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San Francisco, Calif., August 22, 2019 — The Brandon Hall Group has given 28 Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards (including 19 Golds) to SweetRush, a global leading provider of custom learning and performance improvement solutions. These awards are the Learning and Development industry’s highest honor, and as one of the top overall winners this year, SweetRush shares these awards with its trusted client-partners, the American Association of University Women (AAUW), Bridgestone, Cox Communications, Deloitte, Google, Hilton, Mondelēz, and Wells Fargo.

Working closely with its client-partners’ world-class teams results in a “best of all minds” strategic approach to innovating learning solutions—and these collaborations are what makes winning these honors possible. Many of SweetRush’s valuable partnerships are with longtime clients, with whom it has developed synergistic alliances focused on advancing L&D to best reach and engage learners in new and exciting ways.

These awards recognize SweetRush’s vast versatility, and how the company effectively executes leading-edge learning and instructional design trends and techniques—among them storytelling, interactive video, immersive simulations, transformational games, responsive design, virtual reality, and 3D animation. The breadth and depth of its capabilities is seen in the wide variety of categories in which it won in—19 categories in total, including learning strategy, innovation, change transformation, and citizenship—and in the variety of subject matter and business objectives, including sales and product knowledge training, leadership training, brand training, empathy building, new hire onboarding, change management, and salary negotiation training.

SweetRush is also serving and supporting a broad array of industries: nonprofit/foundation, healthcare, automotive, telecommunications, business services/consulting, technology, hospitality, manufacturing, retail, and banking/finance.

Here is the complete list of SweetRush’s 2019 Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards:

19 GOLD AWARDS

Excellence in Learning
Best Results of a Learning Program
Best Advance in Custom Content (x2)
Best Use of Blended Learning
Best Use of Games and Simulations (x3)
Best Use of Mobile Learning
Best Use of Video for Learning
Best Use of Virtual Worlds
Best Unique or Innovative Learning Program (x2)
Best Advance in Creating an Extended Enterprise Learning Program
Best Learning Program Supporting a Change Transformation Business Strategy
Best Advance in Competencies and Skill Development (x2)

Excellence in Corporate Initiatives
HCM Citizenship

Excellence in Talent Acquisition
Best New Hire Onboarding

Excellence in Sales Performance
Best Sales Training Program for Extended Enterprise

6 SILVER AWARDS

Excellence in Learning
Best Advance in Creating a Learning Strategy (x2)
Best Learning Program Supporting a Change Transformation Business Strategy
Best Advance in Competencies and Skill Development

Excellence in Leadership Development
Best Advance in Leadership Development

Excellence in Sales Performance
Best Sales Onboarding Program

3 BRONZE AWARDS

Excellence in Learning
Best Advance in Creating a Learning Strategy

Excellence in Leadership Development
Best Unique or Innovative Leadership Program

Excellence in Sales Performance
Best Unique or Innovative Sales Training Program

“At the heart of each of these awards are relationships between organizations and individuals, committed to using their craft to serve others. We are truly blessed to serve our client-partners’ teams—to help them grow in their abilities and careers,” said Andrei Hedstrom, SweetRush CEO and Cofounder. “Thanks to each and every person, both on our client-partners’ teams and on the SweetRush team, for coming together and creating another banner year of award-winning learning solutions!” 

“I am so thankful, grateful, to the SweetRush team that is so committed and to our client-partners who collaborate with us and trust us to provide experiences that will have a profound impact on the behavior of their employees,” said Arturo Schwartzberg, Chairman and Cofounder at SweetRush. “And we believe strongly that we are making a difference, not only in bottom lines, but in people’s lives through our extensive work for non-profits—one of which, AAUW—won a Gold Brandon Hall Group award!” 

“The HCM Excellence Awards recognize programs that measurably benefit organizations,” said Mike Cooke, Brandon Hall Group CEO. “Many human capital management departments are unable to confirm that their initiatives help the business’s bottom line. Because we focus on measurable benefits, our awards program is universally recognized and highly prestigious.”

Award entries were evaluated by a panel of veteran, independent senior industry experts, Brandon Hall Group analysts and executives based upon the following criteria: fit the need, design of the program, functionality, innovation and overall measurable benefits.

If you’d like to speak to SweetRush about its award-winning approach to learning and development, visit the company website.

View the winners on the Brandon Hall Group website. Congratulations to everyone who won!

About SweetRush

Dream for a moment that you have the expertise and tools to positively impact the lives of others. You can affect mindsets and behavior. You can help an organization grow, change, prosper, and thrive. The passionate pursuit of this expertise and the development of these tools have been at the heart of the success SweetRush has experienced collaborating with clients who share the same dream.

