BlueVolt® Honors Winners of First Annual A-D Knowledge@Noon Awards

Portland, ORE. – Winners in five A-D divisions claim their awards at A-D North American Meetings.

Knowledge@Noon is a live online training and marketing event hosted by BlueVolt that brings together A-D manufacturers and affiliates to drive sales of selected manufacturer products. Awards were issued in the following A-D Divisions: Plumbing; Pipes, Valves and Fittings (PVF); HVAC; Electrical USA and Canada; and Industrial. Awards categories are:

Highest Participation in a Manufacturer Event
Most Employee Attendance by a Distributor
Participation by an Individual Distributor Employee.

The winning manufacturer and distributor companies were presented with glass plaques at their respective A-D North American Meetings and the distributor employees received a certificate and 100 $BlueBucks to honor their accomplishments. $BlueBucks are valuable reward points redeemable by participants who complete training on BlueVolt.

“We are very excited to recognize and reward those who have had success with A-D’s Knowledge@Noon program,” said Sharon Dunigan, account executive at BlueVolt. “We know it to be a very effective way for A-D affiliates to improve their knowledge and ultimately sell more products.”

In the Plumbing, PVF and HVAC Divisions, the winning manufacturer was Broan-Nutone with 354 enrollments. Murray Supply won the distributor award with 11.2 enrollments per employee and 9.7 completions per employee. Stephan Spearman, an employee of distributor Eastern Industrial Supplies, Inc., was the individual winner with 40 enrollments and 39 completions.

In the Electrical USA and Canada Divisions, Philips Lighting was the manufacturer winner with 420 enrollments. The distributor awarded was Allied Electric Motor Service, Inc. with 24.8 enrollments per employee and 23.6 completions per employee. Derek Quenneville, of Revco Electrical Supply Inc., had 44 enrollments and 35 completions to win the distributor employee award.

“After 24 years at Revco Electrical Supply, Derek still realizes the importance of product knowledge in order to stay on top of his game,” said Michael Velys Sr, general manager at Revco Electrical Supply Inc.

In the Industrial Division, the manufacturer awarded was Brady with 189 enrollments. Alro Industrial Supply, with 2.3 enrollments per employee and 2.1 completions per employee, won the distributor award. Larry Johnson of Trumbull Industries, Inc. had 21 enrollments and 19 completions to earn the distributor employee award.

“Larry is a new employee who has shown real enthusiasm and is eager to learn. He took it upon himself to log in and take the Knowledge@Noon training,” said Dunigan. “It is interesting to note that Larry as a new employee and Derek as a 24-year-veteran both still see the value in ongoing training.”

About BlueTech, LLC (www.bluetechllc.com):

Portland, Oregon-based BlueTech, LLC creates online solutions to increase efficiency and profitability across entire industries. BlueVolt (www.bluevolt.com), its flagship product, is an online marketing and learning platform. BlueVolt’s state-approved, award-winning courses help skilled professionals fulfill continuing license requirements and learn about products relevant to their profession. It delivers live and on-demand learning to skilled professionals and those who sell products to them. As of November 2009, BlueVolt delivered over 578,000 courses to over 88,574 registered users at www.bluevolt.com

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