[May 10, 2012]

The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) Chooses Arise for 2012 Excellence in Practice Award Recognition

Arise Virtual Solutions Inc., the leading global provider of virtual business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions, announced that the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) selected Arise to receive the 2011 Excellence in Practice award for its self-paced virtual learning courses. Arise customizes and delivers high quality voice, e-mail, and chat customer service, technical support, and sales by accessing a large number of home-based service providers through a network of 25,000 entrepreneurial, independent businesses in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Arise was recognized for its self-paced, avatar-led Arise Secure Desktop Fast-Path Course that offers an innovative and engaging virtual learning environment for its network of Independent Businesses which use the proprietary Secure Desktop 2.0 solution while servicing Arise clients.

Ken Jackowitz, Senior Vice President, Independent Business Owner Operations, said, "We created a simple yet extremely powerful virtual learning solution that guides users through a step-by-step process of each component, where they observe the activity, are able to practice virtually, and are finally led to the actual launch of their own system. This highly intuitive, self-paced solution ha improved the learning experience and reduced the number of calls to our help desk."

The Excellence in Practice Awards program recognizes organizations for results achieved through learning and performance practices and solutions. Awards are presented to organizations with proven practices that have delivered measurable results in achieving organizational goals. Citations are presented to organizations with practices that have shown they will demonstrate measurable results.

Excellence in Practice categories include: diversity and inclusion, learning technologies, managing change, organizational learning, performance improvement, technical training, and workplace learning and development.

About ASTD

ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) is the world's largest professional association dedicated to the training and development field. In more than 100 countries, ASTD's members work in organizations of all sizes, in the private and public sectors, as independent consultants, and as suppliers. Members connect locally in 128 U.S. chapters and with 20 international partners. ASTD started in 1943 and in recent years has widened the profession's focus to align learning and performance to organizational results, and is a sought-after voice on critical public policy issues. For more information, visit www.astd.org.

About Arise Virtual Solutions Inc (News - Alert):

Arise Virtual Solutions Inc. is one of the world's leading providers of virtual business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions for brands seeking to improve business strategy and results through enterprise virtualization. Arise customizes and delivers virtual BPO services, including high quality voice, e-mail, chat, social media and mobile customer service, sales, technical support, and back office services. Virtualization leverages untapped resources using cloud-based, secure technology to variabilize work without barriers - in any location - to deliver superior results at a lower cost.

Arise partners with more than 25,000 entrepreneurial, Independent Businesses in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Independent Business Owners partnering with Arise have the freedom to work-from-home, manage their time, and achieve work-life balance. The traditional 9 to 5 workplace environment is evolving and people who choose to partner with Arise in a business-to-business relationship desire the freedom to determine when, where, how often, and for whom they work.

No other company better understands how to bring the virtualization model to life for premium brands. Think Outside the Office and learn more about Arise by visiting www.arise.com.

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