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www.marinelink.com MN 47 why Knowledge Management offers a strategic means to address risk man- agement from different perspectives to provide broader coverage and bal- ance, promotes and enables learning and knowledge sharing which leads to improved organizational perform- ance.

Online delivery of educational materials is not a new concept.

Arguably, the global maritime indus- try lags badly in its utilization of this increasingly important tool. The new

Manila Amendments to the STCW

Code directly address the possibility of expanding online education, blend- ed learning and alternative ways to deliver content. Webcast participants can, upon request, take away tools from the webinar that can assist them in their quest to improve employee knowledge and facilitate regulatory (think: Manila amendments to

STCW code) compliance. This

Webcast will quite possibly be one of the more important learning and interactive events for the global mar- ketplace in the New Year. Make plans now to participate and stay tuned for additional details.

To get an idea of the objectives and outcomes of past webinars, MarPro readers can click on http://www.apu.apus.edu/lp/webcas t. The webinars provide a forum on important topics in a fully interactive manner. The coming maritime webi- nar will be of benefit to maritime industry and educational stakeholders across the broad spectrum of the glob- al waterfront.

For more information, contact:

Irvin Varkonyi, CSCP, P.Log; Email: [email protected] or visit www.apus.edu

Posted on MaritimeProfessional.com by

Joseph Keefe, lead commentator.