The event saw leaders examine how bold, human-centred leadership can overcome workplace cynicism and fatigue.
The compliance programme, serving an annual audience of 230,000, has been recognised with two Gold and one Silver awards.
For the fourth consecutive time, Sponge’s off-the-shelf library earns Top 20 distinction.
Berlin, Germany – Sponge Group, a leader in digital learning and governance, risk, and compliance solutions, has announced the appointment of Anja Sixt as Managing Director for the DACH region within its growing DACH region enterprise.
The collaboration transforms customer education to drive product adoption through accessible, modern, and seamlessly integrated learning experiences.
The fourth consecutive gold accreditation highlights the digital learning provider's continued excellence and innovation in learning partnerships.
Sponge’s inclusion in this prestigious US industry ranking comes as it expands presence in North America, with over 50% of business now coming from the region.
New offline learning experiences and an expanding learning consultancy underpin increase in the analyst’s view of Sponge’s ‘potential’ for 2025. This recognition from Fosway reinforces Sponge's position at the forefront of digital learning innovation.
Appointment on the government-approved framework streamlines access to digital learning solutions for UK public sector organisations.
Sponge addresses mounting workplace tensions as organisations struggle to reconcile increasing productivity demands with employee expectations for meaningful development and work-life balance.
Sponge and Fosway are set to highlight how L&D teams can capitalise on the conditions required to have a strategic influence - and what the future holds for those that do - in a webinar on October 16th 2024.
Success of PwC’s partnership with Sponge recognised with 3 awards at the Brandon Hall Group™ HCM Excellence Awards®.
This inclusion highlights Sponge’s continuous innovation and impact in the online learning library market.
The 45-minute webinar will discuss how to create strategic sustainability impact through learning.
Join Lori Niles-Hofmann, co-founder of NilesNolen and renowned learning strategist, in exploring a skills-based future in Episode 14 of The Unforgettable Learning Podcast.
This award highlights Sponge's extensive capabilities and expertise in developing custom learning content that drives impact.
PMI’s Brand Accelerator, created in partnership with Sponge and XEIM, won both the LMS and Learning Process award and the Product and Process award.
Easily accessible to all store staff, new digital platform launched with Sponge strengthens Allwyn's responsible retailer training for independent national lottery retailers.
The project marks the realisation of Snap Inc.’s dream of enabling a global community of users to bring their AR ideas to life.
Fosway describes the positioning as highlighting the strength of Sponge’s “track record in customer delivery and advocacy” in both its learning strategy and bespoke digital learning services.
The digital learning provider, alongside longstanding client Tesco, will be sharing industry insights on the latest strategy, content, and tech.
The second consecutive gold LPI accreditation highlights the digital learning provider's innovative approach to learning partnerships.
Sponge Learning announce the appointment of Josh Cardoz as its Chief Creative and Learning Officer (CCLO).
The roundtable on 27 September will feature experts in L&D, ESG, and Sustainability from global organisations including the Fosway Group, Kraft Heinz, Edelman, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
The digital learning provider has received gold, silver, and two bronze awards across a variety of categories.
The Watchlist feature marks further industry recognition of Sponge’s evolution into a full-service learning provider.
The recognition highlights Sponge's evolution into a full-service provider, with a comprehensive range of solutions across upskilling and compliance content.
The podcast will feature expert guests from learning science, design, and tech, as they dive in and unpack what goes in to making future-fit learning programmes.
The digital learning provider, alongside global clients such as Snap Inc. and Kraft Heinz, are set to share industry insights on the latest strategy, content, and tech at Europe’s premier L&D exhibition and conference.
Sponge wins three awards for the cyber security game, ‘Cybersprinters’, developed for the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and an Award of Merit in response to COVID-19 for its advanced compliance training developed in partnership with Travelodge.
Sponge cements digital learning leadership status in the 2023 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Digital Learning, following unification of the digital learning provider's offerings into 'one Sponge' brand.
The digital learning providers have been selected for the Watch List which celebrates organisations that demonstrate unique strengths and capabilities in their sales training solutions.
