RESTON, Va. - (Business Wire) Learning Tree International (NASDAQ NM:LTRE) was awarded a CLO Magazine
Learning In Practice award at a presentation ceremony held September 25
th, 2008, during their Fall Chief Learning Officer Symposium at the Hotel de Coronado in San Diego, CA.
Learning Tree received a Gold Level award in the category Excellence in Social Networks for developing and implementing its CLO Learning Leaders Seminars. Learning Tree initiated these seminars in cooperation with its client, ManTech International, to form a social network of learning professionals, including Chief Learning Officers and other training executives working in both the public and private sectors in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The seminars provide a structure and process by which these professionals can regularly share information, discuss relevant training issues and freely communicate actions taken within their organizations to address them.
The awards themselves are described by Norm Kamikow, President and Editor-in-Chief of Chief Learning Officer magazine, as being, “…established to recognize transformational and visionary leaders in enterprise education. The winners are the industry leaders who truly champion innovation and transform it into learning and value.”
Donald Berbary, President of Reston, VA-based Learning Tree International USA, said, “We are very pleased to be recognized by CLO Magazine for this prestigious award. We also thank our colleagues and peers in the training industry for recognizing our efforts in advancing the critical dialogue between professionals that will enable us to address the learning issues we face today as well as preparing for future challenges. We look forward to expanding our CLO Learning Leaders Seminars to cities around the country in the coming year.”
About Learning Tree International
Learning Tree International is a leading global provider of truly effective training to management, business and information technology professionals. Since 1974, over 65,000 public and private organizations have trusted Learning Tree to enhance the professional skills of more than 1.8 million employees. The Company develops, markets and delivers a broad, proprietary library of over 200 instructor-led courses focused on project management, leadership and key business skills, Web development, operating systems, programming languages, databases, computer networks, IT/IS security and object-oriented technology. The Company also tests and certifies IT and business professionals, and Learning Tree courses are recommended for college credit by the American Council on Education and several leading Universities. In addition, Learning Tree is accredited by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy National Registry of CPE sponsors, and is a Registered Education Provider of the Project Management Institute (PMI). Courses are presented at Learning Tree Education Centers throughout the world and delivered globally, on-site at client facilities. For more information about Learning Tree products and services, call 1-800-THE-TREE (1-800-843-8733), or visit our Web site at http://www.learningtree.com
Jackie Davey, Learning Tree International
Telephone: (703) 925-5585
e-mail: jackie_davey@learningtree.com
