Bristol (UK), September 2024 - Sponge is proud to announce that its client PwC has won multiple Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards in the 2024 Human Capital Management program. These prestigious awards recognise best practices for initiatives in learning and development, talent management, leadership development, and other key areas of human capital management.

Brussels (BE), July 2024 - The 16th annual MEDEA Awards ceremony took place at the Town Hall of Leuven on 20 June as part of the 2024 Media & Learning Conference: "Back to the Future?", organised by the Media & Learning Association.

London (UK), June 2024 - Avado, a leader in professional development and CIPD training, is excited to announce the launch of its new bootcamp, "Elevating HR with AI". This immersive, one-day programme is designed to help human resources and learning and development professionals thrive in the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence.

London (UK), May 2024 - Learning Technologies 2024 took place in London in April. It was a record-breaking event with 11,000 visitors. Key themes were using artificial intelligence to solve practical problems and the focus needed from L&D on business.

Austin, TX (USA), March 2024 - At Brand Innovator's Leadership in Brand Marketing Summit at SXSW, Spiro™, a leading global brand experiential agency, discussed how today's brand marketer can strategically approach AI and AR for impactful experiential marketing. "In the right context, AI has the transformative potential to create brand activations that spark genuine emotionality."

Cambridge (UK), March 2024 - In a recent webinar, Acteon's Matt Borg explored how making smart use of AI can help provide colleagues with customised learning plans, personalised coaching, and just-in-time micro content.

London (UK), February 2024 - The recording of a webinar for L&D marketers with Rob Clarke from Learning News and Martin Couzins from Insights Media - and the accompanying slides - have been published online.

Berlin (GER), December 2023 - On 22-24 November, the digital-learning community came together in the heart of Berlin for the 29th edition of the OEB Global Conference. Thousands of learning professionals from over 70 countries worldwide celebrated digital learning in the education, corporate, and civil learning sectors.

London (UK), November 2023 - The winners of the annual Learning Technologies Awards were announced at a glittering ceremony in London. Deborah Frances White and Rob Beckett hosted the 2023 Learning Technologies Awards. Eight hundred people from the learning and development industry gathered in London to celebrate the very best in learning technologies. 

Zurich (CH), November 2023 - Launched in 2001, the getAbstract International Book Award is among the world's oldest, continuously presented non-fiction book awards. In alignment with our mission to provide actionable, business-relevant knowledge, the getAbstract International Book Award focuses on works that help people make better decisions in their personal and professional lives - as encapsulated in the slogan, "Know Better. Do Better."