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BlueVolt, the leading provider of online Learning Management Systems (LMS) for the construction, manufacturing and service industries, is close to awarding the two millionth $BlueBuck™ to BlueVolt users. In celebration, any user who completes a course through the BlueVolt LMS is automatically entered to win a grand prize vacation to the destination of the winner’s choice. Fifty runners-up (one from each state) will each win 25 $BlueBucks.

$BlueBucks is BlueVolt’s integrated, pay-for-performance system that rewards learners as they successfully complete training through their company’s online University powered by BlueVolt. Proven to increase online course enrollments up to ten times, adding $BlueBucks to training ensures more learners complete the courses.

Learners may redeem their $BlueBucks rewards for virtual gift cards at hundreds of retailers and service providers nationwide, purchase future courses, or donate to charity. Brandon Hall recently awarded the $BlueBucks program its Gold Award for the Best Advance in Rewards and Recognition Technology.

“We are looking forward to awarding the two millionth $BlueBuck and a fabulous vacation to one of the hundreds of thousands of BlueVolt learners,” said Don Spear, BlueVolt President and CEO. “The best training programs engage and excite learners—offering $BlueBucks improves engagement and excitement”.

Starting April 11, users who complete any online courses through the BlueVolt LMS, are automatically entered to win, and there is no limit to how many entries a user can earn. The contest will run until the two millionth $BlueBuck is awarded or August 1, 2012, whichever comes first. As of April 30, 2012, BlueVolt had awarded 1,937,067 $BlueBucks.

For official terms and conditions, visit the celebration webpage. 

About BlueVolt
Portland, Oregon-based BlueVolt is the leading provider of online Learning Management Systems (LMS) for the manufacturing, construction and service industries. BlueVolt’s LMS for the extended enterprise delivers easy-to-use training across an entire company and its suppliers, sales channel, associations and customers. The LMS delivers affordable training, verifies knowledge and reports results all in one place. BlueVolt’s unique approach to online training encourages learning with its proven reward program that is valuable to those offering and participating in learning. As of April 2012, BlueVolt has delivered over 1,244,000 courses to over 210,000 registered users. BlueVolt has won a Gold Excellence in Technology award from Brandon Hall, a Learning Leader award from Bersin & Associates for Vendor Innovation in Learning and Talent Management and also was named to the TrainingIndustry.com Learning Portal Companies Watch List for its innovative approach to learning. For more information, visit www.BlueVolt.com.

BlueVolt is pleased to announce record results for its first quarter 2012.  Learners enrolled in 138,615 courses, a 59% increase over enrollments in the fourth quarter 2011 and a 64% increase YoY. Learners also earned 147,855 $BlueBucks™, the most ever in a single quarter, up 27% over the previous quarter. BlueVolt added 2,563 new courses in the first quarter, the most new courses added to the Learning Management System (LMS) in a quarter by 58%. The company ended the quarter with 23,219 courses available on the platform.

BlueVolt launched online Universities for two new customers: Coburn Supply and Savant Systems. BlueVolt’s online Universities provide a central hub for customers’ online and offline training efforts which make it easy to train, track and reward employees and participants in the sales channels.

BlueVolt’s unique incentive and rewards program allows learners to earn $BlueBucks as they successfully complete online courses and prove their knowledge. The company is rapidly approaching two million $BlueBucks awarded to its learners. To celebrate the milestone, any learner who completes any online course on the LMS (between now and when the two-millionth $BlueBuck is awarded) is automatically entered into a drawing for a grand prize vacation to the destination of their choice. BlueVolt will award runner-up prizes of 25 $BlueBucks to one random learner from each state in the USA.  $BlueBucks are instantly redeemable for virtual gift cards, which are valid at hundreds of online and retail businesses.

 “2012 started off with a bang for us,” said Don Spear, BlueVolt president and CEO. “Our first quarter record results is a strong indicator of the increase in demand for easy to deliver online training.  We look forward to accelerating this delivery pace throughout the rest of the year as more manufactures, associations, and distributors adopt the convenience and value of online training for their employees and channels.”