SweetRush’s focus on team culture and mastery of performance improvement is reflected in loyal clients, a near-zero turnover of teammates, a 18-year track record of success, and a remarkable portfolio. Our work with clients has earned us gold awards from our peers and high ranking on the top training industry lists.

Every solution we deliver is infused with creativity. Instructional creativity allows us to discover effective and unique solutions to our clients’ challenges. Artistic creativity spurs us to create visually exciting, engaging user experiences. Technical creativity allows us to embrace new capabilities and platforms as they emerge, such as virtual reality, gamification, and mobile delivery. Cultural creativity empowers our clients to create the conditions that energize and empower their people and unleash the energy in their teams. Our Talent Solutions team builds on its unique knowledge of talent, team building, and learning and development to craft a unique, creative solution for clients who need the best temporary staff to augment their team. We apply the creative lens to all things, from project management to our treatment of our teammates, clients, and the planet.

We are over 150 people strong and have been in business since 2001. Every day, we give thanks for the trust of our world-class clients. Our deliverables span from analysis and curriculum mapping to the creation of blended training products, including live and virtual classroom training, custom-developed eLearning, and innovative use of emerging technologies.

Dream with us, and together let’s make a positive impact!

About Brandon Hall Group

Brandon Hall Group is an HCM research and advisory services firm that provides insights around key performance areas, including Learning and Development, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Talent Acquisition and HR/Workforce Management.

With more than 10,000 clients globally and 25 years of delivering world-class research and advisory services, Brandon Hall Group is focused on developing research that drives performance in emerging and large organizations, and provides strategic insights for executives and practitioners responsible for growth and business results.

The Digital Health Awards honored SweetRush’s creativity and innovation in a variety of projects for diverse learners in the health care space.

San Francisco, Calif., August 19, 2019 — SweetRush, a leading provider of custom learning and emerging technologies solutions, is a first-time winner at the 2019 Digital Health Awards. It won three awards for three very different projects this year, demonstrating its ability to effectively reach distinct groups of learners and teach them a variety of nuanced subject matter.

SweetRush won a Silver award for the Dignity Health Barrow Brainbook, which teaches student athletes to prevent, recognize, and respond to concussions—a critical need in youth sports today. The digital learning program uses gamification and 3D animation, immersing learners into a fun, interactive Sports Center-like television show. The Barrow Brainbook is the nation’s first mandated education and testing module for student athletes, and more than 400,000 students have completed this training.

The Trans 101: Transgender People in Everyday Work and Life program earned a Merit award. Funded by the CDC, the University of California San Francisco partnered with SweetRush to create a nationally deployed eLearning course that helps health care professionals empathize with and better serve transgender patients. Because stock photo sites lacked appropriate choices for avatars, SweetRush animated custom characters who accurately represent this patient segment—and cast appropriate voice talent. The result is an authentic, slice-of-life program that lets learners walk in their shoes.

SweetRush’s collaboration with the American Medical Association also was given a Merit award. The GME Competency Education Program complements medical residency training by providing certification in patient care, communication skills, and more. The mobile-friendly, interactive online learning works with residents’ hectic schedules—making it convenient and easy to acquire vital skills they’ll need their entire careers. Medical institutions across the country are increasingly offering this program.

“The clients we partner with are helping people address their health care concerns and get the best care possible,” said Arturo Schwartzberg, Cofounder and Chairman at SweetRush. “We’re thrilled that the learning solutions we help create are increasing knowledge, skills, and empathy, and amplifying the impact of these organizations. And we’re very appreciative of these awards, which inspire us to keep pushing the creative envelope in how we deliver highly specialized content to diverse audiences.”

The complete list of 2019 Digital Health Awards winners can be viewed here.

About SweetRush

Dream for a moment that you have the expertise and tools to positively impact the lives of others. You can affect mindsets and behavior. You can help an organization grow, change, prosper, and thrive. The passionate pursuit of this expertise and the development of these tools have been at the heart of the success SweetRush has experienced collaborating with clients who share the same dream.

SweetRush’s focus on team culture and mastery of performance improvement is reflected in loyal clients, a near-zero turnover of teammates, a 18-year track record of success, and a remarkable portfolio. Our work with clients has earned us gold awards from our peers and high ranking on the top training industry lists.

Every solution we deliver is infused with creativity. Instructional creativity allows us to discover effective and unique solutions to our clients’ challenges. Artistic creativity spurs us to create visually exciting, engaging user experiences. Technical creativity allows us to embrace new capabilities and platforms as they emerge, such as virtual reality, gamification, and mobile delivery. Cultural creativity empowers our clients to create the conditions that energize and empower their people and unleash the energy in their teams. Our Talent Solutions team builds on its unique knowledge of talent, team building, and learning and development to craft a unique, creative solution for clients who need the best temporary staff to augment their team. We apply the creative lens to all things, from project management to our treatment of our teammates, clients, and the planet.

