Kapp Notes

JANUARY 5, 2011

Today, SumTotal announced the acquisition of GeoLearning. GeoLearning is the leading provider of managed services and on-demand learning management software. Founded in 1997, GeoLearning has a recognized history of innovation with comprehensive software products to address the needs across both employee development and extended enterprise. As of January 5, 2011, SumTotal and GeoLearning are now one integrated company with a unified strategy and vision.

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eLearning 24-7

JULY 23, 2010

GeoLearning’s GeoMaestro is a LMS that packs a wallop but at the same time has some features that provide limitations. While the solution delivers more than enough for a LMS and the company gets “it&# for where the industry needs to go, GeoLearning has made some interesting decisions with GeoMaestro that to say the least is bewildering. What is really nice about GeoMaestro is that GeoLearning has thought long and hard about this issue and has solved it.

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Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

JANUARY 5, 2011

Today another major shift takes place in the talent management systems market: SumTotal Systems announced the acquisition of GeoLearning. Read more» The post SumTotal Acquires GeoLearning: LMS Market Consolidation Continues appeared first on JOSH BERSIN. HR Systems LMS, LCMS CornerstoneOnDemand GeoLearning Learn.com learning lms Plateau SumTotal

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mLearning Trends

JANUARY 5, 2011

The enterprise learning market witnessed another big consolidation event today as SumTotal Systems announced it acquired GeoLearning thus further positioning SumTotal as the largest platform provider for LMS and talent management solutions in the industry.

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Janet Clarey

DECEMBER 5, 2008

Of all commercial LMSs, I probably have the most hands-on experience with GeoLearning ’s various products and services having managed an enterprise implementation several years ago. It was a multi-phase implementation (LMS, LCMS, Talent Management) that went off pretty smooth and the team at GeoLearning was great to work with. Anyway, GeoLearning’s LMS is pretty super too (AWESOME transition, huh?).

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Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Enterprise Learning LMS, LCMS Measurement and Analytics CornerstoneOnDemand GeoLearning Halogen Software Learn.com lms lms market Plateau Saba taleoToday a shoe dropped in the Learning Management Systems Market: Taleo announced plans to acquire Learn.com. Let me discuss this announcement from three perspectives: first, the impact on the market; second, the impact on Taleo and Learn.com customers; and third, the impact on you as a prospective LMS buyer. (ps. Kenexa also announced the.

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Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

OCTOBER 25, 2009

LMS, LCMS CornerstoneOnDemand GeoLearning Halogen Software Learn.com lms Plateau Saba sumtotal systems taleoIn the last 60 days I’ve had the opportunity to attend five major industry events which cover corporate learning: user group meetings at Plateau, Saba, SumTotal and Taleo and the HR Technology Conference. While all this travel has taken a toll on my sleep, it did reinforce the tremendous importance of corporate learning technology.

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Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

AUGUST 3, 2009

HR Systems LMS, LCMS Talent Management authoria CornerstoneOnDemand GeoLearning Halogen Software hrsmart iCIMS Jobfox SimplyHired Jobs2Web Learn.com Oracle PeopleClick Plateau Systems Saba Silkroad SkillSurvey Softscape successfactors sumtotal systems taleo TEDS WorkscapeEven in this year’s terrible economy, the Talent Management Software market continues to show signs of life. We estimate this important market will reach around $2.4

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eLearning Development

AUGUST 1, 2008

In terms of what I’ve seen lately, GeoLearning was the last product I looked at. My current research project of finding an LMS continues, albeit slowly. I’ve said before that my needs for an LMS are pretty simple - basic tracking, nothing fancy. All the systems I’ve looked at so far do more than I need and charge accordingly. Then last week some people who are starting up an internal training program came to me asking what I use to track online courses.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 12, 2008

Here are some terms that are getting more attention the first couple weeks this month (December 2008) include Social Media , eLearning Activity , Mobile Learning , Yugma , Slideshare , SharePoint , Twitter , 100 Conversations , Mzinga , and GeoLearning. For example, I see GeoLearning relates to Learning Portals , Community of Practice, Mentoring , IntraLearn , Learnframe , ViewCentral , GeoMaestro , WBT Manager , WBT Systems , KnowledgeNet , Generation 21 , and GeoConnect.

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Take an e-Learning Break

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

You know them all: Bobby Yazdani of Saba Systems; Alan Todd of KnowledgePlanet/Mzinga, now CEO of Corporate University Xchange; and Frank Russell, the former CEO of GeoLearning, and now the CEO of Prositions. Tue, Nov 8, 2011 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM CST This webinar will deal with the latest trends around Learning & Talent Systems and Services.

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Your Training Edge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

One way to see what content is being used and in what contexts is to go out to major Learning Management System vendors such as Learn.com or GeoLearning and ask for a free tour. Building an effective e-learning program is a seven-step process. The first step is to assess the current learning situation in three parts: content, learners, and systems.

