January 21, 2005 -- Corporate University Xchange (CUX), in association with Fortune Magazine, congratulates the winners of the Sixth Annual Corporate University Xchange Excellence and
Innovation Awards - billed as the Academy Awards of corporate learning. The event was held at Disney's Yacht Club Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
Each year, CUX recognizes corporate learning programs, nationally and internationally, that best illustrate performance in the key strategic areas of:
- Alignment: Aligning corporate learning to business strategies
- Alliances: Developing strategic learning alliances with external providers
- e-Learning: Creating a learning environment through technology
- Marketing: Developing and implementing innovative marketing and branding techniques
- Measurement: Measuring the value of an organization's investment in learning
- Launching: Successfully launching a new corporate university, leadership academy, or a newly branded component of the learning organization
- Leadership Development: Implementing successful, high-impact learning and development programs targeted to managers
"Each year, the Excellence and Innovation Awards reveal groundbreaking performance and practice among corporate universities," said CUX President Sue Todd. "We are proud to recognize the
achievement of the winners, and prouder still that their work will set the industry standard."
The 2004 National Excellence Award Winners are:
- Alignment: CIBC
- Alliances: Portland General Electric & Masco Corporation
- e-Learning: Bank One
- Marketing: Greater Chicago Food Repository
- Measurement: Caterpillar University
- Launching: CIBC
- Leadership Development: New York Life Insurance Co.
- Best Overall Corporate University: Caterpillar University
- The 2004 International Excellence Award Winners are:
- Alignment, International: Old Mutual Business School
- Alliances, International: Coles Myer
- e-Learning, International: Barclays PLC
- Marketing, International: Coles Myer
- Leadership Development, International: Old Mutual Business School
An article recognizing the award winners and highlighting corporate learning trends recently appeared in Fortune magazine.
Corporate University Xchange (CUX) is the leading provider of corporate university research, benchmarking, and advisory services for helping organizations transform corporate learning.
The aim of CUX research and services is to maximize corporate investments in training and development to deliver improved business results. For more information, please visit CUX on the
web at www.corpu.com.
For Inquiries:
Contact: Sue Savage, CUX
Telephone: 212-213-2828
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