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2009 BEST Award Winners
Cream of the Crop
Includes 2009 BEST Winner Rankings & the BEST Awards Advisory Committee
In this challenging economy, where employees are expected to do more with less, learning professionals are being asked to ensure that employees have the skills to maximize their company’s core business strengths. These BEST winners adapted to these difficult economic conditions because they were prepared to communicate the value of learning to senior-level executives, linked learning programs and initiatives to business strategies, and found effective and efficient ways to deliver training.
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Sun Microsystems
Menlo Park, California
Maximizing on its innovative culture, Sun Microsystems finds the balance between the knowledge that people need and the ease and freedom that they want. 
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VF Asia Limited
Hong Kong, SAR, China
A small learning unit within a large corporation gets big results by attending to details.
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Luxottica Retail North America
Mason, Ohio
Luxottica Retail, a global leader in eye care and eyewear, has locked in on providing employees with training that makes sense and makes an impact.
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Gables Residential
Atlanta, Georgia
The real estate firm successfully executes learning imperatives with tech-savvy initiatives, plus a little fun and games.
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CSC
Falls Church, Virginia
“I want to be the leading edge for my organization,” says this company’s CLO. From all accounts, she is.
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DPR Construction Inc.
Redwood City, California
Since construction is no longer just a bricks-and-mortar business, DPR Construction’s Global Learning Group must be as agile as today’s dynamic market.
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Brown-Forman Corporation
Louisville, Kentucky
Initiatives focusing on responsibility, brand education, and meaningful salesforce training take a strategic front seat.
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Barilla America Inc.
Bannockburn, Illinois
Barilla America is creating a performance-based culture on both an individual and organizational level, with learning targeted in the middle.
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Fallon Clinic
Worcester, Massachusetts
Leadership at Fallon Clinic reshapes the learning organization to bridge training excellence and patient satisfaction.
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Suzlon Energy Ltd.
Pune, India
The fast-growing wind turbine industry is riding unpredictable breezes, but one savvy learning group is keeping the wind at its back.
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Cream of the Crop
The Rest of the Best
Read below about more of the outstanding BEST winners of 2009. Of special note are some of the ways in which organizations harnessed Web 2.0 and social media technologies to garner meaning employee connections and learn valuable skills that meet company goals.
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