LEARNING SOLUTIONS ALLIANCE LAUNCHES NEW BUSINESS LEARNING PROGRAM FOR FAST GROWTH COMPANIES

SANTA CLARA, CA, March 6, 2000 How do companies moving at Internet speed meet their learning needs at the same pace? Learning Solutions Alliance (LSA), a leader in customized training curricula for business, today announced the launch of their innovative new ensemble of business learning solutions called Focused Learning for Fast Growth Companies . The Focused Learning for Fast Growth Companies series is designed to get fast growing companies up and running quickly in the five critical areas of organizational communications, management development, sales productivity, customer service, and personal performance.

"We know from helping scores of Silicon Valley companies that speed of solution is critical," says Sally Ewald, President of Learning Solutions Alliance. "Learning is a fast track issue when companies need to meet challenging goals quickly. Just 'get it done' is the prevailing mantra. Fast growing companies need expert, quick learning solutions to accelerate business growth and that is precisely what we provide with our Focused Learning for Fast Growth Companies package."

Focused Learning for Fast Growth Companies consists of five separate sets of training curricula that address the most critical areas for fast paced businesses:

Focused Learning Basics provides the essential foundations for effective organizational communication. It includes needs analysis, creating customer focus, team work basics, workplace legal issues, and a selection of targeted topics. provides the essential foundations for effective organizational communication. It includes needs analysis, creating customer focus, team work basics, workplace legal issues, and a selection of targeted topics.

Focused Learning for Management deals with new manager survival skills, effective interviewing, and managing within the law. deals with new manager survival skills, effective interviewing, and managing within the law.

Focused Learning for Sales addresses product sales training, fundamental sales skills, customized proposal writing and coaching skills for managers. addresses product sales training, fundamental sales skills, customized proposal writing and coaching skills for managers.

Focused Learning for Customer Service focuses on basics including service excellence, keys to successful communication, personal productivity, and teamwork. focuses on basics including service excellence, keys to successful communication, personal productivity, and teamwork.

Focused Learning for Personal Productivity includes desktop skills, problem solving or decision making, project management and working within teams. Personal Productivity includes desktop skills, problem solving or decision making, project management and working within teams.

Learning Solutions Alliance provides single source access to top quality learning resources for executive, organization, and employee development for individuals and enterprises. LSA assesses the learning needs of each company in relation to its business objectives, and then recommends and provides solutions to address those needs. "Every LSA solution is aligned to meet the specific strategic performance objectives of each company we work with," says Ewald. "We source the marketplace for leading providers to create the right learning solution for our clients."

For further information on the Focused Learning for Fast Growth Companies business curricula, contact Bruce Goeas at Learning Solutions Alliance:

by phone at 408.727.2332, x203
by fax at 408.727.8544
by email at bgoeas@learningsolutions.com
by postal mail at 2620 Augustine Drive, Suite 145, Santa Clara, CA 95054