SOURCE: KnowledgeAdvisors
KNOWLEDGEADVISORS TO DEPLOY ITS LEARNING MEASUREMENT PLATFORM WITH NEW HORIZONS COMPUTER LEARNING CENTERS
KnowledgeAdvisors Metrics that Matter™ to provide New Horizons Computer Learning Centers with business intelligence to manage and monitor its’ company-owned and franchised-training centers.
CHICAGO, IL - February 28, 2002 KnowledgeAdvisors today announced the formal deployment of its proprietary Metrics that Matter™ technology to New Horizons Computer Learning Centers, Inc (NASDAQ: NEWH). The technology will allow New Horizons Computer Learning Centers to objectively and consistently measure and manage their company-owned and franchised training centers. Metrics that Matter™ will provide New Horizons with real-time, online reporting of the performance for each of their training centers. The technology will also enable New Horizons Computer Learning Centers to measure client satisfaction, identify new business opportunities, and demonstrate to their clients how New Horizons training has impacted the clients’ employees.
David Sundstrom, Vice President of Business Development for New Horizons Computer Learning Centers states, “New Horizons currently has over 85 training centers using Metrics that Matter evaluation system. MTM’s evaluation system provides us with a significant set of tools to measure quality and student satisfaction, a cornerstone on which to build great customer satisfaction. The immediate feedback afforded New Horizons via MTM will allow us to fine tune the quality of our student’s overall classroom experience. This coupled with our rich blend of Integrated Learning components will help to provide us with continued leadership in the IT training world.”
Kent Barnett, KnowledgeAdvisors’ Founder, Chairman and CEO explained, “New Horizons is clearly taking a leadership role in continuous improvement. They will definitely be able to leverage the business intelligence gleaned from Metrics that Matter™ to improve performance, benchmark against peers, and identify additional client opportunities. We are thrilled to be working with a world-class organization like New Horizons on this important initiative.”
KnowledgeAdvisors’ proprietary methodologies, technologies and solutions facilitate the collection and reporting of key performance indicators vital to managing the critical components of learning providers operations. They are equally powerful when used by corporations looking to better manage a material budget line item like training. “Our solutions are robust yet cost effective. Metrics that Matter™ can provide data points ranging from learner satisfaction to ROI, offering a host of opportunities to clients with uniquely different objectives in their learning needs. ” Barnett said.
About KnowledgeAdvisors
KnowledgeAdvisors is a corporate learning business intelligence firm that helps organizations gain the knowledge necessary to improve performance, better educate workforces and reduce costs across the enterprise. Its proprietary measurement systems and benchmarking expertise help companies more successfully implement e-learning strategies and better manage corporate learning investments.
About New Horizons Computer Learning Centers, Inc.
New Horizons Computer Learning Centers, Inc., is a subsidiary of New Horizons Worldwide and is the world’s largest independent computer training company. With more than 290 centers in 47 countries, New Horizons trains more people than any independent IT training company. The New Horizons network provides students more ways to learn, more courses at more times and in more locations than any other company in the industry. More computer professionals are trained by New Horizons than any other training company. Approximately three million student-training days were delivered in 2000.
Contact for inquiries related to this PR:
Jeffrey A. Berk, Vice President, Product and Strategy, KnowledgeAdvisors
jberk@knowledgeadvisors.com
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