We are over 150 people strong and have been in business since 2001. Every day, we give thanks for the trust of our world-class clients. Our deliverables span from analysis and curriculum mapping to the creation of blended training products, including live and virtual classroom training, custom-developed eLearning, and innovative use of emerging technologies.

Dream with us, and together let’s make a positive impact!

For the sixth year in a row, SweetRush has been named by Training Industry as one of the L&D industry’s best gamification companies.

San Francisco, Calif., August 12, 2019 — SweetRush, a global custom learning solutions provider, has been recognized by Training Industry on its annual Top 20 Gamification Companies list—comprised of the Learning and Development industry’s finest purveyors of gamification as a training tool. This is the sixth consecutive year that SweetRush has been included on the list.

Elegantly integrating world-class gamification into learning solutions for 15 years, building meaningful connections between clients and learners—and learners and content—is encoded in SweetRush’s DNA. To best build those connections, SweetRush uses design thinking as the starting point of many projects—whether creating a virtual reality (VR) simulation that fosters empathy among coworkers or creating a strategy-focused board game for hundreds of sales managers. This human-centered approach lets project teams gain deeper insights into learners and better collaborate with stakeholders, thereby arriving at the most suitable solution (whether gamification is necessary or not).

SweetRush deploys custom gamification at all levels by pushing off-the-shelf authoring tools to new limits, inventing its own tools (including a VR content distribution platform), and continually adding to its Adapt library to be more agile. Its dynamic visual design toolkit includes UI/UX, 3D environments, avatars, animation, gaming, and simulations—with thought-leading creative professionals behind them.

“This year’s Top 20 Gamification Companies continue to showcase the latest gaming designs and concepts to corporate training, making them engaging and entertaining for the learner, while focusing on moving the needle on their clients’ KPIs” said Ken Taylor, President of Training Industry, Inc. “These companies are enhancing their products and services, including training simulations, serious games, and leaderboards. Learners can compete against each other or participate individually in an interactive experience that rewards learning and development.”

“SweetRush is moving forward with virtual reality and uses the Unity game engine for gamified empathy-building and safety training experiences,” said Danielle Draewell, Market Research Analyst at Training Industry, Inc. “SweetRush has also expanded its Adapt library with interactive and gamified components for rapid development and mobile-first delivery.”

“Playing to learn is not a new concept, but some of today’s tools are new. We can now better immerse learners into real-world situations that demand real-world resolutions, and we’ve seen business and performance results that are very compelling,” says Arturo Schwartzberg, Cofounder and Chairman of SweetRush. But “it’s not enough to implement gamification for the sake of showing what can be done with it. It must enhance the solution and make a real impact on learner engagement to be successful.”

Schwartzberg continues: “Being recognized by Training Industry for the sixth consecutive year is a true honor, and we share this recognition with our client-partners, who’ve been receptive to utilizing gamification in new and exciting ways.” 

The complete Top 20 Gamification Companies list is available on Training Industry’s website.

About Training Industry, Inc.

Training Industry presents news, articles, webinars, and research reports focused on supporting the corporate training leader and offers complimentary referrals to training professionals seeking to source products or services at https://trainingindustry.com/rfp.

About SweetRush

Dream for a moment that you have the expertise and tools to positively impact the lives of others. You can affect mindsets and behavior. You can help an organization grow, change, prosper, and thrive. The passionate pursuit of this expertise and the development of these tools have been at the heart of the success SweetRush has experienced collaborating with clients who share the same dream.

SweetRush’s focus on team culture and mastery of performance improvement is reflected in loyal clients, a near-zero turnover of teammates, a 18-year track record of success, and a remarkable portfolio. Our work with clients has earned us gold awards from our peers and high ranking on the top training industry lists.

Every solution we deliver is infused with creativity. Instructional creativity allows us to discover effective and unique solutions to our clients’ challenges. Artistic creativity spurs us to create visually exciting, engaging user experiences. Technical creativity allows us to embrace new capabilities and platforms as they emerge, such as virtual reality, gamification, and mobile delivery. Cultural creativity empowers our clients to create the conditions that energize and empower their people and unleash the energy in their teams. Our Talent Solutions team builds on its unique knowledge of talent, team building, and learning and development to craft a unique, creative solution for clients who need the best temporary staff to augment their team. We apply the creative lens to all things, from project management to our treatment of our teammates, clients, and the planet.

