“The Avatar User Group provided a great opportunity to not only learn more about the features of Avatar, but to learn how other organizations use it. The sharing of best practices is essential to our continued success.”
Austin, TX (PRWEB) November 16, 2009
Alchemy, the leader in innovative training solutions for the global workforce, held their 5th annual meeting in Austin, Texas, for users of the Avatar Professional Development Management System.
Highlights from the event included keynote speakers Terry Morganti-Fisher, the CEO of Morganti Fisher Associates, and Sandy Fivecoat, the founder and CEO of WeAreTeachers. Terry’s presentation, “Stop Random Acts of Professional Development,” focused on promoting cohesive staff development, while Sandy’s presentation, “Social Media, Just what is it, and how will this new tool impact education,” featured the existing and new advances in social media for educators.
The User Group’s primary focus is to provide Alchemy’s customers with the opportunity to meet the Alchemy support team, participate in interactive product training sessions, learn how their peers use the Avatar product and provide feedback for future Avatar product enhancements. A customer appreciation dinner is also hosted by Alchemy to thank the attending customers for their continued support.
Susan Jones from Clarksville-Montgomery County School System said, “The Avatar User Group provided a great opportunity to not only learn more about the features of Avatar, but to learn how other organizations use it. The sharing of best practices is essential to our continued success.”
Used by over 528,000 education professionals, Avatar offers a comprehensive set of online tools that track and manage professional development activities including learning content and plans, events, resources and participants. School districts and service centers leverage Avatar to automate the evaluation and reporting process of their staff development activities, as well as to create a data-driven professional development program.
“It is important for Alchemy to hear from our customers as often as possible so that we can adapt our products and services to their needs,” said Jeff Eastman, Alchemy’s CEO. “Hearing from customers at our annual Avatar User Group allows us to enhance their use of the product, learn more about their needs for future product developments and continuously improve our customer support.”
Alchemy is dedicated to providing technologies that foster the ongoing professional development of the global workforce. Through Alchemy’s training solutions, organizations are able to deliver, document and manage important training fundamentals for their employees in an efficient manner. Alchemy’s primary goal is to solve the challenges organizations face as they try to balance increased regulatory requirements with a productive training regimen. For more information, please go to http://www.alchemysystems.com or http://www.avatarpdms.com.
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