Live eLearning and Web Collaboration Environment Facilitates Training and Collaboration

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, (August 9, 2006) — Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and web collaboration solutions for the real-time organization, announced today that the Global Development Learning Network (GDLN), a worldwide partnership of independent learning centers established by the World Bank, will use Elluminate Live!® Academic Edition™ on an experimental basis for training and collaboration among GDLN Affiliates in selected countries. By applying distance learning tools and techniques, GDLN Affiliates enable organizations, teams, and individuals working in development worldwide to communicate, share knowledge and learn from each other's experiences in a timely and cost-effective manner.

The GDLN team will start using Elluminate Live! to train over 120 Affiliates located in 80 countries worldwide on its new Event Management System, an application used to schedule and coordinate knowledge sharing and learning activities across the network. In addition, some GDLN Affiliates and their clients are piloting the use of Elluminate's live eLearning and web collaboration environment. In a recent learning activity organized by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the GDLN Center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Elluminate Live! was used to enhance interactions among participants beyond videoconference-based discussions, enabling Afghan government officials to interact online with coaches and mentors in five countries to help build leadership and management skills.

"Most GDLN Affiliates are located in developing countries, where high-speed Internet connectivity is not always available," said Atem Ramsundersingh, Head of the GDLN Secretariat at the World Bank in Washington DC. "We want to learn more about the extent to which Elluminate provides a reliable low-bandwidth, platform-independent solution that enables Affiliates and clients to communicate and collaborate with each other, even those in the most remote areas or secondary cities and towns that only have access to dial-up connections."

"This is the first time that we enhanced the videoconferences with an online tool," said Humaira Kamal, Special Fellow at UNITAR. "The audio-web conference has proved to be a most wonderful and flexible tool that I think will become more and more important to the function of the Fellowship."

"We are extremely proud that the Global Development Learning Network is using Elluminate Live! to increase communication, knowledge sharing, and collaboration on a global level," said Maurice Heiblum, President of Elluminate USA, Inc. "Elluminate Live! is designed to ensure that no user is left behind, even those in remote, rural areas or third-world countries where Internet connectivity is less than optimal."

About the Global Development Learning Network
The Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) is a partnership of more than 120 learning centers (GDLN Affiliates) that offer the use of advanced information and communication technologies to connect people working in development around the world. By applying tools and services developed in the field of distance learning, GDLN Affiliates enable organizations, teams, and individuals around the world to communicate, share knowledge, and learn from each others' experiences in a timely and cost-effective manner. GDLN was launched in June 2000 under the leadership of the World Bank, and the Bank continues to support the Network by managing, operating, and strengthening the GDLN partnership. For more information, visit www.gdln.org.

About Elluminate, Inc.
Elluminate, Inc. provides proven, best-in-class solutions for real-time online learning and collaboration. Elluminate delivers exceptional outcomes that enhance the learning experience, and increase retention and completion rates with lower Total Cost of Ownership and higher ROI. Elluminate features high-quality VoIP, robust interactive functionality for participants and moderators, and unique No User Left Behind™ technology — regardless of platform or Internet connection speed. Elluminate has won several prestigious industry awards, including Network Computing magazine's Editor's Choice for Web Conferencing software. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Elluminate is the trusted choice of prominent corporations and academic institutions such as ADP, the University of Calgary, DeVry University, Georgia State University, Johns Hopkins University, PA Department of Education, Sun Microsystems, T-Mobile, and many more.


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