We are over 150 people strong and have been in business since 2001. Every day, we give thanks for the trust of our world-class clients. Our deliverables span from analysis and curriculum mapping to the creation of blended training products, including live and virtual classroom training, custom-developed eLearning, and innovative use of emerging technologies.

Dream with us, and together let’s make a positive impact!

For the first time, eLearning Industry names its selection of the best blended learning companies worldwide providing clients superior solutions, and SweetRush has made the list. 

San Francisco, Calif., July 30, 2019 — As a 2019 Top 20 eLearning Content Provider for Blended Learning, leading Learning and Development provider SweetRush has been singled out by eLearning Industry for its innovative approach to client challenges via blended learning models—combining elements such as eLearning, ILT and vILT, games, and videos into one holistic learning solution. 

eLearning Industry’s inaugural list of the 20 best providers serves to educate the industry at large of the organizations delivering effective and outstanding blended learning solutions. A “blended learning” approach is the use of two or more online or offline modalities in a learning program; among the benefits of blended learning is engaging learners in different ways, which peaks learner interest and captures attention. It can be used to achieve a variety of objectives. Because SweetRush’s services do not focus on just one modality, it can strategically choose the best modality for each objective—taking into account audience, environment, and business needs.

“Maintaining a consistently high level of performance requires unique capabilities. These 20 companies are not driven simply by commercial success, but by something much more thorough,” says Christopher Pappas, Founder of eLearning Industry. “They put exceptional care and expertise into their ongoing progress, and offer superb blended learning experiences.”

“SweetRush designs custom programs for learners that use each modality at the right time in the right part of the program when learners need it—and they stay engaged every step of the way. Blended learning is vital to achieving that engagement,” says Arturo Schwartzberg, Cofounder and Chairman of SweetRush. “We work with a full, robust toolbox, offering clients eLearning, instructor-led training (live and virtual), video, animation, learning games, microlearning, virtual and augmented realities, and more. We look at what’s the right tool in each instance of learning, applying what’s going to drive and optimize outcomes.”

Schwartzberg continues: “At SweetRush, we don’t have traditional salespeople meeting with clients; we have seasoned Solution Architects. As soon as a client interacts with us, they’re in the hands of a consultative expert who will guide them to the right learning solution, which is often blended learning. And so eLearning Industry’s recognition is very meaningful to us, as it reflects that our philosophy and approach serve our clients well.”

 The complete list of Top 20 recipients is available on the eLearning Industry website.

About SweetRush

Dream for a moment that you have the expertise and tools to positively impact the lives of others. You can affect mindsets and behavior. You can help an organization grow, change, prosper, and thrive. The passionate pursuit of this expertise and the development of these tools have been at the heart of the success SweetRush has experienced collaborating with clients who share the same dream.

SweetRush’s focus on team culture and mastery of performance improvement is reflected in loyal clients, a near-zero turnover of teammates, a 18-year track record of success, and a remarkable portfolio. Our work with clients has earned us gold awards from our peers and high ranking on the top training industry lists.

Every solution we deliver is infused with creativity. Instructional creativity allows us to discover effective and unique solutions to our clients’ challenges. Artistic creativity spurs us to create visually exciting, engaging user experiences. Technical creativity allows us to embrace new capabilities and platforms as they emerge, such as virtual reality, gamification, and mobile delivery. Cultural creativity empowers our clients to create the conditions that energize and empower their people and unleash the energy in their teams. Our Talent Solutions team builds on its unique knowledge of talent, team building, and learning and development to craft a unique, creative solution for clients who need the best temporary staff to augment their team. We apply the creative lens to all things, from project management to our treatment of our teammates, clients, and the planet.

We are over 150 people strong and have been in business since 2001. Every day, we give thanks for the trust of our world-class clients. Our deliverables span from analysis and curriculum mapping to the creation of blended training products, including live and virtual classroom training, custom-developed eLearning, and innovative use of emerging technologies.

Dream with us, and together let’s make a positive impact!

Recognized for its innovation, industry impact, depth and breadth of capabilities and subject matter expertise, and growth potential, SweetRush earns a spot on the Training Industry Top 20™ list for the fifth consecutive year.

San Francisco, Calif., June 17th, 2019 — SweetRush, a leading provider of custom learning solutions, is honored to announce its inclusion on the prestigious 2019 Training Industry Top 20™ Content Development Companies List—representing the best in the industry across the globe.