About BlueVolt: Portland, Oregon-based BlueVolt is the leading provider of online Learning Management Systems (LMS) for the manufacturing, construction and service industries. BlueVolt’s LMS for the extended enterprise delivers easy-to-use training across an entire company and its suppliers, sales channel, associations and customers. The LMS delivers affordable training, verifies knowledge and reports results all in one place. BlueVolt’s unique approach to online training encourages learning with its proven reward program that is valuable to those offering and participating in learning. As of April 2012, BlueVolt has delivered over 1,244,000 courses to over 210,000 registered users. BlueVolt has won a Gold Excellence in Technology award from Brandon Hall, a Learning Leader award from Bersin & Associates for Vendor Innovation in Learning and Talent Management and also was named to theTrainingIndustry.com Learning Portal Companies Watch List for its innovative approach to learning. For more information, visit www.BlueVolt.com.

BlueVolt, the leading provider of online Learning Management Systems (LMS) for the construction, manufacturing and service industries, and Evergreen Marketing Group are pleased to launch Evergreen University. This elearning resource will extend the industrial supply cooperative’s training efforts and allow its leading suppliers to better connect with member distributors.

Evergreen Marketing Group is a member-owned cooperative of over 60 independent construction and industrial supply distributors. Members work in partnership with more than 70 leading suppliers, providing high-quality equipment products and industrial and construction tools.

Evergreen University, powered by BlueVolt, enhances the co-op’s existing in-person training program, which provides a range of educational and technical services including safety training, informational sessions regarding new regulations and on-the-job product demonstrations designed to keep members up-to-date with advances in the field.

Evergreen’s preferred suppliers can also post manufacturer-specific product training courses to the new LMS. Member distributors can take the online courses at any time, from anywhere with an internet connection, thus maximizing the training program’s reach and effectiveness.

"Evergreen members know that the more product knowledge you have, the more comfortable you are promoting those products,” said Kevin Higginbotham, CEO of Evergreen Marketing Group. “The product knowledge gained from online training through BlueVolt gives our members an additional training resource that can ultimately help increase sales.”

Several of Evergreen’s preferred suppliers already offer online training courses on the BlueVolt platform, via other Universities. With BlueVolt’s unique course sharing feature, these suppliers can easily share their courses in Evergreen University, expanding their training reach throughout the sales channel.

“In order for any training program to be effective, it’s important to always have fresh, up-to-date content for your learners,” said Sharon Dunigan, national accounts manager at BlueVolt. “Because many of Evergreen’s suppliers already offer courses through BlueVolt’s LMS, it is quick and easy to ensure that their distributors have access to new and current product training courses.”

As University learners successfully complete courses, they can earn $BlueBucks™, BlueVolt’s dollar-for-dollar rewards program that is proven to increase course enrollment up to ten times. Evergreen members may redeem their rewards for virtual gift cards at hundreds of retailers nationwide, the purchase of future courses, or donate to charity. Brandon Hall recently awarded BlueVolt’s $BlueBucks program its gold award for the “Best Advance in Rewards and Recognition Technology.”

About BlueVolt
Portland, Oregon-based BlueVolt is the leading provider of online Learning Management Systems (LMS) for the manufacturing, construction and service industries. BlueVolt’s LMS for the extended enterprise delivers easy-to-use training across an entire company and its suppliers, sales channel, associations and customers. The LMS delivers affordable training, verifies knowledge and reports results all in one place. BlueVolt’s unique approach to online training encourages learning with its proven reward program that is valuable to those offering and participating in learning. As of March 2012, BlueVolt has delivered more than 1,209,000 courses to over 205,000 registered users. BlueVolt has won a Gold Excellence in Technology award from Brandon Hall, a Learning Leader award from Bersin & Associates for Vendor Innovation in Learning and Talent Management and also was named to the TrainingIndustry.com Learning Portal Companies Watch List for its innovative approach to learning. For more information, visit www.BlueVolt.com.

