Athena Announces New Corporate Governance, Sarbanes-Oxley Series; AthenaOnline Partners with The Value Alliance to Release Over 150 New Video Briefings
AthenaOnline announced today that it has partnered with The Value Alliance Company to build a knowledge base of short briefings on corporate governance, value, Sarbanes-Oxley, and business ethics. The briefings, called SmartBytes™, use audio, video and animation to help explain the intricacies of some of the issues and regulations that organizations are wrestling with.
Oakland, Calif. (PRWEB) July 19, 2005 -- AthenaOnline announced
today that it has partnered with The Value Alliance
Company to build a knowledge base of short briefings on corporate
governance, value, Sarbanes-Oxley, and business ethics. The briefings, called SmartBytes™, use audio, video and animation to help explain
the intricacies of some of the issues and regulations that organizations are
wrestling with.
"I am pleased to be partnering with AthenaOnline, whose
pioneering work in education and information delivery is highly praised," states
Eleanor Bloxham, CEO of The Value Alliance and Corporate Governance Alliance.
"As information speed increases, too many boards and executive management teams
feel the pressure of information overload. In addition, they face rapidly
changing information requirements, influenced not only by globalization and
regulation, but also by the changing relationships between corporations and
their constituents. With AthenaOnline, our objective is to cut through the
information overload and provide boards, organizations and institutional
investors the insights vital to making value-creating decisions. We will be
providing a convenient way for management and boards to access an ongoing and
vital reference, keep up-to-date on current trends and practice alternatives,
and explore the views of a variety of thought and business leaders, including
other directors who sit on boards."
The series, with topics ranging from
board functions to value and governance, will provide the first-ever on-demand
value and governance information. Ms. Bloxham will be joined by other nationally
known business and thought leaders, corporate board members, institutional
investors, government officials, senior auditing professionals and executives
who will be a part of the program.
"The expertise of Eleanor Bloxham in
the areas of value and corporate governance is well recognized," says Jon
Peters, CEO of AthenaOnline. "We had recently worked with Ms. Bloxham to release
26 video briefings on Sarbanes-Oxley for Athena’s general business content area
and the feedback was incredible. There is a tremendous need for people,
especially at the senior levels, to get a better understanding of the issues
surrounding governance and compliance - this new series will go even further to
help address that need."
The AthenaOnline platform provides quick and
easy access to knowledge with relevant search functions, and content driven by
the requests and changing needs of subscribers. The new series will be available
as a stand-alone program or in addition Athena’s current business knowledge
base, which includes over 1,000 video briefings on subjects from creativity to
organizational strategy. Athena anticipates that the new corporate governance
series will be available in September. Current Athena customers include
organizations such as Fireman’s Fund, Manulife, Aramco, New York Life, the
Government of Ontario, and Moneris Solutions.
For more information on
this release contact AthenaOnline at 510-302-0538.
SmartByte is a
registered trademark of AthenaOnline.com.
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