SweetRush’s selection for the Top 20 list by Training Industry is based on a review of its accomplishments in the following areas:

• Industry visibility, innovation, and impact
• Capability to develop and deliver multiple types of content
• Company size and growth potential
• Depth and breadth of subject matter expertise
• Quality of clients
• Geographic reach

“The 2019 Top 20 Content Development Companies continue to integrate the latest technologies, gamified experiences, and innovative tools to develop engaging and enriching training content,” said Ken Taylor, President of Training Industry, Inc. “Increasingly, learning content incorporates innovative delivery modalities, including virtual and augmented reality, chatbots, and simulations for interactive training. These companies design and develop learning content that serves the full range of learner preferences in the modern realities of corporate training.”

“Learning and Development has changed. Not the need to meet business and performance objectives, but the way it is delivered, as digital-native millennials are now the largest percentage of the workforce, and are being joined by Gen Z,” said Arturo Schwartzberg, Cofounder and Chairman at SweetRush. “To connect with today’s learners, in every learning program we produce, we add elements of branding, video, gamification, storytelling, 3D environments, avatars, and animation. We are now engaged in developing numerous virtual reality and augmented reality learning programs. Learning doesn’t need to be—and can no longer be—boring. How fortunate for us all to be in such a vibrant craft!”

The announcement follows several significant wins for SweetRush and its client-partners in 2019—at the Muse Creative Awards, Hermes Creative Awards, and American Business Awards. SweetRush also recently joined the exclusive list of certified Freedom-Centered Cultures™ by WorldBlu.

The full list of Training Industry’s Top 20™ Content Development Companies is available on TrainingIndustry.com.

About SweetRush

Dream for a moment that you have the expertise and tools to positively impact the lives of others. You can affect mindsets and behavior. You can help an organization grow, change, prosper, and thrive. The passionate pursuit of this expertise and the development of these tools have been at the heart of the success SweetRush has experienced collaborating with clients who share the same dream.

SweetRush’s focus on team culture and mastery of performance improvement is reflected in loyal clients, a near-zero turnover of teammates, an 18-year track record of success, and a remarkable portfolio. Our work with clients has earned us gold awards from our peers and high ranking on the top training industry lists.

Every solution we deliver is infused with creativity. Instructional creativity allows us to discover effective and unique solutions to our clients’ challenges. Artistic creativity spurs us to create visually exciting, engaging user experiences. Technical creativity allows us to embrace new capabilities and platforms as they emerge, such as virtual reality, gamification, and mobile delivery. Cultural creativity empowers our clients to create the conditions that energize and empower their people and unleash the energy in their teams. Our Talent Solutions team builds on its unique knowledge of talent, team building, and learning and development to craft a unique, creative solution for clients who need the best temporary staff to augment their team. We apply the creative lens to all things, from project management to our treatment of our teammates, clients, and the planet.

We are over 150 people strong and have been in business since 2001. Every day, we give thanks for the trust of our world-class clients. Our deliverables span from analysis and curriculum mapping to the creation of blended training products, including live and virtual classroom training, custom-developed eLearning, and innovative use of emerging technologies.

Dream with us, and together let’s make a positive impact!

Emerging Technology Trends and Their Impact on L&D, now available for free download, explores the potential of virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and more for learning and development.

San Francisco, Calif., June 3, 2019 — With the rise in demand for virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for learning and development, SweetRush is pleased to announce the launch of a new eBook, Emerging Technology Trends and Their Impact on L&D. The eBook provides an in-depth introduction to these technologies and how they offer new ways to ignite learner engagement.

SweetRush’s recently formed emerging technologies division, SPARK, is working with several clients to produce innovative learning solutions that harness the power of technology. The eBook, authored by John-Carlos Lozano, SweetRush Chief Creative Officer, brings together insights and recommendations from the SPARK team along with industry thought leadership.

“Emerging technologies are amazing tools that allow us to better achieve our client-partners’ business goals. Moving into VR, AR, AI, and other technology trends was a logical step for us and for our clients, and we’ve already seen how effective they can be,” says Lozano. “With this eBook, readers will get a taste of what these technologies can do and how they can be used to achieve their goals.”

Emerging Technology Trends and Their Impact on L&D is now available for free download on SweetRush’s website.

About the Author

John-Carlos Lozano is the Chief Creative Officer at SweetRush. He is the driving force in exploring and developing higher levels of custom interactivity, simulation, and gamification in learning for SweetRush’s clients. He is a true innovator, constantly designing ways to improve the learner experience and increase engagement, using VR, AR, emerging tech, games, simulations, video, storytelling, and more. 

With a dual degree in graphic design and illustration/animation, he is an extraordinary artist, and a passionate learner, leader, and teacher. John-Carlos sets the bar of quality, never accepts status quo, and constantly pushes his phenomenally talented team of artists, designers, and animators to reach higher.