About Evergreen Marketing Group
The Evergreen Marketing Group is a member-owned cooperative organization founded in 1989 by six construction/industrial supply distributors. It currently consists of 72 distributors with more than 260 locations in the United States and Canada and has combined revenues of over $1.2 billion dollars. The group is focused on driving growth and profitability of its distributors and preferred suppliers through an on-going program of training & education, business development and partnering. Evergreen maintains a state-of-the-art 17,000 square foot training center in Farmer’s Branch, Texas and offers the industry’s only professional certification program for distributor salespeople.

BlueVolt, the leading provider of online learning management systems (LMS) for the manufacturing, construction and service industries, celebrates its tenth year of continuous growth. And it’s shaping up to become another banner year for the elearning company that started simply as an online training platform for electricians.

With a focus on understanding the unique needs of tradespeople, BlueVolt built its award-winning platform from the ground up to fulfill multiple training needs in the marketplace. Since 2002, BlueVolt has bridged the gap between manufacturers and the people that sell and use their products – distributors and skilled tradespeople such as contractors, electricians, plumbing and HVAC specialists, and more. The company has expanded significantly beyond its original niche training market and now delivers training across entire industries and throughout those sales channels: electrical, plumbing, HVAC, welding, flooring, & consumer electronics.

“We’ve come a long way in the past decade by following a simple belief ‘people use and sell what they know and trust’,” said Don Spear, President and CEO of BlueVolt. “By taking the time to really listen and understand our customers’ training needs, the BlueVolt LMS platform has evolved to become an invaluable tool in helping companies train their employees and sales channels, increase sales and improve safety in the workplace.”

In the past year alone, industry leaders such as Hammond Power Solutions, Matco-Norca, Crown Boiler Co., and Savant Systems have partnered with BlueVolt to develop custom online training Universities to achieve their learning and business objectives. BlueVolt delivers information and verifies knowledge.  Companies sell more products and build trust.

In its tenth year, BlueVolt is celebrating significant milestones:  the team has launched more than 100 elearning Universities with associations, distributors, contractors, and manufacturers and delivered more than 1.2 million courses on topics ranging from boosting sales of a new product, to adapting to the National Electric Code changes, to improving on-the-job safety through fall prevention. In an average week, approximately 7,000 visitors easily access an online University powered by BlueVolt.

Unique to the BlueVolt LMS is its innovative $BlueBucks^™program, a pay-for-performance rewards system that recently earned a Brandon Hall Gold Award for excellence in technology. Proven to increase enrollment up to ten times, learners redeem $BlueBucks for virtual gift cards at hundreds of retailers nationwide, apply the rewards towards the price of future courses, or donate their $BlueBucks to charity. Since the program’s launch, BlueVolt learners have earned nearly 2 million $BlueBucks.  

Key to BlueVolt’s customer-centric culture is its innovative software development team, which takes an agile development approach to system updates primarily guided by customer requests and feedback. BlueVolt updates its software-as-service, web-based LMS platform every two weeks instead of monthly or quarterly as is common with other LMS platforms. Last fall, the company released its HTML5 mobile interface, which allows users to access interactive courses, quizzes and videos from any mobile device such as the iPad^®, iPhone^® and Android^® browsers – without relying on the use of Adobe Flash^® software. In addition to supporting interactive content the new mobile interface features simple-to-navigate, enhanced functionality for mobile learners.

“Although the building and construction industry took a hit in recent years, BlueVolt continues to grow rapidly in both the number of people we train and the amount of courses available on our LMS platform. It’s a sign that we are meeting a very real need in the marketplace, which is to deliver learning online,” says Spear. “Considering our growth, combined with ongoing developments in mobile and social technology, BlueVolt’s future is very bright in the enormous industrial markets that we serve.”

About BlueVolt
Portland, Oregon-based BlueVolt is the leading provider of online Learning Management Systems (LMS) for the manufacturing, construction and service industries. BlueVolt’s LMS for the extended enterprise delivers easy-to-use training across an entire company and its suppliers, sales channel, associations and customers. The LMS delivers affordable training, verifies knowledge and reports results all in one place. BlueVolt’s unique approach to online training encourages learning with its proven reward program that is valuable to those offering and participating in learning. As of March 2012, BlueVolt has delivered more than 1,209,000 courses to over 205,000 registered users. BlueVolt has won a Gold Excellence in Technology award from Brandon Hall, a Learning Leader award from Bersin & Associates for Vendor Innovation in Learning and Talent Management and also was named to the TrainingIndustry.com Learning Portal Companies Watch List for its innovative approach to learning. For more information, visit www.BlueVolt.com.

