Ninth House Co-Founder and Empire AVP to Present On E-Learning Best Practices At Online Learning 2002 Conference & Expo

Business Wire, Sept 19, 2002

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

Online Learning 2002

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2002

Session Addresses How Empire BlueCross BlueShield Drives

Learning and Increases Usage with Ninth House Online Training

Ninth House, the leading online business skills training provider, today announced a breakout session at Online Learning 2002 Conference & Expo. Ninth House Co-Founder Tom Fischmann and Empire BlueCross BlueShield AVP of Interactive Media Scott Gassman will present on critical best practices for accelerating learning and optimizing usage rates through online training.

Fischmann and Gassman will present How Empire BlueCross BlueShield Pushes the Envelope with E-Learning Best Practices, Tuesday, September 24, 2:30-4:00 p.m. The session will provide an inside look at the learning infrastructure that supports Empire BlueCross BlueShield, New York's largest healthcare provider. Fischmann and Gassman will showcase Empire's unique combination of broadcast communications, feedback gathering and collaboration tools; and a performance management approach to compliment the rich-media e-learning provided by Ninth House.

Attendees will learn why Empire's top executives utilize rich media and web-enabled tools to accelerate understanding and enhance productivity, and where offerings like Ninth House fit into that mix. They will hear how these strategies have panned out in terms of usage and completion rates of e-learning, as well as in business terms.

Online Learning 2002 Conference & Expo takes place at the Anaheim Convention Center, September 23-25, 2002. In addition to Keynote Presentations from Brandon Hall and Clark Aldrich, the conference will feature pre and post-conference workshops, breakout sessions, featured sessions and hands-on learning labs. For more information about Online Learning 2002, please visit www.onlinelearningconference.com.

About Ninth House

Ninth House provides the most effective and engaging online business skills training available today. Ninth House courses, Hollywood-quality simulations and Instant Advice(R) combine engaging delivery with the teachings of the world's foremost business thinkers like Ken Blanchard, Tom Peters and Peter Senge. This unique approach provides organizations with the most rapid and cost-effective tool for driving professional excellence. With usage rates that are 300% higher than typical online learning rates, and a design that accelerates traditional classroom training, Ninth House has become the premier training choice of leading organizations like British Telecommunications, Wachovia Corporation, Empire BlueCross BlueShield, JP Morgan Chase, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Department of Justice, Alumni Affairs and Development at Cornell University and Sara Lee. Ninth House courses, simulations and Instant Advice(R) can be accessed from a single desktop computer or can be made available across an entire enterprise, providing critical solutions that touch all levels of an organization.

Ninth House is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. For more information, please visit the Ninth House website at: www.ninthhouse.com, or call: 415-277-8200.

Note to Editors: Ninth House(R) and Instant Advice(R) are registered trademarks of Ninth House, Inc.