About SweetRush

Dream for a moment that you have the expertise and tools to positively impact the lives of others. You can affect mindsets and behavior. You can help an organization grow, change, prosper, and thrive. The passionate pursuit of this expertise and the development of these tools have been at the heart of the success SweetRush has experienced collaborating with clients who share the same dream.

SweetRush’s focus on team culture and mastery of performance improvement is reflected in loyal clients, a near-zero turnover of teammates, a 18-year track record of success, and a remarkable portfolio. Our work with clients has earned us gold awards from our peers and high ranking on the top training industry lists.

Every solution we deliver is infused with creativity. Instructional creativity allows us to discover effective and unique solutions to our clients’ challenges. Artistic creativity spurs us to create visually exciting, engaging user experiences. Technical creativity allows us to embrace new capabilities and platforms as they emerge, such as virtual reality, gamification, and mobile delivery. Cultural creativity empowers our clients to create the conditions that energize and empower their people and unleash the energy in their teams. Our Talent Solutions team builds on its unique knowledge of talent, team building, and learning and development to craft a unique, creative solution for clients who need the best temporary staff to augment their team. We apply the creative lens to all things, from project management to our treatment of our teammates, clients, and the planet.

We are over 150 people strong and have been in business since 2001. Every day, we give thanks for the trust of our world-class clients. Our deliverables span from analysis and curriculum mapping to the creation of blended training products, including live and virtual classroom training, custom-developed eLearning, and innovative use of emerging technologies.

Dream with us, and together let’s make a positive impact!

SweetRush and Hilton learning innovation and virtual reality experts will share end-to-end VR learning program case studies at eLearning conference ICELW 2019.

San Francisco, Calif., May 13, 2019 — SweetRush and Hilton will join forces at the International Conference on eLearning in the Workplace (ICELW) 2019 to share best practices and lessons learned developing virtual reality learning programs for Hilton employees. Held at Columbia University, their presentation “Virtual Reality: A Real-World Hilton + SweetRush Project Case Study,” takes place on Wednesday, June 12, at 4:45 p.m.

Tracie Gibbons, Program Manager for Learning Innovation at Hilton, and Adrian Soto, SPARK XR Development Team Manager at SweetRush, will take attendees on a journey through the business needs, learning objectives, design and development considerations, and measurement strategies for VR learning programs. Along the way, they will share how to get buy-in from senior leaders and the lessons they learned about technology, process, and resources.

Hilton’s Business Immersion VR learning program earned a Gold award for Excellence in Technology Innovation at the Chief Learning Officer Learning in Practice Awards, as well as two Brandon Hall Human Capital Management Excellence awards.

In addition, Soto, who is from Costa Rica, will participate in a panel discussion at the eLearning conference on “New Technologies in Learning: A Worldwide Perspective” on Friday, June 14, at 11:30 a.m. The panel, moderated by event chair David Guralnick, will also include perspectives from learning learners from Israel, Italy, Switzerland, and the United States.

SweetRush’s SPARK team collaborates with client-partners to develop innovative VR learning programs. Its offerings include a full-day, in-person XR workshop to introduce emerging technologies to L&D leaders; custom design and development of VR and augmented reality learning programs; and a VR content distribution platform. For more information, contact [email protected].

Read more about the presentation on SweetRush’s events page, and learn more about the eLearning conference ICELW 2019 at https://www.icelw.org/.

ABOUT SWEETRUSH

Dream for a moment that you have the expertise and tools to positively impact the lives of others. You can affect mindsets and behavior. You can help an organization grow, change, prosper, and thrive. The passionate pursuit of this expertise and the development of these tools have been at the heart of the success SweetRush has experienced collaborating with clients who share the same dream.

SweetRush’s focus on team culture and mastery of performance improvement is reflected in loyal clients, a near-zero turnover of teammates, a 17-year track record of success, and a remarkable portfolio. Our work with clients has earned us gold awards from our peers and high ranking on the top training industry lists.

Every solution we deliver is infused with creativity. Instructional creativity allows us to discover effective and unique solutions to our clients’ challenges. Artistic creativity spurs us to create visually exciting, engaging user experiences. Technical creativity allows us to embrace new capabilities and platforms as they emerge, such as virtual reality, gamification, and mobile delivery. Cultural creativity empowers our clients to create the conditions that energize and empower their people and unleash the energy in their teams. Our Talent Solutions team builds on its unique knowledge of talent, team building, and learning and development to craft a unique, creative solution for clients who need the best temporary staff to augment their team. We apply the creative lens to all things, from project management to our treatment of our teammates, clients, and the planet.

