Learning Management Solutions

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Learning Management Solutions

• KnowledgeWorkshop Launch
• June 2004
• Learning Management Solutions
• 128 Jay Lane
• State College, PA 16801
• Toll free 1 [phone]

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Who is Learning Management Solutions

• Corporate MissionTo create exceptional
  software that significantly enhances an
  individuals ability to explore, examine, manage
  and share knowledge by integrating proven
  psychological principles, cutting edge technology
  and feedback from our ever-expanding global
  community of users.
• Learning Management Solutions (LMS) is a software
  company which has developed a state of the
  information management, learning enhancement and
  knowledge creation system called
  KnowledgeWorkshop
• LMS was formally established in May of 2002 after
  three years of in-house research and development
  of KnowledgeWorkshop at Creighton University in
  Omaha Nebraska.

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A Visionary Leadership Team

• GRAHAM GLYNN Ph.D.
• President and CEO
• Director of the Royer Center for Learning and
  Academic Technologies at Penn State University
• Entrepreneur Instrumental in creating the
  Worlds first and only online School of Pharmacy
  delivering the Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
• STEPHEN BROOKS M.Sc, MPMI, MIEEE. Vice
  President for Project Product Management
• Primary and Masters degrees in Computer Science
• Former Director of Research and Development with
  Lucent Technologies
• ATT Bell Labs
• CARLOS GALAVIS BA. Vice President for
  Development
• Systems Engineer
• Lead developer of KnowledgeWorkshop

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A Visionary Leadership Team

• KENNETH GLYNN BBS MBS CIPD. Associate Vice
  President for Business Operations
• Masters in Business Studies
• Former Senior Consultant in Deloitte
  Touches
• GREG WOODMAN BADirector of Marketing and Sales
• Bachelor of Arts degree in advertising from Penn
  State University
• Over 25 years of business and marketing
  experience

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A Savvy Advisory Board

• Mr. Mark CokerFounder and President of Dovetail
  Public Relations, a Silicon Valley based firm
  specializing in launching high tech companies
• Mr. Greg WoodmanChief executive officer/owner of
  Affinity Connection, a marketing company located
  in State College
• Dr. Kyle PeckChief Education Officer,
  Educatalyst.com.
• Mr Brendan GlynnRetired Entrepreneur
• Mr. Richard CoonsCIO 9g Enterprises, LLC
• Dr Edward TomeskoCEO Penn State Delaware County

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Learning Management Solutions

• Why are we and our products different?

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Mission

• Founded by learning specialists not technologists
• Fundamental mission is to
• Enhance learning
• Provide tools to help generate knowledge
• Alleviate information overload (Information
  management)
• Since learning and knowledge occur at the level
  of the individual we focus on empowering that
  individual.

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Approach

• Use technology to extend and enhance human
  cognitive abilities.
• Use learning theories to guide product
  development
• Constructivist theory
• Interaction with the information is crucial to
  learning
• More interaction More learning
• Higher quality interactions More learning
• Knowledge is purely personal It is based on
  integrating new information into what you already
  know and generating links between the two sets.

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Product Concept

• KnowledgeWorkshop is a Windows based software
  application designed to help individuals
• Structure information
• Find information quickly
• Create knowledge from information
• Share expertise and knowledge across the World
• KnowledgeWorkshop is designed to address a set of
  real needs and problems

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Problem Information Overload
Information Overload
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KW Solution Overpower Information Overload
Information Overload
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News Group Reader Outlook Express
Digital File Manager Windows Explorer
E-Mail Manager Outlook, Eudora
Web Browser Internet Explorer, Netscape

• The Challenge
• Collect and interconnect information from
  multiple sources (silos) into information sets
  appropriate for projects, subjects or interests

Solution 1 (without KW) Convert e-mail, web sites
and news group postings to static files and save
them in the file system
Disadvantages The information becomes static and
you lose all of the functionality associated with
the original data type
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News Group Reader Outlook Express
Digital File Manager Windows Explorer
Filing Cabinet
E-Mail Manager Outlook, Eudora
Web Browser Internet Explorer, Netscape
Solution 2 (without KW) Print the information and
collect the printed pages in one location
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KnowledgeWorkshop provides a cost effective and
efficient alternative solution to these problems!
News Group Reader Outlook Express
Digital File Manager Windows Explorer
E-Mail Manager Outlook, Eudora
Web Browser Internet Explorer, Netscape
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KW Solution Overpower Information Overload
KW Enables you to Organize Information Around
Projects and Interests
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KW Solution Overpower Information Overload
You can structure and Interrelate Information
within the topic in a way that makes sense to you
Keep information elements in one location but
interrelate them with each other.
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KW Solution Overpower Information Overload
Build the information you need into a personal
KnowledgeBase stored on your local computer
Drag--drop sections of information from other
sources into your notes
Add your own text, tables etc to the notes that
make up this database
My note
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KW Solution Overpower Information Overload
Harnessing the power of connections
Discussion
Spreadsheet
Word Document
Web Page
Note
Note
Web Page
Web Page
Web Page
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Problem Unproductive and Expensive Printing
Why do users print documents?
Writing notes in the margin
Highlighting
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KW Solution Unproductive and Expensive Printing

• KnowledgeWorkshop reduces the need for printing
  by
• Enabling users to permanently highlight web
  content

• Enabling users to add notes directly into web
  content

• Giving users access to content without a network
  connection

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Problem There is too much unstructured
information
Today the Internet is used to send individual
pages or files from servers to users
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KW Solution Take the Internet to its next
logical step Share knowledge!
KnowledgeWorkshop enables users to share
information structure and knowledge with each
other over the Internet
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Stage of Development

• Three KnowledgeWorkshop products plannedwhich
  will be released in progression
• Personal Professional Editions
• Version 1.0 released June 2004
• Share knowledge by e-mail or download knodules
• Professional Service
• Dynamically sharing knowledge with peer-to-peer
  technology
• Collaborative tools
• Subscription service to be released January 05
• Enterprise Edition
• Combination of professional version and
  peer-to-peer service with ability to centrally
  manage sharing.
• January 06

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Our Customers

• Broad Scope
• Students in high school thru college
• Knowledge Workers
• Independent workers to employees of large
  corporations.

• Broad Utility
• Coursework
• Job related projects
• Hobbies
• Interests
• Sports

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Customer Testimonials

• The ability to gather significant amounts of
  information from various sources has totally
  changed the way I do research and is saving me
  time. Curtis Stalnaker, Dir of IT, Grace
  University.
•  It's so helpful to be able to view many
  different types of information and file formats
  in  a single program. Remi Ademola, Dir. of IT,
  University of Huston
• "KnowledgeWorkshop has been a boon to our
  development efforts! We're able to capture,
  organize and capitalize upon our corporate
  knowledge saving hundreds of manhours and
  thousands of dollars in consultancy fees. Rick
  Coons, CIO 9g Enterprises, LLC
• I really found it very productive and user
  friendly. Carlos Colon, PENNTAP
• A really cool product Zoltan Rado, Engineer

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A Winning Sales Strategy

• Try before you buy
• Customer downloads 15 day evaluation from the LMS
  web site. No information required no barriers.
• Customer may extend evaluations by a further 15
  days by registering. Opportunity for offering
  discounts and incentives.
• An entry level product priced aggressively to
  attract new users.
• An advanced product loaded with the features
  users need.
• Interdependence of users.

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Summary

• Learning Management Solutions A company with a
  real mission and the expertise to achieve it.
• KnowledgeWorkshop A unique product addressing
  real needs.
• The Market - World-wide and wide open.