Posts by Ed Stengel

Podcasting 101

Podcasting 101
Podcasting has come a long way since its start as a vehicle for individuals to distribute their own radio-style shows over the Internet. Today’s podcasts can combine audio and video files to provide a rich user experience. With their ability to be syndicated and downloaded automatically whenever new content is present, podcasts have ma [...]

Brookwood Training Referral Program

Brookwood Training Referral Program
Did you know that Brookwood has a referral program? Refer 5 NEW people (not in Brookwood’s database) and receive a 1G USB drive as thanks for your participation. If someone you refer to Brookwood registers for a course you will receive a $50 gift card to your choice of: WaWa, Target, Best Buy, or The Olive Garden. Don’t miss out! [...]

NEW: AIR Building Desktop Application...

NEW: AIR Building Desktop Applications with AJAX
Starting in April 2009, this NEW 2 day course will enable experienced programmers to build desktop applications with AJAX using Adobe’s AIR application. Objectives include customized application deployment using AJAX and understanding AIR security. To gain the most from this course, you should have experience using HTML and JavaScript to deve [...]

Automate to Cut Costs, Improve Operat...

Automate to Cut Costs, Improve Operations
Although some would disagree with me, I’m finding that these difficult economic times are actually providing some fascinating opportunities to work with clients to automate certain processes and cut costs at the same time.  In particular, I have seen a real push to take labor and cost intensive operations such as Human Resources, and find a w [...]

508 Accessible Connect Pro Training d...

508 Accessible Connect Pro Training delivered for U.S. Government
Brookwood developers recently completed customized Adobe Connect Pro training for 2 U.S. Government agencies. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) both required that all 33 online training courses meet the U.S guidelines for Section 508 of the Disabilities Act. The technical standards [...]

Captivate 4 Training

Captivate 4 Training
Captivate 4 Training Now Available Captivate is all NEW and more powerful than ever! Captivate 4 gives you the capability to capture screen shots on your computer and quickly turn them into interactive movies adding images, captions, rollovers, clickable areas, typing areas and sound effects. This course will introduce you to the essential Ad [...]

Going Green?

Going Green?
Going green is a way to help the world become a better place and make your organization become more efficient by eliminating waste, resulting in savings now and long term.  Today, a competative edge could simply be moving training from in person to online, reducing or eliminating travel, lodging, food and other expenses associated with instru [...]

eLearning = e-Savings

eLearning = e-Savings
The days of classroom based training and education are fading.  Today, more than ever, organizations are seeking to provide more information and training with less cost, effort, and resources.   eLearning is the answer.  A blended learning environment will not only provide information anywhere and any time, but alos reduced training time, pap [...]

Going Global

Going Global
There was a time when doing business outside your town, state, country, or continent meant taking a car, bus, train, or plane to get there.  Endless hours of being “on the road”, preparation time like calling a travel agent, or even worse, doing it all yourself.  Then we had to lug all our materials in a briefcase..or two for the [...]

Todays’ Business Model – ...

Todays’ Business Model – Doing More with Less….
In a marketplace of doing more with less, Brookwood can make the defining difference in achieving your training goals. Our years of experience assessing, creating, and deploying enterprise and custom eLearning solutions produce effective and engaging learning results. From consulting and strategic curriculum development, to custom design, dev [...]