes can then be printed or saved to allow you to make your own handy-dandy reference sheets.

And activities that use matching exercises (like matching terms to definitions) now have a choice to "Play against the computer," which launches the activity in a memory game which you play like a concentration game against the computer opponent.

And we're not done here - stay tunes for more announcements coming soon!

New MindLeaders courses released

I'm late in posting this, but last week MindLeaders released 28 new courses. We have new content in the following topics:

  • Excel 2007 Advanced
  • Java Web Services
  • Windows Vista Configuration MCTS 70-620
  • Windows Vista & Office 2007 Desktops MCTS 70-624
  • Windows Vista Enterprise Support MCITP 70-622

As always, drop a comment, email, or phone us with any questions or information requests. And check out the next post for some cool new feature information.