Newcross Healthcare has won gold for Onboarding Programme of the Year and Travelodge took home silver in the Learning Technologies Award.
Sponge has achieved the pinnacle status of gold accredited learning technologies provider.
Cyber-attacks are on the rise and there aren’t enough cyber security professionals to go around. To address and alleviate future disruptions, organisations must focus on embedding a culture of compliance by putting systems and adaptable training in place to protect their business, employees and customers. Here are three ways to keep your organisation secure through targeted, skills-based upskilling.
New brand promise underpinned by expert consultancy service and cutting-edge data analytics platform.
Sponge is kicking off the new year with a bang. Skill Pills by Sponge, the content library of over 400 off-the-shelf microlearning courses, has been refreshed with a new look and feel to make digital upskilling unforgettable.
Sponge has won a gold Brandon Hall Group award in the Best Advance in Learning Management Technology for Compliance Training category, celebrating the innovative compliance learning solution Sponge delivered in partnership with Travelodge.
Sponge through to the final stage of judging for multiple learning awards categories this year, including Outstanding External Provider.
Sponge chosen for the Watch List due to the capabilities, experience, and expertise demonstrated through its assessment and evaluation products and services.
Sponge's recent virtual roundtable put digital learning fatigue under the spotlight for interrogation. In light of this important discussion, featuring input from some of the top L&D minds from the likes of Google, AstraZeneca, Deloitte, and more, we have complied some key takeaways and top tips to help your organisation overcome digital learning fatigue.
Sponge’s partnership with Newcross has been shortlisted in the category of ‘Best Technology-based Onboarding Programme’.
The UK’s largest independent hotel brand has partnered with Sponge since 2020, to assist in the deployment of a data-driven compliance learning strategy.
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and digital learning provider Sponge have launched an admin and clerical people training programme (‘ACE’) to develop essential soft skills.
The digital learning provider won two gold awards in the ‘Best Advance in Compliance Training’ category and one gold award in the ‘Best Advance in Custom Content’.
Announcement reflects Sponge's ambition to drive DE&I by expanding its youth network.
Sponge's final report following Learning Technologies 2022 investigates L&D's insights for finance and professional services organisations.
In the fourth of five post-Learning Technologies insights reports, Sponge explores the three key insights for L&D practitioners working in the tech sector to consider.
Digital learning provider, Sponge, has received a prestigious Top 20 award for the best Online Learning Library from Training Industry, the leading research and information resource for corporate learning leaders.
From understanding how adults learn, to unlocking training techniques that capitalise on neuroscience, Sponge’s new handbook explores Learning Science best practice for L&D leaders, managers, and design practitioners.
Continuing the series of post-Learning Technologies insights reports, Sponge explores three key learning and development trends from the manufacturing and automotive sector.
Following on from last week's Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Insights Report, Sponge has turned its attention to the retail sector to look at three key insights that can help support the sector's L&D teams in 2022 and beyond.
The first of five industry specific reports exploring emerging trends in workplace learning, the report boasts three key insights for L&D practitioners within the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector.
Announcement of new executive suite follows Sponge’s recent repositioning as a digital learning ‘core leader’ in 2022 Fosway 9-Grid™.
In this Q&A interview, Mark Story, Head of Learning Innovation at Newcross Healthcare, discusses how behavioural change can be achieved through immersive technology, authentic storytelling, and real-life characters.
Elevation from ‘Core Challenger’ to ‘Core Leader’ follows successful integration of four acquired brands into one Sponge Group.
Sponge, the UK-based digital learning provider, has launched a new interview series, inviting subject matter experts from the digital learning arena to share their insights on the latest industry challenges.
Sponge, the UK-based digital learning provider, has been recognised as one of the most innovative companies in the UK learning technologies space, placing at number four in the EdTech 50 ranking for 2022.
Sponge, the leading digital learning provider, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and DVSA’s official publishing partner, The Stationery Office (TSO) have launched a new and improved theory training solution for learner drivers, riders, and instructors.