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Your Training Edge

AUGUST 31, 2017

There are numerous vendors out there, including Learn.com, CapitalLMS, GeoLearning, Registrar, Joomla, and Blackboard to name a few. In today’s environment, your learning and development department must be many things to many people. Managing that environment may have become difficult, but Learning Management Systems are making all facets of training management more efficient-and easier.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 21, 2009

Report: Community Platforms Market Led by Jive Software and Telligent - ReadWriteWeb Hot Last Week Keywords eLearning Strategy Social Media Work Skills KnowledgeHub ScreenToaster Cooliris Quizmaker OnDemand Meridian Mzinga GeoLearning Saba Notes on the weekly hot last week. Using the same approach as Hot List , I've compiled.

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

• GeoLearning is the leading provider of Managed Learning Services and on- demand learning and performance technology. Sitting in a fun presentation by Kevin Oakes at DevLearn on the Rise and Fall of the LMS. He pointed back to entry of various players in the market and particularly the enterprise vendors as opposed to pure-play vendors from articles five years ago.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 13, 2009

There are some very cool new features especially our hot list feature coming out soon on the eLearning Learning Content Community. The site is beginning to take into account social signals. In other words, we are using what is happening: with the content out in the network on the eLearning Learning searches that land on us and that occur on the site, and various other kinds of behaviors.

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eLearning 24-7

JULY 8, 2010

Two vendors – Plateau and GeoLearning products will be reviewed and presented to you in the next three weeks. Contains over 200 systems. To view the specific system, click on the system’s name and it will take you to the site or if possible, directly to the information on the system. Click to view and download the directory, which is in an Excel file - E-Learning 24/7 LMS & LCMS Directory. Notes. CMSs, learning portals geared only are not on the list.

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eLearning 24-7

JUNE 22, 2010

GeoLearning LMS. Latest news and notes. Coming this Thursday June 24th : The Revolution is Coming - How tablets will take e-learning farther and further than b4. Product Reviews: Coming in July - All Exclusives! Topyx LMS by Interactyx – Now supports the Ipad tablet and will enable you to create HTML5 courses via their content authoring tool and fully SCORM certified – This part is coming this summer. Plateau LMS. Mzinga - Newest product b4 it hits the streets.

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Talented Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Old-school LMS companies (like SumTotal , Plateau , Learn.com , GeoLearning and Certpoint ) were acquired by much larger talent and HR-suite providers like SAP/SuccessFactors , Infor , Oracle and IBM. When we started Talented Learning nearly four years ago, our mission was to help clients find and use learning management systems that effectively support extended enterprise education.

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Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

GeoLearning 6 6.27 GeoConnect GeoLearning 1 3.90 Update, Nov.

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eLearning Weekly

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

GeoLearning. Last week I went to the Metrics That Matter user group in Chicago. During my trip, I started thinking about user groups related to learning and technology. Other than conferences, where do learning and technology professionals get together to discuss ideas with each other? Conferences are great; I attend them and present at them on a fairly regular basis. But too often these events are more focused on presentations than collaboration and idea sharing.

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Tony Karrer

JULY 20, 2009

Take a look at the companies: Saba (28) GeoLearning (17) SumTotal (22) Meridian (9) Cornerstone (19) You notice the counts are out of order (not descending). I've done a few posts in the past that take a look at the topics that are Hot Topics in Training. In each case, these are crude in that they look only at what terms people are using in a given content set.

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 31, 2013

The interface you showed was similar in many ways to the old GeoLearning 3D look back in 2002 (which Geo eventually dumped – too bad). Wow, wasn’t that marching band fantastic? I loved the lip synch of that tune. Okay, time for the 2nd half to begin, so let’s go right to the kickoff. As before, please excuse text line space funkiness – WordPress app on iPad. TOUCHDOWN. The product comes in two flavors – a simple and a more robust. I focused on the more robust.

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Janet Clarey

JANUARY 16, 2009

GeoLearning. Probably just three years ago, if you said Element K I would have immediately thought about off-the-shelf courseware. However, Element K has made substantial, progressive improvements to their LMS, most recently by building custom integrations between Jive Clearspace and KnowledgeHub, Element K’s LMS. They announced this in October, 2008. Via email, I asked Sue Rodeman, VP., Platform Prod Management & Marketing, Element K about their social media capabilities.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 26, 2011

SumTotal Systems picked up Geolearning at the beginning of 2011. One of the good things about tradeshow season is the chance to catch up with friends and colleagues in the industry. It’s also a great chance to catch up with friends outside the industry in the conference city. While I was in Orlando for ASTD’s 2011 International Conference and Expo I had the chance to have dinner with a couple of good friends I haven’t seen in a few years.

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eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 14, 2015

SumTotal ruined IMO the GeoLearning LMS known as Maestro and will Skillsoft buying SumTotal, I wondered to myself whether this would be great or awful. Welcome, welcome all! To those from HR who are new to this blog, I give a high five. To those who have been constant readers, I give a high five with a low five to boot. And to those who are constant readers from all over the world and training, L&D and other professions, I give two high fives, four low fives and a bucket of joy.

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eLearning 24-7

JUNE 10, 2010

For the debut review, the vendor is GeoLearning. Today, I was going to discuss how to market your LMS to your employees, but instead wish to focus on a common question, I often receive about LMS vendors. Specifically, the inside scoop. Here is some insight into the market (just a tad), some of which you may know, others which you may not.

