"Using Sales Development Zone to create our own academy gave us the full toolkit for us to be able to deliver our company vision on people development. I don't use the phrase "world class" often but we have certainly found this product to be exactly that. We made some immediate restructuring decisions based on the survey and have already seen an increase in our closing ratios and a significant reduction in our staff turnover. There is a real feeling of inclusion and future opportunity."

Mrs Julia Butts
Sales Director
Wish Communications

Our web based Academy Platform is a flexible, user friendly fully managed service, which allows our customers to quickly and cost effectively create, distribute and track training and compliance activities online as well as share best practise and knowledge. Working with our Academy Managers we have created a system which is easy to use whilst at the same time offering a powerful range of tools that provide the inferstructure to deliver an acountable visable vision on people development.

Our customers select from the following features to create their own academy:

Enables the creation, delivery and feedback of knowledge assessments (for individuals to take) and witness based (for managers to assess staff). The assessment centre can be used to manage induction programs, coaching feedback, annual appraisals and create personal development plans.

Content management

A powerful content management systems that allows our customers to deliver a blended program of materials - Power point presentations / eLearning / flash files / audio files / movie files all stored in the library for download or viewing on-line, anytime anywhere. Content can be categorised into learning development streams, subject categories, or to reflect internal structures.

eLearning creator

Our elearning creator enables clients to quickly and easily create high quality interactive elearning content without the need for design or technical skills. The web-bases authoring tool makes it easy to create manage and control projects from different locations.

Testing and Certification Centre

Our testing and certification centre allows clients to test and certify knowledge learnt Tests can be marked automatically or marked by line managers if answers are qualitative in nature. Successful completion of a set of tests can lead to certification in line with company standards and requirements.

Qualifications management

Allows our clients to create and manage a range of internal or external qualifications through the Platform.

Survey Centre

Our survey tool allows clients to survey internal and external customers. This can be used to manage "happy sheets" i.e. training feedback or to survey external customers as to the impact or results that have seen following training. Surveys can be sent out via email or managed over the phone.

Knowledge share

Share knowledge and the experience of subject matter experts through the Knowledge share hub - publish and manage newsletters, articles, frequently asked question and answers, and popular or useful links.

Solution finder

Diagnostic tool that enables users go through a series of questions that arrive at product or service recommendation which can then be sent directly to the customer.