We are over 150 people strong and have been in business since 2001. Every day, we give thanks for the trust of our world-class clients. Our deliverables span from analysis and curriculum mapping to the creation of blended training products, including live and virtual classroom training, custom-developed eLearning, and innovative use of emerging technologies.

Dream with us, and together let’s make a positive impact!

San Francisco, Calif., May 21th, 2019 — SweetRush, a leading provider of custom learning solutions, is pleased to announce two wins at the Muse Creative Awards, including a prestigious Platinum award for training video. The “international competition for creative professionals” judged SweetRush’s collaborations with its client-partners to be the best among its 13,000 entries.

The Platinum-winning video entry was developed in partnership with Age Wave, the nation’s foremost thought leader on issues relating to an aging population. The Lifestage Navigation video uses stunning visual design, color, and illustration to engage and motivate client-facing professionals to learn more about their clients’ life stages and have empathy for their unique life circumstances.

Earning a Rose Gold Muse Creative Award is the Barrow Brainbook eLearning program, created with Dignity Health. Designed for youth athletes, this important course helps its younger audience recognize the symptoms of a concussion. Video, animation, 3D avatar-coaches, and gamification work in concert to make learning fun and engaging.

“Marketing, advertising, video games, and entertainment are constantly raising the bar on creativity and innovation. At SweetRush, we have always believed that learning must keep pace,” says Arturo Schwartzberg, Cofounder and Chairman of SweetRush. “In our collaborations with client-partners, we first seek to understand the business and learning objectives and the learning audience. Then it’s all about using the power of creativity to speak authentically to, excite, and delight the learners!”

For a full list of 2019 Muse Creative Award winners, visit the Muse website.

ABOUT SWEETRUSH

Dream for a moment that you have the expertise and tools to positively impact the lives of others. You can affect mindsets and behavior. You can help an organization grow, change, prosper, and thrive. The passionate pursuit of this expertise and the development of these tools have been at the heart of the success SweetRush has experienced collaborating with clients who share the same dream.

SweetRush’s focus on team culture and mastery of performance improvement is reflected in loyal clients, a near-zero turnover of teammates, a 17-year track record of success, and a remarkable portfolio. Our work with clients has earned us gold awards from our peers and high ranking on the top training industry lists.

Every solution we deliver is infused with creativity. Instructional creativity allows us to discover effective and unique solutions to our clients’ challenges. Artistic creativity spurs us to create visually exciting, engaging user experiences. Technical creativity allows us to embrace new capabilities and platforms as they emerge, such as virtual reality, gamification, and mobile delivery. Cultural creativity empowers our clients to create the conditions that energize and empower their people and unleash the energy in their teams. Our Talent Solutions team builds on its unique knowledge of talent, team building, and learning and development to craft a unique, creative solution for clients who need the best temporary staff to augment their team. We apply the creative lens to all things, from project management to our treatment of our teammates, clients, and the planet.

We are over 150 people strong and have been in business since 2001. Every day, we give thanks for the trust of our world-class clients. Our deliverables span from analysis and curriculum mapping to the creation of blended training products, including live and virtual classroom training, custom-developed eLearning, and innovative use of emerging technologies.

Dream with us, and together let’s make a positive impact!

Contact:
Carolina Montero
Marketing Manager
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San Francisco, Calif., May 19th, 2019 — SweetRush, an industry-leading learning and development solutions provider, has been recognized as a Stevie Award winner for the fifth consecutive year, earning awards for training and internal/employee communications videos at the 2019 American Business Awards.

The winning entry, the Lifestage Navigation video, was designed in close collaboration with Age Wave, the nation’s foremost thought leader on issues relating to an aging population. The video targets an important business objective: increasing employee empathy for their customers in various stages of life. Through creative use of color, 2D illustration, animation, and music, the video engages employees and evokes an emotional, human connection.

The video earned a Gold award in the Internal/Employee Communications category and a Silver award in the Education category.

“Video communications for employee learning and development must simultaneously address important business objectives and speak authentically to the audience. Lifestage Navigation is an exceptional example of a video that does both,” said Arturo Schwartzberg, Cofounder and Chairman of SweetRush. “A thought-provoking script, stunning visual design, flowing motion graphics, and a compelling soundtrack all work in harmony to create an emotional response in the viewer. We’re thrilled this collaboration with Age Wave has been recognized by the American Business Awards.”

For the complete list of 2019 Stevie Award winners at the American Business Awards, please see the Stevie Awards website.

About SweetRush

Dream for a moment that you have the expertise and tools to positively impact the lives of others. You can affect mindsets and behavior. You can help an organization grow, change, prosper, and thrive. The passionate pursuit of this expertise and the development of these tools have been at the heart of the success SweetRush has experienced collaborating with clients who share the same dream.

