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Interactive Training, Inc.
Phone: 978-921-2470
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 12, 1999

Interactive Training, Inc. Announces Development and Marketing Partnerships with CCI Assessment Group

BEVERLY, MA -- (April 12, 1999) - Interactive Training, Inc. (ITI) announced today that it has entered into an alliance with CCI Assessment Group (CCI) to develop and market a broad range of online self- assessment feedback tools. These products will become available in ITI's Learning Centers this summer, and will cover a wide range of topics including conflict resolution, coaching, communications, listening, customer service, selling, teaming, diversity, negotiating, and change management.
Paul H. Earl, CEO of ITI, commented "CCI is considered the innovative leader in 360 degree feedback instrumentation, and currently has a broad range of assessment products on the market. The addition of online versions of these assessment products to our Learning Center will likely result in follow-on sales of ITI courseware and other business referrals. Our partnership with CCI is yet another example of the content and cross-selling synergy we are creating between ITI and a growing list of leading training and consulting practitioners."
Larry Cipolla, Chairman and founder of CCI, commented "This partnership with ITI gives us the opportunity to work with an innovator in the Web-based delivery of training resources, and to harness the power of the internet to expand our current business. The ITI business model of partnering with best- of-class training industry professionals and organizations was an important consideration in our choice of ITI as our internet partner."
CCI is the leader in 360° multi-rater feedback^TM . CCI was formed in 1976 as a full service training and organizational development company. CCI’s diagnostic process spans over 23 years of research and client use, and integrates multi-rater feedback, action planning, training, and interventions to maximize individual and organizational effectiveness. CCI has developed over 250 generic and custom designed feedback instruments, and works on an on-going basis with hundreds of Fortune 1000 and other organizations around the world. Larry Cipolla often presents papers at OD and HRD Conferences in the US and other countries. He is the author of over 165 articles on leadership- and management- related themes.
ITI provides online Learning Centers to meet the performance improvement and training needs of professionals and organizations. ITI is currently developing interactive performance enhancement courseware that upgrades the leadership, workplace, and managerial capabilities of its customers’ employees. Over 30 courses and assessment tools will be published by ITI in 1999, and will be available to corporations through its Learning Center and to retail purchasers through over 300 high-traffic web-sites. ITI has already been acknowledged as a leader in the online delivery of training resources. Its award-winning Web community, TrainingForum^TM , has received several best site awards including NetGuide’s 4-star Gold Award.
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