MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/20/08 -- Expertus (www.expertus.com), a global leader in helping companies fuel business growth by maximizing the value of training investments, and Chief Learning Officer Magazine today announced an upcoming webinar, "Customer Training: 5 Ways to Fast-Track Your Programs in a Slow Economy," scheduled for Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. EDT. To register, visit http://www.expertus.com/webinar3/pr. The free, one-hour webinar will feature an all-star cast of learning gurus, including Brian Summerfield, Managing Editor of CLO Magazine, Tom Kelly, a 25-year learning veteran and independent learning strategy consultant, and Mohana Radhakrishnan, VP Client Services of Expertus.

"Customer Training: 5 Ways to Fast-Track Your Programs in a Slow Economy" (http://www.expertus.com/webinar3/pr) will address the importance of customer retention, especially during tough economic times. Attendees will learn how to align customer learning with business goals and create powerful marketing strategies that fill classrooms and increase training revenues. In addition, the webinar will share how to improve operational efficiency and the utility of customer-facing learning systems.

This is the third of four webinars hosted by Expertus through the 2008 Training Efficiency Masters Series, designed to help learning executives master the art of transforming their organizations into models of operational efficiency. Each webinar offers practical insight and ideas about how to master a core dimension of learning efficiency. During the webinar, Expertus executives and industry experts explore key challenges and showcase best practices surrounding four pillars of training efficiency: Cost Leverage, Technology Optimization, Business Intelligence and Process Management.

The CLO Webinar, hosted by Expertus, taps into the knowledge of Tom Kelly, renowned for his expertise as a learning executive at companies such as NetApp, Cisco, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems, NeXT Corp. and Control Data Corp. He is a trusted adviser for a growing list of clients, including small to midsize companies focusing on learning organizations systems and strategies. At NetApp University, Kelly ensured that employees, partners and customers were professionally educated and trained on solutions with hands-on training and certification programs.

Also presenting is Mohana Radhakrishnan, VP of Client Services at Expertus. She guides Global 2000 corporations as they evaluate, optimize and transform their learning organizations to achieve key business objectives. Drawing on more than a decade of experience, Radhakrishnan's approach to solving complex operational challenges is client-specific and vendor-neutral. She specializes in defining the appropriate role of new and existing technologies, applying best practices to business processes and creating performance metrics to monitor and improve results. Leveraging her extensive knowledge, Radhakrishnan has managed multifaceted, technology-intensive programs from requirements definition to full-scale deployment.

The webinar's distinguished host is Brian Summerfield, Managing Editor of Chief Learning Officer, the leading magazine for the enterprise learning and workforce development industries.

Sign up today at http://www.expertus.com/webinar3/pr.

For more information on the comprehensive services of Expertus, log on to http://www.expertus.com or call 877-827-8160.

About Expertus

Expertus, a global leader in helping companies fuel business growth through maximizing the value of training investments, provides a variety of training outsourcing services for technology, administration, program management, and strategic initiatives. From implementing and managing LMS and learning-related technologies, to supporting major customer training initiatives, to seamlessly handling all aspects of training administration, Expertus has helped major companies such as NetApp, Cisco, ADP, EMC, Schlumberger, and Hyperion achieve efficiencies in corporate learning and development. Expertus employs 500 professionals across its offices in the US, UK and India.

About MediaTec Publishing, Inc.

MediaTec Publishing, Inc. is a leading integrated media company serving the human capital, management and workforce development industries. MediaTec publishes Certification Magazine, Chief Learning Officer magazine, Talent Management magazine and Diversity Executive magazine. MediaTec leverages its award-winning editorial content with innovative integrated media products including targeted e-newsletters, webinars, interactive Web sites, special print and online supplements, resource guides, industry research and conferences that bring together international audiences to network and discuss leading-edge strategy and best practices in the industry. MediaTec partners with recognized industry experts and provides thought-provoking feature articles, news, opinions and insights through its award-winning publications, events and e-media. Each MediaTec product gives readers the business intelligence and knowledge they need to succeed in new and changing markets.