BlueVolt, the leading provider of online Learning Management Systems (LMS) for the construction, manufacturing and service industries, and Savant Systems partnered to upgrade Savant University with BlueVolt’s elearning platform.

Savant designs, develops and manufactures integrated solutions for home automation, commercial control, entertainment and communications. The products deliver an array of applications and services beyond traditional control and automation functionality. Savant was the first company to introduce a native iPad^®, iPhone^®and iPod^®touch application delivering complete control and automation.

Savant University, powered by BlueVolt, is an extension of Savant’s classroom training program that targets Savant dealers and installers – who can access a robust category of online courses and supplemental materials from any computer with an internet connection, at any time. The University features more than 60 interactive video courses.

To further enhance the company’s training program, Savant University courses are optimized for learning on the go. With BlueVolt’s new HTML5 mobile interface, Savant learners can access interactive courses, quizzes and videos from any mobile device, such as the iPad, iPhone and Android^®browsers—without relying on the use of Adobe Flash software.

"Providing our dealers access to comprehensive training resources will increase their efficiency in the field through enhanced understanding and iteration with a broad range of Savant products," explained Dino Mevoli, Manager of Training at Savant. "Savant University is also a powerful instructional tool for our network of installers as new hardware and software releases are introduced."

Savant University participants are also eligible to earn credits applicable towards the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association’s (CEDIA) continuing education unit (CEU) program.

“With Savant University, dealers and installers are able to access courses and download product manuals and other course materials from just about anywhere,” said Sharon Dunigan, National Accounts Manager for BlueVolt. “With the BlueVolt Learning Management System, it’s easy for Savant to blend its in-person and online training options, making learning not only more accessible to trainees, but also more effective in the long run.”

About BlueVolt
Portland, Oregon-based BlueVolt is the leading provider of online Learning Management Systems (LMS) for the manufacturing, construction and service industries. BlueVolt’s LMS for the extended enterprise delivers easy-to-use training across an entire company and its suppliers, sales channel, associations and customers. The LMS delivers affordable training, verifies knowledge and reports results all in one place. BlueVolt’s unique approach to online training encourages learning with its proven reward program that is valuable to those offering and participating in learning. As of February 2012, BlueVolt has delivered more than 1,165,000 courses to over 200,500 registered users. BlueVolt has won a Gold Excellence in Technology award from Brandon Hall, a Learning Leader award from Bersin & Associates for Vendor Innovation in Learning and Talent Management and also was named to the TrainingIndustry.com Learning Portal Companies Watch List for its innovative approach to learning. For more information, visit www.BlueVolt.com.

About Savant Systems
Savant Systems, a 21st century company, designs, develops and manufactures a complete suite of integrated solutions that has defined the modern age of home and commercial automation. Savant’s Apple^®-based platform cohesively addresses control, audio/video, telephony, digital display, energy management and the media integration needs of today’s most advanced environments. Through its relationship with Apple^®, Savant has leveraged the familiarity and intuitive nature of the iPad^® and iOS family of devices to address the control and automation needs of today’s consumers. Unlike competitive solutions, Savant’s revolutionary Blueprint™ software platform enables the rapid configuration of systems without the need for low-level programming. Through ongoing innovation, Savant continues to define the future of control and automation for residential and commercial applications. www.savantsystems.com

BlueVolt, the leading provider of online learning management systems (LMS) for the manufacturing, construction and service industries, is the winner of the Brandon Hall Gold Award for the Best Advance in Rewards and Recognition Technology for its innovative $BlueBucks rewards program.

