Mr Micheal Balanoff

Micheal Balanoff, CETVice President, DevelopmentTraininOnLine.com

Michael Balanoff, Global Collaboration Partners LLC senior partner, said when people think about outsourcing learning, they frequently look at other countries as a place to provide cheap labor, a solution to get a job done while taking advantage of economies of scale, etc.But as companies develop partnerships throughout the world, it's important to remember there also is a tremendous amount of learning taking place internationally.

"We looked at our partnerships overseas and how the information was being generated and said, ‘You know, it makes a lot more sense here.Instead of taking U.S. intellectual property and training and going overseas and then bringing it back to the U.S., it makes more sense to bring that information back here in the first place,'" Balanoff said."That exchange of information opens up the global dialogue within companies that we serve and certainly within the industry as a whole - how do we have more of a cross-cultural, global dialogue as it relates to training and learning and development, and how do we really have a successful conduit to bring in best practices not just from the United States outward but from outside the U.S. back in?"

The CLO can do quite a few things to facilitate that type of global dialogue and collaboration, while simultaneously boosting the chances that an outsourced learning endeavor will be successful and cost-effective.Balanoff said the simplest solution probably is "to get your butt on an airplane and go there."

"We use technology, video conferencing, conference calls, all sorts of Internet connections and collaborative tools and everything else, but I think, at the end of the day, the only way to really get this moving properly is to have established relationships," Balanoff explained.

Micheal Balanoff, Senior Partner

Prior to GCP, Micheal was vice president of TrainingOnline, the e-learning division of Business and Legal Reports (BLR).In this position, he oversaw the product development, sales, and client satisfaction teams.Micheal has over sixteen years experience as an environmental safety officer, trainer and industrial hygienist affiliated with the University of Wyoming, as well as independent environmental consulting firms.Micheal completed the industrial hygiene program at Harvard University's School of Public Health and executive training at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.He holds a B.A. in international relations from the University of LaVerne at LaVerne, CA and studied Chinese Culture at Jinan University, in Guangzhou, China.

Micheal Balanoff :mbalanoff@envirowin.com

Micheal Balanoff, Vice President of Development for TrainingOnline, agrees."We look forward to continuing our work with ReadyGo to expand the available delivery platforms for our content."

About TrainingOnline

TrainingOnline is the e-learning division of Business and Legal Reports, Inc., a privately held, Connecticut-based publisher with a twenty-five year history of providing employers with legal compliance and training solutions that are easy to understand and offer exceptional value.For more information see http://www.trainingonline.com/.
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Contact: Micheal Balanoff

Micheal BalanoffVice President of Development
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Micheal Balanoff, Vice President of Development for TrainingOnline, agrees.

Micheal Balanoff, Vice President of Development for TrainingOnline, agrees.

Micheal Balanoff, Vice President of Development for TrainingOnline, agrees.We look forward to continuing our work with ReadyGo to expand the available delivery platforms for our content.

About TrainingOnline

TrainingOnline is the e-learning division of Business and Legal Reports, Inc., a privately held, Connecticut-based publisher with a twenty-five year history of providing employers with legal compliance and training solutions that are easy to understand and offer exceptional value.For more information see www.trainingonline.com.

In the other tie for a Regional Director's position, outgoing Secretary-Treasurer William G. Mixer, CET, Director, Casper College Environmental Training Center, Casper, Wyoming withdrew in favor of Micheal W. Balanoff, CET, Vice President for Development, TrainingOnLine, Laramie, Wyoming.
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As Vice President of Development, Micheal coordinates and manages the company's product development by guiding a team of instructional designers, multimedia graphic artists, and computer programmers in the creation of custom, semi-custom, and off-the-shelf online courses.

In addition he is the lead representative for TrainingOnline initiatives involving multinational corporations and international business partnerships.As an example, he is currently closely involved with bringing online training and certification standards to the China National Registration Committee for Environmental Auditors.

Before the creation of TrainingOnline, Micheal worked for six years as the Environmental Safety Officer/Industrial Hygienist at University of Wyoming's Environmental Health and Safety Office, where he oversaw safety programs for regulatory compliance and performed training, supervisory, and planning roles.In the latter half of the 1990s, Micheal developed training software and owned and operated the largest independent environmental consulting firm in the state of Wyoming.

Micheal's diverse educational background includes completion of the industrial hygiene program at Harvard University's School of Public Health and executive training at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, as well as a long list of management, safety, and environmental health certifications.He also holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of La Verne, LaVerne, CA and studied Chinese Culture at Jinan University, in Guangzhou, China.

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Contact: Micheal Balanoff Director of Training Applications and Development307/755-0202 mbalanoff@envirowin.com
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"Online learning solves the most common training dilemmas," says Micheal Balanoff, Director of Training Application and Development for TrainingOnline.com.