Bluedrop Performance Learning Donates "12 Skills for Christmas" to
Help Charities over the Holidays
5,000 Course Seats Valued at $100,000
USD Open to all Charities
ST. JOHN'S, Dec. 12, 2012 /CNW/ - Bluedrop Performance
Learning (TSXV: BPL) today announced that registered charities and
not-for-profit organizations (NPOs) in Canada and the U.S. will be receiving a
different kind of gift for their staff this holiday season.
Bluedrop is donating 5,000 seats from their most popular online
professional training courses to help NPOs upgrade their staff
skills.
Starting today, Bluedrop will make twelve of their most popular
workplace productivity courses available for free at
www.coursepark.com/12skills to the first 5,000 registrants.
The courses are valued at $100,000
USD and are open to employees, volunteers and partners of
registered charities and not-for-profits.
"Bluedrop decided to give the gift of skills. Specifically,
we're targeting the not-for-profit sector whose staff is challenged
by time and money from accessing important skills upgrades," said
Emad Rizkalla, Founder and CEO of
Bluedrop. "We want to help people who spend their lives helping
others. Fifty per cent of the skills that people use in the
workplace are outdated every 3 years," Rizkalla added.
"We also want to do something about the growing digital skills
gap that exists between not-for-profits and their counterparts in
government and business," said Rizkalla. "The learning gap means
that many NPOs have one hand tied behind their back as they tackle
society's most pressing problems," Rizkalla added.
The online training courses will be delivered on CoursePark.com,
Bluedrop's cloud-based learning platform for the workplace.
The most relevant courses were carefully selected from CoursePark's
inventory and target the 12 key skills essential for professional
growth and productivity. The courses cover a wide range of
topics, including: business & IT skills, social media training,
project management and stress management. The courses are
typically less than 1 hour long and can be accessed any time.
Certificates are awarded upon successful completion of each
course.
Participants must register by January 7,
2013. Courses must be completed by March 31, 2013.
About Bluedrop
Bluedrop Performance Learning (TSX-V: BPL) is an innovator in
workplace training for individuals, corporations, military
personnel and the public sector. Launched in 2004, with six offices
and over 100 employees, Bluedrop is transforming the workplace by
designing, developing and delivering practical, actionable and
affordable training content that improves individual and overall
performance of organizations. For more information, visit
www.bluedrop.com.
SOURCE Bluedrop Performance Learning