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Salience Learning Wins Brandon Hall Gold Award for Its Capability Academies

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New York, NY – August 21, 2023 – Salience Learning, a learning and development firm focused on the life science industry, is pleased to announce that it has won a Brandon Hall Gold Award in Learning and Development for its suite of Capability Academies.  The award is jointly shared with Eurekos Systems, whose learning management system (LMS) often supports the academies when they are provided to client organizations.

The Capability Academies are blended learning programs designed to build essential capabilities for life science professionals.  They are offered in role-specific versions and include:

  • Critical Thinking Academy
  • Generating Insights Academy
  • Strategic Thinking Academy

These programs use the latest in learning science and incorporate e-learning, micro-learning, instructor-led components, practice plans, and social learning.  Often underpinned by Eurekos’ LMS platform, they are part of biopharmaceutical companies’ Learning and Development offerings to help upskill and reskill their team members for success.

This is the third time Salience Learning’s Capability Academies have been associated with a prestigious award. Previous awards acknowledging the firm’s work include a Brandon Hall Gold Award in 2022 for Technology Excellence (awarded to one of the firm’s partners, DominKnow) and being recognized as an LTEN Excellence Award Finalist in 2023 in the Industry Partnership category.

About Salience Learning

Salience Learning (www.saliencelearning.com) is a learning and development (L&D) firm that empowers change across the life science industry through learning. Its team of adult education experts and experienced biopharma professionals apply science-based educational approaches to help solve the industry’s most complex business challenges. The firm offers a series of role-specific academies that develop critical capabilities for industry professionals. It also develops custom learning solutions and provides strategic consulting services in L&D. Salience Learning is a subsidiary of Blue Matter Consulting and serves clients globally.

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Craig Dunkley

cdunkley@saliencelearning.com

(919) 539-0658

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Salience Learning Announced as a Finalist for the 2023 LTEN Excellence Awards

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New York, NY – April 4, 2023 – Salience Learning is pleased to announce that it has been named as a finalist for the 2023 LTEN (Life Sciences Trainers & Educators Network) Excellence Awards in the Industry Partnership category.  The firm was selected as a finalist because of one of its learning programs, Critical Thinking Academy.

Critical Thinking Academy is a digital learning program (with optional instructor-led components) designed to help professionals in the life science industry enhance their critical thinking capabilities.   Critical thinking is increasingly essential to success in a range of roles within biopharma companies.  The academy is part of a suite of offerings that also includes Generating Insights Academy and Strategic Thinking Academy.

These programs are available in role-specific versions.  They use the latest in learning science and incorporate e-learning, micro-learning, instructor-led components, practice plans, and social learning.  Often underpinned by Eurekos’ LMS platform, they are part of biopharmaceutical companies’ Learning and Development offerings to help upskill and reskill their team members for success.

The Excellence Award finalists will be recognized at the LTEN annual meeting in Phoenix, June 12-15.  Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on June 14.

About Salience Learning

Salience Learning (www.saliencelearning.com) is a learning and development (L&D) firm that empowers change across the life science industry through learning. Its team of adult education experts and experienced biopharma professionals apply science-based educational approaches to help solve the industry’s most complex business challenges. The firm offers a series of role-specific academies that develop critical capabilities for industry professionals. It also develops custom learning solutions and provides strategic consulting services in L&D. Salience Learning is a subsidiary of Blue Matter Consulting and serves clients globally.

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For more information, contact:

Craig Dunkley

cdunkley@saliencelearning.com

(919) 539-0658

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Salience Learning’s Generating Insights Academy Now Available for Market Access Roles

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New York, NY – October 11, 2022 – Salience Learning, a learning and development firm focused on the life science industry, has launched a new version of Generating Insights Academy, part of a series of academies that build essential capabilities for professionals in life science organizations. Initially, Generating Insights Academy was only available for medical affairs personnel within biopharmaceutical companies.  Now, its content is also customized to market access professional roles. 

