Axonify Wins Two Gold Awards From Leading Analyst Firm, Brandon Hall

Prestigious Awards recognize Axonify’s advanced technology and measurement capabilities for tying learning directly to business results

Waterloo, ON—December 19, 2016—Axonify, the company behind the world’s first Employee Knowledge Platform, today announced it has won two coveted Brandon Hall Group gold awards for excellence in the Best Advance in Unique Learning Technology category and the Best Advance in Learning Management Measurement/Business Impact Tools category. The Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards Program is one of the most prestigious awards programs in the industry. The winners are listed on the Brandon Hall Group website.

“We’re thrilled to be recognized for our innovative technology that provides learning leaders with the tools they need to build employee knowledge and scale it efficiently and effectively across the organization,” said Carol Leaman, CEO of Axonify. “By integrating proven learning techniques into our technology, employees can continually increase their knowledge, better retain what they learn, and apply their learning on the job, so the organization, as a whole, can achieve the outcomes it desires.”

Axonify combines an award-winning approach to microlearning with the fundamentals of brain science and innovative knowledge-on-demand capabilities to ensure employees are well-equipped to take the right actions on the job. By intelligently delivering information to employees in a way that is personalized, convenient, engaging, and designed for long-term knowledge acquisition, Axonify customers see measurable behavior change that impacts bottom line results while cutting the average cost of training per employee by more than $1,600 annually. The entire experience is gamified, driving high levels of engagement and participation in the knowledge-building process. Axonify’s microlearning approach has enabled powerhouse brands such as Walmart, Toyota, Bloomingdale’s, and Johnson & Johnson to ensure that their employees have the critical knowledge they need to be top performers in the workplace.

“We congratulate our Technology Award winners, and also thank them for leading the way in designing and utilizing technologies that empower organizations to enhance—and in some cases transform—their organizations,” said Rachel Cooke, Chief Operating Officer of Brandon Hall Group and head of the awards program. “Our research shows that Human Capital Management technology is a primary driver of innovation, and our award-winning organizations serve as models of success.”

“Another significant finding of our research is the importance of optimizing the employee experience as a driver of engagement and retention,” said Brandon Hall Group CEO Mike Cooke. “The technology user experience plays an increasingly large role in shaping the employee experience, and these award winners are creating leading practices that deserve validation and recognition.”

A panel of veteran, independent senior industry experts, and Brandon Hall Group senior analysts and executives evaluated the entries based upon the following criteria:

• Product: What was the product’s breakthrough innovation?
• Unique differentiators: What makes the product unique and how does it differ from any competing products?
• Value proposition: What problem does the product solve and/or what need does this product address?
• Measurable results: What are the benefits customers can expect to experience as a result of using this product?

About Axonify

Axonify is pushing beyond the boundaries of eLearning with the introduction of the world’s first Employee Knowledge Platform. Powerhouse brands like Walmart, Toyota and Johnson & Johnson are leveraging the Axonify platform to fuel their employees with the knowledge they need to be successful on the job. Built with the fundamentals of brain science, adaptive learning, gamification, microlearning and knowledge-on-demand at its core, the award-winning Axonify Employee Knowledge Platform is proven to encourage employees to take the right actions—ultimately driving business outcomes that increase revenue or decrease expenses. Through its unique analytics and reporting capabilities, Axonify is the only solution that allows organizations to finally tie the impact of employee knowledge to behavior change to bottom line results. Axonify: Fuel your people + power your organization.

About Brandon Hall Group, Inc.
With more than 10,000 clients globally and 20 years of delivering world class research and advisory services, Brandon Hall Group is the most well-known and established research organization in the performance improvement industry. We conduct research that drives performance, and provides strategic insights for executives and practitioners responsible for growth and business results. Brandon Hall Group has an extensive repository of thought leadership, research and expertise in Learning and Development, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Talent Acquisition and Human Resources. At the core of our offerings is a Membership Program that Empowers Excellence Through Content, Collaboration and Community. Our members have access to research that helps them make the right decisions about people, processes, and systems, combined with research-powered advisory services customized to their needs. (www.brandonhall.com).

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For more information, please contact:

Laura Martin, VP of Marketing

Axonify Inc.

Email: lmartin(at)axonify.com

Tel: 519-585-1200 x203