{"id":2629,"date":"2016-06-06T13:38:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T13:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asi2.wpenginepowered.com\/uncategorized\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T15:30:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:30:52","slug":"asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"ASI&#8217;s Online Learning Center Gets A+ Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free, user-friendly education now features bonus resource tools and social media sharing<\/p>\n<p><strong>TREVOSE, PA \u2013 November 21, 2013 \u2013 <\/strong>The Advertising Specialty Institute<sup class=\"register\">\u00ae<\/sup> (ASI) today announced a major upgrade to its Online Learning Center, designed to help distributors, suppliers, decorators and screen printers easily access more free classes, additional resource tools and new social media sharing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cASI\u2019s newly launched Online Learning Center delivers the latest in learning technology to the growing number of professionals who require fast, easy access to an industry-specific curriculum that\u2019s available when they want it and wherever they\u2019re located,\u201d said Timothy M. Andrews, president and chief executive officer of ASI. \u201cWe\u2019re continually upgrading our education offerings to keep pace with demand and to make sure small business leaders and company presidents alike have the latest business-building information at their fingertips.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To date, 1,151 professionals have been certified through the ASI Education Certification Program, with nearly 30,000 enrolled in ASI\u2019s free Online Learning Center. ASI annually invests $1.3 million to educate its members. During the 2013 <em>ASI Show<\/em><sup class=\"register\">\u00ae<\/sup> season, 6,131 industry professionals attended live education classes, making ASI the largest educator in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>ASI\u2019s new Online Learning Center platform features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Super-intuitive user interface<\/strong>. A superior user experience is available through a customizable home page with movable widgets, such as an events calendar, RSS feeds, polls, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Social learning<\/strong>. Post photos and videos, join or start discussion boards and \u201cfriend\u201d other learners to view and share material, questions and opinions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Added content<\/strong>. Includes ASI research reports, magazine articles and other resources.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Easy access<\/strong>. Log on with existing ASI credentials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe ASI Education Team and I are thrilled to offer our 30,000 members working toward their ASI certification a whole new learning experience via this upgraded Online Learning Center platform,\u201d said Nicole Rollender, ASI\u2019s executive director of professional development. \u201cWe really focused on the user experience, making the interface very intuitive and customizable. We also included key new social learning capabilities, such as the ability for industry pros to interact with other learners on discussion boards and \u2018tweet\u2019 within the education portal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ASI\u2019s Online Learning Center houses more than 350 on-demand courses in a variety of educational tracks, such as sales, marketing, wearables and decorating, which are free to members and tracked automatically. Courses range from introductory to executive level, making them ideal for both newcomers and industry veterans.<\/p>\n<p>The ASI Certification Program offers two certification levels: BASI\u2122 (Bachelor of Advertising Specialty Information) and MASI\u2122 (Master of Advertising Specialty Information). The certification program also accepts courses completed at major industry events or regional association conferences.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, ASI offers a number of live webinars annually that allow members to get educated on timely topics, such as the latest in social media and product safety, and to interact with instructors. \u201cThe best part is that the majority of the classes can be taken online and at your own pace,\u201d said Anthony Bartolone, sales manager for Premier Sales and Marketing who achieved his BASI certification. \u201cI\u2019ve learned more in my BASI classes than I have in my four years of working in the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<article><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free, user-friendly education now features bonus resource tools and social media sharing TREVOSE, PA \u2013 November 21, 2013 \u2013 The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ASI&#039;s Online Learning Center Gets A+ Upgrade &#8226; ASI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ASI&#039;s Online Learning Center Gets A+ Upgrade\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Free, user-friendly education now features bonus resource tools and social media sharing TREVOSE, PA \u2013 November 21, 2013 \u2013 The...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ASI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/adspecialtyinstitute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"#\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-06T13:38:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-25T19:30:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/asi-logo-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1218\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"663\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"jthies@asicentral.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@#\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@asicentral\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"jthies@asicentral.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"jthies@asicentral.com\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8caad98d2bfb178b4abbfd8766c7932a\"},\"headline\":\"ASI&#8217;s Online Learning Center Gets A+ Upgrade\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-06T13:38:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-25T19:30:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":520,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/asi-logo-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Press Releases\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\\\/\",\"name\":\"ASI's Online Learning Center Gets A+ Upgrade &#8226; ASI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/asi-logo-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-06T13:38:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-25T19:30:52+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/asi-logo-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/asi-logo-1.jpg\",\"width\":1218,\"height\":663,\"caption\":\"ASI logo\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ASI&#8217;s Online Learning Center Gets A+ Upgrade\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"ASI\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ASI\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/asi-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/asi-logo.svg\",\"width\":1,\"height\":1,\"caption\":\"ASI\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/adspecialtyinstitute\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/asicentral\",\"http:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/asicentral\",\"http:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/asi\",\"http:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/asicentral\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8caad98d2bfb178b4abbfd8766c7932a\",\"name\":\"jthies@asicentral.com\",\"description\":\"Norem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc vulputate libero et velit interdum, ac aliquet odio mattis. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Curabitur tempus urna at turpis condimentum lobortis.\",\"sameAs\":[\"#\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/#\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/author\\\/jthiesasicentral-com\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ASI's Online Learning Center Gets A+ Upgrade &#8226; ASI","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ASI's Online Learning Center Gets A+ Upgrade","og_description":"Free, user-friendly education now features bonus resource tools and social media sharing TREVOSE, PA \u2013 November 21, 2013 \u2013 The...","og_url":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\/","og_site_name":"ASI","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/adspecialtyinstitute","article_author":"#","article_published_time":"2016-06-06T13:38:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-25T19:30:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1218,"height":663,"url":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/asi-logo-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"jthies@asicentral.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@#","twitter_site":"@asicentral","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"jthies@asicentral.com","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\/"},"author":{"name":"jthies@asicentral.com","@id":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8caad98d2bfb178b4abbfd8766c7932a"},"headline":"ASI&#8217;s Online Learning Center Gets A+ Upgrade","datePublished":"2016-06-06T13:38:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-25T19:30:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\/"},"wordCount":520,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/asi-logo-1.jpg","articleSection":["Press Releases"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\/","url":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\/","name":"ASI's Online Learning Center Gets A+ Upgrade &#8226; ASI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/asi-logo-1.jpg","datePublished":"2016-06-06T13:38:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-25T19:30:52+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/asi-logo-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/asi-logo-1.jpg","width":1218,"height":663,"caption":"ASI logo"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asis-online-learning-center-gets-a-upgrade\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ASI&#8217;s Online Learning Center Gets A+ Upgrade"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/","name":"ASI","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/#organization","name":"ASI","url":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/asi-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/asi-logo.svg","width":1,"height":1,"caption":"ASI"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/adspecialtyinstitute","https:\/\/x.com\/asicentral","http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/asicentral","http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/asi","http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/asicentral"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8caad98d2bfb178b4abbfd8766c7932a","name":"jthies@asicentral.com","description":"Norem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc vulputate libero et velit interdum, ac aliquet odio mattis. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Curabitur tempus urna at turpis condimentum lobortis.","sameAs":["#","https:\/\/x.com\/#"],"url":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/author\/jthiesasicentral-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}