Generating Insights Academy is part of a suite of role-tailored Capability Academies offered by Salience Learning, including:

  • Critical Thinking
  • Strategic Thinking

Salience Learning started developing the academies when customers asked for training programs that went beyond finite skills and technical knowledge.  They wanted to develop broader capabilities to drive performance.

Krista Gerhard, a Partner at Salience Learning, said, “For many, generating Insights is key to being more strategic and effective.  Regardless of their roles, life science professionals face large volumes of information, making it harder to identify meaningful insights.  This academy demystifies the process, enabling learners to generate insights more effectively.  Expanding this academy for market access and field-based roles provides a capability differentiator and sets an organization up for continuous innovation.”

“Many people think insights have to develop organically, but that’s not true.  People can learn to generate insights purposefully, and this academy uses proven techniques to help them do that. We believe the ability to meaningfully generate insights is a competitive advantage, and we’re excited to offer this to customers,” shared Karen Foster, learning architect for the academy.

Tailored versions of all Capability Academies are available for home office and field-based roles across Medical, Commercial, and Market Access functions.  Like all academies in the suite, Generating Insights Academy can be delivered as a digital or blended learning experience and incorporates micro-, spaced, and social-learning design elements.

About Salience Learning

Salience Learning (www.saliencelearning.com) is a learning and development (L&D) firm that empowers change across the life science industry through learning. Its team of adult education experts and experienced biopharma professionals apply science-based educational approaches to help solve the industry’s most complex business challenges. The firm offers a series of role-specific academies that develop critical capabilities for industry professionals. It also develops custom learning solutions and provides strategic consulting services in L&D. Salience Learning serves clients globally.

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For more information, contact:

Craig Dunkley

cdunkley@saliencelearning.com

(919) 539-0658

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Salience Learning Launches Suite of Capability Academies Focused on Life Science Industry Professionals

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New York, NY – February 7, 2022 – Salience Learning, a learning and development firm focused on the life sciences industry, is announcing a suite of four Capability Academies designed to build essential capabilities for professionals in life science organizations.  The academies are digital programs with optional live or virtual components that change habits and drive business results.

According to Karen Foster, a Partner with Salience Learning, the firm started developing the suite of academies because of the new ways of working.  “Leaders in life-science organizations need their teams to be innovative, generate creative solutions and implement them effectively in complex, global organizations. To achieve this, learners need training on thinking and ‘purposefully doing’ that is short, self-paced, and relevant to them,” she said.

The four academies, available individually or as a customized bundle, are:

  • Critical Thinking Academy
  • Generating Insights Academy
  • Strategic Thinking Academy
  • Enterprise Execution Academy

Critical Thinking Academy was launched in October of 2021.  Strategic Thinking Academy launches today, and the remaining academies come to market in Q2 and Q3, respectively.

Foster added that the capability academies are unique for two key reasons.  “First, they are personalized to the learner’s industry, function, and role. That’s extremely important to our clients and learners. It feels relevant to them.  Second, the academies use behavioral science to drive learners to actually ‘do’ the new behaviors on-the-job. They don’t just communicate information – they change habits.”

The innovative academies generally use an asynchronous approach and can be entirely digital, though they offer optional instructor-led components. They also incorporate scientific design to maximize uptake and effectiveness, such as micro, experiential, active, and social learning design elements.

About Salience Learning

Salience Learning (www.saliencelearning.com) is a learning and development (L&D) firm that empowers change across the life science industry through learning. Its team of adult education experts and experienced biopharma professionals apply science-based educational approaches to help solve the industry’s most complex business challenges. The firm offers a series of role-specific academies that develop critical capabilities for industry professionals. It also develops custom learning solutions for clients and provides strategic consulting services for L&D teams. With team members on three continents, Salience Learning serves clients globally.