SweetRush’s focus on team culture and mastery of performance improvement is reflected in loyal clients, a near-zero turnover of teammates, a 17-year track record of success, and a remarkable portfolio. Our work with clients has earned us gold awards from our peers and high ranking on the top training industry lists.

Every solution we deliver is infused with creativity. Instructional creativity allows us to discover effective and unique solutions to our clients’ challenges. Artistic creativity spurs us to create visually exciting, engaging user experiences. Technical creativity allows us to embrace new capabilities and platforms as they emerge, such as virtual reality, gamification, and mobile delivery. Cultural creativity empowers our clients to create the conditions that energize and empower their people and unleash the energy in their teams. Our Talent Solutions team builds on its unique knowledge of talent, team building, and learning and development to craft a unique, creative solution for clients who need the best temporary staff to augment their team. We apply the creative lens to all things, from project management to our treatment of our teammates, clients, and the planet.

We are over 150 people strong and have been in business since 2001. Every day, we give thanks for the trust of our world-class clients. Our deliverables span from analysis and curriculum mapping to the creation of blended training products, including live and virtual classroom training, custom-developed eLearning, and innovative use of emerging technologies.

Dream with us, and together let’s make a positive impact!

Contact:
Carolina Montero
Marketing Manager
[email protected]

San Francisco, Calif., May 18th, 2019 — SweetRush, a leading provider of performance improvement services (including custom learning solutions), has become a first-time Hermes Creative Award winner, sharing four top awards with its client-partners. The winning learning programs were judged to be among the most creative examples of video and web-based training in the competition.

The two prestigious Platinum-level winners in the web-based training category were designed for retail sales associates in the automotive industry and for medical education for youth athletes, respectively.

Make That Sale!, designed in collaboration with Bridgestone Americas, uses humor, 3D characters and animation, and branching scenarios to help tire sales associates learn fundamental selling techniques.

Barrow Brainbook, created with Dignity Health, helps pre-teens and teenagers participating in sports recognize the symptoms of concussion, a critical need for the health of this audience. Personalization, live video of other students, and a creative “sports show” theme (with two 3D avatar “hosts”) combine to keep engagement high.

SweetRush’s two wins at the Gold level are for the Lifestage Navigation video, a collaboration with Age Wave, the nation’s foremost thought leader on issues relating to an aging population. Recognized in both the Education and Internal Communications categories, this short “teaser” video features a stunning use of color, line, and motion to make an emotional connection with learners and build empathy.

“The work we do in collaboration with our client-partners is helping to increase empathy, improve skills, and even save lives. These missions deserve the very best application of our craft as Learning and Development professionals,” said Arturo Schwartzberg, Cofounder and Chairman at SweetRush. “We’re grateful for our collaborations with our client-partners and for these awards, which motivate us to continue to raise the bar on creativity and innovation.”

For a complete list of 2019 Hermes Creative Award winners, please visit the Hermes website.

ABOUT SWEETRUSH

Dream for a moment that you have the expertise and tools to positively impact the lives of others. You can affect mindsets and behavior. You can help an organization grow, change, prosper, and thrive. The passionate pursuit of this expertise and the development of these tools have been at the heart of the success SweetRush has experienced collaborating with clients who share the same dream.

SweetRush’s focus on team culture and mastery of performance improvement is reflected in loyal clients, a near-zero turnover of teammates, a 17-year track record of success, and a remarkable portfolio. Our work with clients has earned us gold awards from our peers and high ranking on the top training industry lists.

Every solution we deliver is infused with creativity. Instructional creativity allows us to discover effective and unique solutions to our clients’ challenges. Artistic creativity spurs us to create visually exciting, engaging user experiences. Technical creativity allows us to embrace new capabilities and platforms as they emerge, such as virtual reality, gamification, and mobile delivery. Cultural creativity empowers our clients to create the conditions that energize and empower their people and unleash the energy in their teams. Our Talent Solutions team builds on its unique knowledge of talent, team building, and learning and development to craft a unique, creative solution for clients who need the best temporary staff to augment their team. We apply the creative lens to all things, from project management to our treatment of our teammates, clients, and the planet.

We are over 150 people strong and have been in business since 2001. Every day, we give thanks for the trust of our world-class clients. Our deliverables span from analysis and curriculum mapping to the creation of blended training products, including live and virtual classroom training, custom-developed eLearning, and innovative use of emerging technologies.

Dream with us, and together let’s make a positive impact!

Contact:
Carolina Montero
Marketing Manager
[email protected]