$BlueBucks is a built-in, pay-for-performance system that excites and rewards learners as they successfully complete training through their company’s LMS or online University powered by BlueVolt. Proven to increase online course enrollments up to ten times, adding $BlueBucks to training ensures more learners successfully complete the courses companies often spend hours developing and promoting. Learners may redeem their $BlueBucks rewards for virtual gift cards at hundreds of retailers nationwide, the purchase of future courses, or donate to charity.

“We are very proud that Brandon Hall has recognized the advancements in our $BlueBucks program,” said Don Spear, BlueVolt president and CEO. “Allowing instant redemption of earned $BlueBucks for virtual eGift cards from within our LMS makes it easy to motivate and reward learners, which is a key component to a successful, robust training program.”

Now in its 18^th year, judging criteria for the Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology awards are based on the product’s innovation, its unique differentiators, the value of the need the product addresses and the measurable results for customers.

"2011 provided us with a unique viewpoint of how organizations are driving business results and performance improvement through technology. This was the year in which technology providers and their clients have been able to transform the power of mobile, social, talent, learning, sales and marketing technologies, with proven, validated results.  Most impressive to our judges was an underlying theme around collaborative relationships, a deep understanding of client needs and how technology can be leveraged to create opportunities and operating efficiencies for organizations of all sizes.  I am proud to announce these first-rate solution providers as award winners in the most competitive year yet," said Mike Cooke, CEO of Brandon Hall Group.

A panel of veteran, independent senior judges evaluated the entries along with Brandon Hall Group’s industry expert analysts and leadership.

A complete list of the Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Technology award winners is available on the Brandon Hall website.

About BlueVolt
Portland, Oregon-based BlueVolt is the leading provider of online Learning Management Systems (LMS) for the manufacturing, construction and service industries. BlueVolt’s LMS for the extended enterprise delivers easy-to-use training across an entire company and its suppliers, sales channel, associations and customers. The LMS delivers affordable training, verifies knowledge and reports results all in one place. BlueVolt’s unique approach to online training encourages learning with its proven reward program that is valuable to those offering and participating in learning. As of February 2012, BlueVolt has delivered more than 1,165,000 courses to over 200,500 registered users. BlueVolt recently won a Learning Leader award from Bersin & Associates for Vendor Innovation in Learning and Talent Management and also was named to the TrainingIndustry.com Learning Portal Companies Watch List for its innovative approach to learning. 

About Brandon Hall Group
Having worked with more than 10,000 clients globally and after 20 years of delivering world-class solutions, Brandon Hall Group is the preeminent research and analyst organization focused on developing research-driven solutions to drive organizational performance for emerging and large organizations.  Brandon Hall Group has an extensive repository of thought leadership, research, data and expertise in Learning and Development, Talent Management, Sales Effectiveness, Marketing Impact, and Executive Management. (www.brandonhall.com)

BlueVolt is pleased to announce its fourth quarter and 2011 business results.

BlueVolt set another record for the number of new learners added to its Learning Management System (LMS) in a single quarter with 23,357 new users. This is a 25% increase over new users added in the third quarter and a 132% increase compared to the fourth quarter of 2010. In addition, 1,338 new online courses were added to the BlueVolt LMS, bringing the total number of courses available to 20,940.

BlueVolt also launched online Universities for two new customers in the fourth quarter: Nation Wide Local Contractors and Home Provider Network. BlueVolt’s online Universities provide a central hub for a company’s online training efforts and make it easy to train, track and reward participants.

The fourth quarter extended a strong year for BlueVolt, now in its 10^th year of delivering online training throughout the building and construction trades. In 2011, BlueVolt added more than 68,000 new learners and ~3,800 new courses to its Learning Management System, which allows customers to deliver training content that educates and communicates a company’s messages to people throughout an entire industry. Learners enrolled in over 350,000 online courses – ranging from on-the-job safety courses to the latest product training from leading manufacturers – during the year.

BlueVolt’s unique incentive and rewards program allows learners to earn $BlueBucks™ as they successfully complete online courses and prove their knowledge. In the fourth quarter, BlueVolt awarded 116,124 $BlueBucks, bringing the total for 2011 to 402,819. $BlueBucks are instantly redeemable for virtual gift cards, which are valid at hundreds of online and retail businesses.

