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— Experts from Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures broaden ways to do well by doing good. — In the United States, an aging population is living and working longer, while many adults struggle with lifestyle diseases and stress over money, … more

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— Free program connects services, training to local economy — The nonprofit STRIVE New York has broadened its impact on urban youth unemployment by partnering with eCornell and local city organizations to launch Serve UP Harlem, an initiative to prepare … more

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Centerplate today announced the training of its entire leadership team through Cornell University’s Service Excellence On-Demand Training program. Centerplate’s management team successfully completed the eight Service Excellence lessons, and then a multi-day capstone session in Nashville, TN featuring hospitality industry … more

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— Courses build legal acumen, confidence to navigate business law — Business managers, both in corporate settings and startups, make dozens of decisions with legal implications every day. Yet a recent CEB survey found that 60 percent of the middle … more

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— Program is essential step in data science career, ranked best job in America for 2017 — Data scientists and data analysts are hot commodities; they were ranked the #1 job in America for 2017 by Glassdoor and named the … more

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— First program of its kind gives professionals actionable steps to influence behavior, motivation and results — March  28, 2017 (Ithaca, NY) – Great leaders vary in style, but they all possess one critical skill: the ability to understand what … more

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— New ILR program at eCornell goes beyond tactics to design unique plans that drive results — A surprising number of today’s organizations still struggle to get compensation plans right. Pay-based performance incentives are used in 90 percent of U.S. … more

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–Groundbreaking online program combats unconscious bias with a new approach to help women advance and organizations address gender dynamics — January 18, 2017 (Ithaca, NY) – Women today are half of the workforce at the beginning of the corporate talent … more

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  Cornell University has launched a new online Human Resources Certificate. The nine-course online program covers the foundational core competencies of human resources and features engaging content and interaction with expert instructors and peers.  Designed for working professionals, it is … more

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  Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and eCornell have launched new on-demand training in service excellence targeting front-line employees. The training consists of eight online lessons, all of which are available 24/7, and is complemented by a Workshop Guide … more

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eCornell, the online learning unit at Cornell University, has launched WebSeries, a monthly subscription to online events that feature presentations and interactive discussions led by Cornell University faculty and industry experts. WebSeries is the latest addition to a broad portfolio … more

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eCornell, Cornell University’s wholly-owned online education company, announced today that Paul Krause will become its next CEO, starting October 7, 2014. Krause will be replacing Chris Proulx who announced in the spring, after ten years leading eCornell , that he … more

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eCornell is pleased to announce an extension of its partnership with Toronto-based Earning Through Learning until 2017. Since 2006, Earning Through Learning has been offering the best of eCornell’s programs to individual and organizational clients throughout Canada including Best Buy … more

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Guest Post on The Evolllution

By Rob Kingyens Gone are the days of monolithic ad campaigns built by weathered advertising executives and backed by bloated budgets. Today, we are crafting marketing strategy in the age of programmatic ad buying, rapid-response social media and target markets … more

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Guest Post on the Trip Advisor for Business

Humans are social and visual creatures. We’re also hunter-gatherers. So it’s not surprising that we created the Internet in our image: bending and evolving it to meet our information hunting and gathering needs. Evolutionarily, it makes sense that images popping into … more

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Guest Post on the Kapost Content Marketeer

It’s 1996. You’re Bill Gates. What’s on your mind? Interactive multimedia content, the kind made possible by the Internet. Revolutionary content that would transform the Internet into “a marketplace of ideas, experiences, and products—a marketplace of content.” A place where … more

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Guest Post on Infusionsoft: Big Ideas Blog

Guest post by Douglas Stayman, Ph.D. As a small business owner,you’re probably an expert in your field. Or a technician with very specific, highly-developed skills. Or you have a passion for providing unique experiences. Whatever it is you have, or … more

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Global Hospitality Group Partners with Cornell for Scalable, Ivy League Professional Development 

eCornell announced today that it has been selected by the acclaimed Batali & Bastianich Hospitality Group (B&BHG), an industry leader in hospitality, to provide an online professional development program for employees working at each of the group’s 26 restaurants . … more

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Featured Post on Startup Weekend’s Blog

On September 7, 2000, the Cornell University Board of Trustees approved the creation of eCornell, a wholly-owned, for-profit subsidiary that would produce and deliver online courses authored by Cornell professors and extension faculty members. With this charter, eCornell became the … more

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Guest Post on Effortless HR Blog

