'learning! 100' badge. top learning organication 202 by elearning! media groupIST’s , led by Dr. David Metcalf, was among the 40 Public Sector Honorees announced at the 2012 Enterprise Learning! Summit held March 20-21 in Corona, CA.

Elearning! Media Group (EMG), publishers of Elearning! and Government Elearning! magazines, sponsors the 40 public sector and 60 corporate awards, which represent “the best-of-the-best in learning and development multinational organizations,” according to the media group. this is the second year EMG has presented Top 100 awards.

garnered a top 100 award at last year’s conference.

The 100 organizations receive awards “for outstanding learning culture, innovation or collaboration that drives performances.” Organizations are evaluated across three criteria: Aberdeen Group’s Best-in-Class Learning & Development assessment, EMG’s Learning Culture index, and overall organizational performance.

IST ranked 11th among the 40 public sector awardees and has contributed research for several of the top-10-ranked organizations and a number of the remaining 29 awardees.