BlueVolt continually updates its Learning Management System to accommodate its customers’ feature requests and improve its overall user experience. In 2011, there were 29 releases with major new features and enhancements including a wizard to simplify course uploading and categorization and a mobile interface that provides access to interactive courses, quizzes and videos from most mobile devices, such as the iPad, iPhone and Android browsers.

In December, the company hosted its third, in-person BlueVolt Academy of the year. This program helps attendees learn to launch, market, and manage a successful elearning program.

 “We are excited about the successes we achieved in 2011,” said Don Spear, BlueVolt president and CEO. “The strong relationships we’ve built in the building and construction trades over the last decade continue to expand and we’re looking forward to accelerated growth in 2012.”

About BlueVolt:
Portland, Oregon-based BlueVolt is the leading provider of online Learning Management Systems (LMS) for the manufacturing, construction and service industries. BlueVolt’s LMS for the extended enterprise delivers easy-to-use training across an entire company and its suppliers, sales channel, associations and customers. The LMS delivers affordable training, verifies knowledge and reports results all in one place. BlueVolt’s unique approach to online training encourages learning with its proven reward program that is valuable to those offering and participating in learning. As of January 2012, BlueVolt has delivered over 1,126,000 courses to over 195,000 registered users. BlueVolt recently won a Learning Leader award from Bersin & Associates for Vendor Innovation in Learning and Talent Management and also was named to the TrainingIndustry.com Learning Portal Companies Watch List for its innovative approach to learning. 

Louisville Ladder, Inc., one of the world's largest ladder manufacturers, has partnered with BlueVolt Learning Management Systems to enhance its C.L.I.M.B. Academy safety-training course. The video course takes advantage of BlueVolt's interactive capabilities and $BlueBucks incentives program, which rewards users who complete the course with gift cards from national retailers.

"At Louisville Ladder, the education and safety of our customers is as important to us as the quality of our products," said Santiago Veytia, Director of Marketing for Louisville Ladder. "C.L.I.M.B Academy is one of the most extensive climbing safety courses available. By partnering with BlueVolt, we've added convenience and incentives that make it more accessible and engaging to those who want to learn how to safely and properly use climbing equipment."

C.L.I.M.B Academy is an instructional video series developed by Louisville Ladder to educate professional and consumer users on the safe use of ladders, scaffolds and rolling warehouse ladders in accordance with guidelines set forth by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

BlueVolt is a web-based learning management system that hosts interactive video training courses. Participants must pass exams throughout each course in order to earn $BlueBucks which can be exchanged for gift cards from retailers such as Best Buy, JCPenney and Bass Pro Shops.

Louisville Ladder is one of the largest fully integrated manufacturers and distributors of climbing equipment in the world. For more than 65 years, Louisville Ladder has pioneered industry-shaping innovations such as its patented QuickLatch(TM) rung-lock system, ProTop(TM) work tray and SHOX(TM) impact absorption system. With forward-thinking design and state-of-the-art manufacturing processes, Louisville Ladder is committed to delivering innovative, professional-grade climbing products that meet and exceed the demands of modern-day jobsites.

To view a multimedia version of this release, visit http://pitchengine.com/louisvilleladder

BlueVolt, the leading provider of online Learning Management Systems (LMS) for the construction, manufacturing and service industries, is pleased to announce the launch of HPS Academy, Hammond Power Solutions’ (HPS) online training university.

HPS Academy, powered by BlueVolt, provides self-driven courses that range from basic electricity and transformer fundamentals to Hammond Power Solutions’ product information and applications. University courses are accessible to HPS employees, as well as external learners such as sales reps, distributors, consultants and engineers.

Established in 1917, HPS is a leader in the design and manufacture of high-quality, custom electrical dry-type transformers and related engineered magnetic devices. The company is also a significant producer of standard electrical products that are built to industry-wide specifications.