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eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Geolearning (may they rest in piece) was the first vendor to have a “gallery” whereas you can have sponsors images if you will on a wall, like an art gallery. If you are like me, there sure has been a lot of vitriol spilled in this year’s US Election. Some folks say it is the worst ever, but a fan of political history will note that this cycle of the insider needs to be out, the problems with Washingon and overall tone is nothing new. .

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eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 13, 2013

On the Maestro side (formally GeoLearning), I don’t understand how they could have dropped the ball on the platform. There is nothing like interaction. Especially when it comes in the form of questions from readers of the blog and various followers on my social media channels. I have done a segment like this in the past and it was very popular. So, back for another installment.

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eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 19, 2011

GeoLearning. Back in the day, a punk rock group called Madness released a wonderful tune called, “ One Step Beyond “, sadily if you were to look at the state of the e-learning industry as a whole today, perhaps the song should have been called, “One Step Behind&#. What is surprising is that this is nothing new. The industry as a whole, always has been one step behind, as if there is general fear to harnass the technology now, rather than later.

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Janet Clarey

DECEMBER 26, 2008

GeoLearning. This week on the Friday series, LMSs that kick ass , I’ m pleased to feature Learn.com ’s LearnCenter system. By way of background, Learn.com’s primary customer base is corporate universities and their total number of registered ‘learners’ is reported at over 2,000,000 worldwide at several hundred organizations. So, they’re one of the big players among commercial learning management systems.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 18, 2007

The group included Andy Snider ( Snider Associates ), Bjorn Billhardt ( Enspire Learning ), Pete LeDoux ( GeoLearning ), Doug Foster ( D Foster Associates ), Adam Girard (Bank of America) and myself. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff.

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 13, 2011

Exclusive Scoops on who is out at GeoLearning following the acquisition by SumTotal Systems – not presented anywhere on the net. A new year is upon us and thus it is time to re-visit the LMS market. A lot of changes have already been happening in just a short time frame. Several vendors have left the space, a few have entered. New trends are starting to appear – and in these two cases, they are beneficial to consumers. Vendors are hearing us and are making changes.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

iPad Cornerstone OnDemand Plateau Saba Augmented Reality Cloud Computing Analytics Mobile Learning GeoLearning Performance Support Outsource Low Cost iPhone Learning Theory Creative Commons Facebook Portal Learn.com Leadership eLearning Strategy Knowledge Management Voiceover Obviously, the Cornerstone OnDemand is because of the IPO. This month's #LCBQ is the first with the Big Question Thought Leaders. It's been fun working with them and has definitely added a new spark.

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eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 5, 2011

This is the former GeoLearning Maestro solution, which is now listed as SumTotal Learning Maestro. Initially I was going to provide a list of all my award winners including web conferening, stand alone mobile learning, etc., but after much consideration, decided this week to focus only on the LMS sector. Before announcing the winners, I have seen a trend regarding mobile learning, that can easily mislead folks. Mobile Learning.

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eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 24, 2011

GeoLearning’s Maestro product is now called SumTotal Maestro. The Extended Enterprise blog post and directory will be visible this weekend. Well, a lot has been happening in the past three months, from SaaS driven to talent management to course authoring to name changes and everything in between. Without further adieu, Talent Management/Performance Management (TM/PM).

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Janet Clarey

JANUARY 23, 2009

GeoLearning. Another Friday and another LMS that kicks ass! This week’s featured system is OutStart. I interviewed Jeff Whitney, Vice President of Marketing. By way of background, Jeff told me that OutStart has two flavors: Participate, their general social software solution and TrainingEdge.com, their SaaS solution which includes LMS, collaborative authoring, and social media specifically configured to support learning.

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Janet Clarey

JANUARY 2, 2009

GeoLearning. The sixth LMS in the LMSs that kick ass Friday series is Saba. Saba’s primary market is corporate learning with just more than half of all implementations installed behind-the-firewall (largest implementation 2,000,000 learners). Their total number of registered users/learners worldwide is 17,000,000 at over 1300 organizations. Saba is a major player among corporate LMSs -you can say it’s a benchmark system. I interviewed Ben Willis, Sr.

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Janet Clarey

DECEMBER 19, 2008

GeoLearning. Continuing on with the Friday series that - each week - features an LMS that kicks ass, I’m pleased to feature Meridian KSI. I spoke with Roy Haythorn, Vice President of Operations for Meridian Knowledge Solutions, LLC. Let’s find out what’s new at Meridian KSI. Q: Hi Roy. I know you’ve been incorporating some social media tools into your LMS. What is Meridian KSI doing with social media?

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Janet Clarey

DECEMBER 12, 2008

GeoLearning Continuing my Friday series featuring LMSs that kick-ass, I’m pleased to profile Latitude. Latitude is a pure LMS so you may be wondering why the heck are they featured here. Well, because they kick-ass for their view of the role of the LMS. They feel the best way to address social, informal learning (powered by social media) is not to integrate it into an LMS. Instead, they bolt the LMS on an existing CMS. (An

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