ISOPH POWERS CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER'S TRAINING PROGRAM

Isoph Learning Portal Provides Affordable Online Learning and Training Management for Chicago Shakespeare Theater Staff

Chapel Hill, NC (PRWEB) March 1, 2003 - Isoph (TM) Corporation, a leading developer of learning applications for the nonprofit community, today announced it has developed an online learning portal for the Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

Based on Isoph Blue technology, the learning portal allows the Chicago Shakespeare Theater to offer a comprehensive training program for its entire staff. Theater staff can assign courses, track progress, and easily manage professional development opportunities. Using the Isoph Blue learning portal, Chicago Shakespeare staff can access online courses in business communications, Microsoft Office applications, Web design, and advanced programming.

"With Chicago Shakespeare's rapid and continuing growth, it's important that our staff be able to use all of the resources available to us to better serve our patrons," says Chicago Shakespeare Theater technology manager Jeanne DeVore. "The training program through Isoph is an economically feasible solution to our continuing training needs."

Underlying the Chicago Shakespeare's learning portal is Isoph's .NET-based technology platform, Isoph Blue, a Web-based system for managing Web content, collaboration, and online learning. Isoph Blue offers mission-driven organizations the tools they need to provide learning opportunities for staff, volunteers, clients, and the general public. With an Isoph learning portal, organizations can implement and manage multifaceted learning in an affordable, customizable online environment.

About Isoph Corporation

At Isoph, we know learning. Our innovative technology, Isoph Blue, enables the creation of Web communities driven by learning. Our expertise in instructional and graphic design, application development, and data integration helps mission-driven organizations achieve their fundamental goals. For more information, please call 866.969.9260, or visit http://www.isoph.com for product and company details.

About Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Chicago Shakespeare Theater is Chicago's professional theater dedicated to the works of William Shakespeare. Founded as Shakespeare Repertory in 1986, the company moved to its permanent home on Navy Pier in 1999. In this intimate and dynamic space, 510 seats on three levels wrap gracefully around the courtyard theater's thrust stage-with only nine rows separating the most distant seat from the actors on stage. The seven-story facility also features a flexible 180-seat theater, a teacher resource center, an English pub, a Shakespeare specialty bookstall, and an events room with breathtaking views of Chicago's skyline. For more information, please visit http://www.chicagoshakes.com.

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