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eCornell Voted “Best Leadership Development Program” by Readers of eLearning Magazine

eCornell’s suite of online Leadership & Strategic Management Certificate Programs has been named “Best Leadership Development Program” at the 2009 Best of eLearning Reader’s Choice Awards hosted by eLearning magazine. The winners in 16 categories were announced at the virtual eLearning! Summit on November 5.

eCornell was also a finalist for “Best Software-as-a-Service Learning Management System (SaaS LMS).” Readers nominated and voted for products and solutions via eLearning magazine’s online ballot. The 2009 program received 1,755 nominations, twice the volume from a year ago.

“The Best of eLearning Awards program is the only reader’s choice awards in the market,” said Catherine Upton, group publisher of eLearning and Government eLearning magazines. “Recognition of this type is increasingly important as more companies deploy e-learning initiatives to impact business and improve efficiencies. The Best of eLearning program offers professionals a reliable resource to learn from users and gather information that influences their future purchases.”

eCornell offers more than 20 online certificate programs, and six in Leadership & Strategic Management that received the honor:

• Business Leadership Skills
• High Performance Leadership
• Leading Management Teams
• Executive Leadership
• Change Leadership
• Managing for Execution

Selected voter comments about eCornell will be published in the January 2010 issues of eLearning magazine and Government eLearning magazine and include:

• “Their method of teaching is very suitable and meets the students at their very point of need. It’s also very applicable to the student.”
• “This is a brilliantly structured course. It encourages students to use discussion forums very efficiently and it’s almost like a live class discussion—even with a diversity of time zones in our class.”
• “I have learned a lot from eCornell online classes. It’s the best place to take courses and expert advisors are always available when needed to help with questions and answers.”

“It is extremely gratifying to be honored by our enterprise customers and students,” said Chris Proulx, CEO of eCornell. “This open vote enables the users of eCornell’s online training programs and those of our competitors to cast a ballot. It’s an important measure for the products and services in our industry. To be recognized among the top training providers validates that our solutions provide engaging learning for students and bottom-line performance results for our enterprise customers.”

Praise for "Building a Talent-Management Culture"

In a recent email to her instructor, Kristin Long, an HR coordinator and office manager from Bowling Green, Ohio, expressed her appreciation for the style and content of ILRHR554: Building a Talent-Management Culture:

"I am gaining so much knowledge from this course and couldn't be more pleased with what I've learned in only one week. I really like the design of these courses and the very straight forward and conversational tone to the reading. This works so much better than reading from a dry textbook. I have already begun setting the stage for many changes to come here at my workplace. I am looking forward to the remainder of the course."

Kenyan Hospitality Manager Appreciates Hotel Revenue Management Courses

The courses have been very enlightening, and I am glad to have completed them successfully. The discussion forums and assessments were A1 and the course materials were just right.  The content is so fulfilling, and, yes, I want to roll out a plan for how to share this knowledge with my colleagues. The sky is the limit.

Excited Student Eager to Apply Lessons of MD504

I LOVE IT!!!!

This course is really interesting and pointed out to me what should I put in practice in order to lead my employees to higher performance. I need to practice until it becomes a second nature. I already filled in my Outlook calendar to "block" space for listening to my employees and for a confrontation meeting in order to solve long-term issues.

I am just excited to wait and see the results on my staff performance!

Student feedback from course:  ILRMD504 Leading People to Higher Performance

Supervisory Skills Certificate Valuable to Customer Service Manager

I enjoyed the learning experience in the Supervisory Skills Certificate and once complete, I saw that several of the courses segued into additional certificates. Good news for me, my employer has supported my requested to continue on! As Manager of our Customer Service Department for 6 years now, I have been able to attribute several recent improvements to eCornell classes. I would recommend eCornell to any professional as a great way to continue learning new skills and to refresh past education. eCornell is excellent, affordable, and, I think, has a highly effective approach using interactive message boards and the ability to work as time permits. Thank you for what you do!

Feedback From Project Leadership Students

Cornell University's Project Leadership Certificate  launched in the late fall of 2008.  Here's some feedback from a few of the students who have taken courses in this certificate.

"One of the best Courses I have ever taken. Opened my eyes to ideas, myself and my-co-workers I have never considered. Will be a huge benefit to me and my company."

"Very interesting course.  I always focus on the functional requirements of tasks and the assignment of people to those tasks.  This course will help me look at cultural and learning style differences as well.  Each module is more rewarding than the last.  I believe that, thus far, the course has been presented in the best way to help me improve my leadership skills.  I look at the course, not just from a traditional project" standpoint, but also from an everyday magagement standpoint.  Employee development, building an ethical and profitable culture, and other everyday management challenges, are all projects, in a sense. "

"Great insights and course material.  I love the continued focus of this overall certificate program on leadership rather than management.  Well done!"

"Great course. Expertly designed. Class material was invaluable.Systematic and easy for the participants to go to one chapter to another easily.  Graphics, work-flow illustrated in the course makes the course content more interesting."   

"Good exposure to models and techniques.  As from now on after having been introduced with the tools and techniques necessary to spearhead my next project and bring it on time, on budget and at performance levels that will add directly to my company's bottom line.  I must say that even though I work a full time job and do night get home to study until 930 pm Italian time, the division of information and the use of real world examples has help me fit this into my already tight life schedule.  Real life experiences work well, especially since they help to reduce my doubt that cannot be aided by asking a direct question in person."   

"Beautiful content, eye-opening and I particularly enjoy the practical nature. It captures a lot of work place realities.  I practice most of what has been taught but I gathered more details and a reason behind it."    

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Plant-Based Nutrition Course a Big Success

I am very excited to share some feedback from our students on our new Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate from the T. Colin Campbell Foundation.

"I feel truly privileged to be a part of this course at a time when we can use the knowledge to make a real difference in the world. Dr. Campbell's message is critical to our health, and the evidence presented in the course cannot be ignored. The information is easy to understand and communicate, my fellow students are brimming with enthusiasm, and our instructor is incredibly supportive. I can't wait for the next module."

"WOW....very insightful, after taking the course on "Plant Based Nutrition", I am very mindful of what I eat, and when I am in the supermarket, I would read the packaging to see what the content is.  If nothing else, it opens up a whole new world, for the things we eat".

"I loved the vast variety of information provided in this class obtained from the lectures themselves, the discussion boards and from you, the instructor!"

"Every day I couldn't wait to sign on to my computer to do the lectures, quizzes and join in the discussion boards! The class kept my interest because it was challenging and made me think."

"Even though I am already in the nutrition field I learned new information about the politics of food and how it affects the health of all Americans."

"I will spread this information to peers, medical team members and patients at my place of employment as well as passing it on to friends and family."

For more information please contact enroll@ecornell.com