The Towards Maturity Benchmark Study is a result of a unique industry collaboration.
It would not be possible without the contributions of:
- Towards Maturity Ambassadors who make the study possible as they share a passion for ensuring that independent advice is freely available to all.
- Towards Maturity Supporters (below) who ensure that the study remains current and vendor neutral
Find out about when the results will be available (and how to get your personalised benchmark here.
Towards Maturity Supporters
The Benchmark Study Supporters feed into the benchmark process, providing insights on future trends and practices that should be investigated within the study. TM Supporters share the goal of providing independent advice and services to stimulate effective learning innovation, they include:
Industry magazines and online communities:
- elearning Age
- Learning and Skills Group
- Training Journal
- TrainingZone
Membership bodies
- The British Institute of Learning and Development
- The eLearning Network
- The European Learning Industry Group (ELIG)
- The Learning and Performance Institute
Industry event organisers
- Learning Technologies
- Online Educa Berlin
- World of Learning
Independent industry experts:
- Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies (Jane Hart)
- Duntroon Associates (Charles Jennings)
- eLearnity (David Wilson)
- Nigel Paine Associates
- Onlignment (Clive Shepherd, Barry Sampson and Phil Green)
- ElNet
Sector Skills Councils
- e-skills UK
- Skills Active
INDUSTRY MAGAZINES AND ONLINE COMMUNITIES | |
Towards Maturity is the good practice partner for e.learning age magazine and e.learning awards. | 'Through its benchmark research, Towards Maturity contributes significantly to the understanding of learning technologies in the workplace. This is important work and we’re pleased to support it for the benefit of the whole learning and development profession. The benchmark study reinforces many of the key issues we cover in our print, online and mobile media and in our E-Learning Awards.” Clive Snell, Managing Director, Bizmedia |
| With 1,200 organisations participating over 8 years, nothing beats the Towards Maturity Benchmark for useful data on the use of learning technologies at work. If you want to find out how to build innovative learning that delivers results, make sure you contribute, too. Donald H Taylor, Chairman Learning & Skills Group |
| TJ is delighted to support the Towards Maturity Benchmark. Both TJ and TM are dedicated to ensuring that learning makes impact on the bottom line and through our various research activities we are mutually supportive of each others work and objectives. In today’s challenging times organisations need to look outwards, to measure themselves against others to ensure that they continuously change to meet the demands of our modern world. TM provides learning and development with a unique opportunity to enter into this collaborative approach by conducting regular and rigorous surveys of industry practice and by ensuring that the resulting data is available to its practitioners to help them improve their personal development and their organisations’ success. Debbie Carter, Head of Research, Training Jounal Follow on Twitter: @trainingjournal
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| The British Institute for Learning and Development is proud to continue its support of the TM Benchmark. The pioneering and influential research work that Towards Maturity carries out is a great asset to the learning and development profession, and is essential in helping organisations benchmark their services against a recognised national standard. Karen Velasco, Chair, BILD Follow on Twitter @theBILD123
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| "The best people to learn from are those who achieve the most success with elearning. The Towards Maturity Benchmark is invaluable in identifying excellence and giving sound practical guidance to others on how to achieve it. Towards Maturity's efforts align well with the eLearning Network's aims and our Campaign for Effective eLearning . That's why we're firm supporters." Rob Hubbard, Chair, eLearning Network Follow on Twitter: @elearningnetwk and follow the Campaign for Effective eLearning using #c4ee |
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| "The Learning and Performance Institute exists to continuously raise standards of professionalism within the learning community and as such we’ve been supporting the Towards Maturity Benchmark since its inception. It provides our,members and the industry as a whole, with trusted and detailed recommendations about how to continually innovate to support business success." Edmund Monk , Managing Director, Learning and Performance Institute. |
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| The World of Learning Conference & Exhibition is the essential event for all learning and development professionals, delivering the most cost-effective methods and solutions for more successful learning results. |
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| “Benchmarking in not just a ‘nice-to-have’. If learning professionals and their organisations are to achieve the objective to continually improve their performance they need to understand the areas in which they’re doing well and those that need more work. Benchmarking is a vital tool to help uncover this information and drive effective people and learning strategies.” Charles Jennings Follow on Twitter: @charlesjennings |
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| The Towards Maturity benchmark has established itself as an invaluable tool, not only to organisations just starting out with learning technology, but also for more established users as they seek to improve their capabilities. This is why Onlignment is delighted to be an official Towards Maturity Benchmark Supporter." Barry Sampson Follow on Twitter: @onlignment |
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SECTORS SKILLS COUNCILS | |
| Taking its lead from employers, e-skills UK is making sure Britain is getting the technology skills it needs to succeed in today's digital economy. Follow us on Twitter: @eskillsuk |
| "Skills Active is proud to support the Towards Maturity benchmark and encourage employers in the Sports and Active Leisure sector, who are passionate about learning innovation, to take part." Follow us on Facebook: SkillsActive |
