Alexandria, VA (Vocus) 1 October 2010

The American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) announces that 31 organizations from India, Singapore, Turkey and the United States, United are the winners of the contest of 2010 ASTD BEST Awards. InterContinental Hotels Group in Atlanta, Georgia holds the top spot.

price BEST recognizes organizations that demonstrate enterprise-wide success through employee learning and development. â? The ASTD BEST prices Industrya are training? The recognition of the most rigorous and coveted â? Said Tony Bingham, ASTDâ? President, CEO. â? These 31 organizations are characterized by innovative learning cultures that are clearly aligned with the strategic business objectives. And they continue to demonstrate their commitment to workplace learning and development in a difficult economic climate.â?


The 2010 ASTD BEST Award winners

be recognized in a special section of the October issue of T + D, ASTDâ? s monthly magazine, and were at a reception on 30 September in Washington, DC Most of the winners honored at the â? Learn BESTÅ? Event on 1 October, the best practice in the round-table presentations, and networking time to share.

through an online application, received the 2010 Best Awards entries from 104 organizations in nine countries. These organizations submitted quantitative and qualitative information about their learning and development programs and practices ASTD. The entries were judged in a rigorous blind review by members of the BEST Awards advisory committee, a group of experts in the field of learning and development.


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information on the ASTD BEST Award winners 2010 in the October 2010 issue issue of T + D magazine and be found online. More information on the 2011 program will be available in February 2011.


ASTD

thank SkillSoft Gold Sponsor of the BEST Awards 2010.


The 2010 ASTD BEST Award winners

and rankings:

1 InterContinental Hotels Group, Atlanta, Georgia

2 Datatel, Fairfax, Virginia

3 NIIT Technologies Limited, New Delhi, India

4 University Health System, San Antonio, Texas

5 Yapi Kredi Bankasi ve A.Ş., Istanbul, Turkey

6 Barilla America, Inc., Bannockburn, Illinois

7 CaridianBCT, Lakewood, Colorado

8 Farmers Group Inc., Agoura Hills, California

9 ESL Federal Credit Union, Rochester, New York

10 Wipro Technologies, Bangalore, India

11 Memorial Health System, Springfield, Illinois

12th Weichert Co., Morris Plains, New Jersey

13th IBM, Armonk, New York

14th Mikea? S Carwash, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana

15th AnMed Health, Anderson, South Carolina

16th Ryan, Inc., Dallas, Texas

17 Genpact, Gurgaon, India

18th Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, New York, New York

19th Grant Thornton LLP, Chicago, Illinois

20th Novo Nordisk Inc., Princeton, New Jersey

21st Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Durham, North Carolina

22nd Global Bilgi Pazarlama, Danismanlik Hizmetleri ve Cagri AS, Istanbul, Turkey

23rd Kelly Services, Troy, Michigan

24th Suzlon Energy Ltd, Pune, India

25th American Modern Insurance Group, Amelia, Ohio

26th Pierce Transit, Lakewood, Washington

27th ICICI Bank Ltd., Mumbai, India

28th United Overseas Bank Limited, Singapore

29th B & W Pantex, Amarillo, Texas

30th Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Mumbai, India

31st Wyndham Exchange & Rental, Parsippany, NJ

have also eight companies on this list ASTD BEST Award winner for three years or longer. These are: B & W Pantex, Datatel, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Grant Thornton LLP, IBM, ICICI Bank Ltd, Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro Technologies Ltd. ..

About ASTD

ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) is the world? the largest professional organization dedicated to training and development. In over 100 countries, ASTDâ? S members work in companies of all sizes, both public and private, as an independent consultant and as principal. Members meet in local chapters 130 and U.S. with 30 international partners. ASTD started in 1943 and expanded in recent years the professionalisation? S discussion align learning and performance results of the organization, and is much sought after voice on critical public policy issues. For more information, visit www.astd.org.

ASTD Press Contact:

Kristen Fyfe 703.683.8192
Jennifer Homer
703.683.8123

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