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Craig Dunkley

cdunkley@saliencelearning.com

(919) 539-0658

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Salience Learning Launches First “Capability Academy” Focused on Critical Thinking

New York, NY – October 25, 2021 – Salience Learning, a learning and development firm focused on the life sciences industry, has launched Critical Thinking Academy, its first in a series of capability academies designed to build essential capabilities for professionals in life science organizations. Each academy is a digital program with optional live instruction components personalized to learners’ functions, roles and responsibilities.

Salience began developing capability academies based on the changing needs of biopharma companies. Karen Foster, a Partner with Salience Learning, explained, “Our customers began asking for training beyond finite skills and technical knowledge. They wanted help developing broader capabilities—such as critical thinking, strategic thinking, and others—to drive performance.”

Foster added, “Capabilities help professionals succeed in today’s volatile, complex, and uncertain environments. We identified the most important capabilities for life sciences and began developing the academies with a unique differentiator in mind. Our academies are personalized learning experiences tailored for specific job roles and contexts.”

The first of these digital and blended-learning academies created for medical, commercial and account management roles is Critical Thinking Academy. “Critical thinking is essential to success for nearly every role in the biopharma industry. Professionals who think critically are better able to question and innovate. They can more effectively solve problems, navigate complexity, and achieve business objectives,” said Foster.

The innovative academy teaches critical thinking while driving learners to begin “doing” it immediately. It uses an asynchronous approach and can be entirely digital, though it offers optional instructor-led components. It incorporates micro, experiential, active, and social learning design elements.

More academies will be rolling out over the next year, each addressing a core capability for a population of learners. Strategic Thinking Academy and Generating Insights Academy are slated next for launch.

About Salience Learning

Salience Learning (www.saliencelearning.com) is a learning and development (L&D) firm that empowers change across the life science industry through learning. Its team of adult education experts and experienced biopharma professionals apply science-based educational approaches to help solve the industry’s most complex business challenges. The firm offers a series of role-specific academies that develop critical capabilities for industry professionals. It also develops custom learning solutions for clients and provides strategic consulting services for L&D teams. With team members on three continents, Salience Learning serves clients globally.

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For more information, contact:

Craig Dunkley

cdunkley@saliencelearning.com

(919) 539-0658

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Salience Learning, new company focused on learning and development in the life sciences industry, announces its launch

London and New York City – May 1, 2019 – Salience Learning is pleased to announce its official launch.  The new company is a learning and development (L&D) firm focused on the life sciences.  It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blue Matter, a strategic consulting firm serving the life sciences industry.

The Salience Learning team includes experts in adult education, as well as biopharmaceutical industry veterans.  Using this combination of expertise, the company applies science-based educational approaches to help life science companies solve their most complex business challenges.  

The new company’s General Manager is George Schmidt, a Managing Partner with Blue Matter.  Other key members of the leadership team include Karen Foster, Head of Learning Strategy and Solutions, and Krista Gerhard, Head of Client Services.  

According to George Schmidt, “L&D teams are under intense pressure to deliver a tangible business impact, and our goal is to focus on the most pressing business challenges life science companies face today to help drive that impact.  But it goes beyond that.  We place a very strong emphasis on applying key principles of the science of learning to every program we design.  That’s something that’s often forgotten in today’s environment, yet we know it’s the key to getting the highest business impact from L&D.”

Salience Learning organizes its offerings into three main groups: 1.) Programs include custom and off-the-shelf solutions focused on key business needs within the industry; 2.) Services include focused support to conduct great events and programs; 3.) Strategy includes bespoke consulting to improve the effectiveness of L&D organizations and to elevate the learning of entire organizations.

Salience Learning’s programs are designed to help life science professionals elevate critical thinking skills, operate more effectively in matrixed environments, leverage data more effectively to drive business results, and improve business acumen. 

The Salience Learning team is deployed in the United States and Europe and is serving customers around the world.  Its website can be found at saliencelearning.com.

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For more information, contact:

Craig Dunkley
cdunkley@saliencelearning.com
(919) 539-0658