OpenSesame adds new global publisher partnerships, further expanding OpenSesame Plus subscription variety

Organizations with all types of employee populations now have access to impactful trainings designed by leading subject matter experts

Portland, OR – 1 September 2021 – OpenSesame, a market-leading SaaS global elearning innovator, today announced the addition of multiple new global publishers to its popular OpenSesame Plus subscription. With this announcement, OpenSesame is further diversifying its product offerings to ensure employees in all roles, locations, and industry verticals have equitable access to learning. 

Each of these publishers offer training and courses covering a wide range of topics, while addressing some of the biggest challenges global organizations are facing today. Here is a brief overview of each publisher that has been added to the catalog.

Axonify’s interactive, micro-courses have been built for key verticals such as Retail, Grocery, Contact Centers, Financial Services, and Distribution. With a growing library of over 300 courses on subjects such as: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Business Skills, Effective Communication, Leadership, Sales, Harassment Prevention, and Safety, Axonify’s library helps keep learners engaged and performing at their best.

Global eTraining offers a wide range of Autodesk and other BIM software and skills training for managers, leaders, and employees in the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industries. Their award-winning course creation tool, ‘The Generator,’ was built to support all combinations of learning styles and learning cycles, and places focus on subject matter experts needing to convey knowledge quickly and efficiently.

Working exclusively with OpenSesame, FutureThink provides short-form videos and powerful job-aids designed to accelerate training programs on key power skills for the new world of work. Offered in 7 languages, these courses focus on driving productivity, growth and innovation, change management, culture building, and collaboration.

Pink University’s 130+ eurocentric business skills, leadership, communication, and sales courses, offered in both German and English, expertly uses live actors to drive narratives forward, while incorporating blended learning materials, such as reflection beats and downloadable resources into each course. 

OpenDoors’ provides expert knowledge and dynamic content featuring descriptive scenarios, performed by actors, to display vivid examples of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) issues in the workplace. Covering critical topics from microaggressions, to allyship, to hiring for DEI, to measuring success of DEI programs, these courses will inspire meaningful conversations and bolster DEI initiatives. 

“We are constantly seeking innovative ways to help learners acquire knowledge and adopt new behaviors,” said Spencer Thornton, Senior Vice President of Curation at OpenSesame. “This is why we are excited to partner with publishers, like these, that are trusted by organizations across the globe to produce engaging and thoughtful content, setting the stage for sustainable, life-long learning.”

About OpenSesame

OpenSesame helps develop the world’s most productive and admired workforces through powerful online learning in every industry. With the most comprehensive catalog of elearning courses from the world’s top publishers, OpenSesame helps global companies every step of the way. In a moment of an increasingly virtual workforce, OpenSesame has added even more Global 2000 companies to its customer base. With over 20,000+ courses, the platform touches all industries in all markets.

To learn more about OpenSesame, visit www.opensesame.com

About Axonify

Axonify gets frontline employees ready for anything with a training and communications solution that actually works. Why does it work so well? Because the experience is fun, fast, personalized, and designed to make critical information stick. And employees love it—83% of users log in 2-3 times a week, which translates into meaningful behavior change that drives business results. 

More than 160 customers in 150+ countries around the world, including Walmart, Kroger, Levi’s, and Merck, trust Axonify to fuel their people’s performance to keep pace with their business.

Founded in 2011, Axonify is headquartered in Waterloo, ON Canada. 

To learn more about Axonify’s training, visit www.opensesame.com/s/axonify.

 

About Global eTraining

Global eTraining is the most comprehensive online training solution in the architecture, engineering, construction, and manufacturing industries. With revolutionary tools and technology, we help people learn faster, retain more, and save time… so you can GeT What Matters. 

To learn more about Global eTraining’s courses, visit www.opensesame.com/s/Global-eTraining

 

About OpenDoors

OpenDoors brings expertise from Corporate DEI practitioners who consult, teach, and speak on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the workplace. The cinematic courses include speaker-lead instruction, as well as descriptive scenarios performed by actors to provide vivid example DEI issues in the workplace. Covering topics from microaggressions, to allyship, to hiring for DEI, to measuring success of DEI programs, these courses apply to a wide audience from the C-Suite to the frontline. 

To learn more about OpenDoors’ training, visit www.opensesame.com/s/opendoors

 

About FutureThink

FutureThink is an award-winning, accelerated learning company. They transform how teams work in organizations such as Pfizer, Google, Merck, and Airbnb. Their accelerated, flexible learning solutions build power skills that drive growth and innovation, boost productivity, and create a culture of collaboration. Live or on-demand, FutureThink provides actionable and implementable tools, tips, and techniques, and shows employees how to immediately apply them to unique business challenges. They quickly upskill teams so they can stop doing unnecessary things and get to the work that matters.

To learn more about FutureThink’s training, visit www.opensesame.com/s/futurethink

 

About Pink University

Pink University is one of the leading providers of e-learning and web-based training for effective and sustainable personnel development in companies. The international award-winning e-library includes over 130 video-based, interactive e-learnings. In addition, Pink University develops and offers modular learning paths for targeted competence development, also as blended learning, in order to integrate learning sustainably and purposefully into everyday working life and to activate self-learning motivation.

Pink University was founded in 2010 by Britta Kroker and the publisher Dr. Sven Murmann. In 2019, PAWLIK Consultants GmbH acquired a majority stake in Pink University.

To learn more about Pink University’s training, visit www.opensesame.com/s/Pink-University


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