By Steve Miranda In my 17 years as a senior level HR practitioner, I’ve seen good and bad corporate policies. The only real difference between the two is that good policies are those that employees follow. Social media policies are … more

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Guest Post on Women of HR

With social media, what you don’t know can seriously hurt your organization. One 2010 survey found that employees estimate spending roughly four hours every day checking multiple email accounts, with up to two hours spent on social media sites like Facebook and … more

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Guest Post on We Know Next

With social media, what you don’t know can seriously hurt your organization. One 2010 survey found that employees estimate spending roughly four hours every day checking multiple email accounts, with up to two hours spent on social media sites like Facebook and … more

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Guest Post on HR Zone Blog

This article was written by Steve Miranda, Managing Director of Cornell University’s Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS), a partnership between industry and academia devoted to the field of global human resource management. With social media, what you don’t know can seriously … more

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Guest Post on TLNT

Companies are looking to HR to answer their social media policy questions. Here are three (3) key policy-making strategies I’ve learned during my 16 years as an executive-level HR practitioner: 1. Employees want to do a great job: Make it … more

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Guest Post on The Evolllution

By Rob Kingyens | Chief Technology Officer and Chief Marketing Technology Officer, eCornell In his 2003 book “Moneyball,” bestselling author Michael Lewis chronicled the 2002 Oakland Athletics baseball team’s unprecedented run to win their division championship through a specialized analysis of … more

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Guest Post on The Evolllution

By Chris Proulx | Chief Executive Officer, eCornell Since the dawn of electronic media and its role in higher education, we have been hearing about the end of the “sage on the stage” and the emergence of the “guide on the … more

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Integrated energy company offers online learning as a professional development option

Entergy Corporation, an integrated energy company, has renewed its partnership with eCornell to help employees meet their professional development goals. By offering the entire eCornell portfolio of courses and certificate programs, Entergy can give managers throughout the United States access … more

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Guest Post on The Evolllution

By Chris Proulx | Chief Executive Officer, eCornell Much has been written about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and their potential to change how people access course content, and discussions abound on how faculty might change their style of teaching and … more

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Global hotel group continues long standing relationship to offer online learning with eCornell

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has entered into a two-year agreement to continue its partnership with eCornell to deliver online courses in hospitality management, leadership, strategic management, supervisory skills and human resource management to its worldwide employees. eCornell offers … more

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Featured Article on The Evolllution

Coursera and eCornell both recently announced new models for their respective Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) that could potentially generate revenue from the free educational programming. Cornell University’s eCornell is planning to offer their own MOOC in hopes of attracting … more

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Featured Article in the Chronicle of Higher Education

By Katherine Mangan Cornell University’s online spinoff is moving into MOOCs, with a free marketing course in its hospitality program starting on Tuesday. But the program will be designed to steer students toward a follow-up course for $1,200 to get a … more

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Global hotel brand offers hospitality-specific online learning

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), one of the worlds largest hotel companies, has started year two of its partnership with eCornell. Offering courses in hospitality management developed by Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, eCornell has helped IHG successfully cultivate its … more

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Guest Post in Forbes

Guest post authored by Chris Proulx, President & CEO of eCornell 2012 was a transformative year in education.   Between the introduction of the MOOC (the ‘Massive Open Online Course’), and the explosive growth in the number of online offerings, all … more

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Global, diversified technology and industrial leader to run pilot program targeting HR professionals

Johnson Controls, Inc., a global diversified company in the building and automotive industry, has selected eCornell to deliver a pilot program to its human resources managers and directors. Launching the program by offering a course from Cornell’s School of Industrial … more

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Senior leaders and heads of banking undergo leadership assessment to receive targeted, needs-based leadership development

First Bank of Nigeria, PLC, the country’s largest financial services institution, has chosen eCornell to deliver online leadership learning to 140 senior leaders and heads of banking across Africa. This online initiative will be administered through the Leadership School, one … more

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Guest Post in The Evolllution

By Chris Proulx | Chief Executive Officer, eCornell As corporations continue to maintain leaner workforces—choosing to carry larger cash balances over expanding employment—there’s a renewed focus on selecting, retaining and developing talent internally. More attention is being paid to competencies that … more

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Guest Post on The Evolllution

By Rob Kingyens | Chief Technology Officer and Chief Marketing Technology Officer, eCornell University-corporate partnerships can offer higher education institutions many benefits, including exposure to new revenue channels, networking relationships with corporate partners, and continuing educational programming for professionals. However, before … more