Sponge is proud to present its second session at this summer’s Learning Technologies Digital Experience, featuring Pam Hamilton, author of 'Supercharged Teams'. She will be joined by Skill Pill's CEO Gerry Griffin and Dan Curtis from Travelodge in a session on 'A better normal: Successfully adjusting to hybrid working', on Tuesday, June 29th.
Sponge Group is delighted to announce the appointment of its new Chief Executive Officer, Adam Poulter.
Digital learning leader Sponge is upping the game, bringing in educational neuroscientist Paul Howard-Jones from Bristol University, as an associate advisor.
The Sponge Group is delighted to announce the acquisition of Idox Compliance, one of Europe’s leading providers of compliance elearning solutions.
In the 2021 Fosway 9-Grid™, Sponge has been identified as a digital learning provider on an accelerating trajectory upwards within the Core Challenger Zone, as compared to last year.
Sponge and Skill Pill have released Power of Q - a series of training in various aspects of intelligence - to kick off the campaign ‘Power up your best self in 2021’. It is aimed to help organisations leverage these skills within their teams to set them up for success in today’s changing workplace.
Learn from the Financial Times’ ‘Chart Doctor’ Alan Smith as he presents “5 Ways to Raise Your Game in Data Visualisation”.
Leading digital learning provider Sponge has supported Digital Unite, an award-winning digital inclusion organisation, to create a series of free modules to help people connect at Christmas.
Sponge, a leading digital learning provider, launches a refreshed brand and a new website to celebrate the expansion of the Sponge Group, under Aliter Capital's investment and guidance.
Aliter Capital, who own Sponge, have acquired Skill Pill, to further strengthen the newly enlarged group’s credentials as a market leading full-service digital learning business.
Halloween is upon us once more, but throughout the year, in the elearning industry, we encounter - repeatedly - certain learning myths that are just refusing to die. With this Halloween story, we're hoping to drive the stake through the heart of these undead time- and productivity suckers.
At Sponge, we have chosen these seven highlights of this year’s Learning Technologies Summer Forum week of online learning collaboration.
Custom digital learning provider Sponge launches free cybersecurity training to help individuals, employees and businesses stay cybersafe during the coronavirus outbreak as cyber criminals seek to exploit individuals and home workers via COVID-19 related online scams.
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and Sponge make interactive handwashing game available to all to help support the prevention of the spread of viruses.
Sponge reveals the data L&D is already capturing, as well as the biggest barriers to data collection in learning. The findings were taken from a live poll of over 100 participants at the seminar: ‘Six inspiring ways to enhance the learning experience using data’ at Learning Technologies 2020.
Learning Technologies Company of the Year (silver winner) Sponge and sister company Bolt get seriously creative on Stand K50 at this year’s Learning Technologies 2020 at ExCeL London on 12-13 February.
Award-winning custom digital learning company, Sponge, has been acquired by Aliter Capital to form part of the private equity firm’s corporate training group. The company will play a strategic role in supporting Aliter’s goal to establish a major new force in the learning technology market.
Learning Provider of the Year, Sponge, launches training to ensure employee compliance with anti-bribery legislation. Based on the UK Bribery Act 2010 and international principles, the learning game helps organisations combat corruption and protect corporate reputation. The game is the third in the ‘Sorted’ series of off-the-shelf compliance training solutions - following GDPR Sorted and Cybersecurity Sorted – for the ‘seriously creative’ digital learning provider.
Digital learning provider Sponge – the LPI’s Learning Provider of the Year 2019 – will be highlighting the benefits of using play and creativity to engage learners at Learning Live, 133 Houndsditch, London on 4-5 September 2019.
AstraZeneca, the global biopharmaceutical company and Sponge, a leader in innovative custom digital learning won a coveted Brandon Hall Group silver award for Excellence in Learning 2019.
A series of webinars this August will go behind the scenes of Cybersecurity Sorted, a new learning game, created by award-winning learning provider, Sponge. Hosted by Lucy Gibbs, Innovation Producer, and Ben Singer, Commercial Lead, at Sponge, the webinars will take place at 3:00 PM BST on 8 and 22 August.
