AstraZeneca’s oncology training team is being recognized for the success of its OTD mobile learning application (powered by Scrimmage) utilized by the division's US sales personnel.  The practice has realized over $2M in cost savings and additional revenues with several new efficiencies, including: streamlined onboarding processes (reduced sales readiness from 15 to 6 weeks); easy administration and backend capabilities (and less reliance on external support, especially for time-critical updates); the facilitation of a best-in-class train-the-trainer and leadership development program; and a continuous, always-on mobile learning instance, reducing the need of costly in-person meetings and trainings by 30% alone.  

“This announcement marks the 2nd year in a row that ATD has recognized Scrimmage, its technology and our clients’ successes,” notes Derek Lundsten, CEO of Scrimmage. “We are extremely proud of our team in supporting the unparalleled initiative, endless creativity and tremendous achievements of the entire oncology training team at AstraZeneca.” 

“Your teams should be quite proud of its accomplishment!  ATD’s Excellence in Practice Awards program,” notes Erin Strider, Senior Project Manager, Communications and Awards for ATD, “recognizes exemplary practices in workplace learning and talent development. This year, we received over 220 entries across 13 categories. Awards are being presented for proven practices that meet a demonstrated need, have appropriate design values, are aligned with other talent strategies - and deliver sustained, clear and measurable results for their organizations.” 

A full list of winners is here: https://www.td.org/excellence-in-practice-award-winners

For more information on the ATD2020 event in Denver, please visit: https://atdconference.td.org/ 

The Association for Talent Development (ATD), formerly ASTD, is the world’s largest association dedicated to those who develop talent in organizations. These professionals take the knowledge, skills, and abilities of others and help them achieve their full potential. ATD's members come from more than 120 countries and work in private and public organizations in every industry sector. ATD supports the work of professionals locally in more than 125 chapters, international strategic partners, and global member networks. (td.org)

SCRIMMAGE is an award-winning modern technology firm featuring the latest mobile learning and engagement tools serving global businesses from Fortune 100 companies to SMBs. The company works closely with its clients to build a customized, highly responsive, scalable, integrated and secure platform for all training content, along with a full suite of learning solutions, including gamification, social collaboration and robust data reporting - on One Platform, Any Device, Anytime, Everywhere. Founded in 2010, Scrimmage has enjoyed over 625M platform interactions on a global basis to more than 100 enterprise clients across a spectrum of industries. (www.wescrimmage.com/demo)