The 2010 International Davey Awards are Announced

Allen Interactions, an internationally acclaimed custom learning design, development and strategic consulting firm, won two Silver Davey Awards for e-learning courseware created for The California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and Mary Kay Inc. in the Interactive Multimedia – Training category.

The e-learning course created for the California Commission on POST is called Gangs: PC 186.22 for Patrol; it was developed to help prepare California law enforcement officers to identify and respond to gang activity in their cities.

“In this e-learning course, Allen Interactions used a highly interactive, scenario-based approach not only to educate peace officers about some of the key trends and groups in California, but to bring home the importance of accurate and detailed field reporting to support gang prosecution,” stated Catherine Bacon, senior instructional designer for the California Commission on POST’s Learning Technology Resources bureau. “We are so pleased with the final product and it has already been taken by over 1,000 peace officers with very positive feedback.”

In the course, officers work through a storyline which includes simulated neighborhood patrols, graffiti identification and challenging field interviews with gang members to gather key evidence in their case files. In the process of successfully navigating the interactive challenges, officers help the DA bring enhanced charges against the leaders of a new, emerging gang.

The winning e-learning courseware created for Mary Kay’s online classroom is called Silver Wings Scholar Program^SM. This comprehensive online learning classroom consists of e-learning courses designed to guide new independent beauty consultants through some of the basics of starting their own Mary Kay business. It covers essential areas of the Mary Kay career in independent consultant sales where learning lessons are designed to take a new consultant approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.

“We are thrilled to receive this recognition and to have partnered with Mary Kay Inc. on this award-winning online curriculum,” stated Richard Sites, studio executive of the Allen Interactions’ design and development team which created the e-learning course for Silver Wings.

The Davey Awards exclusively honor the “Davids” of creativity, the finest small firms, agencies and companies in the world. David defeated the giant Goliath with a big idea and a little rock - the sort of thing small firms do each year. The annual International Davey Awards honors the achievements of the "Creative Davids" who derive their strength from big ideas, rather than big budgets. The Davey Awards is the leading awards competition specifically for smaller firms, where firms compete with their peers to win the recognition they deserve. Please visit www.daveyawards.com for more information.

The Davey Awards is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a "Who's Who" of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms. Please visit www.iavisarts.org for a full member list and more information.

With more than fifteen years of experience, Allen Interactions has an unrivaled track record in delivering dynamic enterprise custom e-learning solutions that execute business change, drive and improve performance, accelerate speed to profit and improve people effectiveness. To learn more visit: www.alleninteractions.com.