The ExpertusONE platform allows learners to save time and resources, to easily track and measure learning progress and certifications and more.
by Site Staff
November 19, 2012
JOHN KULIKOWSKI
Director of Learning and Development, Big Brothers Big Sisters
Big Brothers Big Sisters has 360 agencies and hundreds of thousands of participating children, volunteer mentors, families and employees across the United States. According to Charles Pierson, president and CEO, one of the key ways to achieve the company’s business objective — to help the children identify their talent and turn it into a career — is to offer best-in-class training.
The company already had an internal legacy learning management system and a few other learning assets, but it needed an enhanced platform with greater functionality and reach.
To achieve this, Big Brothers Big Sisters selected the ExpertusONE platform — rebranded internally as Impact U — to provide a learning environment where formal, informal and social learning would be integrated. Previous training challenges addressed include enhanced usability, social learning and collaboration tools, advanced analytics and reporting, and flexible user interface design. Through the cloud-based design, learners were able to access more than 300 online courses, webinars, in-person training materials and other documents regardless of their location in the world.
The ExpertusONE platform went live in March. It is estimated that more than 7,000 volunteers and employees from 90 agencies will use Impact U training by the end of the year. Further, the system allows learners to save time and resources, to easily track and measure learning progress and certifications and to have a vast array of training courses, webinars and documents at hand.
“Together with staff support, Impact U enables Big Brothers Big Sisters mentors to strengthen their relationships with their mentees and increase the impact that leads to the mentees’ future achievement,” said John Kulikowski, Big Brothers Big Sisters’ director of learning and development.