“Offering training courses through BlueVolt’s learning management system makes us the go-to resource for industry professionals to learn about electrical transformers and related devices,” said Karen Witzel, Hammond Power Solutions’ marketing support specialist. “As we continue to grow, our University can seamlessly grow with us thanks to BlueVolt’s robust online learning features.”

HPS Academy administrators organize users through group management, allowing learners access to the courses that fit their various training needs. BlueVolt’s powerful reporting features provide administrators with comprehensive summaries at the university, group and course level.

“In the past, HPS’s training program had limited reporting capabilities and features,” said Lisa Bordeaux, director of sales for BlueVolt. “Since switching over to BlueVolt’s learning management system, they now have a vast library of courses and supplemental features available to a larger audience of internal and external users.”

About BlueVolt
Portland, Oregon-based BlueVolt is the leading provider of online Learning Management Systems (LMS) for the manufacturing, construction and service industries. BlueVolt’s LMS for the extended enterprise delivers easy-to-use training across an entire company and its suppliers, sales channel, associations and customers. The LMS delivers affordable training, verifies knowledge and reports results all in one place. BlueVolt’s unique approach to online training encourages learning with its proven reward program that is valuable to those offering and participating in learning. As of January 2012, BlueVolt has delivered more than 1,126,000 courses to over 195,000 registered users. BlueVolt recently won a Learning Leader award from Bersin & Associates for Vendor Innovation in Learning and Talent Management and also was named to the TrainingIndustry.com Learning Portal Companies Watch List for its innovative approach to learning. 

About Hammond Power Solutions
Established in 1917, Hammond Power Solutions (HPS) is the leading manufacturer of dry-type electrical transformers in North America.  With more than 90 years of engineering expertise, HPS offers high-quality standard and custom dry-type transformers and related engineered magnetic devices.  The implementation of flexible manufacturing processes for its standard, special, or custom products enables HPS to quickly respond to customers’ needs.  HPS’ ability to design these products for a wide range of demanding applications that require specific size and power performance characteristics is unique in the industry.

The third quarter was record-setting for BlueVolt, with the highest number of new learners in a quarter; 18,686 new accounts were established on the Learning Management System (LMS).  These and the existing learners were active, enrolling in 95,904 online courses, another quarterly record.

The BlueVolt Learning Management System now offers 19,602 courses and has 171,690 learners.  The number of learners has grown 77% YOY.

BlueVolt launched two new online universities for Rheem^® and Ruud^® in the third quarter, both manufacturers in the heating and cooling industry.

Learners earn $BlueBucks™ from BlueVolt’s valuable incentive and reward system as they successfully complete online courses and prove their knowledge.  In the third quarter, BlueVolt awarded 89,579 $BlueBucks.  $BlueBucks are redeemable for virtual gift cards which are instantly valid at hundreds of online and retail businesses.

BlueVolt hosted its Academy and annual User Group in August with attendees learning to create effective online training and discussing mobile learning and social media in elearning.

Net Promoter^® is a metric developed by Satmetrix, Bain & Company, and Fred Reichheld for measuring and improving customer loyalty.  BlueVolt measures its Net Promoter Score twice a year and most recently during the third quarter.  BlueVolt’s Net Promoter Score increased to 61%.

“There’s much reported about skill gaps, especially in the manufacturing sector, said Don Spear, President and CEO. “Online learning continues as a valuable solution to teach people productivity improving skills.”

About BlueVolt: Portland, Oregon-based BlueVolt is the leading provider of online Learning Management Systems (LMS) for the manufacturing, construction and service industries. BlueVolt’s LMS for the extended enterprise delivers easy-to-use training across an entire company and its suppliers, sales channel, associations and customers. The LMS delivers affordable training, verifies knowledge and reports results all in one place. BlueVolt’s unique approach to online training encourages learning with its proven reward program that is valuable to those offering and participating in learning. As of October 2011, BlueVolt has delivered over 1,043,000 courses to over 171,690 registered users. BlueVolt recently won a Learning Leader award from Bersin & Associates for Vendor Innovation in Learning and Talent Management and also was named to the TrainingIndustry.com Learning Portal Companies Watch List for its innovative approach to learning.