The LPI's Learning Provider of the Year, Sponge, launches Cybersecurity Sorted, an engaging learning game which transforms cybersecurity training to make people a first line of defence for businesses.
To mark Learning at Work Week 2019, Sponge has launched Design and Animation Academies aimed at attracting and developing top graduate talent. The initiative reflects increasing demand for learning and visual design expertise in the rapidly growing organisation, ensures that new recruits meet the high standards expected from the Learning Provider of the Year 2019 and tackles the bigger challenge of a UK-wide digital skills shortage.
Europe’s largest independently-owned custom digital learning provider has moved into Dublin’s ‘Silicon Docks’ region, cementing its presence in Ireland and supporting the company’s ongoing overseas growth ambitions. The new office, based at WeWork's Dublin Landings campus, is headed up by Sponge’s recently promoted Client Development Manager, John Meagher. The company is initially recruiting for two Client Development Associates.
Learning Solutions Specialist at Sponge and Global Sustainability Education and Engagement Lead at AstraZeneca join forces to talk Creative Compliance: Embedding Ethical Culture in AstraZeneca’s DNA. The webinar is hosted by the Learning and Skills Group (LSG) and chaired by Don Taylor, Chairman of the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI).
Sponge wins GOLD in the Learning Provider of the Year category at the 2019 Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) Learning Awards. The event celebrates the highest achievements in workplace learning and development.
Sponge celebrates its 15th birthday at Learning Technologies 2019 on 13-14 February. The Learning Technologies Company of the Year Silver Award winner has a larger than usual presence at this year’s exhibition and conference, being staged for the first time at ExCeL London in London’s Docklands.
Sponge opens Sheffield office and appoints Sam Lydiat as new Head of Project Management.
Sponge unveils a new brand and logo reflecting the company’s rapid growth, international expansion plans and impressive global client list.
Rounding off a successful 2018, custom digital learning provider, Sponge, has been named as a finalist in the prestigious Learning Provider of the Year category in the LPI #LearningAwards.
Hot on the heels of winning the Learning Technologies Company of the Year silver award, Sponge picks up Best Technological or Creative Business award and is highly commended as Exporter of the Year. Sponge's winning attributes include “a clever business strategy, a determined leader and a strong motivated team”.
Custom digital learning provider, Sponge, has won silver in the coveted Learning Technologies Company of the Year category at the 2018 LT Awards. The judges describe Sponge as “the most inspirational organisation” among the 2018 finalists.
Some of the world’s top innovators are the inspiration for change and new ideas in workplace learning at the biggest learning technologies event in Europe this summer.
Award-winning learning provider, Sponge UK, is inviting visitors at Europe’s largest learning technologies event to join them on a journey of exploration and discovery in outstanding workplace learning. At Learning Technologies 2018, (London Olympia, 31 January – 1 February), Sponge is giving delegates the opportunity to get hands on with a new learning game that has been designed by Sponge exclusively for the event.
Learning professionals visiting Learning Technologies 2017 Summer Forum will get a tour of workplace learning in 2025 in the company of an award-winning learning technologies designer.
Multi award-winning learning provider, Sponge UK is ‘mixing it up’ at Europe’s largest learning technologies event to help businesses get the most out of workplace learning.
Judges at the 2017 Learning Awards looking for outstanding examples of best practice, innovation and excellence in Learning and Development have shortlisted Sponge UK three times.
Expert advice on how to engage employees in the knowledge they need to safeguard company data will be on offer at an interactive webinar this October.
Learning design excellence, talent and innovation at Sponge UK is recognised in the shortlist for the 2016 Learning Technologies Awards.
The success of NHS elearning programmes in engaging staff and delivering time and cost savings is being highlighted at a major healthcare event in London.
The real life results achieved by organisations using gamification and games as part of workplace learning programmes will be explore in a forthcoming webinar.
Sponge is a leading digital learning provider founded in 2004 with over 200 employees across Europe. Sponge offers innovative and engaging learning solutions to drive behavioural change, with data-driven outcomes, within global organisations.